Anne Frank House aims to cut queues with timed tickets

 

Visitors queuing. Photo: Massimo Catarinella via Wikimedia Commons
Visitors queuing. Photo: Massimo Catarinella via Wikimedia Commons

The Anne Frank House is introducing a new timed ticketing system to reduce the length of queues outside one of Amsterdam’s most popular tourist attractions.

Visitors who want to see the museum before 3.30 pm will have to book their tickets online before they go, Nos reports. They will be allocated a 15-minute time slot so they can go in without having to wait outside.

After 3.30 pm tourists will be able to pay at the desk as before and pre-purchased tickets will not be valid.

In summer, visitors often have to queue round the block to get into the annex where Anne Frank and her family lived in hiding for most of World War II, as the limited space means only a few people can be inside at any one time.

The system, which goes live on May 1, should mean that nobody will need to queue longer than 15 minutes in the morning. A spokesman said long queues were still a possibility after 3.30 pm, but explained: ‘We think it is very important that visitors to the Anne Frank House still have the chance to turn up on the day.’

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