Sail the Amsterdam Canals on a refugee boat
Sail the Amsterdam Canals on a refugee boat
Friday, 30 June boat tour + borrel (afternoon, exact time follows)
About Rederij Lampedusa:
In 2015 we pulled two former migrant boats from the Mediterranean to Amsterdam. To start the most inclusive, the most colourful and probably the most sympathetic canal cruise company of the city. You may decide whether we have succeeded in this. We – a crew with roots in Syria, Somalia, Eritrea, Egypt and the Netherlands – would love to sail and guide you through our beautiful Amsterdam.
About the Grachtentour:
You sail on our boat ‘Hedir’ through the canals of Amsterdam. A captain and a guide will accompany you on this tour. Both have landed in Amsterdam as refugees themselves. They will tell you about the city, but then a slightly different story. They will tell you how a fishing boat from Egypt came to be used by people smugglers to transport dozens of people across the Mediterranean, and how these original refugee boats ended up in the canals of Amsterdam in 2015. And they tell you how they themselves became part of this refugee story. Find more info here.
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