Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
Toki
15 Binnen DommersstraatSuper hip fusion coffee place. Great filter coffee.
Espressofabriek
39 PazzanistraatNice coffee in Westerpark
Nice neighborhood cafe, lots of locals and regulars. Also for food, very low key but good.
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Café Restaurant Piet de Gruyter
4-6 Van Limburg StirumpleinNice neighborhood cafe, lots of locals and regulars. Also for food, very low key but good.
Nice neighborhood bar and cafe. Also nice food, low key, but good. Locals and regulars!
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Cafe de Walvis
516 SpaarndammerstraatNice neighborhood bar and cafe. Also nice food, low key, but good. Locals and regulars!
The Breakfast Club
2-h BellamystraatGreat breakfast and Brunch
Go for the view and the fire place. In summer: great terrace with hang out / lounge spots
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Meneer Nieges
40H WesterdoksdijkGo for the view and the fire place. In summer: great terrace with hang out / lounge spots
Take the ferry to this place. Taking the ferry is anyway a good idea.
This restaurant has very nice food, an amazing view and a little beach in summer.
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Pllek
59 T.T. NeveritawegTake the ferry to this place. Taking the ferry is anyway a good idea.
This restaurant has very nice food, an amazing view and a little beach in summer.
Another nice place in North, with outside beach parties in the summer.
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Noorderlicht Café
102 NDSM-PleinAnother nice place in North, with outside beach parties in the summer.
Awesome 'alternative' place where everything is selfmade and sustainable. Great for vegetarian 'bitterballs'. Amazing when in summer, with outside seating and even people swimming.
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Café de Ceuvel
4 Korte PapaverwegAwesome 'alternative' place where everything is selfmade and sustainable. Great for vegetarian 'bitterballs'. Amazing when in summer, with outside seating and even people swimming.
Mr. & Mrs. Watson
46 LinnaeuskadeLuxury vegan place in Oost/East
Big Indian place. Lovely food and people.
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Saravanaa Bhavan Amsterdam
123-124 StadhouderskadeBig Indian place. Lovely food and people.
For Turkisch breakfast. Hip place, looks like a mosque from the outside. They have theatre shows and parties there as well!
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Podium Mozaiek
191 Bos en LommerwegFor Turkisch breakfast. Hip place, looks like a mosque from the outside. They have theatre shows and parties there as well!
Samen - Lunch and Juices
72 Bos en LommerwegBreakfast! Locals.
Breakfast. Very vintage place. Lovely cakes and great 'uitsmijter' (egg). Very much near the red light centre, in the busy area, but lots of locals go here.
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Latei
143 ZeedijkBreakfast. Very vintage place. Lovely cakes and great 'uitsmijter' (egg). Very much near the red light centre, in the busy area, but lots of locals go here.
Drinks & Nightlife
Love this place. Large bar/restaurant and nightclub. Low key. Very neighborhood oriented in there social activism. Fire place. Large terrace and lots of sun during sumer.
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Pacific Parc
23 PolonceaukadeLove this place. Large bar/restaurant and nightclub. Low key. Very neighborhood oriented in there social activism. Fire place. Large terrace and lots of sun during sumer.
Vereniging De Trut
165-E BilderdijkstraatSunday Nights only. LGBTQ's only.
24/7 dancing in the weekend. Techno and other dark music. Has an outside.
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De School
3 Doctor Jan van Breemenstraat24/7 dancing in the weekend. Techno and other dark music. Has an outside.
RADION Amsterdam
1 LouweswegBigger techno parties.
Paradiso
6-8 WeteringschansFamous nightclub in old church
Vrankrijk
216 SpuistraatQueer POC space. Activist squatting place. Smoking inside. Open nights on wednesdays.
Parks & Nature
Westerpark
4 HaarlemmerwegVondelpark
VondelparkFamous Amsterdam park
Take a train, 20 minutes, to Zandvoort and you are at the beach.
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Zandvoort aan Zee station
Take a train, 20 minutes, to Zandvoort and you are at the beach.
Arts & Culture
Foam
609 KeizersgrachtModern Photography Museum
I-Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 MuseumpleinContemporary Art Museum
Theatre and performance space, close by my house. Has a lot of international / english programs.
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Veem House for Performance
408-410 Van DiemenstraatTheatre and performance space, close by my house. Has a lot of international / english programs.
International Performance collective. Check out their events.
If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution
881 WesterdokInternational Performance collective. Check out their events.
Frascati
63 NesVery nice theatre. Has some programs in English
Tolhuistuin
2 IJpromenadeHas a restaurant, galery and party space.
Entertainment & Activities
The Movies
159 - 163 HaarlemmerdijkNice local cinema. So cute.
Ketelhuis
4 PazzanistraatNice local cinema, around the corner.
Pathé Tuschinski
26-34 ReguliersbreestraatVery baroque, classic cinema.