Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Edmonton to Amsterdam. Left side wins at both ends of the flight. During the long cruise over Greenland and the North Atlantic, the left side also faces south toward Greenland's ice sheet interior and later the British Isles coastline as the aircraft descends toward the Netherlands.

During takeoff from Edmonton International (YEG), sit on the Left side for the best views. YEG's primary departure runway 30 (heading northwest) means a left-side seat looks southwest toward Edmonton's city core and the North Saskatchewan River valley as the aircraft climbs and turns eastward. You get a clear view of the river's distinctive meandering cuts through the city and the downtown skyline before the aircraft tracks northeast. Notable sights include: North Saskatchewan River valley and ravine system, Edmonton downtown skyline, Elk Island National Park to the east visible during climb, agricultural patchwork of the Alberta plains.

When landing at Schiphol (AMS), sit on the Left side for the best views. Schiphol typically uses runway 18R/36L or 06/24 depending on winds. On a standard westerly approach to runway 18C or 18R, the aircraft tracks southward over the Netherlands, and the left side faces east toward Amsterdam's city center, the IJ waterway, and the distinctive canal ring. You also see the Markermeer and IJsselmeer lakes clearly on the left during descent. Notable sights include: IJsselmeer and Markermeer inland seas, Amsterdam canal ring and city center, IJ waterway and Amsterdam harbor, Dutch polder landscape with windmills and waterways.

The flight from Edmonton International (YEG) to Schiphol (AMS) takes Approximately 9 to 10 hours.

The great circle route tracks northeast over Saskatchewan and Manitoba, then over Hudson Bay's western shore, across northern Quebec and Labrador, over the southern tip of Greenland's ice sheet, across the North Atlantic, over Iceland or just south of it depending on routing, then over the Scottish Highlands and northern England before descending into the Netherlands. Hudson Bay appears as a vast gray inland sea, Greenland's ice cap is unmistakable as a white featureless plateau, and the Scottish coastline with its lochs is visible during descent.