Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
Café Loetje
52 Johannes VermeerstraatLoetje has the best steak you ever tasted.
Mangiancora
170 Ferdinand BolstraatVery good pizza!
Visaandeschelde
4 ScheldepleinOne of the best fish restaurants in town
Le Restaurant
26H Frans Halsstraatvery good restaurant
Indo Jaya
141 Van WoustraatIndonesian food
Burgermeester | de Pijp
48 Albert Cuypstraathomemade hamburgers
Fa. Pekelhaaring
127 Van WoustraatOne of the top restaurants in the neighbourhood
This is a temporary pop-up restaurant and one of the best in town. These guys know what there doing. It's very popular so you have to make a reservation.
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BAUT
320 StadionwegThis is a temporary pop-up restaurant and one of the best in town. These guys know what there doing. It's very popular so you have to make a reservation.
Graham's Kitchen
38 HemonystraatOne of my favorite restaurants
Le Pain Quotidien
2 & 4 Cornelis TroostpleinGreat place for a french breakfast and good coffee.
VOLT eten & drinken
178 Ferdinand Bolstraatexcellent restaurant
Drinks & Nightlife
Has a great terrace with sun all day long. Pub quiz on saturday.
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Lokaal de Pijp
51 DusartstraatHas a great terrace with sun all day long. Pub quiz on saturday.
This is the local hang-out and the after work bar in the pijp area. Pretty good food as well.
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Café Gambrinus
180 Ferdinand BolstraatThis is the local hang-out and the after work bar in the pijp area. Pretty good food as well.
Café Lusthof
128 Van BaerlestraatNice quiet place.
One of the many bars in this area, there good places here to hang out
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De Groene Vlinder
130 Albert CuypstraatOne of the many bars in this area, there good places here to hang out
Cafe Binnen Buiten
115 RuysdaelkadeCosy pub
Very small and smokey jazz cafe with high quality jazz trios. Look for the big sax hanging outside.
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Jazz Cafe Alto
115 Korte LeidsedwarsstraatVery small and smokey jazz cafe with high quality jazz trios. Look for the big sax hanging outside.
Bourbon Street B.V.
Live blues and rock.
De Badcuyp
10 Eerste SweelinckstraatJazz club at the middle of the Albert Cuyp.
This brewery is just around the corner of my house. They brew their own beers and even there own gin here and serve great food (hamburgers!) as well.
178 lokalkjente anbefaler
Brouwerij Troost
21 Cornelis TroostpleinThis brewery is just around the corner of my house. They brew their own beers and even there own gin here and serve great food (hamburgers!) as well.
The Waterhole Live Music Bar
49 Korte LeidsedwarsstraatLive music and back packers
Arts & Culture
The Rijksmuseum just opened after a long renovation, be here in the morning to avoid the crowd.
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Rijksmuseum
1 MuseumstraatThe Rijksmuseum just opened after a long renovation, be here in the morning to avoid the crowd.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 MuseumpleinAlso the Stedelijk museum just re-opened.
Van Gogh-museet
6 MuseumpleinVincent van Gogh.
One of the oldest clubs of Amsterdam situated in an old church. They have a lot of good concerts here.
937 lokalkjente anbefaler
Paradiso
6-8 WeteringschansOne of the oldest clubs of Amsterdam situated in an old church. They have a lot of good concerts here.
Melkweg
234A LijnbaansgrachtConcert hall, many good line ups.
Foam
609 KeizersgrachtPhotograph museum
A cinema in a very beautiful art deco building. It's worth wandering around here and try to catch a movie in hall 1.
340 lokalkjente anbefaler
Pathé Tuschinski
26-34 ReguliersbreestraatA cinema in a very beautiful art deco building. It's worth wandering around here and try to catch a movie in hall 1.
Everything Else
Venetië IJs
68 ScheldestraatOne of the best places for ice-cream
Sarphatiparken
37I SarphatiparkSmall park were you can relax
Ajax Bike
153 Gerard DoustraatVery cheap bike rental
This is the tram stop close to my house. You can take tram 12 to Amstel station or the western part of town.
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Cornelis Troostplein
Cornelis TroostpleinThis is the tram stop close to my house. You can take tram 12 to Amstel station or the western part of town.
Essentials
Albert Cuyp-markedet
Albert CuypstraatNice, vibrant market with fresh food
AH Cornelis Troostplein
11 Cornelis TroostpleinLarge supermarket.
Here is an Aldi and an Action next to each other, for cheap but good quality groceries.
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Action
94 NieuwpoortstraatHere is an Aldi and an Action next to each other, for cheap but good quality groceries.
Shopping
This is an area of 9 small streets with little fashion boutiques. Forget the big, crowded shops on the Kalverstraat, this is the place to be if you want to shop for clothes.
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De 9 Straatjes
This is an area of 9 small streets with little fashion boutiques. Forget the big, crowded shops on the Kalverstraat, this is the place to be if you want to shop for clothes.