Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Our local Chinese restaurant around the corner. Delicious and you can also take away. Our tip: the lamp chops.
9 locals recommend
Havenstad
515 Borneolaan
9 locals recommend
Our local Chinese restaurant around the corner. Delicious and you can also take away. Our tip: the lamp chops.
The Lloydhotel is the Cultural Embassy of Amsterdam. Classic and contemporary dishes in the restaurant and a great library on the 2nd floor.
65 locals recommend
Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam
34 Oostelijke Handelskade
65 locals recommend
The Lloydhotel is the Cultural Embassy of Amsterdam. Classic and contemporary dishes in the restaurant and a great library on the 2nd floor.
Modern Dutch dining. Excellent kitchen.
468 locals recommend
Wilde Zwijnen
23 Javaplein
468 locals recommend
Modern Dutch dining. Excellent kitchen.
Entering the monumental building makes you feel like being in a village rather than in a city. There is a new menu in the restaurant, a lovely terrace and often live music.
33 locals recommend
De Nieuwe KHL
44 Oostelijke Handelskade
33 locals recommend
Entering the monumental building makes you feel like being in a village rather than in a city. There is a new menu in the restaurant, a lovely terrace and often live music.
A popular cafe & patio by the water surrounded by house boats.
85 locals recommend
cafe Kanis & Meiland 3.0
127 Levantkade
85 locals recommend
A popular cafe & patio by the water surrounded by house boats.

Parks & Nature

Fantastic outdoors swimming pool in the Flevopark, open only in the summer (May-August).
86 locals recommend
Flevoparkbad
1002 Insulindeweg
86 locals recommend
Fantastic outdoors swimming pool in the Flevopark, open only in the summer (May-August).
Peaceful park by the water, including a hidden garden & distillery called T Nieuwe Diep (The New Deep).
398 locals recommend
Flevopark
Flevopark
398 locals recommend
Peaceful park by the water, including a hidden garden & distillery called T Nieuwe Diep (The New Deep).
Swim Pier on Borneokade. Popular destination for locals to swim.
6 locals recommend
Borneokade
Borneokade
6 locals recommend
Swim Pier on Borneokade. Popular destination for locals to swim.

Sightseeing

One of the dams that keep Amsterdam dry, already built in the 19th century. A nice route to cycle or to hike. You might like to take the ferry to the North (see the map) and cycle along Nieuwendammerdijk and Schellingwoude to the Oranjesluizen, and continue along the Zuider Ijdijk to the Amsterdamsebrug (the bridge) and return to the Composer's Studio.
6 locals recommend
Oranjesluizen
51 Zuider IJdijk
6 locals recommend
One of the dams that keep Amsterdam dry, already built in the 19th century. A nice route to cycle or to hike. You might like to take the ferry to the North (see the map) and cycle along Nieuwendammerdijk and Schellingwoude to the Oranjesluizen, and continue along the Zuider Ijdijk to the Amsterdamsebrug (the bridge) and return to the Composer's Studio.
Beautiful old-fashioned wooden village just outside of Amsterdam.
16 locals recommend
Durgerdammerdijk
Durgerdammerdijk
16 locals recommend
Beautiful old-fashioned wooden village just outside of Amsterdam.
Old-fashioned Dutch village/houses. See Oranjeluizen.
46 locals recommend
Nieuwendammerdijk
Nieuwendammerdijk
46 locals recommend
Old-fashioned Dutch village/houses. See Oranjeluizen.
A lively neighborhood ("Indies Neighborhood"), where the streets are named after islands in the former Dutch colony of the Dutch East Indies, and the population is a melting pot of over 100 nationalities. Full of shops, cafes, restaurants, bars.
12 locals recommend
Indische Buurt
12 locals recommend
A lively neighborhood ("Indies Neighborhood"), where the streets are named after islands in the former Dutch colony of the Dutch East Indies, and the population is a melting pot of over 100 nationalities. Full of shops, cafes, restaurants, bars.
The old seaport of Amsterdam, the Eastern Docklands, is where you live. You can explore the area on foot or by bike. Architecture, water, house boats, art and design.
Eastern Docklands
The old seaport of Amsterdam, the Eastern Docklands, is where you live. You can explore the area on foot or by bike. Architecture, water, house boats, art and design.

Entertainment & Activities

Arthouse films, blockbusters and children's movies. Popular place to hang around. You can drink and eat there, listen to music and even dance. Run by students.
384 locals recommend
Studio/K
62 Timorplein
384 locals recommend
Arthouse films, blockbusters and children's movies. Popular place to hang around. You can drink and eat there, listen to music and even dance. Run by students.
The national Film Museum, a great building and view. Worth visiting even if you decide not to watch films, visit exhibitions, buy nice postcards or drink/eat. You can go there by taking the ferry behind the CS.
1109 locals recommend
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenade
1109 locals recommend
The national Film Museum, a great building and view. Worth visiting even if you decide not to watch films, visit exhibitions, buy nice postcards or drink/eat. You can go there by taking the ferry behind the CS.
A world-famous concert hall for jazz and improvised music plus a bar.
120 locals recommend
Bimhuis
3 Piet Heinkade
120 locals recommend
A world-famous concert hall for jazz and improvised music plus a bar.

Drinks & Nightlife

A nightclub nearby.... you can just walk home.
97 locals recommend
Panama
4 Oostelijke Handelskade
97 locals recommend
A nightclub nearby.... you can just walk home.
Modern brewery next to a windmill producing organic beers.
1100 locals recommend
Brouwerij 't IJ
7 Funenkade
1100 locals recommend
Modern brewery next to a windmill producing organic beers.
Converted industrial buildings housing a laid-back bar and a city beach with outside picnic tables & live music.
496 locals recommend
Amsterdam Roest
1 Jacob Bontiusplaats
496 locals recommend
Converted industrial buildings housing a laid-back bar and a city beach with outside picnic tables & live music.

Arts & Culture

A beautiful museum, where you can listen to Leo's music in the Sea Voyage. A fun museum for kids too.
820 locals recommend
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
1 Kattenburgerplein
820 locals recommend
A beautiful museum, where you can listen to Leo's music in the Sea Voyage. A fun museum for kids too.
The Dutch Press Museum, established in 1902.
7 locals recommend
Persmuseum
31 Cruquiusweg
7 locals recommend
The Dutch Press Museum, established in 1902.
Alternative place for storytelling.
27 locals recommend
Mezrab
576 Veemkade
27 locals recommend
Alternative place for storytelling.
Cultural meeting place, multi-arts center and gallery in former warehouse, with multimedia studios.
37 locals recommend
Pakhuis de Zwijger
179 Piet Heinkade
37 locals recommend
Cultural meeting place, multi-arts center and gallery in former warehouse, with multimedia studios.

Essentials

Nearby Turkish shop with fresh vegetables & fruit and friendly service.
7 locals recommend
Groenteboer Borneo
1D Rie Mastenbroekstraat
7 locals recommend
Nearby Turkish shop with fresh vegetables & fruit and friendly service.
Grocery, pharmacy, book, wine etc. stores and atm's.
81 locals recommend
Shopping Center Brazilië
1065 Oostelijke Handelskade
81 locals recommend
Grocery, pharmacy, book, wine etc. stores and atm's.