Sinterklaas and the Pieten are scheduled to enter Amsterdam on Sunday, November 15. The steamer is due to leave the Vrijheidslaan at 10:00, travel along the Amstel past the Berlagebrug, the Amstel Hotel, the Magere Brug and De Hortus, and arrive at the Maritime Museum at 11:30. At 13:00, a procession is planned from Waterlooplein via Rembrandtplein, Utrechtsestraat, Frederiksplein and Weteringcircuit to Leidseplein, where Sinterklaas is due to address children.

Closures along the route are scheduled to begin at 08:00, with Leidseplein and the rest of the city expected to be accessible again by 17:00. Pieten are also checking in the days beforehand whether the bridges can open and whether the boat route remains navigable.