Guidebook for Amsterdam

Odette
Guidebook for Amsterdam

Essentials

fresh bread, good quality
8 locals recommend
Bakkerij Sjoerd van Willes
4 Nieuwendammerdijk
8 locals recommend
fresh bread, good quality
Great supermarket (food halls) with fresh pizza's, asian food, coffee etc.
514 locals recommend
Jumbo
55H Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat
514 locals recommend
Great supermarket (food halls) with fresh pizza's, asian food, coffee etc.
Local market (also biological market)
28 locals recommend
Pekmarkt
Van der Pekstraat
28 locals recommend
Local market (also biological market)
mini supermarket, friendly owner & very close to our house
Slagerij Aïtmaten Minimarket
317 Meeuwenlaan
mini supermarket, friendly owner & very close to our house

Food Scene

Best icecream in town (also perfect coffee)
42 locals recommend
IJssalon IJskoud de Beste
331 Meeuwenlaan
42 locals recommend
Best icecream in town (also perfect coffee)
Great food, great atmosphere, beautiful view, unique in Amsterdam and only 5 minutes from our B&B.
410 locals recommend
Hotel De Goudfazant
30 Aambeeldstraat
410 locals recommend
Great food, great atmosphere, beautiful view, unique in Amsterdam and only 5 minutes from our B&B.
Beautiful food, very special.
131 locals recommend
Café Modern
2 Meidoornweg
131 locals recommend
Beautiful food, very special.
Great café & restaurant & filmhouse. Beautiful view and friendly service.
82 locals recommend
FC Hyena
24 Aambeeldstraat
82 locals recommend
Great café & restaurant & filmhouse. Beautiful view and friendly service.
Nice café & restaurant & cultural centre.
322 locals recommend
Tolhuistuin
2 IJpromenade
322 locals recommend
Nice café & restaurant & cultural centre.
Hip & trendy Mexican restaurant, great place, wonderful food.
61 locals recommend
Coba
4 Schaafstraat
61 locals recommend
Hip & trendy Mexican restaurant, great place, wonderful food.
perfect for veggies, very tasteful and so close to our house
Green Canteen - veggie food with attitude
98 Gedempt Hamerkanaal
perfect for veggies, very tasteful and so close to our house
also perfect for lunch or just coffee, great view and terrace and close by (next to ferry to east side).
87 locals recommend
Hangar Amsterdam
36 Aambeeldstraat
87 locals recommend
also perfect for lunch or just coffee, great view and terrace and close by (next to ferry to east side).
Great view over Amsterdam and biggest swing(!) on the terrace at the top of the building! In front of Central Station at the other side of the 'IJ' .
603 locals recommend
A'dam Lookout
5 Overhoeksplein
603 locals recommend
Great view over Amsterdam and biggest swing(!) on the terrace at the top of the building! In front of Central Station at the other side of the 'IJ' .
Typical Amsterdam scenery good for lunch, tea, dinner or bar.
496 locals recommend
Amsterdam Roest
1 Jacob Bontiusplaats
496 locals recommend
Typical Amsterdam scenery good for lunch, tea, dinner or bar.
Hip, artistic scenery
355 locals recommend
Café de Ceuvel
4 Korte Papaverweg
355 locals recommend
Hip, artistic scenery
great terrace, very hip, artistic scenery
1052 locals recommend
Pllek
59 T.T. Neveritaweg
1052 locals recommend
great terrace, very hip, artistic scenery
very hip & authentic place
489 locals recommend
Noorderlicht Café
102 NDSM-Plein
489 locals recommend
very hip & authentic place
at the other side of our house, typical Dutch café
127 locals recommend
Café ‘t Sluisje
297 Nieuwendammerdijk
127 locals recommend
at the other side of our house, typical Dutch café
Best real Italian (thin) pizza's. Restaurant or take away.
9 locals recommend
Italiaanse Delicatessen Nuraghe
6 Purmerplein
9 locals recommend
Best real Italian (thin) pizza's. Restaurant or take away.
Since years one of our favourite restaurants, perfect food and great atmosphere. Make reserverations otherwise you won't succeed!
313 locals recommend
Toscanini
75 Lindengracht
313 locals recommend
Since years one of our favourite restaurants, perfect food and great atmosphere. Make reserverations otherwise you won't succeed!

Drinks & Nightlife

Special place: bar & skatetrack inside! Only 8 minutes walk from our B&B.
112 locals recommend
Skatecafe
42 Gedempt Hamerkanaal
112 locals recommend
Special place: bar & skatetrack inside! Only 8 minutes walk from our B&B.
A real Amsterdam Brewery in a mill in the middle of Amsterdam!
1100 locals recommend
Brouwerij 't IJ
7 Funenkade
1100 locals recommend
A real Amsterdam Brewery in a mill in the middle of Amsterdam!
Very young & hip Brewery / café / tasting, next to the Food Halls (supermarket)
105 locals recommend
Oedipus Brewing Taproom
85 Gedempt Hamerkanaal
105 locals recommend
Very young & hip Brewery / café / tasting, next to the Food Halls (supermarket)
Tasting Tavern for Gin (18+)
161 locals recommend
Wynand Fockink
31 Pijlsteeg
161 locals recommend
Tasting Tavern for Gin (18+)

Arts & Culture

Don't miss our old Dutch masters
472 locals recommend
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum station
472 locals recommend
Don't miss our old Dutch masters
Museum of Modern Art. Also nice for kids to visit, close to the other musea.
1544 locals recommend
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 Museumplein
1544 locals recommend
Museum of Modern Art. Also nice for kids to visit, close to the other musea.
Photography museum, great exhibitions
792 locals recommend
Foam
609 Keizersgracht
792 locals recommend
Photography museum, great exhibitions
Beautiful museam for Photography, great location on the Keizersgracht (canals)
99 locals recommend
Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography
401 Keizersgracht
99 locals recommend
Beautiful museam for Photography, great location on the Keizersgracht (canals)
Interesting photography gallery.
Kahmann Gallery
23a Lindengracht
Interesting photography gallery.
Film house, interesting architecture, great food & wonderful view at the IJ. In front of Central Station (other side of the 'IJ' in North part)
1109 locals recommend
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenade
1109 locals recommend
Film house, interesting architecture, great food & wonderful view at the IJ. In front of Central Station (other side of the 'IJ' in North part)
Anne Frank Huis shows you why never ever any war should happen on this entire world...
2775 locals recommend
Anne Frank House
20 Westermarkt
2775 locals recommend
Anne Frank Huis shows you why never ever any war should happen on this entire world...
Street full with Antique and Artshops, close to Rijksmuseum.
28 locals recommend
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat
28 locals recommend
Street full with Antique and Artshops, close to Rijksmuseum.

Parks & Nature

in front of our door! you'll walk through this park from the bus to our house
35 locals recommend
W.H. Vliegenbos
W.H. Vliegenbos
35 locals recommend
in front of our door! you'll walk through this park from the bus to our house
Nice city park with lots of café's, restaurants, sometimes events or markets, filmhouse etc. Very very Amsterdam.
1599 locals recommend
Westerpark
4 Haarlemmerweg
1599 locals recommend
Nice city park with lots of café's, restaurants, sometimes events or markets, filmhouse etc. Very very Amsterdam.
The Central Park of Amsterdam;) On sunny days, very crowded but close to most Musea.
4196 locals recommend
Vondelpark
4196 locals recommend
The Central Park of Amsterdam;) On sunny days, very crowded but close to most Musea.

Shopping

Nice, small streets in the Centre (Jordaan). It's located between the Canals. Great to walk around & to shop.
1405 locals recommend
De 9 Straatjes
1405 locals recommend
Nice, small streets in the Centre (Jordaan). It's located between the Canals. Great to walk around & to shop.
Interesting Conceptstore.
290 locals recommend
Hutspot
4 Van Woustraat
290 locals recommend
Interesting Conceptstore.
Same Conceptstore as on Van Woustraat
290 locals recommend
Hutspot
4 Van Woustraat
290 locals recommend
Same Conceptstore as on Van Woustraat
Design in a wonderful shop on the Prinsengracht, lot of young designer, very interesting
28 locals recommend
Frozen Fountain
645 Prinsengracht
28 locals recommend
Design in a wonderful shop on the Prinsengracht, lot of young designer, very interesting
Nice shop (fashion, design, interior etc) also good for coffee or lunch. By ferry to East side only 10 minutes from our house.
50 locals recommend
Sissy-Boy DAILY
19 KNSM-Laan
50 locals recommend
Nice shop (fashion, design, interior etc) also good for coffee or lunch. By ferry to East side only 10 minutes from our house.
Interesting small but unique conceptstore from friends of us on great shopping street Utrechtstestraat
11 locals recommend
MaisonNL
118 Utrechtsestraat
11 locals recommend
Interesting small but unique conceptstore from friends of us on great shopping street Utrechtstestraat
Design shop very close to our house
27 locals recommend
POLS POTS
187 KNSM-Laan
27 locals recommend
Design shop very close to our house
Flee market or actually rather bootsales, very very much Amsterdam scenery, check the dates, not that often...
143 locals recommend
Vlooienmarkt IJhallen
143 locals recommend
Flee market or actually rather bootsales, very very much Amsterdam scenery, check the dates, not that often...

Getting Around

only 3 minutes by metro (our stop Noordermarkt, 10 min from our house. easy to travel by train to other parts of the Netherlands or to go to the airport Schiphol
154 locals recommend
Centraal Station
154 locals recommend
only 3 minutes by metro (our stop Noordermarkt, 10 min from our house. easy to travel by train to other parts of the Netherlands or to go to the airport Schiphol
Buy your Public Transportation ticket via GVB. In the bus itself you can only buy small tickets instead of 1 or more days tickets.
12 locals recommend
GVB Tickets & Informatie
6 Stationsplein
12 locals recommend
Buy your Public Transportation ticket via GVB. In the bus itself you can only buy small tickets instead of 1 or more days tickets.
All different kind of rental boats.
Boot Huren Amsterdam
185 Veemarkt
All different kind of rental boats.