• Gates open at 8am and close half an hour before sunset, so winter afternoons end early
• Rides run on tokens bought at the ride park next to the city farm, while the hedge maze is free to walk
• Amsteltrein tickets are sold at the station by the main entrance, with a train every 30 minutes (every 20 when busy)

Amstelpark grew out of the 1972 Floriade flower show, and its themed gardens and rose garden remain. Kids head for the hedge maze (330 meters of yew on an island, with a lookout to climb), the city farm's goats, donkeys and rabbits, and the Amsteltrein, a small train that loops past the windmill. Beside the farm, a ride park runs bumper boats and real diggers.