Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
Design hotel and cultural embassy, good place to enjoy a coffee with "appeltaart" the local apple pie. If you get a chance, walk through the corridors of the hotel, every room with surprising interior
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Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam
34 Oostelijke HandelskadeDesign hotel and cultural embassy, good place to enjoy a coffee with "appeltaart" the local apple pie. If you get a chance, walk through the corridors of the hotel, every room with surprising interior
Blijburg
501 PampuslaanHippy restaurant and alternative family beach
De Plantage
36 Plantage KerklaanNice restaurant overlooking Artis, Amsterdam Zoo
Excellent and friendly prices small restaurant with great emphasis on vegetables. Small, not recommended for groups over 6 persons
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Mana Mana
85H Eerste Jan SteenstraatExcellent and friendly prices small restaurant with great emphasis on vegetables. Small, not recommended for groups over 6 persons
Nice bar and restaurant. with nice weather you can sit outside under the overlooking the river
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Café Restaurant De Ysbreeker
23 WeesperzijdeNice bar and restaurant. with nice weather you can sit outside under the overlooking the river
Big, slightly loud, brasserie like restaurant. Populated by artists, elderly people and young families. Menu serves simple as well as sophisticated dishes but always good quality
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Café Restaurant Amsterdam
6 WatertorenpleinBig, slightly loud, brasserie like restaurant. Populated by artists, elderly people and young families. Menu serves simple as well as sophisticated dishes but always good quality
This excellent restaurant owned by my niece has been the best place to eat Italian food in the city for the past 25 years. A bit more expensive but certainly worth a visit. Located in the Jordaan.
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Toscanini
75 LindengrachtThis excellent restaurant owned by my niece has been the best place to eat Italian food in the city for the past 25 years. A bit more expensive but certainly worth a visit. Located in the Jordaan.
Everything Else
Nothing pretentious, just the park where local stroll, train and lounge on a nice day.
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Vondelpark
Nothing pretentious, just the park where local stroll, train and lounge on a nice day.
Our museum of modern art, highly recommended
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I-Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 MuseumpleinOur museum of modern art, highly recommended
Just re-opened in great splendor. Here you can see the famous Night Watch by Rembrandt, many other Dutch Masters and many more of our National 17th century treasures
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Rijksmuseum
1 MuseumstraatJust re-opened in great splendor. Here you can see the famous Night Watch by Rembrandt, many other Dutch Masters and many more of our National 17th century treasures
Biggest European outdoor market. Not at all sophisticated but lots of 'couleur locale'
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Imarike ye-Albert Cuyp
Albert CuypstraatBiggest European outdoor market. Not at all sophisticated but lots of 'couleur locale'
Artistic, cultural Hub with nice, big restaurant overlooking the waterfront activity of the IJ and a wonderful small park-garden that is not always open to public
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Tolhuistuin
2 IJpromenadeArtistic, cultural Hub with nice, big restaurant overlooking the waterfront activity of the IJ and a wonderful small park-garden that is not always open to public
Movie centre and restaurant with the best view over the water of the IJ and Central Station. You cross the water with local going to work and back on the free ferry (every 4 minutes)
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Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenadeMovie centre and restaurant with the best view over the water of the IJ and Central Station. You cross the water with local going to work and back on the free ferry (every 4 minutes)
Unconventional store carrying brands like Vetements, Margiela, Acne etc
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SPRMRKT Amsterdam
191 RozengrachtUnconventional store carrying brands like Vetements, Margiela, Acne etc
Crazy-busy in the weekends, just opened in the old tram-remise a large hall harboring many different food-stalls. You occupy a table in the middle and get your foods from all the different stalls
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Foodhallen Amsterdam
16 BellamypleinCrazy-busy in the weekends, just opened in the old tram-remise a large hall harboring many different food-stalls. You occupy a table in the middle and get your foods from all the different stalls
P.C. Hooftstraat
Pieter Cornelisz HooftstraatPosh shopping with Gucci, Armani, Hermes etc
Iziko lezibani neziciko
573 Herengrachtmuseum dedicated to the handbag
Safehouse where Anne Frank stayed during World War 2 before being deported to Bergen Belsen where she died
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Indlu kaAnne Frank
20 WestermarktSafehouse where Anne Frank stayed during World War 2 before being deported to Bergen Belsen where she died
ARTIS
38-40 Plantage KerklaanAmsterdam Zoo
Thrive Yoga Zeeburg
1 Sumatrakadeexcellent yoga and pilatus studio is just a 4 minute walk
Nice coffee and gifts, 4 minute walk from the house
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Sissy-Boy DAILY
19 KNSM-LaanNice coffee and gifts, 4 minute walk from the house
Special store in huge industrial building, originally sold vases and flowerpots now carries the who interior range with emphasis on minimalism for the furniture and detailing for the vases
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POLS POTS
187 KNSM-LaanSpecial store in huge industrial building, originally sold vases and flowerpots now carries the who interior range with emphasis on minimalism for the furniture and detailing for the vases
nicest bookstore in existence but mostly in the Dutch language
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Nice bookshop, good coffee
17 KNSM-Laannicest bookstore in existence but mostly in the Dutch language
Farmers market on saturday morning. Favorite of many locals
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Noordermarkt
42B NoordermarktFarmers market on saturday morning. Favorite of many locals
Noordermarkt
42B NoordermarktVintage, 2nd hand and flea market on monday morning