Guidebook for Amsterdam
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Rent a bike at MacBike Waterlooplein to get around like a local! Costs are +/- €10 for the 1st day and €6 for additional days.
77 locals recommend
MacBike Repair Shop Waterlooplein
289 WaterloopleinRent a bike at MacBike Waterlooplein to get around like a local! Costs are +/- €10 for the 1st day and €6 for additional days.
Kriterion is an art-house cinema around the corner from our apartment. Also nice for coffee or a drink!
176 locals recommend
Filmtheater Kriterion
170 RoetersstraatKriterion is an art-house cinema around the corner from our apartment. Also nice for coffee or a drink!
Nice park to hang out on a sunny day. There's a (busy) Sunday market every 1st Sunday of the month from 12-6pm.
1599 locals recommend
Westerpark
4 HaarlemmerwegNice park to hang out on a sunny day. There's a (busy) Sunday market every 1st Sunday of the month from 12-6pm.
Still the best park in town! Check out all the Amsterdammers hanging out and BBQing on a sunny day, or go for a morning run.
4196 locals recommend
Vondelpark
Still the best park in town! Check out all the Amsterdammers hanging out and BBQing on a sunny day, or go for a morning run.
Arts & Culture
Famous contemporary Russian art. Beautiful museum and only a 3m walk from our apartment.
604 locals recommend
Hermitage Amsterdam
51 AmstelFamous contemporary Russian art. Beautiful museum and only a 3m walk from our apartment.
Photography Museum Amsterdam, they always have a great exibitions! Nice detail: it's situated in an old Dutch canal house.
792 locals recommend
Foam
609 KeizersgrachtPhotography Museum Amsterdam, they always have a great exibitions! Nice detail: it's situated in an old Dutch canal house.
Beautiful museum, not just because of the collection! Dutch art and history (like the famous 'Nachtwacht' from Rembrandt). Get your tickets online to avoid waiting.
3186 locals recommend
Rijksmuseum
1 MuseumstraatBeautiful museum, not just because of the collection! Dutch art and history (like the famous 'Nachtwacht' from Rembrandt). Get your tickets online to avoid waiting.
Contemporary art. They have great exibitions, a nice café and the building itself is something worth checking out.
1544 locals recommend
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 MuseumpleinContemporary art. They have great exibitions, a nice café and the building itself is something worth checking out.
The Amsterdam Zoo! I haven't been in a long time but it's supposed to be a nice zoo and they take good care of the animals.
1622 locals recommend
ARTIS
38-40 Plantage KerklaanThe Amsterdam Zoo! I haven't been in a long time but it's supposed to be a nice zoo and they take good care of the animals.
Film museum in 'Noord': take the ferry from Central Station to Buiksloterweg (5m, free of charge). The building itself is amazing! And they have a nice café with a great view.
1109 locals recommend
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenadeFilm museum in 'Noord': take the ferry from Central Station to Buiksloterweg (5m, free of charge). The building itself is amazing! And they have a nice café with a great view.
Food Scene
Super healthy (all organic), very tasty and on one of the nicest canals. Nice ambience in- and outside. Go here for lunch!
135 locals recommend
Buffet van Odette
598 PrinsengrachtSuper healthy (all organic), very tasty and on one of the nicest canals. Nice ambience in- and outside. Go here for lunch!
Great sandwiches and always busy. Go here for lunch, but make sure to be there before 12:30 to avoid waiting.
34 locals recommend
Eetcafe Singel 404
404 SingelGreat sandwiches and always busy. Go here for lunch, but make sure to be there before 12:30 to avoid waiting.
Go there for a coffee when you go for a walk in Vondelpark: 't Blauwe Theehuis is right in the middle. On a sunny day you'll find many Amsterdammers BBQing and hanging out in the park!
292 locals recommend
The Blue Tea House
5 VondelparkGo there for a coffee when you go for a walk in Vondelpark: 't Blauwe Theehuis is right in the middle. On a sunny day you'll find many Amsterdammers BBQing and hanging out in the park!
French café/restaurant with good food and nice ambience. Always busy with hip and happening Amsterdammers. Good for coffee, lunch and dinner.
132 locals recommend
Bar Moustache
141 UtrechtsestraatFrench café/restaurant with good food and nice ambience. Always busy with hip and happening Amsterdammers. Good for coffee, lunch and dinner.
Nice, small bar/restaurant in a super nice area (9 streets). Good food, affordable and always busy with a nice crowd. Also go here for an after-dinner drink.
35 locals recommend
Brix Bar-Kitchen
16 WolvenstraatNice, small bar/restaurant in a super nice area (9 streets). Good food, affordable and always busy with a nice crowd. Also go here for an after-dinner drink.
Best steaks in town (DO order a steak)! Typical Dutch 'brown' café/restaurant and always busy.
167 locals recommend
Loetje Oost
15 RuyschstraatBest steaks in town (DO order a steak)! Typical Dutch 'brown' café/restaurant and always busy.
Good food, good wine, nice ambience and well priced for what you get (+/- €10 starter, +/- €17,50 main). Good place to eat before going to one of the many bars in the Pijp area!
37 locals recommend
Cafe Restaurant Braque
29 Albert CuypstraatGood food, good wine, nice ambience and well priced for what you get (+/- €10 starter, +/- €17,50 main). Good place to eat before going to one of the many bars in the Pijp area!
Very nicely located at the Amstel river (5m walk). A big, bistro-like café: go for breakfast, coffee, lunch or a drink. You'll find newspapers from all over the world on the big table inside.
399 locals recommend
Café Restaurant De Ysbreeker
23 WeesperzijdeVery nicely located at the Amstel river (5m walk). A big, bistro-like café: go for breakfast, coffee, lunch or a drink. You'll find newspapers from all over the world on the big table inside.
Quite a big restuarant. Good food, good service and well priced. The front part turns into a bar (dancing!) after 10 in the weekends - it always gets busy!
75 locals recommend
Bar Italia
96 NesQuite a big restuarant. Good food, good service and well priced. The front part turns into a bar (dancing!) after 10 in the weekends - it always gets busy!
Great Italian food, very well priced and super friendly service. Also - a nice area to wonder around before dinner and go for a drink after ('Little Italy' in the Jordaan area).
27 locals recommend
Assaggi
6 Tweede EgelantiersdwarsstraatGreat Italian food, very well priced and super friendly service. Also - a nice area to wonder around before dinner and go for a drink after ('Little Italy' in the Jordaan area).
Very nice French rotisserie/restaurant with great food, good wines and good service. Book a table in advance (http://rijsel.com/en/)!
216 locals recommend
Rijsel
52 MarcusstraatVery nice French rotisserie/restaurant with great food, good wines and good service. Book a table in advance (http://rijsel.com/en/)!
Great salad bar in a nicely decorated place. Order a (delicious and surprising) ready made salad or 'design' your own. Always busy with hip & happening Amsterdammers.
122 locals recommend
SLA
149 CeintuurbaanGreat salad bar in a nicely decorated place. Order a (delicious and surprising) ready made salad or 'design' your own. Always busy with hip & happening Amsterdammers.
Drinks & Nightlife
One of my favourite spots! Take the ferry from Central Station to NDSM Werf (15m, free of charge) and go for coffee, drinks or dinner. Super view and ambience, bio food. Campfires on sunny days!
1052 locals recommend
Pllek
59 T.T. NeveritawegOne of my favourite spots! Take the ferry from Central Station to NDSM Werf (15m, free of charge) and go for coffee, drinks or dinner. Super view and ambience, bio food. Campfires on sunny days!
Also one of my faves. Take the ferry to NDSM (see Pllek) and go here for coffee, a beer or a hamburger. Nice hippie vibe and when you're lucky you'll get to enjoy a summer concert!
489 locals recommend
Noorderlicht Café
102 NDSM-PleinAlso one of my faves. Take the ferry to NDSM (see Pllek) and go here for coffee, a beer or a hamburger. Nice hippie vibe and when you're lucky you'll get to enjoy a summer concert!
Beer-café in the Pijp area. Typical brown café with 100rds of different beers.
53 locals recommend
Cafe Gollem
74 Daniël StalpertstraatBeer-café in the Pijp area. Typical brown café with 100rds of different beers.
Small hip-hop café in the famous Reguliers-area. Small and dark, but nice for a beer and maybe a little dancing :-).
10 locals recommend
Café De Duivel
87 ReguliersdwarsstraatSmall hip-hop café in the famous Reguliers-area. Small and dark, but nice for a beer and maybe a little dancing :-).
A tiny, exclusive cocktail bar which seems hidden (you'll only see no. 74 and a door bell). Make a reservation or give it a shot when you're around!
149 locals recommend
Door74
74 ReguliersdwarsstraatA tiny, exclusive cocktail bar which seems hidden (you'll only see no. 74 and a door bell). Make a reservation or give it a shot when you're around!
Alternative and funky little bar. In the weekends it's packed with a nice crowd.
60 locals recommend
Cafe Struik
160 RozengrachtAlternative and funky little bar. In the weekends it's packed with a nice crowd.
One of the best clubs in town, super nice ambience! Gay friendly and always a party going on.
59 locals recommend
Club NYX
42 ReguliersdwarsstraatOne of the best clubs in town, super nice ambience! Gay friendly and always a party going on.
Go here around 5pm on a summer day and order a 'Texels Skuumkop' beer. It'll get busy with people chilling in the sun (sunny side of the Amstel river!) and lot's of boats hanging out in front.
218 locals recommend
Café Hesp
130-131 WeesperzijdeGo here around 5pm on a summer day and order a 'Texels Skuumkop' beer. It'll get busy with people chilling in the sun (sunny side of the Amstel river!) and lot's of boats hanging out in front.
Noordermarkt is a nice area to go to: on Monday and Saturday morning there's a market (untill 13:00) and on weekend nights it's always busy. Finch is one of the many bars around!
133 locals recommend
Finch Café
5 H NoordermarktNoordermarkt is a nice area to go to: on Monday and Saturday morning there's a market (untill 13:00) and on weekend nights it's always busy. Finch is one of the many bars around!
World famous club/bar situated in an old church! Check out if there's a nice concert or good DJ when you're here (paradiso.nl).
937 locals recommend
Paradiso
6-8 WeteringschansWorld famous club/bar situated in an old church! Check out if there's a nice concert or good DJ when you're here (paradiso.nl).
Essentials
Albert Heijn is a 5m walk from our apartment: you can get all your groceries here. Open daily from 8am - 10pm. The liqor store is next door.
102 locals recommend
AH Sarphatistraat
141 k SarphatistraatAlbert Heijn is a 5m walk from our apartment: you can get all your groceries here. Open daily from 8am - 10pm. The liqor store is next door.
Sightseeing
Daily market in the Pijp area: food, clothes and lot's of other stuff! Nice for a stroll and a coffee in one of the many bars around!
455 locals recommend
Albert Cuypstraat
Albert CuypstraatDaily market in the Pijp area: food, clothes and lot's of other stuff! Nice for a stroll and a coffee in one of the many bars around!
Great area to wonder around: lot's of (vintage) shops, boutiques, galleries and coffee bars.
1405 locals recommend
De 9 Straatjes
Great area to wonder around: lot's of (vintage) shops, boutiques, galleries and coffee bars.
Shopping
Mini warehouse with cool brands. Not cheap, but worth looking around. Have a coffee or sandwich upstairs or a drink nextdoor at Hutspot bar.
290 locals recommend
Hutspot
4 Van WoustraatMini warehouse with cool brands. Not cheap, but worth looking around. Have a coffee or sandwich upstairs or a drink nextdoor at Hutspot bar.