Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
This is our favorite coffee place which is just around the corner. It has excellent coffee, cakes and free wifi
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Coffee & Such
182 HaarlemmerdijkThis is our favorite coffee place which is just around the corner. It has excellent coffee, cakes and free wifi
La Oliva
122 124 EgelantiersstraatOur favorite restaurant
Great steaks. Just around the corner of Anne Frank house
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Restaurant Black and Blue
46 LeliegrachtGreat steaks. Just around the corner of Anne Frank house
Cinema Paradiso
Great Italian food, just around the corner too
Du Cap
2HS KwakerspleinGreat outside terrace. Just outside the tourist route
Just off Leidseplein (Leidse square), great food and drinks. French cuisine
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Nacional Amsterdam
11a Kleine-GartmanplantsoenJust off Leidseplein (Leidse square), great food and drinks. French cuisine
Bo Cinq
494 PrinsengrachtTrendy, great cocktails
Nice place for lunch, Floortje used to work here as a student
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Café Walem
449 KeizersgrachtNice place for lunch, Floortje used to work here as a student
Nice coffee place in the Vondelpark, with kids playground
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The Blue Tea House
5 VondelparkNice coffee place in the Vondelpark, with kids playground
Bussia
28-32 ReestraatAmazing Italian
Traditional Italian, book well ahead. Very popular with locals
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Toscanini
75 LindengrachtTraditional Italian, book well ahead. Very popular with locals
Toki
15 Binnen DommersstraatAmazing coffee
Morgan & Mees
2-6 Tweede Hugo de GrootstraatGreat architecture, great crowd and good food
Essentials
AH Westerstraat
79 WesterstraatHere you can find all the basics you need
Marqt
402 CeintuurbaanBiological groceries
Everything Else
Amsterdam Centraal station
StationspleinCentral Station
The Cultural Westergasfabriek is a great park full of great bars and restaurants
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Zuiveringshal West
37 PazzanistraatThe Cultural Westergasfabriek is a great park full of great bars and restaurants
Indlu kaAnne Frank
20 WestermarktAnne Frank House
Albert Heijn supermarket for all your daily groceries
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AH Haarlemmerplein
34 HaarlemmerpleinAlbert Heijn supermarket for all your daily groceries
Egelantiersstraat
EgelantiersstraatBeautiful restaurants
Central Station. take bus 18 or 21 to our place
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Amsterdam Centraal station
StationspleinCentral Station. take bus 18 or 21 to our place
I-Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 MuseumpleinStedelijk museum
I-Van Gogh Museum
6 MuseumpleinVan Gogh Museum
On Saturday there is a great farmers market and there are many bars and restaurants
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Noordermarkt
42B NoordermarktOn Saturday there is a great farmers market and there are many bars and restaurants
5 star hotel and amazing up scale restaurant
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Conservatorium Hotel
50 Paulus Potterstraat5 star hotel and amazing up scale restaurant
P.C. Hooftstraat
Pieter Cornelisz HooftstraatShopping street with all the designer brands
Film museum on the north side of Amsterdam, you can get here easily by boat (free, leaves behind central station)
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Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenadeFilm museum on the north side of Amsterdam, you can get here easily by boat (free, leaves behind central station)
Beautiful beaches, with amazing beach clubs (morning, afternoon and evenings)
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Bloemendaal aan Zee
Beautiful beaches, with amazing beach clubs (morning, afternoon and evenings)
Hotel Okura Amsterdam
333 Ferdinand BolstraatBest Sushi in Amsterdam
Rent a boat, nice typical Amsterdam boats. They moved their office to Haarlemmerplein (200m from our home)
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Sloepdelen Amsterdam
69 ElandsgrachtRent a boat, nice typical Amsterdam boats. They moved their office to Haarlemmerplein (200m from our home)
Cheaper boates for rent. You can get to our back patio by boat
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Boats4rent
153G NassaukadeCheaper boates for rent. You can get to our back patio by boat
Movietheater, in case the weather is bad. English movies have Dutch subtitles
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Ketelhuis
4 PazzanistraatMovietheater, in case the weather is bad. English movies have Dutch subtitles
Brediusbad outdoor pool
306 SpaarndammerdijkOutside swimmingpool
Indoor Swimmingpool in our street. Special hours for kids
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Het Marnix
1 MarnixpleinIndoor Swimmingpool in our street. Special hours for kids
Fietsland
496 WaterloopBike rental, really close by (200m). Easy for when you have to return them
Voted best shopping street in the last 2 years. Great combination of nice local shops, coffee bars and restaurants
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Haarlemerdijk
HaarlemmerdijkVoted best shopping street in the last 2 years. Great combination of nice local shops, coffee bars and restaurants
Bilder & De Clercq
44 De ClercqstraatNice traiteur
Shopping
Great shopping streets on the canals with local stores
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De 9 Straatjes
Great shopping streets on the canals with local stores
Voted best shopping street in the Netherlands for the last 3 years
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Haarlemerdijk
HaarlemmerdijkVoted best shopping street in the Netherlands for the last 3 years
De Bijenkorf
1 DamShopping at its best
Drinks & Nightlife
Jimmy Woo
18 Korte LeidsedwarsstraatGreat club, need to be on guest list or dress up
Parks & Nature
Westerpark
4 HaarlemmerwegGetting Around
Bike City
68-70 Bloemgracht