Jordaan front doors open straight onto the canal, and a key that snaps in the lock leaves you standing on the quay. Arranging a locksmith takes one call from this page.
Emergency locksmith in the Jordaan
The emergency line answers day and night, weekends included. The duty locksmith travels in from the regional base and is normally with you inside 30 minutes. In most cases the door opens without the frame being touched.
Close by on the Lindengracht
On 25 and 26 July 1886 the police moved in at the Zaterdagse Brug on the Lindengracht. They tried to stop the banned game of eel-pulling, and the Palingoproer broke out. Plenty of front doors nearby still carry a cylinder without an SKG mark.
You hear the price before anyone sets off. Opening a door costs € 150 in total during the day, all-in: € 75 call-out plus € 75 for the opening itself. In the evening or at night it comes to € 225 in total. Weekend daytime work is priced as a weekday.
Just outside the Jordaan, in the Haarlemmerbuurt or on the Westelijke Eilanden? Those streets are covered too; the Amsterdam working area is listed lower down.
