Rijschool Zomer is Your English Driving School in Amsterdam

You may take driving lessons as early as 16.5 years of age and take practical tests starting on your 17th birthday. If you pass, you may only drive with a guide until your 18th birthday. For example, your parents, grandparents or neighbors. This companion must be at least 27 years old and have held a driver's license for 5 years. Also, your companion must never have committed a serious traffic offense. Your escort(s) must be listed on your escort pass.

Note: apply for the escort pass right at the beginning of your driver training. You can only apply for your driver's license at the municipality upon presentation of this companion pass.

The free trial lesson is meant to help you get to know the instructor and see what a driving lesson is like. You'll also have the opportunity to ask questions. After the lesson, you'll receive feedback and advice about the number of lessons needed to have a good chance of pass your driving test.

Yes, we offer crash courses so that you can quickly obtain your driver’s license. 

According to a CBR survey of exam candidates (2025), the average number of hours for obtaining a driver's license is around 43. But since everyone learns at their own speed, the number of driving lessons you need naturally varies from person to person. Our instructor can estimate how many driving lessons you will need. You can find more information on the CBR website.

Thanks to our unique teaching method and experienced driving instructors, our students are well guided during the lessons. This is also reflected in our pass rate, which is above the national average.

No, you don't need any prior knowledge. But it does work to your advantage if you already have some knowledge of theory, then you can immediately apply this knowledge during your driving lessons.

A driving lesson with us lasts 45 minutes, but we routinely schedule two lessons in a row. So you have 90 minutes of lessons each time, so you learn to drive even faster.

Yes! We have a car with automatic transmission.

Yes, we have Dutch-, English- and Spanish-speaking WRM-certified instructors.

Yes, we also give driving lessons in the evenings and on Saturdays.

Our teaching cars are a Volkswagen Golf (2022) and Volkswagen Polo (2022).

The pick-up location is at the station Bijlmer Arena, Station Sloterdijk, central station of Utrecht or Central station of Zaandam depending from where you live. We feel it is important to devote the entire lesson to teaching, and to you as a student. By having a central pick-up location, we want to avoid you being mostly busy taking the other student(s) home.

If you are going to take the practical driving exam, you must pay administrative fees. This amounts to €138.50. If you look at our driving lesson packages, you will see that the practical exam is included. So why do you still have to pay €138.50 in administrative fees?

In the package, the costs from our side are included. Think of the instructor’s time, the fuel for the car, insurance, scheduling, and everything else needed to make sure you can take your practical exam properly. These are separate from the CBR administrative fees. The €138.50 are the costs that the CBR charges for providing their services. This is why these are calculated separately.

Are you taking a fear-of-failure exam? Then the administrative fees are slightly higher, namely €195.