Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Yummy breakfast and lunch in nice environment!
245 locals recommend
De Bakkerswinkel
245 locals recommend
Yummy breakfast and lunch in nice environment!
Simply the best homemade flemish fries in town, great for a takeaway into the Westerpark.
Doardi
15 Van Limburg Stirumstraat
Simply the best homemade flemish fries in town, great for a takeaway into the Westerpark.
icecreams
20 locals recommend
IJscuypje Westergasfabriek
7 Gosschalklaan
20 locals recommend
icecreams
Great Italian food.
125 locals recommend
Bella Storia
26 Bentinckstraat
125 locals recommend
Great Italian food.
May just have the very best pizza's in the city.
248 locals recommend
La Perla Pizzeria
53 Tweede Tuindwarsstraat
248 locals recommend
May just have the very best pizza's in the city.
Nice sunny terrace for the start of the evening.
96 locals recommend
Café Restaurant Piet de Gruyter
4-6 Van Limburg Stirumplein
96 locals recommend
Nice sunny terrace for the start of the evening.

Drinks & Nightlife

Good place nearby to relax and have a beer. With live music on weekend evenings.
11 locals recommend
Cafe Pianist
41 Groen van Prinstererstraat
11 locals recommend
Good place nearby to relax and have a beer. With live music on weekend evenings.
Restaurant/bar that turns into a club later in the evening. Good if you want more noise and dancing with your drinks. Great sunset facing terrace in the afternoon with maybe the longest sun exposure in the city.
428 locals recommend
Pacific Parc
23 Polonceaukade
428 locals recommend
Restaurant/bar that turns into a club later in the evening. Good if you want more noise and dancing with your drinks. Great sunset facing terrace in the afternoon with maybe the longest sun exposure in the city.
For live music, quality drinks and good atmosphere. Open till 1:00, and 3:00 on friday and saturday.
34 locals recommend
Café Checkpoint Charlie
48 Nassaukade
34 locals recommend
For live music, quality drinks and good atmosphere. Open till 1:00, and 3:00 on friday and saturday.
Great beer selection. Open to 1:00, 3:00 on friday and saturday.
9 locals recommend
Cafe Brel
37 Van Hallstraat
9 locals recommend
Great beer selection. Open to 1:00, 3:00 on friday and saturday.
Great views, relaxed place, always crowded.
533 locals recommend
Hannekes Boom
4 Dijksgracht
533 locals recommend
Great views, relaxed place, always crowded.

Getting Around

8 locals recommend
David Goliath Bikes
10 H Waterspiegelplein
8 locals recommend
35 locals recommend
Bike rental Amsterdam
171 Piet Mondriaanstraat
35 locals recommend
Autoradam Amsterdam Nieuwpoortkade
5 Nieuwpoortkade
Bus 21 to Central Station (seen from our house it's on the other side of the road)
Amsterdam, V.d. Hoopstraat
Bus 21 to Central Station (seen from our house it's on the other side of the road)
Tram 10, will bring you to Leidse Plein, Museumplein and all the way to Amsterdam East. Runs close to the city center just outside the canals.
Amsterdam, Van Hallstraat station
Tram 10, will bring you to Leidse Plein, Museumplein and all the way to Amsterdam East. Runs close to the city center just outside the canals.
Ferry to the NDSM area in Amsterdam North where you'll find nice bars and restaurants in a more relaxed atmosphere than most of Amsterdam. Good to get out of the busy part of the city.
Amsterdam, Westerdoksdijk station
Ferry to the NDSM area in Amsterdam North where you'll find nice bars and restaurants in a more relaxed atmosphere than most of Amsterdam. Good to get out of the busy part of the city.

Entertainment & Activities

Mostly small arthouse movies. Nice bar and terrace as well.
106 locals recommend
Het Ketelhuis
4 Pazzanistraat
106 locals recommend
Mostly small arthouse movies. Nice bar and terrace as well.
The oldest cinema still in use in Amsterdam. Great atmosphere.
429 locals recommend
The Movies
159 - 163 Haarlemmerdijk
429 locals recommend
The oldest cinema still in use in Amsterdam. Great atmosphere.
Outdoor swimming pool open till 1 september
25 locals recommend
Brediusbad outdoor pool
306 Spaarndammerdijk
25 locals recommend
Outdoor swimming pool open till 1 september

Essentials

Good last-minute option for most food, basics, vegetables, wine and beer. Open every evening to 24:00. From 16:00 weekdays, from 15:00 on saturdays and from 14:00 on sundays.
67 locals recommend
the Night market
90-96 De Wittenkade
67 locals recommend
Good last-minute option for most food, basics, vegetables, wine and beer. Open every evening to 24:00. From 16:00 weekdays, from 15:00 on saturdays and from 14:00 on sundays.
Nearest supermarket. Small but mostly sufficient.
150 locals recommend
AH Van Limburg Stirumstraat
44 Van Limburg Stirumstraat
150 locals recommend
Nearest supermarket. Small but mostly sufficient.
Wassalon Dusko
30A Van der Hoopstraat

Parks & Nature

Relaxed open area with a good view over the IJ. Good to sit and meditate or read. Morning/afternoon small bar with snacks and drinks.
27 locals recommend
Het Stenen Hoofd
1 Stenen Hoofd
27 locals recommend
Relaxed open area with a good view over the IJ. Good to sit and meditate or read. Morning/afternoon small bar with snacks and drinks.
Very nice and diverse park with art, 'wild' nature, water, industrial heritage, food, drinks...
1599 locals recommend
Westerpark
4 Haarlemmerweg
1599 locals recommend
Very nice and diverse park with art, 'wild' nature, water, industrial heritage, food, drinks...

Sightseeing

From the top you get a nice view of Amsterdam.
25 locals recommend
Westertoren
279a Prinsengracht
25 locals recommend
From the top you get a nice view of Amsterdam.