Spotting visit @ AMS

Screamfeeder · Post by **Screamfeeder** » 07 Feb 2008, 22:41

Hello everyone. I`m going to AMS in a 2-day spotting trip next february 18th and 19th. I´ll be staying in a hotel in Hoofddorp. Is it easy to get to the spotting point near the Polderbaan from Hoofddorp? Is anyone going to be there in those days? Thanks and regards from Barcelona.

nuckleuz · Post by **nuckleuz** » 08 Feb 2008, 00:02

Screamfeeder wrote:Is it easy to get to the spotting point near the Polderbaan from Hoofddorp?

You have to walk or rent a bike.

EC · Post by EC » 08 Feb 2008, 08:41

Unless you are a marathon runner I would forget about the walking part. The polderbaan is always (doesn't matter where you are coming from) a minimum 4km distance away.

cheapest way would indeed be to rent a bike otherwise you need a car for the polderbaan. There are plenty of maps aroud to show you were to go.

rgds, EC

Screamfeeder · Post by **Screamfeeder** » 13 Feb 2008, 19:17

Thanks, guys. I´ll be finally staying at the Courtyard Hotel in Hoofddorp. Does anyone know it? Is it OK to go spotting from there to the Polderbaan by bike?

Thanks again.

Delta12 · Post by **Delta12** » 13 Feb 2008, 19:29

Screamfeeder wrote:Thanks, guys. I´ll be finally staying at the Courtyard Hotel in Hoofddorp. Does anyone know it? Is it OK to go spotting from there to the Polderbaan by bike?

Thanks again.

Piece of cake, Courtyard lies almost direct to the road to the main spotting places along the Polderbaan
5 min by bike, 15min by foot.

Here ya go:

The two yellow spots are spotting places. You only have to follow the the blue line.

B767-300ER · Post by **B767-300ER** » 13 Feb 2008, 19:41

Delta12 wrote:
Screamfeeder wrote:Thanks, guys. I´ll be finally staying at the Courtyard Hotel in Hoofddorp. Does anyone know it? Is it OK to go spotting from there to the Polderbaan by bike?

Thanks again.
Piece of cake, Courtyard lies almost direct to the road to the main spotting places along the kaagbaan.

ik neem aan de polderbaan

Screamfeeder · Post by **Screamfeeder** » 13 Feb 2008, 19:42

Thanks for your answer. I think i´m going to the right hotel. Once again thank you for your help. Whenever you come to Barcelona please let me know and i´ll tell you the best spotting points here and maybe meet you guys there.

Saludos !

Delta12 · Post by **Delta12** » 13 Feb 2008, 20:09

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Ja polderbaan uiteraard.

Zit toch met me gedachtes langs de kaag sorry

Screamfeeder · Post by **Screamfeeder** » 13 Feb 2008, 20:54

Delta12 wrote:
B767-300ER wrote:
Ja polderbaan uiteraard. Zit toch met me gedachtes langs de kaag sorry

Sorry, translation?? I understood it is near Polderbaan, not kaagbaan, right?

B767-300ER · Post by **B767-300ER** » 13 Feb 2008, 21:21

Oke, In english then (my english is very bad, so I'll try)

Delta12 wrote in his post the kaagbaan. He was making a fault, he ment the polderbaan, I said that to him an he apologized for his fault in his post.

You understood right, your hotel is near the polderbaan, the spottersplace at the kaagbaan is closed for about a month now, delta 12 wishes that the place was still open so he can be there, the spottersplace near the kaagbaan was much more beautiful (?) than de newest place by the polderbaan.

Screamfeeder · Post by **Screamfeeder** » 13 Feb 2008, 21:38

Thanks again. On monday i´ll be there anyway. Maybe i will come back when the spotting place at Kaagbaan opens in summer. How about the Panorama Terrace at AMS? Does it deserve a visit?

B767-300ER · Post by **B767-300ER** » 13 Feb 2008, 21:48

Screamfeeder wrote: Maybe i will come back when the spotting place at Kaagbaan opens in summer.

did I miss something. the spottersplace at the kaagbaan is closed en will not be opened ever again

How about the Panorama Terrace at AMS? Does it deserve a visit?

at the panormaterrace you can walk between the gates D, E and F, but only above the terminal, not above the gates. you can also see starts and landings at the kaagbaan and the alsmeerbaan, but the distence is very longbetween the terrace and both lanes. Also yo can see the traffic that comes from the polderbaan as well, but for this the same, the distance is long.

Screamfeeder · Post by **Screamfeeder** » 13 Feb 2008, 22:12

B767-300ER wrote:
the spottersplace at the kaagbaan is closed for about a month now.

I understood it would be closed for a month only. Now i realised it`s closed forever. Sorry.

B767-300ER · Post by **B767-300ER** » 13 Feb 2008, 22:18

Screamfeeder wrote:
B767-300ER wrote:
the spottersplace at the kaagbaan is closed for about a month now.
I understood it would be closed for a month only. Now i realised it`s closed forever. Sorry.

Thats my bad english.I wrote it wrong.. I ment that it was closed a month ago....
It will not be opened again

frank kramer · Post by **frank kramer** » 13 Feb 2008, 22:37

The spots Delta 12 marked are number 15 and 16 on the overview of ALL current spotting locations for Schiphol. For all other spots check "Where to go"/ "Airfield guide" on this website. Also gives tips on how to reach the spots, including public transport. From Hoofddorp station, for instance, you can take the train to Schiphol Central but also busses. And, of course, renting a bike is a safe and cheap way to go around (although you will find that Schiphol is a HUGE place to cycle around

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Have fun and share some of your thoughts on your visit here! Always interesting to read what foreign visitors think of spotting at "our" homebase.

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