Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
Het Zwarte Schaap
40 Frans HalsstraatGreat lunch just around the corner!
Best little (take-away) vegetarian restaurant, just a few houses down the street
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Olive&Cookie
67HS SaenredamstraatBest little (take-away) vegetarian restaurant, just a few houses down the street
Mana Mana
85H Eerste Jan SteenstraatBeautiful Israeli restaurant, yummy food
Venkel
22 Albert CuypstraatGreat takeaway (or indoor) salads
Perfect spot just in our street for your morning coffee, simple dinner or glass of red at the fire
Cafe de Bieb
32 SaenredamstraatPerfect spot just in our street for your morning coffee, simple dinner or glass of red at the fire
da portare VIA
63 Frans HalsstraatBest pizza place in town. Try the tartufo!
Great bakery. Be warned. Their pies are highly addictive
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Baking with Passion
53 Albert CuypstraatGreat bakery. Be warned. Their pies are highly addictive
Café Caron
28 Frans HalsstraatSpheric new restaurants, French menu, good prices
Coffee Lounge
66 Eerste van der HelststraatGreat coffee tucked just around the corner of the market
Best brunch in town, a little expensive and very popular (prepare to wait in line) - but extraordinary breakfasts and a great spot during the week, it's mostly the weekends that get too crowded
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Bakers & Roasters
54 Eerste Jacob van CampenstraatBest brunch in town, a little expensive and very popular (prepare to wait in line) - but extraordinary breakfasts and a great spot during the week, it's mostly the weekends that get too crowded
Coffee & Coconuts
282 CeintuurbaanBig, beautiful bright and relaxing coffee place
Great little Spanish restaurant that serves good wine and tapas and is open 'whenever we're not closed' - what's not to love about that?
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Taverna Barcelona
37 SaenredamstraatGreat little Spanish restaurant that serves good wine and tapas and is open 'whenever we're not closed' - what's not to love about that?
Really good Indonesian food - won quite a few prices, great for take-away, little indoor seating
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Sari Citra
52bg Ferdinand BolstraatReally good Indonesian food - won quite a few prices, great for take-away, little indoor seating
Very cute cafe/restaurant in a street in the middle of the city that makes you feel like you're in a French village
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Cafe Toussaint
26 Bosboom ToussaintstraatVery cute cafe/restaurant in a street in the middle of the city that makes you feel like you're in a French village
Boutique Del Caffe Torrefazione
38 HS Eerste Jacob van CampenstraatBest coffee in town. No doubt
Drinks & Nightlife
Café Brecht
157 WeteringschansGreat cozy cafe for a beer, red wine or a spritzer
My alltime favorite Amsterdam cafe - lots of locals, beers, great encounters and a fireplace
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Café de Wetering
37 WeteringstraatMy alltime favorite Amsterdam cafe - lots of locals, beers, great encounters and a fireplace
Cafe Gollem
74 Daniël StalpertstraatLittle beer cafe selling over 100 different types of beers
Café Gambrinus
180 Ferdinand BolstraatGreat cafe for late night conversations
Brouwerij Troost
21 Cornelis TroostpleinNice brewery, serves good beers & food
My favorite cafe - great people, easy food and always a good atmosphere. Lots of games too
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Festina Lente
40B LooiersgrachtMy favorite cafe - great people, easy food and always a good atmosphere. Lots of games too
A former church turned into a concert hall, lots of parties are here too
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Paradiso
6-8 WeteringschansA former church turned into a concert hall, lots of parties are here too
Essentials
Cute little organic supermarket that holds everything you need
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De Aanzet (Organic (Food) Store Supermarket)
10 Eerste Jacob van CampenstraatCute little organic supermarket that holds everything you need
Ekoplaza
164 HaarlemmerdijkBig organic supermarket
AH Stadhouderskade
101 StadhouderskadeBig Dutch supermarket chain that has all you need
Sightseeing
Amsterdam's famous street market (food, souvenirs, etc.)
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Albert Cuyp Market
Albert CuypstraatAmsterdam's famous street market (food, souvenirs, etc.)
The beautiful square with all famous museums, the concert building, the I Amsterdam-sign, an ice skating place in winter and the little Rijkstuin with its cafe in summer
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Museumplein
MuseumpleinThe beautiful square with all famous museums, the concert building, the I Amsterdam-sign, an ice skating place in winter and the little Rijkstuin with its cafe in summer
Entertainment & Activities
Parc Studio
119 SarphatiparkCute little yogaplace
Rialto
338 CeintuurbaanGreat arthouse cinema with an indoor cafe
Filmtheater De Uitkijk
452 PrinsengrachtAmsterdam eldest arthouse cinema
One of my favorite cinemas and spots in town - the big, bright, modern EYE filmmuseum with a great view over the water and Central Station
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Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenadeOne of my favorite cinemas and spots in town - the big, bright, modern EYE filmmuseum with a great view over the water and Central Station
Cinecenter
10 LijnbaansgrachtBig arthouse cinema, showing nearly all current indie films
Arts & Culture
GRIMM Frans Halsstraat
80 Van BaerlestraatWell-known Dutch galerie of contemporary art
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 MuseumpleinMy favorite museum in town - contemporary art
Amsterdam's most well-known museum. Make sure to walk underneath the little passage too - it's beautiful and there's lots of live artists playing
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Rijksmuseum
1 MuseumstraatAmsterdam's most well-known museum. Make sure to walk underneath the little passage too - it's beautiful and there's lots of live artists playing
Van Gogh Museum
6 MuseumpleinThe famous Van Gogh museum
Foam
609 KeizersgrachtAmsterdam's museum on contemporary photography
Parks & Nature
The wellknown Vondelpark, filled with running locals, biking tourists, teahouse 'Het Blauwe Theehuis' and cultural spot 'Vondel3' - great relaxing in the grass on a summery day, or for walking on any other rainless moment in time
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Vondelpark
The wellknown Vondelpark, filled with running locals, biking tourists, teahouse 'Het Blauwe Theehuis' and cultural spot 'Vondel3' - great relaxing in the grass on a summery day, or for walking on any other rainless moment in time
Sarphatipark
37I SarphatiparkLovely park for a little stroll with a book and a coffee