Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
This is definitely our favorite place! Not only because it is close to home, but because you're sitting here. You can sit at tables, but also sit on couches by a crackling fire. The menu has original, delicious dishes. The vegetarian here is also well catered for with a wide choice of vega dishes.
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Pllek
59 T.T. Neveritaweg
This is definitely our favorite place! Not only because it is close to home, but because you're sitting here. You can sit at tables, but also sit on couches by a crackling fire. The menu has original, delicious dishes. The vegetarian here is also well catered for with a wide choice of vega dishes.
A somewhat smarter restaurant in a large warehouse in a beautiful location. It has an industrial appearance. The food is very good!
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Hotel De Goudfazant
30 Aambeeldstraat
A somewhat smarter restaurant in a large warehouse in a beautiful location. It has an industrial appearance. The food is very good!
Italian pizzeria. Always nice, and in a nice location on the Pekstraat.
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il Pecorino
11 Van der Pekplein
Italian pizzeria. Always nice, and in a nice location on the Pekstraat.
A very nice restaurant where you can eat really well. The nice thing is that you can order different, small dishes that you can share with your friends. There are also sometimes concerts or night out in the concert hall that belongs to this (Paradiso Noord).
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Tolhuistuin
2 IJpromenade
A very nice restaurant where you can eat really well. The nice thing is that you can order different, small dishes that you can share with your friends. There are also sometimes concerts or night out in the concert hall that belongs to this (Paradiso Noord).
This tent is located near Pllek at the NDSM shipyard. The food is not very special, but you can sit here and have a drink, both during the day and in the evening. The view is also very beautiful!
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Noorderlicht Café
102 NDSM-Plein
This tent is located near Pllek at the NDSM shipyard. The food is not very special, but you can sit here and have a drink, both during the day and in the evening. The view is also very beautiful!
A delicious French restaurant, where I have eaten several times. It is located at the cozy Haarlemmerstraat, one of the nicest shopping streets in Amsterdam. Take the 3-course dinner!
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Bistrot Neuf
9 Haarlemmerstraat
A delicious French restaurant, where I have eaten several times. It is located at the cozy Haarlemmerstraat, one of the nicest shopping streets in Amsterdam. Take the 3-course dinner!
An organic bakery with delicious bread. You can both pick up and sit here. The high tea is also recommended here!
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Gebroeders Niemeijer
35 NieuwendijkAn organic bakery with delicious bread. You can both pick up and sit here. The high tea is also recommended here!
This is a beautiful place with a beautiful view! You can go to the movies here, there is a small film museum and you can also have lunch or dinner here. The sandwich with cheese croquette is my absolute favorite here!
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Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenade
This is a beautiful place with a beautiful view! You can go to the movies here, there is a small film museum and you can also have lunch or dinner here. The sandwich with cheese croquette is my absolute favorite here!
This was our favorite restaurant when we lived in Amsterdam west. A nice eatery in the middle of a residential area. And you can eat delicious!
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Café Cook
2 James Cookstraat
This was our favorite restaurant when we lived in Amsterdam west. A nice eatery in the middle of a residential area. And you can eat delicious!
Drinking coffee in the park next to a playground. This was one of my favorite spots when I lived in West. Especially fun with children on a sunny day, because you can then walk around the park.
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Terrasmus
Drinking coffee in the park next to a playground. This was one of my favorite spots when I lived in West. Especially fun with children on a sunny day, because you can then walk around the park.
Super good Italian! We were here recently with a number of neighbors, and it was really well above expectations. No standard pizzas, but really good quality food. I definitely want to go here more often!
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Risto Enoteca PepeNero
3-5 Eerste OosterparkstraatSuper good Italian! We were here recently with a number of neighbors, and it was really well above expectations. No standard pizzas, but really good quality food. I definitely want to go here more often!
This is one of the best Mexican restaurants in Amsterdam. It is located in an industrial area, so maybe you will be looking around for a bit. After a positive review in the Parool (the Amsterdam newspaper), it is a storm here and it is a real hype. It is always busy, so reserve on time! Schaafstraat 4, Amsterdam.
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Coba
4 SchaafstraatThis is one of the best Mexican restaurants in Amsterdam. It is located in an industrial area, so maybe you will be looking around for a bit. After a positive review in the Parool (the Amsterdam newspaper), it is a storm here and it is a real hype. It is always busy, so reserve on time! Schaafstraat 4, Amsterdam.
You get the best bread here, so if possible I try to get my bread here. Healthy, firm, brown, traditional Dutch bread. What can I enjoy! I always miss Dutch bread when I am traveling and there is nothing else to get than the unhealthy, flabby and white factory bread. Upstairs you can sit here with a cup of coffee while waiting on the ferry.
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BBROOD
192 Ms. van RiemsdijkwegYou get the best bread here, so if possible I try to get my bread here. Healthy, firm, brown, traditional Dutch bread. What can I enjoy! I always miss Dutch bread when I am traveling and there is nothing else to get than the unhealthy, flabby and white factory bread. Upstairs you can sit here with a cup of coffee while waiting on the ferry.
You just have to know this place, because it is not remarkable. You can have a delicious lunch here! You are also super strong here, because it is not big. By means of a staircase you come upstairs, and there are some cozy seating areas created. It is a delicatessen with mainly Italian products. When I lived as a student in a student residence at the museum square, I regularly came here to have lunch. You have sandwiches with all kinds of cheese and meat here. You can also pick up tasty pasta dishes at the caterer. Highly recommended this!
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Renzo's Delicatessen
67 Van BaerlestraatYou just have to know this place, because it is not remarkable. You can have a delicious lunch here! You are also super strong here, because it is not big. By means of a staircase you come upstairs, and there are some cozy seating areas created. It is a delicatessen with mainly Italian products. When I lived as a student in a student residence at the museum square, I regularly came here to have lunch. You have sandwiches with all kinds of cheese and meat here. You can also pick up tasty pasta dishes at the caterer. Highly recommended this!
Café Thijssen
107 BrouwersgrachtNice place for coffee or a beer in the Jordaan.
IJver Amsterdam
72 ScheepsbouwkadeNearby the ferry at the NDSN wharf.
this restaurant is beautifully situated on the water, near the ferry and the ndsm wharf. You can eat good steak here.
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Loetje aan 't IJ
14 Werfkadethis restaurant is beautifully situated on the water, near the ferry and the ndsm wharf. You can eat good steak here.
Helling 7
Very hip and trendy restaurant with a nice view. You have to book in advance.
Bar Boeket
cozy and casual place with a small menu.
Hidden place where you can both eat and drink a beer in the evening. They also have a nice terrace. The public is somewhat alternative.
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Café de Ceuvel
4 Korte PapaverwegHidden place where you can both eat and drink a beer in the evening. They also have a nice terrace. The public is somewhat alternative.
Drinks & Nightlife
Together with Paradiso one of my favo places to go out. The audience is sometimes a bit younger. There are 2 rooms, often with different music genres in both rooms. Sometimes you can go to both rooms, that's extra fun
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Melkweg
234A Lijnbaansgracht
Together with Paradiso one of my favo places to go out. The audience is sometimes a bit younger. There are 2 rooms, often with different music genres in both rooms. Sometimes you can go to both rooms, that's extra fun
This is a smaller, more intimate pop venue where I have often been. Here, too, there are occasional performances by the less well-known bands.
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Bitterzoet
2 HS Spuistraat
This is a smaller, more intimate pop venue where I have often been. Here, too, there are occasional performances by the less well-known bands.
Together with the Melkweg one of my favorite destinations. There are often great performances here, but also good dance evenings. Check the website for the agenda!
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Paradiso
6-8 Weteringschans
Together with the Melkweg one of my favorite destinations. There are often great performances here, but also good dance evenings. Check the website for the agenda!
Here you can both eat and go out. At a certain moment the tables are pushed aside and plates are rotated. Entrance is usually free.
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Pacific Parc
23 Polonceaukade
Here you can both eat and go out. At a certain moment the tables are pushed aside and plates are rotated. Entrance is usually free.
Nice little cafe in the north, located on an industrial estate in a kind of warehouse. You can get pretty cheap here, but good food. Not a lot of choice on the card, but it's really tasty. At a certain moment the tables go to the side and a DJ turns. Entrance is usually free. Nice extra: there is a skate track in this cafe where skateboarders are late to skating!
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Skatecafe
42 Gedempt Hamerkanaal
Nice little cafe in the north, located on an industrial estate in a kind of warehouse. You can get pretty cheap here, but good food. Not a lot of choice on the card, but it's really tasty. At a certain moment the tables go to the side and a DJ turns. Entrance is usually free. Nice extra: there is a skate track in this cafe where skateboarders are late to skating!
A cozy place where it is often busy. It is a kind of large market, with all kinds of different food and drink tents. You order your food, and find a place to eat it. Sometimes it is very busy, so you will have to eat standing up. You can also go to the movie here. It is a popular place, but personally I find it a little too busy here.
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De Hallen Amsterdam
47 Hannie Dankbaarpassage
A cozy place where it is often busy. It is a kind of large market, with all kinds of different food and drink tents. You order your food, and find a place to eat it. Sometimes it is very busy, so you will have to eat standing up. You can also go to the movie here. It is a popular place, but personally I find it a little too busy here.
Small nightclub with life music, jazz/funk/soul/hiphop
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Bourbon Street Music Club Amsterdam
6-8 LeidsekruisstraatSmall nightclub with life music, jazz/funk/soul/hiphop
Parks & Nature
Personally, I think this is the most beautiful park. It is quieter than the Vondelpark, and you will find nice restaurants and bars here. There is also a paddling pool for children, who can enjoy themselves here on warm days. You can also walk here.
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Westerpark
4 Haarlemmerweg
Personally, I think this is the most beautiful park. It is quieter than the Vondelpark, and you will find nice restaurants and bars here. There is also a paddling pool for children, who can enjoy themselves here on warm days. You can also walk here.
One of the oldest parks in Amsterdam, where both the locals and the tourists come together. On warm days people sit on the grass to picnic, and it is pleasantly crowded here. In the summer there are performances in the open-air theater.
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Vondelpark
One of the oldest parks in Amsterdam, where both the locals and the tourists come together. On warm days people sit on the grass to picnic, and it is pleasantly crowded here. In the summer there are performances in the open-air theater.
Noorderpark
1 FloraparkwegThis park is nearby our house and is A Nice and small park.
15 minutes away with bike or car you find het Twiske, where you have beaches and where you can go for a walk.
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Twiske
1 De Noorderlaaik15 minutes away with bike or car you find het Twiske, where you have beaches and where you can go for a walk.
Essentials
PLUS Bongerd
100 BoomgaardlaanClose to! Open daily for all daily groceries.
Entertainment & Activities
FC Hyena
24 AambeeldstraatKleinere bioscoop
STRAAT Museum
1 NDSM-PleinSuper cool graffiti museum nearby.
Sightseeing
Rent bikes and bike to the beautiful village of Durgerdam. It is recommended to rent a bicycle anyway, and to cycle through the villages around Amsterdam.
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Durgerdam
Rent bikes and bike to the beautiful village of Durgerdam. It is recommended to rent a bicycle anyway, and to cycle through the villages around Amsterdam.
Do you want to do something outside of Amsterdam, then Volendam is a nice, typical Dutch place to walk around.
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Volendam
Do you want to do something outside of Amsterdam, then Volendam is a nice, typical Dutch place to walk around.
Teahouse 't Bluk
2 ZuiderheideMake A walk and drink tea in Laren.
Timboektoe
1 ReynderswegGo to the beach in Wijk aan Zee.
Beautiful museum in a cute village (Bergen), where you can walk and have lunch afterwards. near the beach.
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Museum Kranenburgh
26 HoflaanBeautiful museum in a cute village (Bergen), where you can walk and have lunch afterwards. near the beach.
You can have a delicious lunch or dinner at this place between Egmond aan den Hoef and Bergen. You can go for a nice walk in the area.
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Gasterij 't Woud
95 HerenwegYou can have a delicious lunch or dinner at this place between Egmond aan den Hoef and Bergen. You can go for a nice walk in the area.
On a sunny day it is wonderful to rent a boat here and drink coffee in the garden. Enjoy the flat Dutch landscape here as a tourist! A hidden place.
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Theetuin Overleek
6 OverleekOn a sunny day it is wonderful to rent a boat here and drink coffee in the garden. Enjoy the flat Dutch landscape here as a tourist! A hidden place.
Shopping
The 9 streets are, as the name suggests, 9 streets in the center of Amsterdam. With nice shops, boutiques, and lunchtentjes. Much nicer than the Kalverstraat!
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De 9 Straatjes
The 9 streets are, as the name suggests, 9 streets in the center of Amsterdam. With nice shops, boutiques, and lunchtentjes. Much nicer than the Kalverstraat!
Nice and cozy shopping street, with several cafes, clothing stores etc.
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Haarlemmerstraat
Haarlemmerstraat
Nice and cozy shopping street, with several cafes, clothing stores etc.