Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
The best pizza in Amsterdam (well, according to me). Also, make sure you order some bread with olive oil :). Reservations recommended, it can get busy.
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YamYam Trattoria Pizzeria
88-90 Frederik HendrikstraatThe best pizza in Amsterdam (well, according to me). Also, make sure you order some bread with olive oil :). Reservations recommended, it can get busy.
Back to Black
48 WeteringstraatVery good coffee!
Plato Loco Caribbean Cuisine
29 Rombout HogerbeetsstraatDelicious Caribbean food!
Café Restaurant Amsterdam
6 WatertorenpleinDo not leave here without the steak tartar!
Bella Storia
26 BentinckstraatGreat Italian food, loved by locals.
Café Restaurant Piet de Gruyter
4-6 Van Limburg StirumpleinLa Perla Pizzeria
53 Tweede TuindwarsstraatGreat pizza, but make sure you made reservations.
Café Sonneveld
72 74 EgelantiersgrachtTypical Dutch restaurant, run by people from the Jordaan.
Flora
106H KinkerstraatGreat Mexican food!
Nice restaurant, good food and a great selection of natural wines (which don't give you a hangover
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Café Binnenvisser
36 BilderdijkstraatNice restaurant, good food and a great selection of natural wines (which don't give you a hangover
Not really a restaurant, this place is great if you want to eat at home but don't want to cook. They have nice Argentinian empanadas, which you can put in the oven when you're home.
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BAIRES Empanadas
25 BilderdijkkadeNot really a restaurant, this place is great if you want to eat at home but don't want to cook. They have nice Argentinian empanadas, which you can put in the oven when you're home.
One of the more famous burger restaurants in Amsterdam.
115 Einheimische empfehlen
Burgermeester | de Jordaan
130 ElandsgrachtOne of the more famous burger restaurants in Amsterdam.
Café De Klepel
22 PrinsenstraatNice restaurant with French cuisine.
Espressofabriek
39 PazzanistraatGreat coffee at Westerpark.
Every Saturday there's a street market with organic food / flea market. Definitely recommend this!
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Noordermarkt
42B NoordermarktEvery Saturday there's a street market with organic food / flea market. Definitely recommend this!
Once a few weeks there's a Sunday market here, check out the website: http://www.sundaymarket.nl
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Sunday Markets
7 PazzanistraatOnce a few weeks there's a Sunday market here, check out the website: http://www.sundaymarket.nl
Drinks & Nightlife
Pacific Parc
23 PolonceaukadeNice bar in Westerpark, it has a nice terrace.
Brouwerij Troost Westergas
27 PazzanistraatNice brewery, but also good burgers!
Cafe Struik
160 RozengrachtNice bar, they often have food nights with a theme.
Winkel 43
43 NoordermarktThis bar is famous for their Apple pies.
Café Checkpoint Charlie
48 NassaukadeDe Marktkantine
6 Jan van GalenstraatNice nightclub, that happens to be around the corner!
Parks & Nature
A nice city park where you can go for walks or picknicks, recommended on sunny days. There's also a good ice cream place called IJscuypje.
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Westergasfabriek
15 PazzanistraatA nice city park where you can go for walks or picknicks, recommended on sunny days. There's also a good ice cream place called IJscuypje.
Sightseeing
Westerkerk
279 PrinsengrachtMy favourite building in Amsterdam!
Jordaan
Make sure you visit the beautiful small canals in the Jordaan.
The oldest windmill of Amsterdam, close by the apartment. Unfortunately not open for visiting.
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Molen De Otter (1631)
78 Gillis van LedenberchstraatThe oldest windmill of Amsterdam, close by the apartment. Unfortunately not open for visiting.
Noordermarkt
42B NoordermarktEssentials
The most well-known grocery store in the Netherlands, it should have most things you're looking for.
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AH Frederik Hendrikstraat
81 Frederik HendrikstraatThe most well-known grocery store in the Netherlands, it should have most things you're looking for.
A grocery store that's a bit more upscale (think Whole Foods), with a lot of organic food.
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Marqt
402 CeintuurbaanA grocery store that's a bit more upscale (think Whole Foods), with a lot of organic food.
Shopping
The American Book Center
12 SpuiMy favourite bookstore.
Getting Around
Amsterdam, Fred. Hendrikplants. station
Bus stop with busses to Central Station.