Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

The most fantastic coffee and a great place to have breakfast or lunch.
172 recommandé par les habitants
Scandinavian Embassy
34 Sarphatipark
172 recommandé par les habitants
The most fantastic coffee and a great place to have breakfast or lunch.
Our favorite restaurant! The wine! The food! It's unprecedented, plus the owners are very friendly. Make a reservation!
14 recommandé par les habitants
Restaurant Wink
326HS Govert Flinckstraat
14 recommandé par les habitants
Our favorite restaurant! The wine! The food! It's unprecedented, plus the owners are very friendly. Make a reservation!
The best place to marvel at the multicultural scene is the Albert Cuypmarkt, Amsterdam's largest and busiest market. And you can also get your groceries here. Open every day but Sunday.
455 recommandé par les habitants
Albert Cuypstraat
Albert Cuypstraat
455 recommandé par les habitants
The best place to marvel at the multicultural scene is the Albert Cuypmarkt, Amsterdam's largest and busiest market. And you can also get your groceries here. Open every day but Sunday.
The owner can be a bit grumpy but the food is delicious. Italian restaurant.
11 recommandé par les habitants
Angoletto
18 Hemonystraat
11 recommandé par les habitants
The owner can be a bit grumpy but the food is delicious. Italian restaurant.
Big bar/restaurant. Good food and they have a very nice terrace alongside the river Amstel, where you can enjoy the sun.
399 recommandé par les habitants
Café Restaurant De Ysbreeker
23 Weesperzijde
399 recommandé par les habitants
Big bar/restaurant. Good food and they have a very nice terrace alongside the river Amstel, where you can enjoy the sun.
Very nice bar for coffee or drinks. The bar has a nice terrace, that has sun for almost the whole day.
44 recommandé par les habitants
Cafe Tapmarin
157 Ceintuurbaan
44 recommandé par les habitants
Very nice bar for coffee or drinks. The bar has a nice terrace, that has sun for almost the whole day.
Tapas restaurant. We love the "Huevos Rellenos". And we always try what is listed on the signs.
7 recommandé par les habitants
Barra
23 Eerste Sweelinckstraat
7 recommandé par les habitants
Tapas restaurant. We love the "Huevos Rellenos". And we always try what is listed on the signs.
The best burger restaurant in the neighborhood. And it has a secret cocktail bar in the back!
157 recommandé par les habitants
The Butcher
129 Albert Cuypstraat
157 recommandé par les habitants
The best burger restaurant in the neighborhood. And it has a secret cocktail bar in the back!
Vegetarian food galore, Ottolenghi style.
52 recommandé par les habitants
Mana Mana
85H Eerste Jan Steenstraat
52 recommandé par les habitants
Vegetarian food galore, Ottolenghi style.
Bakery. Open every day. Weekdays: 08:00 - 18:00 Saturday: 08:30 - 18:00 Sunday: 09:30 - 18:00
77 recommandé par les habitants
Vlaamsch Broodhuys
122 b/g Elandsgracht
77 recommandé par les habitants
Bakery. Open every day. Weekdays: 08:00 - 18:00 Saturday: 08:30 - 18:00 Sunday: 09:30 - 18:00
Beautiful location in the attic of a renovated warehouse. Set menu changes once a month and you can choose 5 or 7 courses, all of them little culinary delights. Make a reservation before you go.
101 recommandé par les habitants
BAK restaurant
408 Van Diemenstraat
101 recommandé par les habitants
Beautiful location in the attic of a renovated warehouse. Set menu changes once a month and you can choose 5 or 7 courses, all of them little culinary delights. Make a reservation before you go.
One of our favorites, fantastic and deliciously basic food, served with refinement, and a great wine list. They have a menu of 4 or 7 courses. Make a reservation before you go.
54 recommandé par les habitants
Brothers Hartering
10 Peperstraat
54 recommandé par les habitants
One of our favorites, fantastic and deliciously basic food, served with refinement, and a great wine list. They have a menu of 4 or 7 courses. Make a reservation before you go.
Great place to eat breakfast or lunch.
158 recommandé par les habitants
De Wasserette
27 Eerste van der Helststraat
158 recommandé par les habitants
Great place to eat breakfast or lunch.
Very small Ice cream store, where they serve delicious ice cream.
97 recommandé par les habitants
IJscuypje
27 Eerste van der Helststraat
97 recommandé par les habitants
Very small Ice cream store, where they serve delicious ice cream.
An ‘Australian Gourmet Café’ with an uncomplicated, down-under atmosphere, delicious food, good beer and friendly staff.
35 recommandé par les habitants
Drovers Dog
206 Wibautstraat
35 recommandé par les habitants
An ‘Australian Gourmet Café’ with an uncomplicated, down-under atmosphere, delicious food, good beer and friendly staff.
Best .. hotdogs .. ever! They use German pretzel buns and then just add all sorts of deliciousness. All ingredients are fresh and homemade.
6 recommandé par les habitants
Bulls and Dogs
58 Van Woustraat
6 recommandé par les habitants
Best .. hotdogs .. ever! They use German pretzel buns and then just add all sorts of deliciousness. All ingredients are fresh and homemade.

Drinks & Nightlife

A wine bar that sells only Vin Naturel. Very friendly staff and a super nice location.
146 recommandé par les habitants
Glou Glou
3 Tweede van der Helststraat
146 recommandé par les habitants
A wine bar that sells only Vin Naturel. Very friendly staff and a super nice location.
One of our favorite bars. During the day for coffee and in the afternoon and evening for drinks.
74 recommandé par les habitants
Café Flamingo
37 Eerste van der Helststraat
74 recommandé par les habitants
One of our favorite bars. During the day for coffee and in the afternoon and evening for drinks.
Beer tasting cafe with about 150 different beers. Primarily from the Netherlands and Belgium.
53 recommandé par les habitants
Cafe Gollem
74 Daniël Stalpertstraat
53 recommandé par les habitants
Beer tasting cafe with about 150 different beers. Primarily from the Netherlands and Belgium.
A little bit further away, but worth the trip! Modern brewery next to a windmill producing organic blond & dark beers & running short tours. http://www.brouwerijhetij.nl/
1100 recommandé par les habitants
Brouwerij 't IJ
7 Funenkade
1100 recommandé par les habitants
A little bit further away, but worth the trip! Modern brewery next to a windmill producing organic blond & dark beers & running short tours. http://www.brouwerijhetij.nl/
Club & Restaurant Canvas, on the 7th story of the old Volkskrant (daily paper) building. The restaurant is open daily from 12.00-22.30, on Fridays and Saturdays you can go clubbing from 23.00-04.00.
346 recommandé par les habitants
Canvas
150 Wibautstraat
346 recommandé par les habitants
Club & Restaurant Canvas, on the 7th story of the old Volkskrant (daily paper) building. The restaurant is open daily from 12.00-22.30, on Fridays and Saturdays you can go clubbing from 23.00-04.00.
Volkshotel Doka, in the same building as Canvas. The basement where life happens in the dark. Cocktails are shaken and performers are obscure. Open on Thursdays from 23:00-04:00 and Fridays & Saturdays from 23:00-07:00.
261 recommandé par les habitants
Volkshotel
150 Wibautstraat
261 recommandé par les habitants
Volkshotel Doka, in the same building as Canvas. The basement where life happens in the dark. Cocktails are shaken and performers are obscure. Open on Thursdays from 23:00-04:00 and Fridays & Saturdays from 23:00-07:00.
At Brouwerij Troost they brew all beers theirselves, in a former monastery in De Pijp. You can have a tasting, accompanied with delicious burgers, steaks, salads, flammkuchen, nachos, cheesecakes and a whole lot more.
178 recommandé par les habitants
Brouwerij Troost
21 Cornelis Troostplein
178 recommandé par les habitants
At Brouwerij Troost they brew all beers theirselves, in a former monastery in De Pijp. You can have a tasting, accompanied with delicious burgers, steaks, salads, flammkuchen, nachos, cheesecakes and a whole lot more.
Music venue and cultural center.
937 recommandé par les habitants
Paradiso
6-8 Weteringschans
937 recommandé par les habitants
Music venue and cultural center.

Essentials

Supermarket. Open every day from 8:00 - 22:00 and on Sundays from 10:00 - 22:00.
130 recommandé par les habitants
AH Stadhouderskade
101 Stadhouderskade
130 recommandé par les habitants
Supermarket. Open every day from 8:00 - 22:00 and on Sundays from 10:00 - 22:00.
Supermarket that specializes in organic food.
857 recommandé par les habitants
Marqt
402 Ceintuurbaan
857 recommandé par les habitants
Supermarket that specializes in organic food.
Biologic supermarket and conceptstore. With GOTS-clothes (Global Organic Textile Standard) made by Hans Ubbink (Dutch Designer). Open daily from 08.30 - 21.00 and on Sunday from 11.00 - 19.00.
14 recommandé par les habitants
Stadhouderskade 78-79
78 Stadhouderskade
14 recommandé par les habitants
Biologic supermarket and conceptstore. With GOTS-clothes (Global Organic Textile Standard) made by Hans Ubbink (Dutch Designer). Open daily from 08.30 - 21.00 and on Sunday from 11.00 - 19.00.
Here you can have coffee, lunch and afterwards do your groceries or buy some Turkish delicacies to take home with you!
De Turk
45 Van Woustraat
Here you can have coffee, lunch and afterwards do your groceries or buy some Turkish delicacies to take home with you!

Entertainment & Activities

The first brewery location of Heineken. There is an interactive tour through the beer giant's history in this former brewery, with a tasting room finale.
1283 recommandé par les habitants
Heineken Experience
78 Stadhouderskade
1283 recommandé par les habitants
The first brewery location of Heineken. There is an interactive tour through the beer giant's history in this former brewery, with a tasting room finale.
World cinema & European art house movies in an elegant, 1920s art deco theater with 3 screens. Also nice to have a drink.
151 recommandé par les habitants
Rialto
338 Ceintuurbaan
151 recommandé par les habitants
World cinema & European art house movies in an elegant, 1920s art deco theater with 3 screens. Also nice to have a drink.

Arts & Culture

The Rijksmuseum is the Netherlands' premier art trove, splashing Rembrandts, Vermeers and 7500 other masterpieces over 1.5km of galleries.
3186 recommandé par les habitants
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
1 Museumstraat
3186 recommandé par les habitants
The Rijksmuseum is the Netherlands' premier art trove, splashing Rembrandts, Vermeers and 7500 other masterpieces over 1.5km of galleries.
The Stedelijk Museum is the permanent home of the National Museum of Modern Art. The permanent collection includes painting and sculptures by Monet, Picasso, Chagall, Rodin, Mondrian, Kandinsky,etc.
1544 recommandé par les habitants
Stedelijk Museum
10 Museumplein
1544 recommandé par les habitants
The Stedelijk Museum is the permanent home of the National Museum of Modern Art. The permanent collection includes painting and sculptures by Monet, Picasso, Chagall, Rodin, Mondrian, Kandinsky,etc.
This museum has the world's largest Van Gogh collection and offers a superb line-up of masterworks. Trace the artist's life from his tentative start through his giddy-coloured sunflower phase. Also check out 'Vincent on Friday', when the museum is open on Friday nights.
2485 recommandé par les habitants
Musée Van Gogh
6 Museumplein
2485 recommandé par les habitants
This museum has the world's largest Van Gogh collection and offers a superb line-up of masterworks. Trace the artist's life from his tentative start through his giddy-coloured sunflower phase. Also check out 'Vincent on Friday', when the museum is open on Friday nights.
The Modern Contemporary (Moco) Museum Amsterdam wants to make a wide range of modern and contemporary art available to the general public. Moco Museum focuses on proven pioneers and protagonists , the so-called ” Rock Stars of Art” within various art movements. The museum is located in Villa Alsberg, which is set in the middle of the Amsterdam Museumplein. This townhouse was designed in 1904 by Eduard Cuypers, cousin of the renowned Pierre Cuypers who was responsible for the Rijksmuseum, which is on the opposite side of the square.
113 recommandé par les habitants
Moco Museum
20 Honthorststraat
113 recommandé par les habitants
The Modern Contemporary (Moco) Museum Amsterdam wants to make a wide range of modern and contemporary art available to the general public. Moco Museum focuses on proven pioneers and protagonists , the so-called ” Rock Stars of Art” within various art movements. The museum is located in Villa Alsberg, which is set in the middle of the Amsterdam Museumplein. This townhouse was designed in 1904 by Eduard Cuypers, cousin of the renowned Pierre Cuypers who was responsible for the Rijksmuseum, which is on the opposite side of the square.
The Museum of Bags and Purses, the largest of its kind in the world, will show and tell you the story of a seemingly everyday article. It is a fascinating story, featuring fashion, art, customs and history. The museum is situated in a lovely canal house in the centre of Amsterdam, part of the UNESCO World heritage Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam, displaying the development of bags and purses from the Middle ages to the present day.
100 recommandé par les habitants
Musée des sacs Hendrikje
573 Herengracht
100 recommandé par les habitants
The Museum of Bags and Purses, the largest of its kind in the world, will show and tell you the story of a seemingly everyday article. It is a fascinating story, featuring fashion, art, customs and history. The museum is situated in a lovely canal house in the centre of Amsterdam, part of the UNESCO World heritage Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam, displaying the development of bags and purses from the Middle ages to the present day.
Photography museum Amsterdam with beautiful expositions.
792 recommandé par les habitants
Mousse
609 Keizersgracht
792 recommandé par les habitants
Photography museum Amsterdam with beautiful expositions.
This theater has a selection of shows and performances with surtitles, or shows where knowledge of Dutch is not required.
136 recommandé par les habitants
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
26 Leidseplein
136 recommandé par les habitants
This theater has a selection of shows and performances with surtitles, or shows where knowledge of Dutch is not required.

Getting Around

Bike rental. From 8,50 euro a day, cheaper if you rent more days. At the rental they will ask you for your passport and a deposit of € 50,00 cash.
40 recommandé par les habitants
Ajax Bike
153 Gerard Doustraat
40 recommandé par les habitants
Bike rental. From 8,50 euro a day, cheaper if you rent more days. At the rental they will ask you for your passport and a deposit of € 50,00 cash.
Amsterdam is typically a city where you bike or take the tram. At the Central Station you can take the 'pond' (free of charge) to go to Amsterdam North, the EYE Museum and NDSM werf.
154 recommandé par les habitants
Centraal Station
154 recommandé par les habitants
Amsterdam is typically a city where you bike or take the tram. At the Central Station you can take the 'pond' (free of charge) to go to Amsterdam North, the EYE Museum and NDSM werf.

Shopping

Vintage shop where you can buy clothes by the kilo. While you ponder over what to buy, drink a coffee.
Vintage Home
97 Daniël Stalpertstraat
Vintage shop where you can buy clothes by the kilo. While you ponder over what to buy, drink a coffee.
Hutspot hosts a cafe, a barbershop and a store, where you will find urban brands and affordable artsy stuff.
290 recommandé par les habitants
Hutspot
4 Van Woustraat
290 recommandé par les habitants
Hutspot hosts a cafe, a barbershop and a store, where you will find urban brands and affordable artsy stuff.