Fitness
centers
Club Sportif, Valkenburgerstraat
28 (telephone number: (020) 620 6631, fax number: (020) 638 3531),
offers aerobics, tennis and fitness facilities. It is open Monday
to Friday 1000 hrs–2400 hrs and Saturday and Sunday 1000 hrs–1800
hrs. A day card costs €15.
Fitness Aerobic
Centre Jansen telephone number, Rokin 109–111 (telephone
number: (020) 626 9366), is open Monday to Friday 1000 hrs–2230
hrs and Saturday and Sunday 1200 hrs – 2000 hrs. A day card
costs €12.
Football
Football is the favourite sport in Amsterdam and the city is home
to Ajax, one of
the top Dutch football teams, along with PSV Eindhoven
and Feyenoord Rotterdam. Ajax is ranked among the
top European clubs, thanks to their success during the 2002/2003
UEFA Champions League. The team plays at the spectacularly
high-tech Amsterdam Arena, Arena Boulevard 29 (telephone number:
(020) 311 1444, fax number: (020) 311 1480). If there are no matches
being played, visitors can still look around the Arena’s
World of Ajax museum (telephone number: (020) 311 1333),
which charts the history of the club, as well as take a tour of
the stadium. Admission to the museum is €3.50. A valid passport
is required to buy match tickets. The Royal Dutch Football
Association (KNVB) organises the Dutch Football League,
which is divided into the Eredivisie (major league) and Eerste Divisie
(premier league).
Ice Skating
A truly spectacular sight in Amsterdam during the winter is a frozen
canal – all the more so when the local people don their skates
and claim the smart Keizergracht as their own ice
rink.
Golf
Amstelborgh,
Borchlandweg 6–12 (telephone number: (020) 563 3333, fax number:
(020) 697 1306), is a nine-hole public course, where the green fees
are €15. It is located a ten-minute walk from Duivendrecht
metro station. Amsterdamse Golfclub, Bauduinlaan
35 (telephone number: (020) 497 7866), is an 18-hole course built
in a reclaimed polder. Green fees are between €30 and €35
and membership is not required.
Motor
Racing
Formula One racing fans might want to visit Zandvoort,
five kilometres (three miles) west of Haarlem, where the Dutch
Grand Prix used to be held, before it was cancelled due
to safety reasons.
Tennis
Frans
Otten Stadium, Stadionstraat 10 (telephone number: (020) 662
8767; fax number: (020) 679 0138, has tennis courts. It is open
Monday to Friday 0700 hrs – 0100 hrs, Saturday and Sunday
1000 hrs – 1800 hrs. Hire of a court costs from €16.35.
Tickets
Tickets to sporting the various events are available for purchase
direct from the football clubs and individual venues. |
