Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Nearby café/restaurant perfect for breakfast, lunch or drinks. Even has real Dutch pancakes!
132 locals recommend
Cafe Vrijdag
137 Amsteldijk
132 locals recommend
Nearby café/restaurant perfect for breakfast, lunch or drinks. Even has real Dutch pancakes!
Shoes may be taken off when dining in the all black or all white salon on board this vessel while lounging and cruising the Amsterdam harbour. Departs behind Central Station
6 locals recommend
Supperclub Cruise
6 locals recommend
Shoes may be taken off when dining in the all black or all white salon on board this vessel while lounging and cruising the Amsterdam harbour. Departs behind Central Station
Coffee and good for breakfast. Many kinds of bagels too if you like
411 locals recommend
Bagels & Beans
52 Ruyschstraat
411 locals recommend
Coffee and good for breakfast. Many kinds of bagels too if you like
Classic Portugese dining. Great food for a good price in a pleasant atmosphere. Excellent waterfront terrace
74 locals recommend
Girassol
135 Weesperzijde
74 locals recommend
Classic Portugese dining. Great food for a good price in a pleasant atmosphere. Excellent waterfront terrace
A bit off center but exceptional wining & dining in a glass house with it's own extremely fresh food. High standard in everything. Also.. we got married here.. Recommended :)
267 locals recommend
De Kast
3 Kamerlingh Onneslaan
267 locals recommend
A bit off center but exceptional wining & dining in a glass house with it's own extremely fresh food. High standard in everything. Also.. we got married here.. Recommended :)
They bring your order while singing. It's a complete night out
43 locals recommend
Pasta e Basta
8 Nieuwe Spiegelstraat
43 locals recommend
They bring your order while singing. It's a complete night out
Monument built in 1400's and named after the weighing of goods. Originally a gate to the city. Now beautiful romantic and good restaurant mostly lit by candles. Nice terrace for drinks too
59 locals recommend
Waag
4 Nieuwmarkt
59 locals recommend
Monument built in 1400's and named after the weighing of goods. Originally a gate to the city. Now beautiful romantic and good restaurant mostly lit by candles. Nice terrace for drinks too
One of many Loetje steak restaurants around Amsterdam. Classic Dutch steak
167 locals recommend
Loetje Oost
15 Ruyschstraat
167 locals recommend
One of many Loetje steak restaurants around Amsterdam. Classic Dutch steak
Award wining best bakery in town! Authentic very tasty bread
91 locals recommend
Hartog's Wholegrain Bakery and Milling
77 Wibautstraat
91 locals recommend
Award wining best bakery in town! Authentic very tasty bread
Former Renault car garage converted into large stylish urban restaurant. Great food and ambiance. Live jazz nightclub music on Friday's. Also good for just drinks
100 locals recommend
Dauphine
175 Prins Bernhardplein
100 locals recommend
Former Renault car garage converted into large stylish urban restaurant. Great food and ambiance. Live jazz nightclub music on Friday's. Also good for just drinks
Exceptional French cuisine for a fair price with a hip/urban/classy twist. Just around the corner but open on weekdays only and popular so reservations are needed. Quickly stop by to see if they have a little opening perhaps
216 locals recommend
Rijsel
52 Marcusstraat
216 locals recommend
Exceptional French cuisine for a fair price with a hip/urban/classy twist. Just around the corner but open on weekdays only and popular so reservations are needed. Quickly stop by to see if they have a little opening perhaps
Newspaper office building converted into hotel/hip hang out. Get your hair cut, lounge in the lounge but make sure you take the elevator to 7th floor rooftop restaurant Canvas. A nightclub too. Recommended!
261 locals recommend
Volkshotel
150 Wibautstraat
261 locals recommend
Newspaper office building converted into hotel/hip hang out. Get your hair cut, lounge in the lounge but make sure you take the elevator to 7th floor rooftop restaurant Canvas. A nightclub too. Recommended!
Fine dining while lounging flat on your back on huge white mattresses, pillows and cushions. Restaurant/night club with of course a dj. Does not come cheap but quite an experience. There's a Supperclub cruise too
66 locals recommend
Supperclub
460 Singel
66 locals recommend
Fine dining while lounging flat on your back on huge white mattresses, pillows and cushions. Restaurant/night club with of course a dj. Does not come cheap but quite an experience. There's a Supperclub cruise too
Stylish nearby setting for coffee/drinks either inside this beautiful building or outside on the ever popular terrace
399 locals recommend
Café Restaurant De Ysbreeker
23 Weesperzijde
399 locals recommend
Stylish nearby setting for coffee/drinks either inside this beautiful building or outside on the ever popular terrace
Australian style coffee, drinks and food. From early morning till late
35 locals recommend
Drovers Dog
206 Wibautstraat
35 locals recommend
Australian style coffee, drinks and food. From early morning till late
C stands for Celsius. From -20 to + 200. Find out what different temperatures do to a dish. A very fine dish that is
82 locals recommend
BAUT Oost
125 Wibautstraat
82 locals recommend
C stands for Celsius. From -20 to + 200. Find out what different temperatures do to a dish. A very fine dish that is

Drinks & Nightlife

Spanish Tapas... & wine
22 locals recommend
Gesloten
85HS Weesperzijde
22 locals recommend
Spanish Tapas... & wine
Live blues every night. Run by a rockabilly and his son for the past 40+ years. Small authentic raw local blues hole
22 locals recommend
Maloe Melo
163 Lijnbaansgracht
22 locals recommend
Live blues every night. Run by a rockabilly and his son for the past 40+ years. Small authentic raw local blues hole
Popular 'brown' bar for diner and drinks till late but they do breakfast and coffee early in the morning too! Pleasant riverside terrace. Good spot for sun set so crowed on sunny days and evenings
218 locals recommend
Café Hesp
130-131 Weesperzijde
218 locals recommend
Popular 'brown' bar for diner and drinks till late but they do breakfast and coffee early in the morning too! Pleasant riverside terrace. Good spot for sun set so crowed on sunny days and evenings
Top 5 star hotel. Spot a rock star! Their michelin star restaurant is nice of course but it's even nicer to just have a coffee or cocktail on the terrace overlooking the river
78 locals recommend
InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam
1 Professor Tulpplein
78 locals recommend
Top 5 star hotel. Spot a rock star! Their michelin star restaurant is nice of course but it's even nicer to just have a coffee or cocktail on the terrace overlooking the river
A bar made out of ice
32 locals recommend
Xtracold Icebar Amsterdam
194 Amstel
32 locals recommend
A bar made out of ice
It does't get better than this: local Amsterdam beer brewer with it's own tasting bar right next to a real working windmill
1100 locals recommend
Brouwerij 't IJ
7 Funenkade
1100 locals recommend
It does't get better than this: local Amsterdam beer brewer with it's own tasting bar right next to a real working windmill
Typical traditional old Amsterdam brown bar (pub) in an old canal house. Great little terrace on the canal too! Very nice canal area
90 locals recommend
't Smalle
12 Egelantiersgracht
90 locals recommend
Typical traditional old Amsterdam brown bar (pub) in an old canal house. Great little terrace on the canal too! Very nice canal area
Hotel but it's all about the bar with rooftop pool and a view towards the Royal Palace. Also to be used by none guests. Plunge in
89 locals recommend
W Amsterdam
175 Spuistraat
89 locals recommend
Hotel but it's all about the bar with rooftop pool and a view towards the Royal Palace. Also to be used by none guests. Plunge in
Find a spot on one of the heated terraces because there's always something to see on the lively Nieuwmarkt square since it's so close to Chinatown and the red light district
24 locals recommend
't Loosje
32 Nieuwmarkt
24 locals recommend
Find a spot on one of the heated terraces because there's always something to see on the lively Nieuwmarkt square since it's so close to Chinatown and the red light district
Live music in an old church converted into rock/pop/house temple. See what's up and buy tickets online @ www.paradiso.nl
937 locals recommend
Paradiso
6-8 Weteringschans
937 locals recommend
Live music in an old church converted into rock/pop/house temple. See what's up and buy tickets online @ www.paradiso.nl
Views don't get much better than here. Perfect to start your evening with a cocktail here. A bit pricy though
122 locals recommend
DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station
4 Oosterdoksstraat
122 locals recommend
Views don't get much better than here. Perfect to start your evening with a cocktail here. A bit pricy though
Go for a swing over the edge on the lookout platform (paid access) Revolving restaurant Moon has the most spectacular view. If full restaurant madam has the same view
8 locals recommend
Government of Amsterdam
8 locals recommend
Go for a swing over the edge on the lookout platform (paid access) Revolving restaurant Moon has the most spectacular view. If full restaurant madam has the same view

Getting Around

Tram stop for line #3. Takes you straight to the museum area in 15 minutes
Ruyschstraat
Ruyschstraat
Tram stop for line #3. Takes you straight to the museum area in 15 minutes
Metro station Wibautstraat. Very convenient near the houseboat and takes you to and from Central Station in 4 stops/6 minutes
49 locals recommend
Wibautstraat station
49 locals recommend
Metro station Wibautstraat. Very convenient near the houseboat and takes you to and from Central Station in 4 stops/6 minutes
Get there in 4 stops/6 minutes with the nearby metro. Departure point at the back for the free ferries to Amsterdam North and NDSM wharf
1346 locals recommend
Amsterdam Centraal station
Stationsplein
1346 locals recommend
Get there in 4 stops/6 minutes with the nearby metro. Departure point at the back for the free ferries to Amsterdam North and NDSM wharf

Sightseeing

Old houses for females only. Interesting historical place with a wooden house from 1528. Next to the 'Schutters gallery'. Both free access
277 locals recommend
Begijnhof
1 Begijnhof
277 locals recommend
Old houses for females only. Interesting historical place with a wooden house from 1528. Next to the 'Schutters gallery'. Both free access
Always something to do here with views towards the beautiful Concertgebouw and Rijksmuseum. Great for a picknick on the lawn, there's a play area for kids and it becomes a winter wonderland with ice skating in the winter
1480 locals recommend
Museumplein
Museumplein
1480 locals recommend
Always something to do here with views towards the beautiful Concertgebouw and Rijksmuseum. Great for a picknick on the lawn, there's a play area for kids and it becomes a winter wonderland with ice skating in the winter
Old locks used to protect the city from the sea. Now just a beautiful site
Amstelsluizen
Old locks used to protect the city from the sea. Now just a beautiful site
Built in 1306. One of the oldest buildings in Amsterdam
112 locals recommend
The Oude Church
23 Oudekerksplein
112 locals recommend
Built in 1306. One of the oldest buildings in Amsterdam
Named 'New' church because it was built in early 1400's.. Always interesting exhibitions inside
72 locals recommend
The New Church
De Dam
72 locals recommend
Named 'New' church because it was built in early 1400's.. Always interesting exhibitions inside
Free of charge stroll in and out of a gallery part of the Amsterdam Museum. Dutch Masters
Schuttersgallery
Free of charge stroll in and out of a gallery part of the Amsterdam Museum. Dutch Masters
China Town
11 locals recommend
China Town
123 Zeedijk
11 locals recommend
China Town
Canal cruise where you can hop on hop off. Also at the nearby Hermitage Museum
Canal Company - Shop Blauwbrug
200 Amstel
Canal cruise where you can hop on hop off. Also at the nearby Hermitage Museum
Kodak moment! The famous skinny bridge. Walk there or hop on one of the bikes
136 locals recommend
Skinny Bridge
Magere Brug
136 locals recommend
Kodak moment! The famous skinny bridge. Walk there or hop on one of the bikes

Shopping

Well know shopping street for clothes, shoes, souvenirs and fast food
643 locals recommend
Kalverstraat
Kalverstraat
643 locals recommend
Well know shopping street for clothes, shoes, souvenirs and fast food
The "PC". Posh big names designers street
652 locals recommend
P.C. Hooftstraat
Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat
652 locals recommend
The "PC". Posh big names designers street
Popular local market only on Monday morning and Saturday. Flee market and organic produce. Also a very picturesque area great to visit without the markets going on
892 locals recommend
Noordermarkt
42B Noordermarkt
892 locals recommend
Popular local market only on Monday morning and Saturday. Flee market and organic produce. Also a very picturesque area great to visit without the markets going on
Notorious flee market. Open every day
282 locals recommend
Waterlooplein
Waterlooplein
282 locals recommend
Notorious flee market. Open every day

Arts & Culture

Modern Photography Museum in a modernized canal house
792 locals recommend
Foam
609 Keizersgracht
792 locals recommend
Modern Photography Museum in a modernized canal house
The Van Gogh Museum, also often open on Friday nights too with a dj's. Has things to do for kids too. 15 min away with tram 3
2485 locals recommend
Van Gogh Museum
6 Museumplein
2485 locals recommend
The Van Gogh Museum, also often open on Friday nights too with a dj's. Has things to do for kids too. 15 min away with tram 3
Important very comprehensive museum. Home of Rembrandt amongst other things. Also a free access pleasant garden with sculptures and shady benches, an espresso bar, a glass house and a great water fountain to walk in and out of. Recommended. 15 min away with tram 3
3186 locals recommend
Rijksmuseum
1 Museumstraat
3186 locals recommend
Important very comprehensive museum. Home of Rembrandt amongst other things. Also a free access pleasant garden with sculptures and shady benches, an espresso bar, a glass house and a great water fountain to walk in and out of. Recommended. 15 min away with tram 3
Royal palace on Dam square. Former city hall, given to the royal family but hardly used which is a shame because it's a very beautiful building inside and important historical place. Try to get in if you can
360 locals recommend
Royal Palace Amsterdam
147 Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal
360 locals recommend
Royal palace on Dam square. Former city hall, given to the royal family but hardly used which is a shame because it's a very beautiful building inside and important historical place. Try to get in if you can
Tiny place where the whole world tries to get in to. Book online and if you go, go early. The que is always enormous!
2775 locals recommend
Anne Frank House
20 Westermarkt
2775 locals recommend
Tiny place where the whole world tries to get in to. Book online and if you go, go early. The que is always enormous!
Jazz & concerthall. Fantastic views from it's all glass restaurant and great sun set too. Next-door Bimhuis has live jazz everyday. Check www.bimhuis.nl for tickets.
105 locals recommend
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
1 Piet Heinkade
105 locals recommend
Jazz & concerthall. Fantastic views from it's all glass restaurant and great sun set too. Next-door Bimhuis has live jazz everyday. Check www.bimhuis.nl for tickets.
Catch a movie in film museum EYE but most just visit this spectacular building and it's restaurant/café with a view. Free 24/7 ferry departs behind Central Station to 'Buiksloterweg', bikes go for free too!
1109 locals recommend
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenade
1109 locals recommend
Catch a movie in film museum EYE but most just visit this spectacular building and it's restaurant/café with a view. Free 24/7 ferry departs behind Central Station to 'Buiksloterweg', bikes go for free too!
Many art galleries at the Spiegelgracht and area. Old and new
20 locals recommend
Spiegelkwartier A'dam-Centrum voor Kunst en Ant.
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat
20 locals recommend
Many art galleries at the Spiegelgracht and area. Old and new
Contemporary art gallery/shop
38 locals recommend
Moooi Amsterdam Brand Store
145-147 Westerstraat
38 locals recommend
Contemporary art gallery/shop
Museum of contemporary arts, 15 min away with tram 3
1544 locals recommend
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 Museumplein
1544 locals recommend
Museum of contemporary arts, 15 min away with tram 3
Works together with The Hermitage in St Petersburg, Russia. Magnificent building along the Amstel. Was an elderly home for over 300 years. Now converted to museum. The free accessible grounds are worth a visit too with a nicely designed coffee pavilion in the back
604 locals recommend
Hermitage Amsterdam
51 Amstel
604 locals recommend
Works together with The Hermitage in St Petersburg, Russia. Magnificent building along the Amstel. Was an elderly home for over 300 years. Now converted to museum. The free accessible grounds are worth a visit too with a nicely designed coffee pavilion in the back
Royal theater and simply a beautiful building
250 locals recommend
Royal Theater Carre
115 /125 Amstel
250 locals recommend
Royal theater and simply a beautiful building

Parks & Nature

The Vondelpark is the main park of Amsterdam. Lively on sunny days. Vondel CS is a monumental building (the former film museum) with terrace overlooking the Vondelpark. Watch the skaters go by
45 locals recommend
VondelCS (Media & Cultuur LAB van de AVROTROS)
3 Vondelpark
45 locals recommend
The Vondelpark is the main park of Amsterdam. Lively on sunny days. Vondel CS is a monumental building (the former film museum) with terrace overlooking the Vondelpark. Watch the skaters go by