Guidebook for Amsterdam

Arne En Karlijn
Arne En Karlijn
Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

good French restaurant but expensive
Brasserie FLO Amsterdam
9 Amstelstraat
good French restaurant but expensive
the best Thai in town
82 locals recommend
Thaicoon Amsterdam
10 Beukenplein
82 locals recommend
the best Thai in town
164 locals recommend
Coffee Bru
14 Beukenplein
164 locals recommend
best bread in town
91 locals recommend
Hartog's Wholegrain Bakery and Milling
77 Wibautstraat
91 locals recommend
best bread in town
nice steady menu and nice terrace
213 locals recommend
Café Maxwell
27 Beukenplein
213 locals recommend
nice steady menu and nice terrace
nice burgers
60 locals recommend
Burgermeester | Artis
37 Plantage Kerklaan
60 locals recommend
nice burgers
good Indonesian cuisine No Jazz!
8 locals recommend
Coffee & Jazz
113 Utrechtsestraat
8 locals recommend
good Indonesian cuisine No Jazz!
Sushi!
15 locals recommend
Tempura
26 Plantage Kerklaan
15 locals recommend
Sushi!
Cheesefondue!
11 locals recommend
Restaurant Aguada
10HS Roetersstraat
11 locals recommend
Cheesefondue!
eat an oyster. They even wrote a book about it and made a movie of the book! It actually had nothing to do with the oysters! But it's called the oysters of Nam Kee and the oysters are really good.
94 locals recommend
Nam Kee
111-113 Zeedijk
94 locals recommend
eat an oyster. They even wrote a book about it and made a movie of the book! It actually had nothing to do with the oysters! But it's called the oysters of Nam Kee and the oysters are really good.
the Icebreaker
26 Chrysantenstraat
Nice vietnamese
82 locals recommend
Pho 91
91 H Albert Cuypstraat
82 locals recommend
Nice vietnamese
Good and cheap
9 locals recommend
Surinaams Chinees Restaurant Kam Yin
6 Warmoesstraat
9 locals recommend
Good and cheap
One of the best Italians in town
9 locals recommend
Pomorosso
71 Ceintuurbaan
9 locals recommend
One of the best Italians in town
Nice small old café. We call these bruin (Brown) cafés. They are Nice old pubs with no music and a lot of friendlyness. It is located in front of the Rembrandt house
19 locals recommend
Café de Sluyswacht
1 Jodenbreestraat
19 locals recommend
Nice small old café. We call these bruin (Brown) cafés. They are Nice old pubs with no music and a lot of friendlyness. It is located in front of the Rembrandt house
88 locals recommend
Cafe De Klos
41 Kerkstraat
88 locals recommend
Nice and quiet
6 locals recommend
Café 't Gasthuys
7 Grimburgwal
6 locals recommend
Nice and quiet
71 locals recommend
Cafe Papeneiland
2 Prinsengracht
71 locals recommend
Eggs in every possible way
18 locals recommend
Omelegg - City Centre
24 Nieuwebrugsteeg
18 locals recommend
Eggs in every possible way
Plain good food
134 locals recommend
Smokin' Barrels
22 Beukenplein
134 locals recommend
Plain good food
Nice little coffeeshop
Coffeeshop Bagheera
60 Kloveniersburgwal
Nice little coffeeshop
Best Liguorbar in town. Try the huppelolie
8 locals recommend
Proeflokaal de Ooievaar
1 Sint Olofspoort
8 locals recommend
Best Liguorbar in town. Try the huppelolie

Drinks & Nightlife

busy and popular
549 locals recommend
bar Bukowski
10 Oosterpark
549 locals recommend
busy and popular
62 locals recommend
Hotel Arena
55 's-Gravesandestraat
62 locals recommend
famous pop temple (former Church) affordable performances and good house parties
937 locals recommend
Paradiso
6-8 Weteringschans
937 locals recommend
famous pop temple (former Church) affordable performances and good house parties
concerts and clubbing
444 locals recommend
Melkweg
234A Lijnbaansgracht
444 locals recommend
concerts and clubbing
where beer is made!
1283 locals recommend
Heineken Experience
78 Stadhouderskade
1283 locals recommend
where beer is made!
nice bar with live jazz and good food
46 locals recommend
The Garden
59HS Kloveniersburgwal
46 locals recommend
nice bar with live jazz and good food
one of the oldest pubs in town
19 locals recommend
Int Aepjen
1 Zeedijk
19 locals recommend
one of the oldest pubs in town
12 locals recommend
The Tara
85 Rokin
12 locals recommend
116 locals recommend
De Nieuwe Anita
111 Frederik Hendrikstraat
116 locals recommend
22 locals recommend
Maloe Melo
163 Lijnbaansgracht
22 locals recommend
loud music cheap beer and nice garden
86 locals recommend
Cafe Sound Garden
164-166 Marnixstraat
86 locals recommend
loud music cheap beer and nice garden
523 locals recommend
de Biertuin
29 Linnaeusstraat
523 locals recommend
Bar and mill
1100 locals recommend
Brouwerij 't IJ
7 Funenkade
1100 locals recommend
Bar and mill
open during the day
292 locals recommend
The Blue Tea House
5 Vondelpark
292 locals recommend
open during the day
Casablanca Variété
24 Zeedijk
The first gay bar in Holland. And a famous sailor dance bar in the fifties
7 locals recommend
Cafe 't Mandje
63 Zeedijk
7 locals recommend
The first gay bar in Holland. And a famous sailor dance bar in the fifties
A Nice spot. Live music. International story telling circuit. Sahand runs a nice and cosy spot with great persian food. Entrance free put please slip in for the food.
27 locals recommend
Mezrab
576 Veemkade
27 locals recommend
A Nice spot. Live music. International story telling circuit. Sahand runs a nice and cosy spot with great persian food. Entrance free put please slip in for the food.
Nice special beers bar. An old one. No music but a real bar scene. Actually the small square in front of the bar is also beautiful. A little hadden spot in the centre. The have a Nice ossenworst. Good Dutch tradition. Try it with mustard.
31 locals recommend
Beer Tasting Room In The Wildeman
3 Kolksteeg
31 locals recommend
Nice special beers bar. An old one. No music but a real bar scene. Actually the small square in front of the bar is also beautiful. A little hadden spot in the centre. The have a Nice ossenworst. Good Dutch tradition. Try it with mustard.
Former It. One of the most popular clubs in town
109 locals recommend
AIR Amsterdam
24 Amstelstraat
109 locals recommend
Former It. One of the most popular clubs in town
one of the nicest coffeeshops in town. A bit expensive but like enjoying before a lot of new rules
18 locals recommend
Tweede Kamer Coffeeshop
6 Heisteeg
18 locals recommend
one of the nicest coffeeshops in town. A bit expensive but like enjoying before a lot of new rules
The best on different subjects. From jazz to cello bienales.
105 locals recommend
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
1 Piet Heinkade
105 locals recommend
The best on different subjects. From jazz to cello bienales.
Nice old bar. Food is oké and cheap
90 locals recommend
't Smalle
12 Egelantiersgracht
90 locals recommend
Nice old bar. Food is oké and cheap
Nice intellectual bar. No music. Located in a 17th century building
46 locals recommend
Café de Wetering
37 Weteringstraat
46 locals recommend
Nice intellectual bar. No music. Located in a 17th century building
A real old bruin café. Nice beer. Try a beer with a huppelolie jenever and the osseworst. Good hospitality, sand on the Floor and eggs for 50 cent
10 locals recommend
The Pilsener Club
4 Begijnensteeg
10 locals recommend
A real old bruin café. Nice beer. Try a beer with a huppelolie jenever and the osseworst. Good hospitality, sand on the Floor and eggs for 50 cent
Nice old style coffeeshop
Cafe Hill Street Blues
52A Warmoesstraat
Nice old style coffeeshop

Arts & Culture

2775 locals recommend
Anne Frank House
20 Westermarkt
2775 locals recommend
the dutch resistance museum. Good and small museum about Holland in the second world war. Focus on the resistance
76 locals recommend
Persmuseum Amsterdam
76 locals recommend
the dutch resistance museum. Good and small museum about Holland in the second world war. Focus on the resistance
2485 locals recommend
Van Gogh Museum
6 Museumplein
2485 locals recommend
The best 17th century paintings Rembrandts Nights watch and an enormous collection of national history and its famous painters
3186 locals recommend
Rijksmuseum
1 Museumstraat
3186 locals recommend
The best 17th century paintings Rembrandts Nights watch and an enormous collection of national history and its famous painters
modern art
1544 locals recommend
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 Museumplein
1544 locals recommend
modern art
250 locals recommend
Royal Theater Carre
115 /125 Amstel
250 locals recommend
last standing city gate
14 locals recommend
Muiderpoort
14 locals recommend
last standing city gate
Fotography museum and international expostions
792 locals recommend
Foam
609 Keizersgracht
792 locals recommend
Fotography museum and international expostions
especially nice with kids
603 locals recommend
NEMO Science Center
2 Oosterdok
603 locals recommend
especially nice with kids
nice walk through the canalarea
99 locals recommend
Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography
401 Keizersgracht
99 locals recommend
nice walk through the canalarea
151 locals recommend
Jewish Historical Museum
1 Nieuwe Amstelstraat
151 locals recommend
nice small canal house museum with garden
42 locals recommend
Willet-Holthuysen Museum
605 Herengracht
42 locals recommend
nice small canal house museum with garden
nice 18th century house
138 locals recommend
Museum Van Loon
672 Keizersgracht
138 locals recommend
nice 18th century house
The history of the city in a former 16th century labour house
111 locals recommend
Amsterdam Museum Building
92 Kalverstraat
111 locals recommend
The history of the city in a former 16th century labour house
Famous Theaterstreet with Nes theater
7 locals recommend
Nes
Nes
7 locals recommend
Famous Theaterstreet with Nes theater
10 locals recommend
Brakke Grond, Flemish Cultural Centre
45 Nes
10 locals recommend
16 locals recommend
Frascati
63 Nes
16 locals recommend
476 locals recommend
The Concertgebouw
10 Concertgebouwplein
476 locals recommend
136 locals recommend
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
26 Leidseplein
136 locals recommend
Former palace and city hall
360 locals recommend
Royal Palace Amsterdam
147 Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal
360 locals recommend
Former palace and city hall
820 locals recommend
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
1 Kattenburgerplein
820 locals recommend
interesting museum filled with former collonial (and questionable) treaures
628 locals recommend
Tropenmuseum
2 Linnaeusstraat
628 locals recommend
interesting museum filled with former collonial (and questionable) treaures
Filmmuseum
1109 locals recommend
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenade
1109 locals recommend
Filmmuseum
Theater, cinema, pub and restaurant? A bit of a posh cultural scene
41 locals recommend
De Balie
10 Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen
41 locals recommend
Theater, cinema, pub and restaurant? A bit of a posh cultural scene
House of culture. A wilde range of things. Beautiful house and lens away library
Huis De Pinto
69 Sint Antoniesbreestraat
House of culture. A wilde range of things. Beautiful house and lens away library

Sightseeing

beautiful quiet former nun (begijntjes) residence
277 locals recommend
Begijnhof
1 Begijnhof
277 locals recommend
beautiful quiet former nun (begijntjes) residence
the famous golden bend. The houses of the 17th century rich and famous
6 locals recommend
Golden Bend
510 Herengracht
6 locals recommend
the famous golden bend. The houses of the 17th century rich and famous
best view of the city, clubs and restaurants in the tower
603 locals recommend
A'dam Lookout
5 Overhoeksplein
603 locals recommend
best view of the city, clubs and restaurants in the tower
Dam square with former royal palace / City hall
1419 locals recommend
Dam Square
1419 locals recommend
Dam square with former royal palace / City hall
Nice museum in the studio and house of Rembrandt van Rijn.
301 locals recommend
Museum Het Rembrandthuis (Rembrandt House)
4 Jodenbreestraat
301 locals recommend
Nice museum in the studio and house of Rembrandt van Rijn.
55 locals recommend
Portuguese Synagogue
3 Mr. Visserplein
55 locals recommend
red light district
636 locals recommend
De Wallen
636 locals recommend
red light district
bars, gay clubs, coffeeshops, the condomerie and enterance to the red light district.
21 locals recommend
Warmoesstraat
Warmoesstraat
21 locals recommend
bars, gay clubs, coffeeshops, the condomerie and enterance to the red light district.
nice small square where the lieverdje is. The place of the student and provo happenings in the 60ties. Also near the begijnenhof. This is where the Maagdenhuis is. It was occupied by students in the 60ties.
30 locals recommend
Spui
Spui
30 locals recommend
nice small square where the lieverdje is. The place of the student and provo happenings in the 60ties. Also near the begijnenhof. This is where the Maagdenhuis is. It was occupied by students in the 60ties.
former schuilkerk (hidden catholic church) When the religion was forbidden in the protestant city
172 locals recommend
Museum Ons'Lieve Heer Op Solder
38-40 Oudezijds Voorburgwal
172 locals recommend
former schuilkerk (hidden catholic church) When the religion was forbidden in the protestant city
nice gothic style Catholic church. Catch the light just before sundown
De Krijtberg
446 Singel
nice gothic style Catholic church. Catch the light just before sundown
famous city market square with old marketscale hall Good restaurants
23 locals recommend
Nieuwmarkt metro station
23 locals recommend
famous city market square with old marketscale hall Good restaurants
Church and museum. Michiel de Ruyter (dead sailor and national hero) is buried here. We crown our kings and queens here.
72 locals recommend
The New Church
De Dam
72 locals recommend
Church and museum. Michiel de Ruyter (dead sailor and national hero) is buried here. We crown our kings and queens here.
7 locals recommend
Café the Schreiertower
95 Prins Hendrikkade
7 locals recommend
One of Hollands most famous architects made the building. It housen an exhibitionroom, restaurant and escaperoom.
24 locals recommend
Beurs van Berlage
243 Damrak
24 locals recommend
One of Hollands most famous architects made the building. It housen an exhibitionroom, restaurant and escaperoom.
Ghost ally. Strange name beautiful spot
Spooksteeg
Spooksteeg
Ghost ally. Strange name beautiful spot
Heart of the Jordaan
9 locals recommend
Johnny Jordaanplein
9 locals recommend
Heart of the Jordaan
In the heart of the Wallen sinds the oldest Church in Amsterdam
112 locals recommend
The Oude Church
23 Oudekerksplein
112 locals recommend
In the heart of the Wallen sinds the oldest Church in Amsterdam
This Church in the heart of the begijnenhof
English Reformed Church
48 Begijnhof
This Church in the heart of the begijnenhof
The remaining chapel of the former Agnieten monestary
Universiteit van Amsterdam Agnietenkapel
229-231 Oudezijds Voorburgwal
The remaining chapel of the former Agnieten monestary
The biggest protestant Church in the world You can Climb the tower
154 locals recommend
Westerkerk
279 Prinsengracht
154 locals recommend
The biggest protestant Church in the world You can Climb the tower
Nice little Church on mondays the square houses a market.
892 locals recommend
Noordermarkt
42B Noordermarkt
892 locals recommend
Nice little Church on mondays the square houses a market.
Lutherse Kapel Complex
25 Spui

Parks & Nature

841 locals recommend
Oosterpark
Oosterpark
841 locals recommend
where the hippies gathered for their sleepinns
4196 locals recommend
Vondelpark
4196 locals recommend
where the hippies gathered for their sleepinns
The Amsterdam ZOO
1622 locals recommend
ARTIS
38-40 Plantage Kerklaan
1622 locals recommend
The Amsterdam ZOO
Herbal and university garden
299 locals recommend
Hortus Botanicus
2a Plantage Middenlaan
299 locals recommend
Herbal and university garden

Entertainment & Activities

nice student run alternative cinema
176 locals recommend
Filmtheater Kriterion
170 Roetersstraat
176 locals recommend
nice student run alternative cinema
international cinema
151 locals recommend
Rialto
338 Ceintuurbaan
151 locals recommend
international cinema
The most beautiful movietheater in the entire world. And they play all your Hollywood favorits
340 locals recommend
Pathé Tuschinski
26-34 Reguliersbreestraat
340 locals recommend
The most beautiful movietheater in the entire world. And they play all your Hollywood favorits
One of the smallest oldest cinema's in town
30 locals recommend
Filmtheater De Uitkijk
452 Prinsengracht
30 locals recommend
One of the smallest oldest cinema's in town
beautiful art house cinema with nice bar and restaurant. Book your tickets earlier on the day.
429 locals recommend
The Movies
159 - 163 Haarlemmerdijk
429 locals recommend
beautiful art house cinema with nice bar and restaurant. Book your tickets earlier on the day.
the canalboats
35 locals recommend
Rederij Kooij
125 Oude Turfmarkt
35 locals recommend
the canalboats
scary?
41 locals recommend
The Amsterdam Dungeon
78 Rokin
41 locals recommend
scary?
the nicest (English) comedy club in town
101 locals recommend
Boom Chicago
117 Rozengracht
101 locals recommend
the nicest (English) comedy club in town

Shopping

one of the famous city markets
673 locals recommend
Dappermarkt
383 Eerste Van Swindenstraat
673 locals recommend
one of the famous city markets
best cheese and stuff nice for the roof terrace
46 locals recommend
Erik's Delicatessen
16 Beukenplein
46 locals recommend
best cheese and stuff nice for the roof terrace
most famous central shoppingstreet
643 locals recommend
Kalverstraat
Kalverstraat
643 locals recommend
most famous central shoppingstreet
shopping for the rich and famous
652 locals recommend
P.C. Hooftstraat
Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat
652 locals recommend
shopping for the rich and famous
nice food and clothes market.
1832 locals recommend
Albert Cuyp Market
Albert Cuypstraat
1832 locals recommend
nice food and clothes market.
booming market halls with foodcorners and theater and cinema
369 locals recommend
De Hallen
41 Bellamyplein
369 locals recommend
booming market halls with foodcorners and theater and cinema
famous fleamarket
282 locals recommend
Waterlooplein
Waterlooplein
282 locals recommend
famous fleamarket
biggest flea market in Europe open one weekend a month. Check the website you get there bij ferry. Nice boat trip
143 locals recommend
Vlooienmarkt IJhallen
143 locals recommend
biggest flea market in Europe open one weekend a month. Check the website you get there bij ferry. Nice boat trip
real nice second hand quality brand clothing. Ask if Chilla can help you around and give her our greetings :)
Zora Tweedehands Kwaliteitskleding
56hs Linnaeusstraat
real nice second hand quality brand clothing. Ask if Chilla can help you around and give her our greetings :)
Nice little shops around the canals. Bring your money
1405 locals recommend
De 9 Straatjes
1405 locals recommend
Nice little shops around the canals. Bring your money
best recordstore in Holland
46 locals recommend
Concerto
54- 60 Utrechtsestraat
46 locals recommend
best recordstore in Holland
Nice old departmentstore
425 locals recommend
De Bijenkorf
1 Dam
425 locals recommend
Nice old departmentstore
Nice indoor Antiques
19 locals recommend
Antiekcentrum Amsterdam
109 Elandsgracht
19 locals recommend
Nice indoor Antiques