My Amsterdam favourites!
Parks & Nature
My hangout spot on hot days. This park is just 5 minutes walking from my place. It's greener and less busy than the more known Vondelpark.
194 locals recommend
Rembrandtpark
RembrandtparkMy hangout spot on hot days. This park is just 5 minutes walking from my place. It's greener and less busy than the more known Vondelpark.
Hortus Botanicus
2a Plantage MiddenlaanBeautiful botanical garden.
Markets
The most popular market in Amsterdam. Try a freshly prepared Dutch snack: the stroopwafel.
1832 locals recommend
Albert Cuyp Market
Albert CuypstraatThe most popular market in Amsterdam. Try a freshly prepared Dutch snack: the stroopwafel.
Ten Kate Markt
32 Ten KatestraatNearby street market. The humus stand is amazing!
Foodhallen Amsterdam
16 BellamypleinIndoor food market with lots of different food stands.
Museums
The famous house where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis during WWII. Make a booking on time, this is a very popular place.
2775 locals recommend
Anne Frank House
20 WestermarktThe famous house where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis during WWII. Make a booking on time, this is a very popular place.
See famous Van Gogh paintings like Sunflowers, The Potato Eaters and Almond Blossom yourself.
2485 locals recommend
Van Gogh Museum
6 MuseumpleinSee famous Van Gogh paintings like Sunflowers, The Potato Eaters and Almond Blossom yourself.
One of the most beautiful buildings Amsterdam has to offer. Inside you can see Rembrandt's Night Watch. They're renovating it at the moment, but this happens live in the museum so you can be part of it.
3186 locals recommend
Rijksmuseum
1 MuseumstraatOne of the most beautiful buildings Amsterdam has to offer. Inside you can see Rembrandt's Night Watch. They're renovating it at the moment, but this happens live in the museum so you can be part of it.
Museum for modern and contemporary visual art and design. One of my favourites. Especially for the modern architecture. Local people call it the "badkuip" (bathtub).
1544 locals recommend
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 MuseumpleinMuseum for modern and contemporary visual art and design. One of my favourites. Especially for the modern architecture. Local people call it the "badkuip" (bathtub).
Foam
609 KeizersgrachtPhotography museum with a lot of changing exhibitions.
Essentials
AH Postjesweg
65 H PostjeswegSupermarket with not only the basics, but way more.
ALDI
56C Admiraal de RuijterwegNearby supermarket with all the basics you need.
Drinks & Nightlife
Hidden (cocktail)bar. The interior is really cosy and old fashioned. You can only go in by using the doorbell.
52 locals recommend
Bar Oldenhof
84-H ElandsgrachtHidden (cocktail)bar. The interior is really cosy and old fashioned. You can only go in by using the doorbell.
Favourite (!!) food and wine bar just around the corner from my house.
16 locals recommend
Winehouse Somm
1 BaffinstraatFavourite (!!) food and wine bar just around the corner from my house.
Dinner meets nightlife on the 7th floor with roof terrace to enjoy a few over Amsterdam.
346 locals recommend
Canvas
150 WibautstraatDinner meets nightlife on the 7th floor with roof terrace to enjoy a few over Amsterdam.
This bar and restaurant (don't go for the food, but their drinks are cold) is the perfect place to hang out on a hot day with the rest of Amsterdam. It's located near the water and gives you a view over a canal and old Amsterdam houses.
533 locals recommend
Hannekes Boom
4 DijksgrachtThis bar and restaurant (don't go for the food, but their drinks are cold) is the perfect place to hang out on a hot day with the rest of Amsterdam. It's located near the water and gives you a view over a canal and old Amsterdam houses.
Chill out at this tropical bar underneath a spiraling parking lot and get yourself a cold drink (or food if you prefer). It's inspired by Paramaribo - Surinam. They have the biggest waterfront sun terrace in the center. So it's packed on hot days, but the atmosphere is always great! On weekend days they take out the furniture so you can dance to the music.
436 locals recommend
Waterkant
55 KapelwegChill out at this tropical bar underneath a spiraling parking lot and get yourself a cold drink (or food if you prefer). It's inspired by Paramaribo - Surinam. They have the biggest waterfront sun terrace in the center. So it's packed on hot days, but the atmosphere is always great! On weekend days they take out the furniture so you can dance to the music.
Brewery and taproom in an old Dutch windmill. Famous beer in Amsterdam, but gets more know in the rest of The Netherlands. They just opened a second taproom called 'Blauwe Theehuis' in the Vondelpark.
1100 locals recommend
Brouwerij 't IJ
7 FunenkadeBrewery and taproom in an old Dutch windmill. Famous beer in Amsterdam, but gets more know in the rest of The Netherlands. They just opened a second taproom called 'Blauwe Theehuis' in the Vondelpark.
Food
Dignita Hoftuin
18a Nieuwe HerengrachtAll day brunch!
One of my favourite spots to hang out for dinner or just drinks. Service is good. It's a bit hidden so you will only find locals.
354 locals recommend
Café Cook
2 James CookstraatOne of my favourite spots to hang out for dinner or just drinks. Service is good. It's a bit hidden so you will only find locals.
Pancakes, pancakes, pancakes... Something there for everyone!
75 locals recommend
MOAK Pancakes West (Formerly MOOK)
34 De ClercqstraatPancakes, pancakes, pancakes... Something there for everyone!
Nice place to hang out. Good food. A lot of the products they use are organic and they love veggies!
1052 locals recommend
Pllek
59 T.T. NeveritawegNice place to hang out. Good food. A lot of the products they use are organic and they love veggies!
'The Woman with the Beard'. The name itself already made me curious. I must admit I only had cocktails, but my friends had dinner and they absolutely loved it. So still on my own wishlist... They describe their menu as "soul food from Brooklyn to Bali".
7 locals recommend
Lady with Beard
25, B sous Buiten Brouwersstraat'The Woman with the Beard'. The name itself already made me curious. I must admit I only had cocktails, but my friends had dinner and they absolutely loved it. So still on my own wishlist... They describe their menu as "soul food from Brooklyn to Bali".
If you like beer: go here!! They brew their own beers and you can see the brewery behind a glass wall. They have two other brewpubs ("De Pijp" and "Oud West), but this one has the biggest terrace and the location on the Westergasterrein is perfect!
137 locals recommend
Brouwerij Troost Westergas
27 PazzanistraatIf you like beer: go here!! They brew their own beers and you can see the brewery behind a glass wall. They have two other brewpubs ("De Pijp" and "Oud West), but this one has the biggest terrace and the location on the Westergasterrein is perfect!
With it's vintage interior you feel like you've been send back to the 60's. The food is good. They have a small brewery so they serve their own beers. Next to it is a lawn where you can hang out on hot days and have a dip in the water.
34 locals recommend
Pension Homeland
5 KattenburgerstraatWith it's vintage interior you feel like you've been send back to the 60's. The food is good. They have a small brewery so they serve their own beers. Next to it is a lawn where you can hang out on hot days and have a dip in the water.
Buurten
One of the fastest growing areas in Amsterdam. It gets more popular by the minute. Free ferries take you across the water 'Het IJ'. Lots and lots of nice, more raw, industrial places just to chill and hang out. I'd like to move there...
Noord
One of the fastest growing areas in Amsterdam. It gets more popular by the minute. Free ferries take you across the water 'Het IJ'. Lots and lots of nice, more raw, industrial places just to chill and hang out. I'd like to move there...