Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
Wilde Westen
1 Bos en LommerplantsoenPodium Mozaiek
191 Bos en LommerwegHannekes Boom
4 DijksgrachtKratiam Thai
199 Bos en LommerwegBagels & Beans
52 Ruyschstraatnice for lunch if you don't want to go into the center
Terrasmus
Have a drink or a tosti in the park
Eetwinkel Buurman & Buurman
171 MercatorstraatNice pizzas
Café Zurich
2b MercatorpleinNice food
Poké Perfect
502 PrinsengrachtNice healthy food. Not a lot of place to sit though...
Tolhuistuin
2 IJpromenadeFood, drinks and nightlife
De Pizzabakkers Haarlemmerdijk
128 HS HaarlemmerdijkGood pizza (no beer though =/)
Harlem Soul Food
77 HaarlemmerstraatBar + good food, always busy
Best stake in Amsterdam, no reservations, always busy. expect a wait. There are other loetjes in town as well now (for instance central station and NDSM, but think this one is still the best
167 lokale anbefaler
Loetje Oost
15 RuyschstraatBest stake in Amsterdam, no reservations, always busy. expect a wait. There are other loetjes in town as well now (for instance central station and NDSM, but think this one is still the best
De Kast
3 Kamerlingh Onneslaannice food, great location
Café Bern
9 NieuwmarktBest cheese fondue. Lovely pepper stake and other meat.
Restaurant Van Beeren
54 KoningsstraatNice restaurant
Don't go hear if you want to eat out (semi) fancy, but it is one of the best thai places in Amsterdam (if not the best)
32 lokale anbefaler
OCHA Thai Restaurant
1 Binnen BantammerstraatDon't go hear if you want to eat out (semi) fancy, but it is one of the best thai places in Amsterdam (if not the best)
Bird Thais Restaurant
72-74 Zeedijkanother good thai
Restaurant run by students. Decent food, good beers good vibe
14 lokale anbefaler
Cultureel Eetcafé 'Skek
4-8 ZeedijkRestaurant run by students. Decent food, good beers good vibe
Food, cinema, nightlife, drinks, etc. It's an old tram garage/depot
1500 lokale anbefaler
Foodhallen Amsterdam
16 BellamypleinFood, cinema, nightlife, drinks, etc. It's an old tram garage/depot
Ocean Sushi
70 Bos en LommerwegMost people do take away. Best sushi in the neighborhood
Not the most cozy place, but...every day is pizza day: 5 euro. Take away or sit in. Pizzas are alright, not very special, but decent and definitively better then domino's around the corner.
7 lokale anbefaler
Pizzeria Michelangelo
154 Bos en LommerwegNot the most cozy place, but...every day is pizza day: 5 euro. Take away or sit in. Pizzas are alright, not very special, but decent and definitively better then domino's around the corner.
Westergasterras
6 KlönnepleinRestaurant / Bar
Restaurant Van de Buurt
Nice atmosphere, good food and drinks
Drinks & Nightlife
Wynand Fockink
31 PijlsteegVery nice old place with lots of nice liqueur drinks
Overtoom 303
303 OvertoomLow key nightclub. Nothing fancy, bit more underground, but very nice
Club Up
26-1 Korte LeidsedwarsstraatGollem's Proeflokaal
160-162 OvertoomI like beer
Proeflokaal Arendsnest
90 Herengrachtbeers beers beers
Café 't Lommertje
259 Bos en LommerwegIf you want to go local... =) They sell our local BOLO beer.
Paradiso
6-8 WeteringschansPllek
59 T.T. NeveritawegBar, restaurant, nightlife
Noorderlicht Café
102 NDSM-PleinRestaurant, nightlife, drinks, campfire
de Biertuin
29 LinnaeusstraatBa with decent food
go (very) local in this bar, has not changed a bit in all the decades that it's there.
43 lokale anbefaler
Cafe Ruk & Pluk
48 Linnaeusstraatgo (very) local in this bar, has not changed a bit in all the decades that it's there.
bar Bukowski
10 Oosterparknice bar, specially busy on fridays
Café Fonteyn
13- 15 NieuwmarktMelkweg
234A LijnbaansgrachtBrouwerij Troost Westergas
27 Pazzanistraatsome more nice beers
Day and night. See what is on. Friday / saturday night DJ's. Layed back, nothing hardcore
428 lokale anbefaler
Pacific Parc
23 PolonceaukadeDay and night. See what is on. Friday / saturday night DJ's. Layed back, nothing hardcore
Parks & Nature
Westerpark
4 Haarlemmerweg Nice park with numerous opportunities to have a drink or a bite.
Erasmusparkbuurt
Vondelpark
ARTIS
38-40 Plantage KerklaanThe Zoo
Getting Around
Station Sloterdijk
Entertainment & Activities
Klimmuur Amsterdam Centraal
2 DijksgrachtI love climbing
The Movies
159 - 163 HaarlemmerdijkNice (old) cinema
Het Ketelhuis
4 PazzanistraatArts & Culture
Theater RAST
Cinema first, museum second. Also nice to have a drink while watching the boats come by. Nice architecture.
1109 lokale anbefaler
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenadeCinema first, museum second. Also nice to have a drink while watching the boats come by. Nice architecture.
Tropenmuseum
2 LinnaeusstraatShopping
Odin Bos en Lommer - biologische supermarkt
261 265 Bos en LommerwegBio supermarket
AH Bos en Lommerweg
117 Bos en LommerwegSupermarket
Waterlooplein
WaterloopleinStreet market. Bit touristy nowadays, but still nice
Albert Cuyp-marked
Albert Cuypstraatvery busy streetmarket
Dirk van den Broek
25 Marie HeinekenpleinAnother supermarket