Getting there
From the airport:
From the main entrance of the airport the escalators take you down to the platforms. Make sure you are on the right one. It will be quite a shock arriving in Rotterdam or The Hague if you expect to see our beautiful Amsterdam! A ticket is 3.10 Euro (are sold in the main entrance) and the ride takes a mere 20 minutes.
From the railway station:
If you walk out of the railway station you head straight ahead into the broad busy Damrak. After a few hundred metres you hit the Dam square with the Palace on your right and our typically shaped (!) democracy monument.
You take a left turn keeping the Krasnapolsky hotel on your left. At the first canal you take a left and you will see our Bulldog sign hanging out.
It will take you 10 minutes to walk from the railway station
From Amstel bus station:
You take the subway to central station but get off one stop before at “Nieuwmarkt”. Take the “Oude Hoogstraat” exit. When you get up the stairs you turn left into a small nice looking street. From there you turn right at the third canal and you will see the first Bulldog sign hanging out.
This will take you less than half an hour.
If you intend to take trams and subways while in Amsterdam you will be better off buying a “strippen-kaart” instead of a one-way ticket. They are for sale at the Amstel station. Make sure you have a ticket before boarding the subway or practice the ignorant tourist act. (No idea if people still get away with this but at least you will have your own unique experience)