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About Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS)

IATA/ICAO Code:AMS/EHAM
Address:Evert van de Beekstraat 202, 1118 CP Schiphol, Netherlands
City:Amsterdam
Country:Netherlands
Phone:+31 20 794 0800
Website:https://www.schiphol.nl/
Email:‎info@schiphol.nl
Twitter:https://twitter.com/Schiphol
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/schiphol
Arrivals:Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) Arrivals
Departures:Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) Departures
Map:Click to view airport map
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Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Duty Free Overall rating: 3.1 out of 5 based on 10 reviews.
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Dutch: Luchthaven Schiphol, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlʏxtˌɦaːvə(n) ˌsxɪpˈɦɔl]) (IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM) is the main international airport of the Netherlands, located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, province of North Holland. It is the fifth busiest airport in Europe in terms of passengers. The airport is built as a single-terminal concept: one large terminal split into three large departure halls.

Schiphol is the hub for KLM and its regional affiliate KLM Cityhopper as well as for Corendon Dutch Airlines, Martinair Cargo, Transavia and TUI Airlines Netherlands. The airport also serves as a European hub for Delta Air Lines and Jet Airways and as a base for EasyJet and Vueling.

Schiphol opened on 16 September 1916 as a military airbase. The end of the First World War also saw the beginning of civilian use of Schiphol Airport and the airport eventually lost its military role completely. By 1940, Schiphol had four asphalt runways at 45-degree angles. The airport was captured by the German military that same year and renamed Fliegerhorst Schiphol. The airport was destroyed through bombing but at the end of the war the airfield was restored quickly. In 1949, it was decided that Schiphol was to become the primary airport of the Netherlands. The airport’s official English name, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, reflects the original Dutch word order (Luchthaven Schiphol).

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Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Duty Free Shops

Duty Free and luxury boutiques at this airport include:

Main Terminal

  • Airport Telecom Shop
  • AKO
  • America Today
  • Aviflora
  • BLOEM!
  • CAPI Photo Electronics
  • Coiffure en Vogue
  • Etos
  • Expo
  • Fleurtiek
  • Gassan Plaza
  • Global Brands
  • H&M
  • Hema
  • Kappe Perfumes & Colors
  • Leonidas
  • Mexx
  • Paolo Salotto Luxury Leathergoods
  • Paolo Salotto Menswear
  • Paolo Salotto Shoes
  • Planes@Plaza
  • Saint Tropez
  • Suitsupply
  • The Body Shop
  • WE Fashion
  • Wonder Woman

List of Restaurants by Terminal at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Main Terminal

  • AH to go
  • Balcony Bar
  • Bols Experience
  • Brasserie
  • Bread!
  • Bubbles Seafood & Wine Bar
  • Burger King
  • Café Amsterdam
  • Café Chocolat
  • Café Comunal
  • Café Ellipse
  • Café Rembrandt
  • Coffee Bar on Pier B
  • Color Café
  • Cone Bar
  • Dakota’s Restaurant, Café & Bar
  • Dlifrance Plaza
  • Dufry Liquors of the World
  • DUTCH & delicious
  • Dutch Bar
  • Dutch Kitchen
  • EAST bar & bites
  • Fair Taste Café
  • Food Village
  • Foodcourt D-Pier
  • Galaxy Bar
  • GrabandFly
  • Grand Café Het Paleis
  • Grand Café Plaza
  • Hello There
  • HEMA Food
  • Juggle Juice Bar
  • JuicyDetails Lounge 1
  • JuicyDetails Lounge 3
  • Kiosco Comunal
  • La Place Express
  • Light Lounge Café
  • Market Foodcourt in Departure Lounge 1
  • Market Foodcourt in Departure Lounge 2
  • McDonald’s
  • Mediterranean Sandwich Bar
  • Multivlaai
  • Murphy’s Irish Pub
  • Network Bar
  • Noodle Restaurant
  • Park Café
  • Per Tutti!
  • Pizza Pasta Panini
  • Pizza Per Tutti!
  • Pronto Ice Cream Bar
  • Segrafredo Café
  • Shirasagi Sushi Bar
  • Sports Café
  • Starbucks
  • Touch Down
  • Urban Food Market
  • Vlaamse Frites

List of Lounges by Terminal at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Duty Free Allowance at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

If you are travelling to Netherlands from a country within the EU, then you can bring in an unlimited amount of goods that you have bought in that country as long as the price you paid included tax and the goods are for your own personal use (this also includes items that you intend to be gifts).

What are the limits on duty free cigarettes/alcohol at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport from inside the EU

Despite there not being a limit on the amount of alcoholic and tobacco goods that you can bring in from a country in the EU, if you have goods that are more than the following guidelines, then there is a good chance that you will be questioned by a Customs Officer about what you intend to do with the goods:

  • 800 cigarettes, 200 cigars, or 1 kg of tobacco
  • 110 litres of beer
  • 10 litres of spirits
  • 90 litres of wine
  • 20 litres of fortified wine

What are the limits on duty free cigarettes/alcohol at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport from outside the EU

If you are entering Netherlands from a country outside of the EU, then your allowance changes to the amounts listed below. Again, these must be for your own personal use. If you intend to sell the goods or if you go over these allowances, then you may have to pay duty and/or tax).

  • 200 cigarettes, 100 cigarillos, 50 cigars, or 250g of tobacco
  • 4 litres of still wine
  • 1 litre of alcohol over 22% volume or 2 litres of alcohol less than 22% volume
  • 16 litres of beer
  • up to £390 worth of all other goods

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Reviews
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3 5 1
“Good airport for connecting. Held at the gate on arrival while we waiting for someone to turn on the gate lights!”
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3 5 1
“AMS is a good airport to connect through, wifi connection is decent. You have to connect via browser but you don't have to sign up for data mining and you can get a voucher for 5 Euro's of you spend 25.”
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4 5 1
“AMS is one of the better airports, good wifi service and facilities, toilets could be better, in certain parts of the terminal there were queues for both gents and ladies. Although transiting - getting to the airport meant a very long 'drive' by the pilots as we landed on the far runway.”
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5 5 1
“Security check was horrorble the manners of one of them was absolut shit the way they work is much to slow they give people a bad felling about our country the service not good at all”
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5 5 1
“Schiphol is a very big AirPort. But very convenient everything is easy to find, staf was very helpfull and their was enough shopping,eating and otter facilities”
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1 5 1
“The usual shambles. Long time to get anywhere, very long wait at security, and at the boarder control, and a expedition to get to the departure gate”
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3 5 1
“Its good to get at Schipol airport by metro. Check in desks are strange but well organized.Wi fi is really good. AMS is crowded.”
★★★☆☆
3 5 1
“Traveling to the US from AMS is always fun, they trained their 3rd party security personnel doing passenger interviews in a very strange way. You don't get so detailed questions at other airports and some of them seem to be quite stupid, like asking e-mails demonstrating that you really have business meetings in the US. They get very suspicious when some is living in a different country than their passport is from - hey, that happens with a few of us on this planet... So be prepare, smile, and better transfer at eg. FRA, MUC, ZRH, LHR if you don't like stupid questions and stubborn interviews.”
★★★☆☆
3 5 1
“No automatic baggage dropp! So queing up for baggage dropp, there after 25 minuttes in security, took us one hour from car rental to shops”
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1 5 1
“To Whom It May Concern, I used to love KLM and Schiphol Airport and it always was my first choice when connecting through an European airport. I fly around 20 times a year and during one of my trips on 01/11/16 I made the wrong choice to go for a walk in the city during a 7 hours layover waiting for the flight KL1801 at 20:35 to Munich. I went back to the airport and proceeded to security at 18:55. After 20 minutes of queue I finally got to the boarding pass readers where a waiting time of 40-45 minutes was advised. I queued until 20:05 when there were still around 50 people before me and started to skip the queue but still it took 15 minutes for around 10 people before me to do the baggage check. During the queue I asked three different security officers about what I should have done but they just said to queue and didn't show any comprehension. One of the employees also said that if he knew that it was so messy today, he would have not gone to work. I cleared security at 20:20, time of the gate closure, and started to run to gate D81, almost falling down and going to get an asthma attack to find out that there were still around 50 people to board when I got there at 20:25. The plane, due to depart at 20:35, left the stand at around 20:55 and took off around 15 minutes later, with a delay of around 35 minutes. No delay was shown on the screen or on the app, small thing that would have made me avoid a run through the airport and feeling blood in my lungs while I'm writing this complaint during the flight. It is unacceptable that without skipping queues and running, it would have taken around 2 hours and 15 minutes from the start of the queue for the security to the gate, also considering that the bag drop-off opens (officially) 2 hours before departure. These things would have not happened even in the airport of a less developed country 20 years ago. You should also thank me because if I didn't run and skip the queue you had to unload my luggage and further delay the flight, since it landed 11 minutes later than schedule. I used to be a loyal Skyteam customer, but after this episode I will try to avoid Schiphol Airport, KLM and partners as much as possible. I look forward to hear your comments on this. Kind regards, Eugenio Donatelli”
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