Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Amazing food and atmosphere in this small Italian tratoria.
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Bella Storia
26 Bentinckstraat
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Amazing food and atmosphere in this small Italian tratoria.
Nice coffee and bagels
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Bagels & Beans Van Hallstraat Amsterdam
613 Van Hallstraat
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Nice coffee and bagels
Your local super nice Moroccan food just outside your house.
Restaurant El Kasbah
94I Van der Hoopstraat
Your local super nice Moroccan food just outside your house.
Lovely restaurant across the street from you, located directly in Westerpark. You can sit outside or inside and enjoy the very nice food they offer.
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Westerliefde
4-6 Klönneplein
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Lovely restaurant across the street from you, located directly in Westerpark. You can sit outside or inside and enjoy the very nice food they offer.
Amazing place with pizza that makes you wonder if you were somehow transported directly to Italy. It's a must! :)
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De Pizzabakkers Haarlemmerdijk
128 HS Haarlemmerdijk
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Amazing place with pizza that makes you wonder if you were somehow transported directly to Italy. It's a must! :)
You can enjoy both food or drinks at this nice little place. Come early or make a reservation as it gets busy.
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Cafe Nobo
73 Haarlemmerstraat
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You can enjoy both food or drinks at this nice little place. Come early or make a reservation as it gets busy.
Now this is my secret jewel - best restaurant in town and I come here any time I get a chance. If you're a bit of a foodie and like quality wine, you will love this place. Make a reservation.
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Bistrot Neuf
9 Haarlemmerstraat
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Now this is my secret jewel - best restaurant in town and I come here any time I get a chance. If you're a bit of a foodie and like quality wine, you will love this place. Make a reservation.
Not the cheapest but special experience. You get to sit on big cussions on the floor and enjoy live belly dancing and yummy delights.
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Nomads
17 Herengracht
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Not the cheapest but special experience. You get to sit on big cussions on the floor and enjoy live belly dancing and yummy delights.
Again, across the street from you, direct in the Westerpark. Great food and chilled atmosphere, whether you are sitting outside or inside.
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Raïnaraï
252 Prinsengracht
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Again, across the street from you, direct in the Westerpark. Great food and chilled atmosphere, whether you are sitting outside or inside.
One of my favourite places to eat. A bit hidden from the buzz of Prinsengracht and the food is fantastic. Book in advance as they are busy.
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De Belhamel
60 Brouwersgracht
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One of my favourite places to eat. A bit hidden from the buzz of Prinsengracht and the food is fantastic. Book in advance as they are busy.
Don't get put off by the touristy location as this is a hidden jewel. Foodie experience, excellent wine - not cheap but totally worth it.
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GRAVES | restaurant-wijnbar |
10 Gravenstraat
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Don't get put off by the touristy location as this is a hidden jewel. Foodie experience, excellent wine - not cheap but totally worth it.
If you don't know about it, you'll never find it. A former fabriek, this is a unique space and atmosphere. Tends to be busy, so make a reservation.
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Café Restaurant Amsterdam
6 Watertorenplein
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If you don't know about it, you'll never find it. A former fabriek, this is a unique space and atmosphere. Tends to be busy, so make a reservation.
Great art nouveau space, posh atmosphere, great for a nice coffee and cake - makes you feel like you've just stepped into a royal palace :).
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Café Américain
28 Leidseplein
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Great art nouveau space, posh atmosphere, great for a nice coffee and cake - makes you feel like you've just stepped into a royal palace :).
Student like feel, nice for a bite before a gig in the next door Paradiso or cinema. Art films and festivals are often hosted here - check the programma.
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De Balie
10 Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen
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Student like feel, nice for a bite before a gig in the next door Paradiso or cinema. Art films and festivals are often hosted here - check the programma.
Great Thai in this tiny place, it may not look it but worth trying.
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Ko Chang Thai restaurant
91 Westerstraat
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Great Thai in this tiny place, it may not look it but worth trying.
OK, there will always be a fight between who knows the best burger place in town, I say it's this one. Tends to be super crowded but what isn't in Amsterdam - everybody wants a piece of it.
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Burgermeester | de Pijp
48 Albert Cuypstraat
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OK, there will always be a fight between who knows the best burger place in town, I say it's this one. Tends to be super crowded but what isn't in Amsterdam - everybody wants a piece of it.
Great value for money, love the space too. If you're on a bit of a budget and happened to be around the area, it's worth exploring.
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De Bazar Amsterdam B.V.
182 Albert Cuypstraat
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Great value for money, love the space too. If you're on a bit of a budget and happened to be around the area, it's worth exploring.
You can dispute the coffee quality of Starbucks all you want but this is worth at least for the architecture. Great space.
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Starbucks
72 Overtoom
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You can dispute the coffee quality of Starbucks all you want but this is worth at least for the architecture. Great space.
Restaurant, coffee, club, great outside seating space, this place has it all. Next door is also the more famous Anne Frank's museum :). Not necessarily the cheapest but common, you're on holiday :).
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Werck
277 Prinsengracht
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Restaurant, coffee, club, great outside seating space, this place has it all. Next door is also the more famous Anne Frank's museum :). Not necessarily the cheapest but common, you're on holiday :).
Consider yourself lucky that I'm sharing this one with you. In my view the best Spanish food in town but what do I know, I'm not Spanish ;). When Spain plays, they also show it on a big screen.
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Vamos a Ver
308 Govert Flinckstraat
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Consider yourself lucky that I'm sharing this one with you. In my view the best Spanish food in town but what do I know, I'm not Spanish ;). When Spain plays, they also show it on a big screen.
There's a tiny Bird and a bigger Bird :). You can either hop into the take away one or the seating restaurant one. Both have great Thai. A word of warning, they have no alcohol licence.
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Bird Thais Restaurant
72-74 Zeedijk
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There's a tiny Bird and a bigger Bird :). You can either hop into the take away one or the seating restaurant one. Both have great Thai. A word of warning, they have no alcohol licence.
I don't particularly like Chinese food, as in not your regular Chinese take away kinda girl but this modern Chinese fusion is to die for. Loooong lines, so make a reservation.
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New King
115-117 Zeedijk
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I don't particularly like Chinese food, as in not your regular Chinese take away kinda girl but this modern Chinese fusion is to die for. Loooong lines, so make a reservation.
There is one here and one closer to you on Bilderdijkstraat. Great coffee.
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de koffie salon centrum
130-BG Utrechtsestraat
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There is one here and one closer to you on Bilderdijkstraat. Great coffee.
On the whole this area is worth wandering around and see where you fancy drinking/eating. Good Italian food here.
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La Trattoria Di Donna Sofia
300 Anjeliersstraat
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On the whole this area is worth wandering around and see where you fancy drinking/eating. Good Italian food here.
Can be tricky to find but that's part of the fun. Small, cozy, great nachos..try it!
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Goodies Food & Drinks
9 Huidenstraat
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Can be tricky to find but that's part of the fun. Small, cozy, great nachos..try it!
Burried in the Nine streets area, whether you're new to Japanese pancakes or a devoted fan, it's a must.
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Japanese Pancake World
24 Tweede Egelantiersdwarsstraat
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Burried in the Nine streets area, whether you're new to Japanese pancakes or a devoted fan, it's a must.
By now you have probably discovered the longest street in Holland - Prinsengracht. Stylish, romantic, not cheap but doable, Mashua offers a great South American fusion experience.
Mashua
703 Prinsengracht
By now you have probably discovered the longest street in Holland - Prinsengracht. Stylish, romantic, not cheap but doable, Mashua offers a great South American fusion experience.
The name says it all. The food is great in this little Peru castle.
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Casa Perú
68 Leidsegracht
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The name says it all. The food is great in this little Peru castle.
Used to be my favourite local spot, Cafe De Tuin is great for a drink or a few. Very popular by the locals, so get in early if you want to sit inside.
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Café de Tuin
13 Tweede Tuindwarsstraat
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Used to be my favourite local spot, Cafe De Tuin is great for a drink or a few. Very popular by the locals, so get in early if you want to sit inside.
If you feel like some Greek food, this is a great spot.
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Dionysos Taverna
176 Overtoom
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If you feel like some Greek food, this is a great spot.
Great food and lovely vibe, this place has it all. Very walkable from Westerpark, so stretch your legs before you sit down for some nice wine and yummy delights.
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La Oliva
122 124 Egelantiersstraat
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Great food and lovely vibe, this place has it all. Very walkable from Westerpark, so stretch your legs before you sit down for some nice wine and yummy delights.
I'm not a great carnivore but I love the quality of meat here. Easily the best steak in town. A bit far away from Westerpark but the trams or bikes take you everywhere :).
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Mi Sueño
40 Maasstraat
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I'm not a great carnivore but I love the quality of meat here. Easily the best steak in town. A bit far away from Westerpark but the trams or bikes take you everywhere :).
Westerpark will forgive you for cheating on it with Vondelpark ;). Cafe Vertigo is kinda in the middle, it has a big section both inside and outside for enjoying crowd watching.
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Vertigo
3 Vondelpark
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Westerpark will forgive you for cheating on it with Vondelpark ;). Cafe Vertigo is kinda in the middle, it has a big section both inside and outside for enjoying crowd watching.
I've been there just once as it's so busy and I don't do crowds :). However, it's famous for the meat quality and fun to go to.
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Café Loetje
52 Johannes Vermeerstraat
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I've been there just once as it's so busy and I don't do crowds :). However, it's famous for the meat quality and fun to go to.
If you feel like a bit of a challenge, try and find this restaurant on a boat. It's fabulous, often with live jazz (think Sunday), great food and chill factor present at all times.
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Pont 13
50 Haparandadam
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If you feel like a bit of a challenge, try and find this restaurant on a boat. It's fabulous, often with live jazz (think Sunday), great food and chill factor present at all times.
Again, perhaps not so easy to find but your patience will be rewarded. I cannot describe it, you have to go and experience it :).
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Noorderlicht Café
102 NDSM-Plein
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Again, perhaps not so easy to find but your patience will be rewarded. I cannot describe it, you have to go and experience it :).
There are two reasons why to come here: it's almost outside your door..or ok, around the corner from you :) AND it serves Belgian beer. Do I have to say more? Proost!
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Cafe Brel
37 Van Hallstraat
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There are two reasons why to come here: it's almost outside your door..or ok, around the corner from you :) AND it serves Belgian beer. Do I have to say more? Proost!

Arts & Culture

A small nice independent cinema with a coffee bar showing arty films across the street from you.
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Het Ketelhuis
4 Pazzanistraat
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A small nice independent cinema with a coffee bar showing arty films across the street from you.
Clubbing, exhibitions, check their schedule for the programma when you are around.
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Zuiveringshal West
37 Pazzanistraat
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Clubbing, exhibitions, check their schedule for the programma when you are around.
Old fashioned wonderful little arty cinema just a short walk away.
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The Movies
159 - 163 Haarlemmerdijk
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Old fashioned wonderful little arty cinema just a short walk away.
Now, this is a special place. If you enjoy arty, studenty, live music, amateur theater, independent cinema type of squat, then I recommend to come here for at least a drink & see if you like it.
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De Nieuwe Anita
111 Frederik Hendrikstraat
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Now, this is a special place. If you enjoy arty, studenty, live music, amateur theater, independent cinema type of squat, then I recommend to come here for at least a drink & see if you like it.

Everything Else

Westerpark in Amsterdam is across the street from you. Enjoy the bars and coffee places or just ponder on the grass people watching :).
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Westerpark
4 Haarlemmerweg
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Westerpark in Amsterdam is across the street from you. Enjoy the bars and coffee places or just ponder on the grass people watching :).
Biological market every Saturday and Monday morning. You will find tasty things as well as a bit of flea market. If that's not enough, you can sit around in one of the surrounding cafes & ponder :).
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Noordermarkt
42B Noordermarkt
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Biological market every Saturday and Monday morning. You will find tasty things as well as a bit of flea market. If that's not enough, you can sit around in one of the surrounding cafes & ponder :).
You can visit the museums or sit on the grass and watch the world go by. Great photo opportunities of the Rijksmuseum.
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Museumplein
Museumplein
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You can visit the museums or sit on the grass and watch the world go by. Great photo opportunities of the Rijksmuseum.
More for the girls I guess but a nice thing to do, I mean women and handbags..I don't need to say more, do I? :) Great high tea space with an inner garden too.
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Muzium Beg dan Beg Tangan
573 Herengracht
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More for the girls I guess but a nice thing to do, I mean women and handbags..I don't need to say more, do I? :) Great high tea space with an inner garden too.
Famous for...being famous really. I think the small markets are much nicer but if it's your first time in Amsterdam, then why not.
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Pasar Albert Cuyp
Albert Cuypstraat
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Famous for...being famous really. I think the small markets are much nicer but if it's your first time in Amsterdam, then why not.
At the flower market, you will find flowers :). Lots of them, good value, just don't necessarily buy at the first stall but walk through it first - best bargain at the end of the day (around 5ish).
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Pasar Bunga
Singel
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At the flower market, you will find flowers :). Lots of them, good value, just don't necessarily buy at the first stall but walk through it first - best bargain at the end of the day (around 5ish).
This one I am sure you've heard about before. It's small and intimate, long waiting time though, so check if you can buy tickets online.
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Rumah Anne Frank
20 Westermarkt
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This one I am sure you've heard about before. It's small and intimate, long waiting time though, so check if you can buy tickets online.
I am ashamed to say that I've never been but all tourists do it, so it must be good :).
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Pengalaman Heineken
78 Stadhouderskade
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I am ashamed to say that I've never been but all tourists do it, so it must be good :).
I am not suggesting you should read when you're in Amsterdam but it's a great building and on the top floor you can eat with at La Place with a nice view.
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OBA Library of Amsterdam
143 Oosterdokskade
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I am not suggesting you should read when you're in Amsterdam but it's a great building and on the top floor you can eat with at La Place with a nice view.
And here we go, the famous fight for the best bread in Amsterdam. Both Bakkerswinkel (across the street from you in Westerpark) and here are extremely good in my view.
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Vlaamsch Broodhuys Haarlemmerstraat Amsterdam
108 Haarlemmerstraat
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And here we go, the famous fight for the best bread in Amsterdam. Both Bakkerswinkel (across the street from you in Westerpark) and here are extremely good in my view.
If you, like me, love architecture, you will love visiting the film museum. Lots of fun things to do and see, great cafe with a fab view too just a short FREE boat ride from the back of Centraal.
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Muzium Filem Eye
1 IJpromenade
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If you, like me, love architecture, you will love visiting the film museum. Lots of fun things to do and see, great cafe with a fab view too just a short FREE boat ride from the back of Centraal.
Depends when you come to Netherlands, in spring you can visit the world's biggest collection of tulips. You can also rent bikes and cycle along the tulip fields, it's a memorable experience.
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Keukenhof
166A Stationsweg
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Depends when you come to Netherlands, in spring you can visit the world's biggest collection of tulips. You can also rent bikes and cycle along the tulip fields, it's a memorable experience.
You're in Holland, so may want to see some windmills, right? Zaanse Schans is a short train trip from Amsterdam and totally worth it.
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Zaanse Schans
Kraaienest
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You're in Holland, so may want to see some windmills, right? Zaanse Schans is a short train trip from Amsterdam and totally worth it.
And we're on architecture again, I think it's worth seeing if not for the content, then definitely for the building.
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Muzium Maritim
1 Kattenburgerplein
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And we're on architecture again, I think it's worth seeing if not for the content, then definitely for the building.
Intimate, touching space, here and there they do live music with candlelights. Great building.
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Sinagoga Portugis
3 Mr. Visserplein
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Intimate, touching space, here and there they do live music with candlelights. Great building.
This is a zoo, it's not massive, it's quite nice and I love the planetarium.
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ARTIS
38-40 Plantage Kerklaan
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This is a zoo, it's not massive, it's quite nice and I love the planetarium.
A former theatre, it's a lovely space for some popcorn and a block buster. Ehm, if you had a feeling something brushed your foot, it could be a mouse, it's Amsterdam after all.
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Pathé Tuschinski
26-34 Reguliersbreestraat
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A former theatre, it's a lovely space for some popcorn and a block buster. Ehm, if you had a feeling something brushed your foot, it could be a mouse, it's Amsterdam after all.
A free open air film festival taking place in August. Come early and I mean like 6pm, grab a good seat as it's packed every single time.
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Pluk de Nacht
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A free open air film festival taking place in August. Come early and I mean like 6pm, grab a good seat as it's packed every single time.
This is a museum of Bols where you get to taste the famous jenevers. Fun for all, legal drinking, ages, informative and interactive.
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Rumah Bols, Pengalaman Koktel & Genever
12 14 16 Paulus Potterstraat
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This is a museum of Bols where you get to taste the famous jenevers. Fun for all, legal drinking, ages, informative and interactive.
You are in Amsterdam and you absolutely have to try this. Rent a bike and you will be mobile everywhere around the city and fully flexible. It's a jungle but dive right in and join in the fun.
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Rent a Bikey
20-22 Damstraat
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You are in Amsterdam and you absolutely have to try this. Rent a bike and you will be mobile everywhere around the city and fully flexible. It's a jungle but dive right in and join in the fun.

Drinks & Nightlife

Small cocktail bar with the best cocktails in town (at least in my books! :). Come early as it's tiny and busy.
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Vesper
57 Vinkenstraat
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Small cocktail bar with the best cocktails in town (at least in my books! :). Come early as it's tiny and busy.
Typical 'kroeg' in Dutch - something between a pub and a bar :). If you are after the local feel, this is a good one.
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Café Kobalt
2 A Singel
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Typical 'kroeg' in Dutch - something between a pub and a bar :). If you are after the local feel, this is a good one.
Tiny, hidden, old-fashioned and awesome little Jenevers place. Don't be alarmed when you're required to bend over to drink your first one, it's a local custom. Enjoy :).
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Wynand Fockink
31 Pijlsteeg
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Tiny, hidden, old-fashioned and awesome little Jenevers place. Don't be alarmed when you're required to bend over to drink your first one, it's a local custom. Enjoy :).
Again, one of my favourite places. Great food and space and the service tends to be good.
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Mata Hari
22 Oudezijds Achterburgwal
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Again, one of my favourite places. Great food and space and the service tends to be good.
So, say you want to watch some football and you've had enough of the busy tourist centre, Taverna Barcelona is a good hiding place. Great Spanish food.
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Taverna Barcelona
37 Saenredamstraat
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So, say you want to watch some football and you've had enough of the busy tourist centre, Taverna Barcelona is a good hiding place. Great Spanish food.
Stylish bar with some great food too. You will find it right on Leidseplein where number 10 tram takes you directly from your Amsterdam home base :).
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bubbles Amsterdam
90-92 Lange Leidsedwarsstraat
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Stylish bar with some great food too. You will find it right on Leidseplein where number 10 tram takes you directly from your Amsterdam home base :).

Essentials

This branch of Marqt has recently opened on Haarlemmerstraat. You will find bio and local farm groceries at reasonable price.
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Marqt
402 Ceintuurbaan
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This branch of Marqt has recently opened on Haarlemmerstraat. You will find bio and local farm groceries at reasonable price.