Private cruise experience starting from “the windmill of the East” (a nickname for “Molen de Gooyer”) and/or from the rivers IJ and Amstel. By local guide and unusual & unexpected group organizer in Amsterdam: Lex and the City.
Guided tailor-made company boat trip starting from the windmill of the East.
For your custom boat tour in Amsterdam, you can choose between a private local guide on a classic saloon boat or on a barge: an open yet comfortable boat.
We specialize in international companies based in Amsterdam as well as in tourist and international corporate groups, thanks to our international background in tourism and group guiding. For them, we’d love to turn it into a customized boat trip in Amsterdam.
Lex and the City started guiding on private boats on the River Seine in Paris a long time ago. We have also been active in the City of Light with tailor-made experiences.
You can feel our international spirit, and we speak four languages: French, German, English and Dutch. If desired, they can be spoken in a mix during one single Amsterdam boat tour. Yes, we will make it a personalized tour in Amsterdam for you.
However, we are locals, and Lex and the City is an Amsterdam-based Dutch tour guide company, meaning we have been living and guiding here for a long time.
Customized boat tour in and around Amsterdam with a tour guide and/or DJ: +31655337726 | [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Private tours during SAIL Amsterdam 2030 on the water (or earlier)
Custom-made tour on an electric boat.
Unusual local guy-guide Lex and the City offers custom tours during SAIL Amsterdam 2025. One of them is private cruises in the area where this sailing event is being held. We are also specialized in “Amsterdam Lexperiences” in the area, the Eastern Docklands (in Dutch: Oostelijk Havengebied).
We combine sailing with a small (and appealing) walking tour, for example from the restaurant or your hotel.
The Drift Away is a solar-powered ship and has space for a maximum of 8 persons. We are probably able to arrange larger electric boats as well, according to your requirements.
More about local private guiding and tailored Lex and the City tours during SAIL Amsterdam 2030 and getting a quotation. (It is more expensive than the regular rates for Lexperiences, as we can only sell the date once.)
An example of a customized “Eastern tour” by boat for both a local and international company
The route with the private boat started in East Amsterdam, next to the windmill, at Mooie Boules and Kop van Oost.
This tailor-made (L)experience finished next to Central Station (Oosterdokseiland; a nice area).
Drinks were included, as was our private Amsterdam guiding on the canals and the River Amstel.
People from the EY offices in Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam had gathered to discuss business, but also to mingle and relax afterwards (on the water with us). The review from EY of this customized tour in Amsterdam can be found below.
This is a typical corporate group client for us, as we have a tour company background in Paris, and the owner of Lex and the City, Lex van Buuren, studied European Tourism Management at Bournemouth University.
So with Lex and the City, you have four languages on board to choose from: French, English, German and Dutch. Lex van Buuren himself has even done boat trips speaking all four languages mixed up. A typical example of a tailor-made experience in Amsterdam.
Review from Ernst and Young after their custom cruise in Amsterdam
Hi Lex,
Thank you so much for the organization, guides and tour route for us. I have received positive feedback about the boat tour. Some of the highlights mentioned were that the English level is good, the stories are nice and there is a good sense of humor.
Especially thank you for being flexible and responsible. We are sure that your contribution added to the people’s experience and that they learned more interesting facts.
Best regards,
Ruzana Gareeva | Manager EY
Relaxed approach to the tailor-made experience in Amsterdam.
Over the River IJ, the canals and the River Amstel.
Starting at the windmill in East, your private cruise will first explore the Oosterdok area. Sailing further in the direction of the Maritime Museum and NEMO, then south towards the Blauwbrug and Herengracht. And so on. A lot of highlights together during this customized tour in Amsterdam!
For the last part of the tailor-made experience, we can explore the (new) treasures along the River IJ: EYE, A’DAM Tower, Westerdok, the Maritime area, Muziekgebouw… adding some “New Amsterdam” to the group cruise experience.
Or… we can head for the Eastern Docklands. Check this review with a picture of private local guide Lex of an appealing spot with a view to make a stop by the water.
Or, if you finish at Oosterdokseiland, we can finish with a round including the library (OBA), the Maritime area, NEMO, the Amrath “Amsterdam School” Hotel…
It is a safe idea: we are already there and can still have as much custom boat group fun as possible within our time schedule.
If you desire, we will walk your group to the restaurant afterwards and tell you something about the city along the way, if desired. It is an example of the way we personalize your company outing on the water.
On the day itself, it might also be necessary to change things because of traffic, temporary regulations, etc.
We know what your aim is, and it is up to us to reach it for you.
And as “Lexperienced guides”, we have appealing stories on every stretch. Our private guides will also make the time on board interesting. Route proposal on the map for a 2-hour boat tour in Amsterdam
Starting your customized private boat tour in East Amsterdam is cool, modern and relaxed.
We propose starting the custom boat tour in Amsterdam-East. As you might have seen on this website, East Amsterdam is one of our sightseeing specialties.
The new terrace at Kop van Oost is pretty cool and still quite an unknown spot.
We have been sitting there lately with a group of InterNations expats for whom we had also organized a tour, a Lexperience.
It is an interesting area, as it contains quite a few intriguing hidden treasures.
As this is a tailor-made experience in Amsterdam, this is nothing more than a proposal. ;)
Want to chat offline with Lex and the City about sailing in and around Amsterdam?
Consider your customized company cruise in Amsterdam with us. Lex and the City is a specialist in both private local guiding on the water AND East Amsterdam. (C) Picture by Lex van Buuren. – Click on the picture-after-the-storm for his role in East Amsterdam.
Yes, we’d love to discuss the sightseeing route and the private boat guiding in Amsterdam over a cup of tea with you or your colleague in your office, to talk the outing over.
Our pleasure. It is a customized tour in Amsterdam, after all.
We gladly offer that to you as an extra — in our case, an Lextra service. ;)
We have strong links with good boat companies (with classic saloon boats) to discuss the kind of equipment we need and what they have available.
About our local Amsterdam guides:
The men and women are part of our team and/or have their own guiding services as well, and they are of a high level, with a lot of “Lexperience” (in our case, that is the appropriate word).
We have an extensive network in Amsterdam because of our fairly long history with tours for groups.
I know you expect that from a firm that operates at a good level in its own sector.
Costs and payment of a private barge tour, for example on a classic saloon boat
After listening to your thoughts, dreams, conditions and questions about your tailor-made experience in Amsterdam, we will tell you the price of the sightseeing tour.
The price of your customized tour in Amsterdam consists of two parts: the guiding itself and the organization of the boat trip. The cost of a private boat is available on request.
Payment for your customized guided boat tour in Amsterdam is by invoice; easy does it.
We are used to working for and with national & international companies.
Since 1998, we have been involved in corporate & private group sightseeing tours in both Paris and Amsterdam.
Contact and quotation for a guided private boat tour in Amsterdam for a company, family or group of good friends.
Call, app or email Lex and the City for your high-end guided private boat tour in Amsterdam, Personal City Guide:
+31655337726 | [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Let’s talk about a private guided city cruise on the water. Because a tailor-made experience in Amsterdam “suits you”. ;)
(Do you prefer to rent a bike instead of beforehand or AND/AND?)
Review on custom private guiding in the unexpected Amsterdam
Yesterday’s review of my role as a local tour guide in Amsterdam. (Yes, tourists still come and we cherish them obviously.).https://t.co/n2hSJxrb3D
— lexperience (@lexperience) July 22, 2021
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Local tour creator Lex and the City advises international groups that desire a custom “Lexperience”.
As a local tour guide in Amsterdam, we get to know loads of areas, people, venues, roads and waterways…
And because we have been around for quite a while, we are pretty easy to find.
After contacting Lex and the City, we plan a brief meetup by phone or chat. Then Lex and the City sends you the link to the boat we have in mind and the sailing company behind it. Clicking it will open a screen with pictures and a basic idea of the rental price. In a quotation from that cruise company in Amsterdam, your specific wishes will be dealt with.
My question is to refer to Lex and the City.
The private boat we advise will be available at that very moment. However, no option will have been taken yet.
Me (or us), as a private local guide, will be available for you from now on for specific questions concerning Amsterdam. See Lex and the City as your tailor-made tourist office. ;) For what you cannot find on the web.
And I / we might return as the boat tour guide during your company event, if that is what you want.
Moreover, if you desire another type of boat, ask Lex and the City for an alternative.
Boat tour special in Amsterdam: DJ Lextase on board | Lounge or party on the river
DJ and local guide during one single tour: DJ Lextase promotes fun physical movement in the city. Even during an offbeat Amsterdam private boat tour with a dance floor, on the River Amstel or IJ. Genre: dance music 1977 – 1993.
Do you like the idea of a mobile DJ during your private party or lounge boat tour in Amsterdam?
DJ Lextase can entertain your group on the River IJ, River Amstel and Markermeer, on a party boat.
For a dinner & dance party, and possibly with lounge music as well.
DJ Lextase was trained at DJ School Amsterdam and gained his first DJ Lexperiences with tailor-made boat tours on the River Seine in Paris.
The first possible starting point for the private party boat trip is behind Amsterdam Central Station. The boat can go in either direction: west (towards IJmuiden) or east (towards the Amsterdam Docklands, Oranjesluizen and Markermeer).
The second possibility for a party or lounge boat cruise is boarding opposite Café Hesp, a place where we have been organizing many (sporty) private group outings over the years. This is the River Amstel, heading south.
(Basically, you have to leave the city centre in order to be able to organize a party-boat tour for a group in Amsterdam.)
An example of a medium-sized, cosy boat that can be transformed into a party boat outside the canals (IJ and Amstel outside the city).
An example of a theme for a boat tour with a dance floor and DJ: a going-away party.
Boat route of 1.5 hours through the canals of Amsterdam for a private group in a saloon boat
This map shows a route through the canals of Amsterdam with a private saloon boat that we guided for a private, German-speaking group in 2019.
It is just a (L) example; we are f-Lex.
Furthermore enjoying tailored Lexperiences
Landing page of tailored tours in Amsterdam | Private, unusual and “gezellig”
Other Lex and the City Amsterdam unexpected services in English.
