Guidebook for Amsterdam
Drinks & Nightlife
Nice place for a drink and they make a lovely fried chicken snack (see their menu)
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Cafe Tabac
101 BrouwersgrachtNice place for a drink and they make a lovely fried chicken snack (see their menu)
Cozy bar with live jazz every monday-evening (but check before you go, they changes days every now and then)
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The Garden
59HS KloveniersburgwalCozy bar with live jazz every monday-evening (but check before you go, they changes days every now and then)
Perfect for a cold beer in the summer or a dance and a drink
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Hannekes Boom
4 DijksgrachtPerfect for a cold beer in the summer or a dance and a drink
Cafe De Klos
41 KerkstraatSmokey cafe. Very Amsterdam
Cafe Papeneiland
2 PrinsengrachtBeautiful little cafe. Very Dutch
bar Bukowski
10 OosterparkNice bar but even better all day breakfast/lunch
Food Scene
My favorite restaurant. Simpel food with good wines. You need to make a reservation since they have limited seating and only serve one menu per day.
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Café De Klepel
22 PrinsenstraatMy favorite restaurant. Simpel food with good wines. You need to make a reservation since they have limited seating and only serve one menu per day.
Winkel 43
43 NoordermarktFamous for it's apple pie. Always busy in the weekends
Coffee & Such
182 HaarlemmerdijkBest coffee in the neighbourhood
Best pizza in town. After you've had a pizza here you won't like it anywhere else
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La Perla Pizzeria
53 Tweede TuindwarsstraatBest pizza in town. After you've had a pizza here you won't like it anywhere else
BAK restaurant
408 Van DiemenstraatVery cool hip restaurant. Also nice for cocktails
Akitsu
228-230 RozengrachtNice sushi and japanese food
Vinnies
46 HS HaarlemmerstraatPerfect for a healthy lunch and nice coffee with cakes
Good atmosphere, delicious food and wonderful service
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The Lobby Nesplein
49 NesGood atmosphere, delicious food and wonderful service
Student run and owned. Very simpel but very good atmosphere
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Cultureel Eetcafé 'Skek
4-8 ZeedijkStudent run and owned. Very simpel but very good atmosphere
Restaurant + moviecinema. Beautiful location off the beaten track. Well worth a visit
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Het Ketelhuis
4 PazzanistraatRestaurant + moviecinema. Beautiful location off the beaten track. Well worth a visit
Beautifully set enormous restaurant where they have good for for good prices. Very nice to go as a family or bigger group. Old factory building
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Café Restaurant Amsterdam
6 WatertorenpleinBeautifully set enormous restaurant where they have good for for good prices. Very nice to go as a family or bigger group. Old factory building
Café Restaurant Open
Very special location. Bit chique
One of my favorite restaurants. Very special location in an old factory building. Excellent value for money
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Hotel De Goudfazant
30 AambeeldstraatOne of my favorite restaurants. Very special location in an old factory building. Excellent value for money
Toscanini
75 LindengrachtBest Italian restaurant in town
French oriented lunch place where they make the best bread
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Gebroeders Niemeijer
35 NieuwendijkFrench oriented lunch place where they make the best bread
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422 PrinsengrachtPop up restaurant with hidden bar underneath. Very good food. And cold beer
Soon to open up best coffee makers in town
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Headfirst Coffee Roasters
150 WesterstraatSoon to open up best coffee makers in town
Nice place in the middle of the park. Good for coffee, lunch, dinner or drinks
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The Blue Tea House
5 VondelparkNice place in the middle of the park. Good for coffee, lunch, dinner or drinks
La Tête
705 WesterdoksdijkLovely organic lunch stall
Essentials
Organic supermarket. Lovely store/products. A bit overpriced though...
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Marqt
402 CeintuurbaanOrganic supermarket. Lovely store/products. A bit overpriced though...
Caulils Delicatessen
115HS HaarlemmerstraatBest delicatessen shop there is
Sightseeing
The food market on saturday is famous for it's super tasty ecological products. But the monday market is underrated, when it's more clothes and fabric they sell.
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Noordermarkt
42B NoordermarktThe food market on saturday is famous for it's super tasty ecological products. But the monday market is underrated, when it's more clothes and fabric they sell.
Moooi Amsterdam Brand Store
145-147 WesterstraatNice design store
Arts & Culture
Very cute and old movie theater where you can also eat a descent meal. Definitely worth a visit.
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The Movies
159 - 163 HaarlemmerdijkVery cute and old movie theater where you can also eat a descent meal. Definitely worth a visit.
Good for drinks, dinner and a party afterwards
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Zuiveringshal West
37 PazzanistraatGood for drinks, dinner and a party afterwards
Chilled out people club. More hip-hop scene than anything else
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Bitterzoet
2 HS SpuistraatChilled out people club. More hip-hop scene than anything else
There's a reason they call it the the palace of pop music.
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Paradiso
6-8 WeteringschansThere's a reason they call it the the palace of pop music.
Filmmuseum. The building on it's own is worh a visit
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Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenadeFilmmuseum. The building on it's own is worh a visit
I-Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 MuseumpleinModern art
Foam
609 KeizersgrachtCute little foto museum. Well worth a visit
Dok Amsterdam
12 Joan MuyskenwegFestival area
Shopping
9 small streets of the nicest shops. Very nice area to just walk around
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De 9 Straatjes
9 small streets of the nicest shops. Very nice area to just walk around
Chocolatl
25-A HazenstraatVery special chocolate store
Very expensive but very very nice ham sandwiches
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Ibericus Amsterdam
93 HaarlemmerstraatVery expensive but very very nice ham sandwiches
A wide variety of shops. From tea-shops to cheese-shops to vintage and furniture. Everything can be found here
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Haarlemerdijk
HaarlemmerdijkA wide variety of shops. From tea-shops to cheese-shops to vintage and furniture. Everything can be found here
Etos
140 B Sloterkadefor painkillers, medicine, band-aids etc
Best cakes I have ever tasted. They also make croquettes. You can order them in the shop and eat them there warm
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Patisserie Holtkamp
15 VijzelgrachtBest cakes I have ever tasted. They also make croquettes. You can order them in the shop and eat them there warm
Lena
174 Westerstraatunique concept
Brandt & Levie
9 ArchangelkadeBest butchery in town. Produce their own sausages from locally grown organic pigs etc
Big flea market once a month, definitely worth a visit
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Vlooienmarkt IJhallen
Big flea market once a month, definitely worth a visit
Everything Else
Boats4rent
153G NassaukadeRent a boat and see Amsterdam from the water!
Ijhallen flea market is well worth a visit. Dress warm enough, because there's no heating
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NDSM-Plein
NDSM-PleinIjhallen flea market is well worth a visit. Dress warm enough, because there's no heating
Indlu kaAnne Frank
20 Westermarktpretty self explanitory
Rijksmuseum
1 MuseumstraatRijksmuseum
If you want to go to a coffeeshop, this one is ok, but very busy with tourists
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Green House Centrum Coffeeshop
191 Oudezijds VoorburgwalIf you want to go to a coffeeshop, this one is ok, but very busy with tourists
Bikram Yoga Amsterdam - Centrum
91 - Links Korte PrinsengrachtBest yoga studio in town
Amsterdam Centraal station
StationspleinObviously
ARTIS
38-40 Plantage Kerklaanthe zoo
Houseboat Museum
296K PrinsengrachtCheck how dutch people live on the water
Perfect quiet place with stunning view over the water and the north of amsterdam
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Het Stenen Hoofd
1 Stenen HoofdPerfect quiet place with stunning view over the water and the north of amsterdam