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One of the most popular live streams covers the famous Dam square.
The Dam is named after a dam in the river Amstel. By the way, Amsterdammers say ‘duh damm‘ – with the a as in father, but shorter. Plein (square) is not added. Oh, and people who use ‘The Dam’ as a nickname for Amsterdam are clueless. Just don’t do that.
Among other things at Dam Square you will see the Royal Palace, the monument honoring those who died during WW II, the ‘New Church,’ and the iconic Bijenkorf warehouse. The palace is undergoing maintenance and restoration work on its roof.
As for the New Church, check out how to tell apart Amsterdam’s Old Side and the (older) New Side.
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Webcam: Damrak and Amsterdam’s Erstwhile Stock Exchange
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange (AEX), now known as Euronext Amsterdam, is the world’s oldest stock exchange still in use today.
It was set up as the Beurs van Berlage in 1602, after the establishment of the Dutch East India Company.
Nowadays the building is used as a venue for concerts, exhibitions and conferences.
This live webcam shows the current stock exchange building, Euronext Amsterdam – also located at at Beursplein. (Learn more about Euronext at Wikipedia).
Also shown is the Bijenkorf warehouse, and a portion on Damrak — the main street between Amsterdam Central Station and Dam Square. The latter is seen at the top of the screen.
Amsterdam River IJ and Central Station Webcam
Another popular livestream webcam shows Amsterdam’s waterfront, the river IJ. At the top right, this side of the bridge, is the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam, the home of Cruise Port Amsterdam. Amsterdam Central Station, not shown, is just to the right of the ferry landing.
[Note: At night this webcam switches to black & white and a lower resolution]
See those ferries sailing back and forth? They connect Amsterdam North (at the left of the screen) with the rest of Amsterdam. You can ride them free of charge, as often as you like. Mind you, that’s a lot more fun to do when the weather is nice and sunny than it is during the cold months.
You’ll see docked river cruise ships in the top right-hand corner. Seafaring cruise ships dock to the left of the nearby tall building – the highly rated Mövenpick Hotel:
Mövenpick Hotel Webcam: River IJ, Java-eiland, Amsterdam Noord
Seafaring cruise ships dock at the Veemkade, Cruise Port Amsterdam, right next to the 4 star Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre.
Hotel Tip: Awesome views, including spectacular sunrises and sunsets (weather permitting). 15 minute walking distance from Central Station, or one stop with Tram 12.
Mövenpick Hotel Webcam: River IJ, Amsterdam Central Station
Amsterdam city center and Central Station are seen on the left, Amsterdam Noord on the right. The left-most tower (A’DAM Toren) provides panoramic views of the city – as well as Europe’s highest set of swings (yes, we dare you).
The river IJ is part of the port of Amsterdam. It leads to the North Sea Canal (Noordzeekanaal), the city of IJmuiden (with the world’s largest lock), and the North Sea.
Tip: weather-permitting, this webcam will thrill you with fantastic sunsets! (And yes, when it snows sometimes you see nothing at all…)
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Singel Canal in Downtown Amsterdam
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Note: One of the nicest Amsterdam webcams, but frequently on the blink and missing in action for weeks at a time.
Courtesy of the highly-rated Singel Hotel in downtown Amsterdam you can take a look at a section of the Singel canal. At this spot, the canal features houses built in the 17th, 18th, and 19th century. Many of them are listed monuments.
The church tower in the distance is the Westertoren. Anne Frank in her famous diary wrote that she could hear its bells from the hiding place. Indeed, the Anne Frank House Museum is just steps away.
Look at the bridge the camera zooms in on, and notice all the parked bicyles. Technically it is illegal to park your bike on a bridge — but this is Amsterdam, where gedogen is a way of life.
Also shown are typical houseboats, including the so-called “Poezenboot” (cat boat) — a cat shelter (the light blue boat with solar panels on the roof). The camera will zoom in so you can spot some the cats.
Atop the Haarlemmersluis – a 17th century bridge and lock – is Stubbe’s Haring stall, one of the most popular herring stalls in Amsterdam. (Trust us, it’s there, albeit behind the trees :)
The tall building in the distance houses the offices of the Port of Amsterdam. The Port of Amsterdam webcam, which provides a view of the river IJ, is situated on top of that building.
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Five Bridges at Amsterdam Central Station
ProRail is working on the five railway bridges east of Amsterdam Central Station over the next five years. The bridges are at the end of their lifespan. Replacement will take a year per bridge. The work started in at the end of March, 2025.
Prorail is the Dutch government organisation responsible for the maintenance and extension of the railway network infrastructure in the Netherlands (still known to most people as “Holland“).
The live stream camera is located on top of the Ruijtergaard building, looking westward. You will see trains come and go, buses at the bus station on the right (above the Michiel de Ruijtertunnel). You’ll also spot Tramline 26, and of course lots of people riding bicycles. After all, while we have an excellent public transport system, Amsterdam is the City of Bikes.
You can enjoy a live view of the ongoing work looking in easterly direction:
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Zaanse Schans Windmills and Open Air Museum Village live stream
Just outside Amsterdam is de Zaanse Schans tourist attraction: an open air museum village with a row of working windmills. This photogenic place makes for a nice excursion.
This is a living village. The distinctive green, wooden 18th and 19th century houses are occupied. (Imagine having 6000+ tourists a day trying to peer into your living room).
You can visit the windmills to see how mustard seeds are ground, how paint pigments are produced, or how logs are sawn utilizing wind power.
Elsewhere in the village you can see blocks of wood transformed into clogs. And (speaking from experience) you can feast on tremendously delicious pancakes.
Underwater Bicycle Parking Garage, Amsterdam Central Station
Missed the construction? No worries. Here’s 4 years of work in just 60 seconds:
Not nearly as picturesque, perhaps, but something typical of Amsterdam and the Netherlands. As the saying goes, “God created the world, but the Dutch created the Netherlands.” Nearly 26% of the country is below sea level, and about 50% of the land is just a little over 3 feet above sea level.
We’ve learned to live with water — and to use it to our advantage.
Amsterdam Central Station has been a construction zone for years now. It started with the building of the Noord/Zuid metro line, and continued with various projects in an around the station.
The webcam live-streamed the construction of an underwater parking garage that provides space for 7.000 bicycles. On March 29, 2022, water was pumped back into this basin. See the construction zone before the water returned, and what the area looked like before construction began.
Information about the Underwater Bicycle Parking Garage (opened January 26, 2023)
Amsterdam Bicycle Crossing
[Note: Unfortunately the “Crazy Bicycle Crossing” live webcam went missing in action in September 2024. We do not know whether it will return. If it does, we will link to it again.
Meanwhile, if you want to see busy bike crossings — albeit it not live — check these Amsterdam work/home bicycle commute rush hour videos.]
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Anton and Janet Hein live and work in Amsterdam. We are the publishers of DutchAmsterdam.
Anton was born on a houseboat in the center of Amsterdam, right across from the iconic Westertoren and what later became the Anne Frank House museum. Having lived in nearly every district since then, he knows the city like his own back pocket.
Janet was born in England and raised in Ireland before moving to Amsterdam 43 years ago. Even to date she brings an expat’s perspective to the DutchAmsterdam website.
Last updated Monday, October 12, 2026 CET (Central European Time)
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