Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Great place for hot & cool Californian food. And brunch!
180 locals recommend
Staring at Jacob
215 Jacob Van Lennepkade
180 locals recommend
Great place for hot & cool Californian food. And brunch!
Pretty much the best coffee of the entire city.
237 locals recommend
Lot Sixty One Coffee Roasters
112 Kinkerstraat
237 locals recommend
Pretty much the best coffee of the entire city.
Hidden in between stores, this place has superb food for reasonable prices. It's all homemade, too.
7 locals recommend
Opera Prima
228 Kinkerstraat
7 locals recommend
Hidden in between stores, this place has superb food for reasonable prices. It's all homemade, too.
Spot them hipsters! This is a bar/cafe/restaurant with amazing view on the water - staff is very slow, though. Occasionally home to big parties such as "Edelwise".
376 locals recommend
Lokaal Edel
1 Postjesweg
376 locals recommend
Spot them hipsters! This is a bar/cafe/restaurant with amazing view on the water - staff is very slow, though. Occasionally home to big parties such as "Edelwise".
Every Thursday from 16.00-21.00 a few food trucks line up here for an impromptu food fest :) A must visit if you can make it.
7 locals recommend
Ten Kateplein
Ten Kateplein
7 locals recommend
Every Thursday from 16.00-21.00 a few food trucks line up here for an impromptu food fest :) A must visit if you can make it.
Pretty nice spot for a breakfast or lunch
Two Sisters
175 Bilderdijkstraat
Pretty nice spot for a breakfast or lunch
The cuisine is loosely Mediterranean, with a sprinkle of Bulgarian signature dishes like the guveche and vegan bobchorba soup.
Restaurant Zest - Craft Beer & Food
188 HS Bilderdijkstraat
The cuisine is loosely Mediterranean, with a sprinkle of Bulgarian signature dishes like the guveche and vegan bobchorba soup.
Great Thai.
Soen Eten en Drinken
Prinsengracht
Great Thai.
Damn fine coffee in this tiny shop that roasts their own beans. A little of Leidseplein.
7 locals recommend
Sweet Cup
93HS Lange Leidsedwarsstraat
7 locals recommend
Damn fine coffee in this tiny shop that roasts their own beans. A little of Leidseplein.
Sweet place, a little hidden in a street mostly used by bikers.
315 locals recommend
Bakers & Roasters
54 Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat
315 locals recommend
Sweet place, a little hidden in a street mostly used by bikers.
Go there, period!
211 locals recommend
white label coffee
136 Jan Evertsenstraat
211 locals recommend
Go there, period!
Surprising menu, with pricing a little above average but well worth it.
371 locals recommend
Café Zurich
2b Mercatorplein
371 locals recommend
Surprising menu, with pricing a little above average but well worth it.
Nice menu for a bite or dinner - ask for the cheesecake.
304 locals recommend
Radijs Amsterdam
41HS Jan Evertsenstraat
304 locals recommend
Nice menu for a bite or dinner - ask for the cheesecake.
Real Spanish tapas at a busy intersection jam-packed with cool shops, bars and restaurants.
10 locals recommend
Mano a Mano
6 Hugo de Grootplein
10 locals recommend
Real Spanish tapas at a busy intersection jam-packed with cool shops, bars and restaurants.
Very popular Belgian place - you might need to wait a little while.
314 locals recommend
Stadscafé Van Mechelen
96/97 Sloterkade
314 locals recommend
Very popular Belgian place - you might need to wait a little while.
All day 'Aussie breaky', sweets & savory and... delicious dinners. TUES: 8-18 WED- FRI 8-22 SAT-9-22, SUN-9-21
116 locals recommend
DroversDog Heemstedestraat
25 Heemstedestraat
116 locals recommend
All day 'Aussie breaky', sweets & savory and... delicious dinners. TUES: 8-18 WED- FRI 8-22 SAT-9-22, SUN-9-21

Essentials

162 locals recommend
AH Postjesweg
65 H Postjesweg
162 locals recommend
Freshly roasted nuts and trail mixes
Aladdin's Noten Hoek
142 Jan Evertsenstraat
Freshly roasted nuts and trail mixes
All kinds of chicken are available here in this shop owned by two Moroccan sisters. Cheap, good and yummy!
Poeliersbedrijf El-Hajjam
78 Derkinderenstraat
All kinds of chicken are available here in this shop owned by two Moroccan sisters. Cheap, good and yummy!
Wholefoods, but better.
857 locals recommend
Marqt
402 Ceintuurbaan
857 locals recommend
Wholefoods, but better.

Sightseeing

BEST bike rental service around! Friendly staff that won't screw you over. Tell them I sent you there :)
49 locals recommend
Eddy's Bikeshop
1 Mercatorplein
49 locals recommend
BEST bike rental service around! Friendly staff that won't screw you over. Tell them I sent you there :)
Want to see something cool? The entire "Sloterplas" had been dug out to mine enough materials to build the surrounding neighbourhoods. Start your scenic route here.
Oostoever
Oostoever
Want to see something cool? The entire "Sloterplas" had been dug out to mine enough materials to build the surrounding neighbourhoods. Start your scenic route here.
Rent a boat or kano here.
13 locals recommend
Watersportcentrum Sloterplas
4 Christoffel Plantijngracht
13 locals recommend
Rent a boat or kano here.
Walk past the old tram tracks and discover an off-beat, industrial area with a second hand store in a hangar. Also, there's a prison that's still in use!
Karperweg
Karperweg
Walk past the old tram tracks and discover an off-beat, industrial area with a second hand store in a hangar. Also, there's a prison that's still in use!
Old canal house (grachtenpand) decorated with stuff from back in the days.
138 locals recommend
Museum Van Loon
672 Keizersgracht
138 locals recommend
Old canal house (grachtenpand) decorated with stuff from back in the days.
Wonder about the crossings of important waterways in this sweet little spot.
Kop van Jut
Kop van Jut
Wonder about the crossings of important waterways in this sweet little spot.

Entertainment & Activities

So many spots to relax in the grass... the park is a hidden gem as it's never crowded like the Vondelpark.
194 locals recommend
Rembrandtpark
Rembrandtpark
194 locals recommend
So many spots to relax in the grass... the park is a hidden gem as it's never crowded like the Vondelpark.
Ice cream!
20 locals recommend
IJscuypje Amstelveenseweg
218 Amstelveenseweg
20 locals recommend
Ice cream!
"City beach without sand" on the west coast of the Sloterplas.
56 locals recommend
Hotel Buiten
3 Th.J. Lammerslaan
56 locals recommend
"City beach without sand" on the west coast of the Sloterplas.

Shopping

Funky fairtrade and oriental lifestyle shop.
9 locals recommend
Milagros Mundo "funky fairtrade & hippy chic"
23 Postjesweg
9 locals recommend
Funky fairtrade and oriental lifestyle shop.
For all your Indonesian food supplies. If you're into cooking, check these people out.
Sinar Mas Indonesian Catering
9 Hoofddorpplein
For all your Indonesian food supplies. If you're into cooking, check these people out.
Pretty large cooking shop.
Divine & Delicious
207 Haarlemmermeerstraat
Pretty large cooking shop.
2 supermarkets and 2 "Turkish vegetable & convenience" stores all next to each other. These are your nearest options for getting groceries.
9 locals recommend
August Allebéplein
August Allebéplein
9 locals recommend
2 supermarkets and 2 "Turkish vegetable & convenience" stores all next to each other. These are your nearest options for getting groceries.

Arts & Culture

Gallery
Meneer de Wit, centrum voor kunst en cultuur
202 Baarsjesweg
Gallery
Take the tour or book a (lunch)concert here. The Concertgebouw is one of the most stunning buildings we have in Amsterdam.
476 locals recommend
The Concertgebouw
10 Concertgebouwplein
476 locals recommend
Take the tour or book a (lunch)concert here. The Concertgebouw is one of the most stunning buildings we have in Amsterdam.

Drinks & Nightlife

Go up to the bar for an overpriced cocktail and enjoy the fact you're staying in our apartment rather than this hotel :)
12 locals recommend
WestCord Fashion Hotel Amsterdam
1 Hendrikje Stoffelsstraat
12 locals recommend
Go up to the bar for an overpriced cocktail and enjoy the fact you're staying in our apartment rather than this hotel :)
Amazing view of Amsterdam - slightly higher than from our apartment. It's literally at the end of the street, so why not take the chance?
119 locals recommend
Floor17
410 Staalmeesterslaan
119 locals recommend
Amazing view of Amsterdam - slightly higher than from our apartment. It's literally at the end of the street, so why not take the chance?
Bar, club and small stage with a diverse program: club house, singer-songwriters and jazz dinners. Also bring-your-own-BBQ and poetry slams. Check out www.vlla.nl
20 locals recommend
VLLA
9 Willem Roelofsstraat
20 locals recommend
Bar, club and small stage with a diverse program: club house, singer-songwriters and jazz dinners. Also bring-your-own-BBQ and poetry slams. Check out www.vlla.nl
Single-handedly the best ice cream you will be able to get in Amsterdam. Homemade by a chocolatier, this shop offers more sweetness than your body can handle...
7 locals recommend
Metropolitan
7 locals recommend
Single-handedly the best ice cream you will be able to get in Amsterdam. Homemade by a chocolatier, this shop offers more sweetness than your body can handle...
ZuiderSchinkel
1 Hoofddorpplein
Large terrace, nice sights next to a bikers' bridge. Get some hot cocoa here.
243 locals recommend
Gent aan de Schinkel
1 Theophile de Bockstraat
243 locals recommend
Large terrace, nice sights next to a bikers' bridge. Get some hot cocoa here.
Nice cafe next to the Vondelpark entrance.
79 locals recommend
Café Schinkelhaven
126 Amstelveenseweg
79 locals recommend
Nice cafe next to the Vondelpark entrance.
Coolest place in the East side of town. Worth a visit if you want to relax in a living room where everything if for sale with the highest quality F&B products!
62 locals recommend
de Ruyschkamer
34-H Ruyschstraat
62 locals recommend
Coolest place in the East side of town. Worth a visit if you want to relax in a living room where everything if for sale with the highest quality F&B products!