Guidebook for Amsterdam

Martin Pina
Martin Pina
Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Very nice bread. Crispy fresh. Opens at 8 in the morning
26 locals recommend
BBrood
Osdorpplein
26 locals recommend
Very nice bread. Crispy fresh. Opens at 8 in the morning
Easy going coffee place with large terrace.
371 locals recommend
Café Zurich
2b Mercatorplein
371 locals recommend
Easy going coffee place with large terrace.
Wonderful cakes. One of the best in Amsterdam.
Banketbakkerij Rijkhoff B.V.
319 Bos en Lommerweg
Wonderful cakes. One of the best in Amsterdam.
Turkish restaurant. Very nice food. Note: no alcohol served. Note: March 2018 closed for rebuilding.
21 locals recommend
Meram Bos en Lommer
71 Bos en Lommerplein
21 locals recommend
Turkish restaurant. Very nice food. Note: no alcohol served. Note: March 2018 closed for rebuilding.
Cultural centre and restaurant. Very nice atmosphere and food.
181 locals recommend
Podium Mozaiek
191 Bos en Lommerweg
181 locals recommend
Cultural centre and restaurant. Very nice atmosphere and food.
Small, cosy Thai restaurant with wonderful food. Also take-away.
50 locals recommend
Kratiam Thai
199 Bos en Lommerweg
50 locals recommend
Small, cosy Thai restaurant with wonderful food. Also take-away.
Great surinam food.
44 locals recommend
Ram's Roti
107 Jan van Galenstraat
44 locals recommend
Great surinam food.

Essentials

Vegetables, meat, salads, tea, coffee. All Turkish. Very nice Baklava
Cihan Foodcenter
578-A+B Hoofdweg
Vegetables, meat, salads, tea, coffee. All Turkish. Very nice Baklava
Cheap supermarket
744 locals recommend
Dirk van den Broek
25 Marie Heinekenplein
744 locals recommend
Cheap supermarket
Typical Amsterdam market, but with a strong influence from Turkish goods. Connected to a small shopping mall.
28 locals recommend
Plein '40-'45
Plein '40-'45
28 locals recommend
Typical Amsterdam market, but with a strong influence from Turkish goods. Connected to a small shopping mall.

Parks & Nature

Very nice park for running, walking or barbecue on summer days. A run up and down the park is around 4.5 km.
329 locals recommend
Rembrandt Park
Postjesweg
329 locals recommend
Very nice park for running, walking or barbecue on summer days. A run up and down the park is around 4.5 km.
Nice sitting down place on summer evenings. You may bring your barbecue.
373 locals recommend
Erasmusparkbuurt
373 locals recommend
Nice sitting down place on summer evenings. You may bring your barbecue.
Very nice run around the Sloterplas (around 9 km if you start from the apartment). Small beach area in the northwest corner of the water.
109 locals recommend
Sloterplas
Oostoever
109 locals recommend
Very nice run around the Sloterplas (around 9 km if you start from the apartment). Small beach area in the northwest corner of the water.
Most famous park of Amsterdam. Very nice scenery. Lot's of runners! Note: barbecue no longer allowed in the Vondelpark.
4196 locals recommend
Vondelpark
4196 locals recommend
Most famous park of Amsterdam. Very nice scenery. Lot's of runners! Note: barbecue no longer allowed in the Vondelpark.
Small park. Easy to get to. Could be part of the running route towards the Sloterplas.
Gerbrandypark
Small park. Easy to get to. Could be part of the running route towards the Sloterplas.

Getting Around

'Cheaper' parking. € 1.40 per hour and free between 19:00 and 9:00. You can walk back to the appartment via the tunnel under the motorway.
De Leeuw van Vlaanderenstraat
De Leeuw van Vlaanderenstraat
'Cheaper' parking. € 1.40 per hour and free between 19:00 and 9:00. You can walk back to the appartment via the tunnel under the motorway.
Rent your bikes. Price: € 12.50 per day. Deposit: € 50.00. Note: only cash payments!
13 locals recommend
Van Zaane Tweewielers Amsterdam
66 Eerste Van Swindenstraat
13 locals recommend
Rent your bikes. Price: € 12.50 per day. Deposit: € 50.00. Note: only cash payments!
Closest railway station. Direct connection to Schiphol airport and Amsterdam Central Station. Take bus 15 to get to or from Sloterdijk station to the Bos and Lommerplantsoen.
15 locals recommend
Station Sloterdijk
15 locals recommend
Closest railway station. Direct connection to Schiphol airport and Amsterdam Central Station. Take bus 15 to get to or from Sloterdijk station to the Bos and Lommerplantsoen.
Buy your public transport card at the bookshop Leo and Anita. A single day-pass can be bought for € 7.50. Multiple day-passes are also available.
21 locals recommend
Meram Bos en Lommer
71 Bos en Lommerplein
21 locals recommend
Buy your public transport card at the bookshop Leo and Anita. A single day-pass can be bought for € 7.50. Multiple day-passes are also available.
Amsterdam Central Station
1346 locals recommend
Amsterdam Centraal station
Stationsplein
1346 locals recommend
Amsterdam Central Station

Entertainment & Activities

Centre for cinema, fashion, food and crafts. Indoor food markets with food from many different places. Great movies. Take tram 7 from the Hoofdweg and stop almost immediately opposite of De Hallen on the Kinkerstraat/Ten Kate markt
615 locals recommend
De Hallen Amsterdam
47 Hannie Dankbaarpassage
615 locals recommend
Centre for cinema, fashion, food and crafts. Indoor food markets with food from many different places. Great movies. Take tram 7 from the Hoofdweg and stop almost immediately opposite of De Hallen on the Kinkerstraat/Ten Kate markt
Swimmingpool. 50 m pool.
27 locals recommend
Optisport Sloterparkbad
3 President Allendelaan
27 locals recommend
Swimmingpool. 50 m pool.

Sightseeing

Famous square of Amsterdam. Take tram 14 from Bos and Lommerweg to Dam Square and Artis Zoo.
1419 locals recommend
Dam Square
1419 locals recommend
Famous square of Amsterdam. Take tram 14 from Bos and Lommerweg to Dam Square and Artis Zoo.

Arts & Culture

The best of the best museum. Can be busy though! Reservations recommended. Take tram 7 from the appartment, which stops on the Weteringschans, opposite of the Rijksmuseum.
472 locals recommend
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum station
472 locals recommend
The best of the best museum. Can be busy though! Reservations recommended. Take tram 7 from the appartment, which stops on the Weteringschans, opposite of the Rijksmuseum.
Beautiful museum with changing exhibitions. Linked to the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburgh.
604 locals recommend
Hermitage Amsterdam
51 Amstel
604 locals recommend
Beautiful museum with changing exhibitions. Linked to the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburgh.
Filmmuseum, cinema and restaurant with the most spectacular terrace in Amsterdam, on the waterfront of the IJ. The filmmuseum is just north of the Central Station and can be reached by ferry. See: https://www.eyefilm.nl/
1109 locals recommend
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenade
1109 locals recommend
Filmmuseum, cinema and restaurant with the most spectacular terrace in Amsterdam, on the waterfront of the IJ. The filmmuseum is just north of the Central Station and can be reached by ferry. See: https://www.eyefilm.nl/