Guidebook for Amsterdam

Janne&P
Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Pizza YamYam is Amsterdam famous! Best place!
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YamYam Trattoria Pizzeria
88-90 Frederik Hendrikstraat
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Pizza YamYam is Amsterdam famous! Best place!
Coffee, lunch, dinner&bar. Nice atmosphere!
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Razmataz
7HS Hugo de Grootplein
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Coffee, lunch, dinner&bar. Nice atmosphere!
Superb food, fantastic wine. Great place!
Tweede Hugo de Grootstraat 13
13 Tweede Hugo de Grootstraat
Superb food, fantastic wine. Great place!
Apple pie is world famous!
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Noordermarkt 43
43 Noordermarkt
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Apple pie is world famous!
Best lunch in town! Makes you happy! Can be crowded.
Binnen Oranjestraat 14
14 Binnen Oranjestraat
Best lunch in town! Makes you happy! Can be crowded.
The best Italian restaurant in town! Reservation needed! Dress-up. Enjoy!
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Toscanini
75 Lindengracht
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The best Italian restaurant in town! Reservation needed! Dress-up. Enjoy!
Be on time & have your coffee outside. Friday evening is crowded.
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Finch Café
5 H Noordermarkt
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Be on time & have your coffee outside. Friday evening is crowded.
Thai food. Informal+good!
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Cook Kai
3 Tweede Rozendwarsstraat
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Thai food. Informal+good!
Smallest restaurant in town! Every week different menu. Favorite!!
Elandsgracht 108
108 Elandsgracht
Smallest restaurant in town! Every week different menu. Favorite!!
Best burgers! Vegetarian as well.
Elandsgracht 130
130 Elandsgracht
Best burgers! Vegetarian as well.
Nomadic restaurant. Great place!
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Rainarai Westerpark
40 Polonceaukade
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Nomadic restaurant. Great place!
Industrial, original, plain, light & good! Don't miss.
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Café Restaurant Amsterdam
6 Watertorenplein
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Industrial, original, plain, light & good! Don't miss.
Personally I think they have the best apple pie in town! Good coffee too. Enjoy!
Staalstraat 21
21 Staalstraat
Personally I think they have the best apple pie in town! Good coffee too. Enjoy!
Designated as best Tapas Cafe in town!
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Duende Tapas Bar
62 Lindengracht
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Designated as best Tapas Cafe in town!
Because off great food&wine&service. Statement: "soup, sin and good sense often go together".
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Cafe Nobo
73 Haarlemmerstraat
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Because off great food&wine&service. Statement: "soup, sin and good sense often go together".
Great pizza's! Large wood fueled brick oven. Take away, or eat in the pizzeria, have an espresso or a dessert and enjoy the lively in- and outdoor scene.
Tweede Tuindwarsstraat 14
14 Tweede Tuindwarsstraat
Great pizza's! Large wood fueled brick oven. Take away, or eat in the pizzeria, have an espresso or a dessert and enjoy the lively in- and outdoor scene.
Another secret of Amsterdam. Take the ferry too "NDSM-werf". (tomtom works with old address: T.T. Neveritaweg 33)
NDSM-Straat
NDSM-Straat
Another secret of Amsterdam. Take the ferry too "NDSM-werf". (tomtom works with old address: T.T. Neveritaweg 33)
Great experience go by ferry & have dinner on the other side in nice atmosphere. www.wilhelmina-dok.nl. Make reservation! +31 (0) 20 632370 Ferry direction: IJplein (!)
Noordwal 1
1 Noordwal
Great experience go by ferry & have dinner on the other side in nice atmosphere. www.wilhelmina-dok.nl. Make reservation! +31 (0) 20 632370 Ferry direction: IJplein (!)
www.bosboom-toussaint.nl Price/Quality=excellent. Simple dishes. Nice&quiet place in city centre. Possible to sit outside. Coffee&Lunch as well. Actually you feel to be out of the city.
Bosboom Toussaintstraat 26, Helmersbuurt
www.bosboom-toussaint.nl Price/Quality=excellent. Simple dishes. Nice&quiet place in city centre. Possible to sit outside. Coffee&Lunch as well. Actually you feel to be out of the city.

Essentials

Open untill10.00 pm
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Frederik Hendrikstraat 81
81 Frederik Hendrikstraat
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Open untill10.00 pm

Shopping

They have everything: polaroid, film, digital.
Tweede Hugo de Grootstraat 10
2 Hugo de Grootplein
They have everything: polaroid, film, digital.
Traditional Italian ice cream factory!
Tweede Anjeliersdwarsstraat
Traditional Italian ice cream factory!
Lively local shopping area.
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Haarlemerdijk
Haarlemmerdijk
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Lively local shopping area.
The best art books - new+vintage - in a very special atmosphere
JOOT Books
15 Hartenstraat
The best art books - new+vintage - in a very special atmosphere
A unique shop in Amsterdam! For over 140 years, the place for special papers, materials for artists and designers and office supplies.
Vlieger
34 Amstel
A unique shop in Amsterdam! For over 140 years, the place for special papers, materials for artists and designers and office supplies.
Best shop for eyewear! Check it!
Grimburgwal 3
3 Grimburgwal
Best shop for eyewear! Check it!
Great collection of "Mens" bags & accessories. Made of traditional hardwearing materials such as waxcloth & vegetable tanned leather.
Herenstraat 1
1 Herenstraat
Great collection of "Mens" bags & accessories. Made of traditional hardwearing materials such as waxcloth & vegetable tanned leather.
ONLY, and ONLY, eat haring at corner Prinsengracht/Utrechtsestraat.
Prinsengracht 1061
1061 Prinsengracht
ONLY, and ONLY, eat haring at corner Prinsengracht/Utrechtsestraat.
BEST JEANS! Dutch exclusive brand of Jeans! (Woman at Runstraat 17)
Prinsengracht 495
495 Prinsengracht
BEST JEANS! Dutch exclusive brand of Jeans! (Woman at Runstraat 17)
Laura Dols specializes in clothing from the 50's. Unique dresses, hats, shoes, bags and accessories.
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Wolvenstraat 23
23 Wolvenstraat
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Laura Dols specializes in clothing from the 50's. Unique dresses, hats, shoes, bags and accessories.

Drinks & Nightlife

Creatives meet here. Always something going on!
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De Nieuwe Anita
111 Frederik Hendrikstraat
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Creatives meet here. Always something going on!
Depending on the night there are DJs and live acoustic sessions otherwise the bar staff play great music. Sometime on special days there are special events. + GARDEN!
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't Smalle
12 Egelantiersgracht
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Depending on the night there are DJs and live acoustic sessions otherwise the bar staff play great music. Sometime on special days there are special events. + GARDEN!
Home of the blues. Every night live music!
Lijnbaansgracht 163
163 Lijnbaansgracht
Home of the blues. Every night live music!
The place for a pleasant lunch and drinks in a beautiful piece of Amsterdam. For coffee, lunch, drinks, music & more. Every Monday live jazz or a DJ (from 6.30).
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Kat in de Wijngaert
160 Lindengracht
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The place for a pleasant lunch and drinks in a beautiful piece of Amsterdam. For coffee, lunch, drinks, music & more. Every Monday live jazz or a DJ (from 6.30).
Plain Amsterdam Cafe. Relax.
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De Oranjerie
15hs Binnen Oranjestraat
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Plain Amsterdam Cafe. Relax.
Typical no-nonsense Amsterdam Cafe.
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Café de Tuin
13 Tweede Tuindwarsstraat
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Typical no-nonsense Amsterdam Cafe.
Bright new concept! Bring Your Own Food. Order from a delivery service, bring or buy at the supermarket. The choice is up to you. Basis has plates, cutlery, ovens, microwaves and a phone for ordering.
Vijzelstraat 66
66 Vijzelstraat
Bright new concept! Bring Your Own Food. Order from a delivery service, bring or buy at the supermarket. The choice is up to you. Basis has plates, cutlery, ovens, microwaves and a phone for ordering.
Enjoy a variety of jazz and improvised music! The focus is on new developments, but the Bimhuis also offers a significant selection of more mainstream music.
Piet Heinkade 3
3 Piet Heinkade
Enjoy a variety of jazz and improvised music! The focus is on new developments, but the Bimhuis also offers a significant selection of more mainstream music.
www.cafethijssen.nl Real Amsterdam cafe. Everybody knows this place.
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Café Thijssen
107 Brouwersgracht
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www.cafethijssen.nl Real Amsterdam cafe. Everybody knows this place.

Everything Else

Work out&have a drink on the roof terrace.
Marnixplein 1
1 Marnixplein
Work out&have a drink on the roof terrace.
Great studio! Go! -www.yogayoga.nl-
Amaliastraat 5
5 Amaliastraat
Great studio! Go! -www.yogayoga.nl-
Best park in town. Some nice places to hang out.
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Westerpark
4 Haarlemmerweg
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Best park in town. Some nice places to hang out.
The Lomography Gallery Store Amsterdam is a platform for any fan of creative analog photography. Find all Lomography cameras, participate in workshops and meet other lomographers.
Herengracht 298
298 Herengracht
The Lomography Gallery Store Amsterdam is a platform for any fan of creative analog photography. Find all Lomography cameras, participate in workshops and meet other lomographers.
The Institute for Concrete Matter administers a huge variety of vintage photographs. Compiled as an archive. (thu-sat 1.00-6.00 pm)
Nieuwe Kruisstraat 19
19 Nieuwe Kruisstraat
The Institute for Concrete Matter administers a huge variety of vintage photographs. Compiled as an archive. (thu-sat 1.00-6.00 pm)
www.sloepdelen.nl. The best view is the canal view! With Sloepdelen it's very easy to rent a boat and go on the water yourself! (on the waterfront opposite Nassaukade 69. Watch the Canal Cruisers!
Nassaukade 69
69 Nassaukade
www.sloepdelen.nl. The best view is the canal view! With Sloepdelen it's very easy to rent a boat and go on the water yourself! (on the waterfront opposite Nassaukade 69. Watch the Canal Cruisers!

Arts & Culture

Leading gallery.
Annet Gelink Gallery
189 Laurierstraat
Leading gallery.
Lively down to earth gallery. Young artists.
Rozengracht 207A
207A Rozengracht
Lively down to earth gallery. Young artists.
Leading gallery. Don't miss.
Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam
59 Rozenstraat
Leading gallery. Don't miss.
Photography museum. For more than ten years now, Huis Marseille has been offering a varied exhibition program in which photography's rich history and diverse uses are given consideration
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Huis Marseille, Museum for Fotografi
401 Keizersgracht
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Photography museum. For more than ten years now, Huis Marseille has been offering a varied exhibition program in which photography's rich history and diverse uses are given consideration
The leading photography museum! Don't miss!
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Foam
609 Keizersgracht
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The leading photography museum! Don't miss!
One of the most famous music venues in the Netherlands and beyond. Five disciplines are united under one roof: music, dance / theater, film, photography and media art.
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Melkweg
234A Lijnbaansgracht
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One of the most famous music venues in the Netherlands and beyond. Five disciplines are united under one roof: music, dance / theater, film, photography and media art.
Great concerts! Ticket office can help you out.
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Paradiso
6-8 Weteringschans
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Great concerts! Ticket office can help you out.
WonderWood is the spot in Amsterdam to visit for everyone interested in plywood, art, design and fun. A mixture between shop and gallery. Situated close to the Dam Square.
Rusland 3
3 Rusland
WonderWood is the spot in Amsterdam to visit for everyone interested in plywood, art, design and fun. A mixture between shop and gallery. Situated close to the Dam Square.
Restored collects and sells unique products. They focus on representing talented young designers, and offering them a platform to bring their products and visions to a wider public.
Haarlemmerdijk 39
39 Haarlemmerdijk
Restored collects and sells unique products. They focus on representing talented young designers, and offering them a platform to bring their products and visions to a wider public.
The Frozen Fountain is an inspiring shop. The standard collection of furniture is combined with unique objects or limited editions of serial products from designers.
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Frozen Fountain
645 Prinsengracht
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The Frozen Fountain is an inspiring shop. The standard collection of furniture is combined with unique objects or limited editions of serial products from designers.
Droog offers a selection of accessories, lighting, furniture and studio work that change your experience of daily life.
Staalstraat 7, Nieuwmarkt en Lastage
7 Staalstraat
Droog offers a selection of accessories, lighting, furniture and studio work that change your experience of daily life.
Hotel Arena is situated in a great old building and offers a vibrant combination of restaurant, cafe & great club (check out the program: www.hotelarena.nl).
's-Gravesandestraat 51
51 's-Gravesandestraat
Hotel Arena is situated in a great old building and offers a vibrant combination of restaurant, cafe & great club (check out the program: www.hotelarena.nl).
It happens here! Artistic hotspot. Art/parties&cinema. Check out the program:ot301.nl.
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Overtoom 301
301 Overtoom
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It happens here! Artistic hotspot. Art/parties&cinema. Check out the program:ot301.nl.
Dress-up& P A R T Y! www.trouwamsterdam.nl
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Trouw Amsterdam
125 Wibautstraat
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Dress-up& P A R T Y! www.trouwamsterdam.nl
Check-out the new centre for film culture. Interesting exhibitions besides the film program. Nice spot for coffee&lunch. Take the ferry!
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IJpromenade
IJpromenade
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Check-out the new centre for film culture. Interesting exhibitions besides the film program. Nice spot for coffee&lunch. Take the ferry!
Great whit rainy days! Oldest Cinema in Amsterdam.
Haarlemmerdijk 161
Great whit rainy days! Oldest Cinema in Amsterdam.

Sightseeing

Touristic but 'must do'. Tip: go in evening. (until 9.00 pm)
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Anne Franks hus
20 Westermarkt
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Touristic but 'must do'. Tip: go in evening. (until 9.00 pm)
Great interactive museum! From a mediaeval child's shoe and the map of Cornelis Antonisz from 1538, giving a bird's-eye view of the city, to the impressive Civic Guard paintings from the Golden Age
Kalverstraat 92
92 Kalverstraat
Great interactive museum! From a mediaeval child's shoe and the map of Cornelis Antonisz from 1538, giving a bird's-eye view of the city, to the impressive Civic Guard paintings from the Golden Age
www.zaanseschans.nl Only 20 min by train from Amsterdam Central Station. Take the stop train direction Alkmaar to Koog-Zaandijk. Follow the signs to the Zaanse Schans (10 min walk).
Amstel 51
51 Amstel
www.zaanseschans.nl Only 20 min by train from Amsterdam Central Station. Take the stop train direction Alkmaar to Koog-Zaandijk. Follow the signs to the Zaanse Schans (10 min walk).
www.teylersmuseum.eu A visit is like a voyage through time. A stroll through the museum takes you from fossils and minerals to prints and drawings ans paintings.
Spaarne 16
16 Spaarne
www.teylersmuseum.eu A visit is like a voyage through time. A stroll through the museum takes you from fossils and minerals to prints and drawings ans paintings.
www.franshalsmuseum.nl The Frans Hals Museum boasts the largest collection of paintings by Frans Hals in the world. I
Groot Heiligland
Groot Heiligland
www.franshalsmuseum.nl The Frans Hals Museum boasts the largest collection of paintings by Frans Hals in the world. I
www.dehortus.nl The Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is one of the oldest botanic gardens in the world. Today, there are more than 4,000 plant species growing in the garden and greenhouses.
Plantage Middenlaan 2A
2A Plantage Middenlaan
www.dehortus.nl The Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is one of the oldest botanic gardens in the world. Today, there are more than 4,000 plant species growing in the garden and greenhouses.
www.jhm.nl Beautiful&interesting museum. Make combination with Hortus Botanicus! & have a stroll at Waterlooplein market.
Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1
1 Nieuwe Amstelstraat
www.jhm.nl Beautiful&interesting museum. Make combination with Hortus Botanicus! & have a stroll at Waterlooplein market.
YEH, go to the beach! Only 30 minutes by train! Train to Zandvoort or Train to Haarlem and change in train to Zandvoort at Haarlem Station.
Boulevard Paulus Loot 1
1 Boulevard Paulus Loot
YEH, go to the beach! Only 30 minutes by train! Train to Zandvoort or Train to Haarlem and change in train to Zandvoort at Haarlem Station.
NOT TO MISS!! www.begijnhof.nl This is history of Amsterdam. The most special place in Amsterdam. Even if you're not interested in history! Combine with Amsterdam Historical Museum.
Czaar Peterstraat 213
NOT TO MISS!! www.begijnhof.nl This is history of Amsterdam. The most special place in Amsterdam. Even if you're not interested in history! Combine with Amsterdam Historical Museum.
www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl Het Scheepvaartmuseum houses one of the world's biggest collections of nautical art and artefacts, including globes, paintings, ship models and more.
Kattenburgerplein 1, Oostelijke Eilanden en Kadijken
www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl Het Scheepvaartmuseum houses one of the world's biggest collections of nautical art and artefacts, including globes, paintings, ship models and more.