Guidebook for Amsterdam

Mila & João
Mila & João
Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Great quiet park 5 minutes walking from our house. Perfect for a walk, run, picnic or to take kids to the playground. Has a cute, small jenever (licor) destillery in the middle of the lake.
398 locals recommend
Flevopark
Flevopark
398 locals recommend
Great quiet park 5 minutes walking from our house. Perfect for a walk, run, picnic or to take kids to the playground. Has a cute, small jenever (licor) destillery in the middle of the lake.
A design hotel with a fascinating history. Nice fo food, drinks or an insight into the Dutch colonial past
65 locals recommend
Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam
34 Oostelijke Handelskade
65 locals recommend
A design hotel with a fascinating history. Nice fo food, drinks or an insight into the Dutch colonial past
Museum of the Tropics - besides simply stunning architecture, the museum ofers a really intersting insight into the Dutch colonial past and exhibist art and anthrpological collections from all over
628 locals recommend
Tropenmuseum
2 Linnaeusstraat
628 locals recommend
Museum of the Tropics - besides simply stunning architecture, the museum ofers a really intersting insight into the Dutch colonial past and exhibist art and anthrpological collections from all over
Outdoor pool - unheated but great on sunny days (and extremely cheap)
86 locals recommend
Flevoparkbad
1002 Insulindeweg
86 locals recommend
Outdoor pool - unheated but great on sunny days (and extremely cheap)
nice ice cream
97 locals recommend
IJscuypje
27 Eerste van der Helststraat
97 locals recommend
nice ice cream
Nice club and restaurant
199 locals recommend
Trouw Amsterdam
125 Wibautstraat
199 locals recommend
Nice club and restaurant
Club, food, exhibitions...check out the website
346 locals recommend
Canvas
150 Wibautstraat
346 locals recommend
Club, food, exhibitions...check out the website
Once a month the Pure Markt, a foodie market, is hosted in Park Frankendael
91 locals recommend
Jeruzalem
91 locals recommend
Once a month the Pure Markt, a foodie market, is hosted in Park Frankendael

Food Scene

The closest and nicest restaurant in the neighborhood.
468 locals recommend
Wilde Zwijnen
23 Javaplein
468 locals recommend
The closest and nicest restaurant in the neighborhood.
Relaxed café, restaurant and movie theater run by students and with very casual vibe and a great terrace in the spring/summer months.
384 locals recommend
Studio/K
62 Timorplein
384 locals recommend
Relaxed café, restaurant and movie theater run by students and with very casual vibe and a great terrace in the spring/summer months.
Nice little Tapas restaurant
200 locals recommend
Pata Negra
124 Utrechtsestraat
200 locals recommend
Nice little Tapas restaurant
Another cozy restaurant
25 locals recommend
Boom Eten & Drinken
63 Linnaeusstraat
25 locals recommend
Another cozy restaurant
Nice indie café with little terrace outside
94 locals recommend
Bedford - Stuyvesant
55 Javastraat
94 locals recommend
Nice indie café with little terrace outside
1 min from the house
219 locals recommend
Coffee Company
14 Javaplein
219 locals recommend
1 min from the house
More tapas in a nicely designed restaurant with a lovely little garden
69 locals recommend
Happyhappyjoyjoy
69 locals recommend
More tapas in a nicely designed restaurant with a lovely little garden
Popular cafe and restaurant in a former public bath, with sunny terrace
228 locals recommend
Het Badhuis
21 Javaplein
228 locals recommend
Popular cafe and restaurant in a former public bath, with sunny terrace
Vintage café with slight Berlin style ambience
62 locals recommend
de Ruyschkamer
34-H Ruyschstraat
62 locals recommend
Vintage café with slight Berlin style ambience
If you wanna spot famous people while sipping on a drink by the Amstel river, come here (nice in and outside)
399 locals recommend
Café Restaurant De Ysbreeker
23 Weesperzijde
399 locals recommend
If you wanna spot famous people while sipping on a drink by the Amstel river, come here (nice in and outside)
Feel like sipping home-made licor, having a cake or coffee in the park by the lake? Come here!
104 locals recommend
Distillery 't Nieuwe Diep
13a Flevopark
104 locals recommend
Feel like sipping home-made licor, having a cake or coffee in the park by the lake? Come here!
Fancy, yummy restaurant in a greenhouse in the middle of the park
267 locals recommend
De Kast
3 Kamerlingh Onneslaan
267 locals recommend
Fancy, yummy restaurant in a greenhouse in the middle of the park
Hip bar, café and restaurant where you can sit on a beach in a lounge chair or boat and look at the skyline of Amsterdam
1052 locals recommend
Pllek
59 T.T. Neveritaweg
1052 locals recommend
Hip bar, café and restaurant where you can sit on a beach in a lounge chair or boat and look at the skyline of Amsterdam
Artsy cafe, restaurant with cultural events, free live music. Great after shopping on the monthly, gigantic flea-market at the Ijhallen
489 locals recommend
Noorderlicht Café
102 NDSM-Plein
489 locals recommend
Artsy cafe, restaurant with cultural events, free live music. Great after shopping on the monthly, gigantic flea-market at the Ijhallen
Trendy, good restaurant with djs at night
123 locals recommend
BAUT
320 Stadionweg
123 locals recommend
Trendy, good restaurant with djs at night
Restaurant with good vibe and good food
232 locals recommend
Fa. Pekelhaaring
127 Van Woustraat
232 locals recommend
Restaurant with good vibe and good food

Shopping

Multicultural street with plenty of grocery stores from Turkey, Maghreb, Middle-East, Suriname, India and the Caribbean, perfect for exotic delicacies, fresh fruits and vegetables.
161 locals recommend
Javastraat
Javastraat
161 locals recommend
Multicultural street with plenty of grocery stores from Turkey, Maghreb, Middle-East, Suriname, India and the Caribbean, perfect for exotic delicacies, fresh fruits and vegetables.
A shopping area with H&M, Zara, HEMA, etc
61 locals recommend
Oostpoort
61 locals recommend
A shopping area with H&M, Zara, HEMA, etc

Essentials

Great selection of Dutch and foreign cheese.
43 locals recommend
Fromagerie Abraham Kef
192B Marnixstraat
43 locals recommend
Great selection of Dutch and foreign cheese.
A daily market to shop for fish, cheese and everything else you might need
673 locals recommend
Dappermarkt
383 Eerste Van Swindenstraat
673 locals recommend
A daily market to shop for fish, cheese and everything else you might need
Great market and cafés to shop, stroll around and watch people on Saturdays
1832 locals recommend
Albert Cuyp Market
Albert Cuypstraat
1832 locals recommend
Great market and cafés to shop, stroll around and watch people on Saturdays

Drinks & Nightlife

A beergarden with heating outside - so it's also busy on chilly nights
523 locals recommend
de Biertuin
29 Linnaeusstraat
523 locals recommend
A beergarden with heating outside - so it's also busy on chilly nights
One of Amsterdams hotspots, right by the water
533 locals recommend
Hannekes Boom
4 Dijksgracht
533 locals recommend
One of Amsterdams hotspots, right by the water
Bar, restaurant that converts into a busy disco on weekends (free entrance)
428 locals recommend
Pacific Parc
23 Polonceaukade
428 locals recommend
Bar, restaurant that converts into a busy disco on weekends (free entrance)

Arts & Culture

An indie, artsy bar and cultural center in industrial setting. Great parties, drinks on their own "beach", free yoga, art exhibitions. Check out their website www.amsterdamroest.nl
496 locals recommend
Amsterdam Roest
1 Jacob Bontiusplaats
496 locals recommend
An indie, artsy bar and cultural center in industrial setting. Great parties, drinks on their own "beach", free yoga, art exhibitions. Check out their website www.amsterdamroest.nl
Filmmuseum, movietheater, great restaurant, amazing arciitecture, beautiful terrace...hop on the free ferry behind central station
1109 locals recommend
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenade
1109 locals recommend
Filmmuseum, movietheater, great restaurant, amazing arciitecture, beautiful terrace...hop on the free ferry behind central station
Independent art house films
151 locals recommend
Rialto
338 Ceintuurbaan
151 locals recommend
Independent art house films
Nice café, bar and little movie theater (mostly independent films)
176 locals recommend
Filmtheater Kriterion
170 Roetersstraat
176 locals recommend
Nice café, bar and little movie theater (mostly independent films)
Great architecture and lots of restaurants, a movie theater, a Sunday foodie market, a tasty bakery
263 locals recommend
Zuiveringshal West
37 Pazzanistraat
263 locals recommend
Great architecture and lots of restaurants, a movie theater, a Sunday foodie market, a tasty bakery

Sightseeing

Interesting architecture
26 locals recommend
Java Eiland
26 locals recommend
Interesting architecture