Guidebook for Amsterdam
Everything Else
Great quiet park 5 minutes walking from our house. Perfect for a walk, run, picnic or to take kids to the playground. Has a cute, small jenever (licor) destillery in the middle of the lake.
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Flevopark
FlevoparkGreat quiet park 5 minutes walking from our house. Perfect for a walk, run, picnic or to take kids to the playground. Has a cute, small jenever (licor) destillery in the middle of the lake.
A design hotel with a fascinating history. Nice fo food, drinks or an insight into the Dutch colonial past
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Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam
34 Oostelijke HandelskadeA design hotel with a fascinating history. Nice fo food, drinks or an insight into the Dutch colonial past
Museum of the Tropics - besides simply stunning architecture, the museum ofers a really intersting insight into the Dutch colonial past and exhibist art and anthrpological collections from all over
628 Einheimische empfehlen
Tropenmuseum
2 LinnaeusstraatMuseum of the Tropics - besides simply stunning architecture, the museum ofers a really intersting insight into the Dutch colonial past and exhibist art and anthrpological collections from all over
Outdoor pool - unheated but great on sunny days (and extremely cheap)
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Flevoparkbad
1002 InsulindewegOutdoor pool - unheated but great on sunny days (and extremely cheap)
IJscuypje
27 Eerste van der Helststraatnice ice cream
Trouw Amsterdam
125 WibautstraatNice club and restaurant
Canvas
150 WibautstraatClub, food, exhibitions...check out the website
Once a month the Pure Markt, a foodie market, is hosted in Park Frankendael
91 Einheimische empfehlen
Jeruzalem
Once a month the Pure Markt, a foodie market, is hosted in Park Frankendael
Food Scene
Wilde Zwijnen
23 JavapleinThe closest and nicest restaurant in the neighborhood.
Relaxed café, restaurant and movie theater run by students and with very casual vibe and a great terrace in the spring/summer months.
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Studio/K
62 TimorpleinRelaxed café, restaurant and movie theater run by students and with very casual vibe and a great terrace in the spring/summer months.
Pata Negra
124 UtrechtsestraatNice little Tapas restaurant
Boom Eten & Drinken
63 LinnaeusstraatAnother cozy restaurant
Bedford - Stuyvesant
55 JavastraatNice indie café with little terrace outside
Coffee Company
14 Javaplein1 min from the house
More tapas in a nicely designed restaurant with a lovely little garden
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Happyhappyjoyjoy
More tapas in a nicely designed restaurant with a lovely little garden
Popular cafe and restaurant in a former public bath, with sunny terrace
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Het Badhuis
21 JavapleinPopular cafe and restaurant in a former public bath, with sunny terrace
de Ruyschkamer
34-H RuyschstraatVintage café with slight Berlin style ambience
If you wanna spot famous people while sipping on a drink by the Amstel river, come here (nice in and outside)
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Café Restaurant De Ysbreeker
23 WeesperzijdeIf you wanna spot famous people while sipping on a drink by the Amstel river, come here (nice in and outside)
Feel like sipping home-made licor, having a cake or coffee in the park by the lake? Come here!
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Distillery 't Nieuwe Diep
13a FlevoparkFeel like sipping home-made licor, having a cake or coffee in the park by the lake? Come here!
De Kast
3 Kamerlingh OnneslaanFancy, yummy restaurant in a greenhouse in the middle of the park
Hip bar, café and restaurant where you can sit on a beach in a lounge chair or boat and look at the skyline of Amsterdam
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Pllek
59 T.T. NeveritawegHip bar, café and restaurant where you can sit on a beach in a lounge chair or boat and look at the skyline of Amsterdam
Artsy cafe, restaurant with cultural events, free live music. Great after shopping on the monthly, gigantic flea-market at the Ijhallen
489 Einheimische empfehlen
Noorderlicht Café
102 NDSM-PleinArtsy cafe, restaurant with cultural events, free live music. Great after shopping on the monthly, gigantic flea-market at the Ijhallen
BAUT
320 StadionwegTrendy, good restaurant with djs at night
Fa. Pekelhaaring
127 Van WoustraatRestaurant with good vibe and good food
Shopping
Multicultural street with plenty of grocery stores from Turkey, Maghreb, Middle-East, Suriname, India and the Caribbean, perfect for exotic delicacies, fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Javastraat
JavastraatMulticultural street with plenty of grocery stores from Turkey, Maghreb, Middle-East, Suriname, India and the Caribbean, perfect for exotic delicacies, fresh fruits and vegetables.
Oostpoort
A shopping area with H&M, Zara, HEMA, etc
Essentials
Fromagerie Abraham Kef
192B MarnixstraatGreat selection of Dutch and foreign cheese.
A daily market to shop for fish, cheese and everything else you might need
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Dappermarkt
383 Eerste Van SwindenstraatA daily market to shop for fish, cheese and everything else you might need
Great market and cafés to shop, stroll around and watch people on Saturdays
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Albert Cuyp Market
Albert CuypstraatGreat market and cafés to shop, stroll around and watch people on Saturdays
Drinks & Nightlife
A beergarden with heating outside - so it's also busy on chilly nights
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de Biertuin
29 LinnaeusstraatA beergarden with heating outside - so it's also busy on chilly nights
Hannekes Boom
4 DijksgrachtOne of Amsterdams hotspots, right by the water
Bar, restaurant that converts into a busy disco on weekends (free entrance)
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Pacific Parc
23 PolonceaukadeBar, restaurant that converts into a busy disco on weekends (free entrance)
Arts & Culture
An indie, artsy bar and cultural center in industrial setting. Great parties, drinks on their own "beach", free yoga, art exhibitions. Check out their website www.amsterdamroest.nl
496 Einheimische empfehlen
Amsterdam Roest
1 Jacob BontiusplaatsAn indie, artsy bar and cultural center in industrial setting. Great parties, drinks on their own "beach", free yoga, art exhibitions. Check out their website www.amsterdamroest.nl
Filmmuseum, movietheater, great restaurant, amazing arciitecture, beautiful terrace...hop on the free ferry behind central station
1109 Einheimische empfehlen
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenadeFilmmuseum, movietheater, great restaurant, amazing arciitecture, beautiful terrace...hop on the free ferry behind central station
Rialto
338 CeintuurbaanIndependent art house films
Nice café, bar and little movie theater (mostly independent films)
176 Einheimische empfehlen
Filmtheater Kriterion
170 RoetersstraatNice café, bar and little movie theater (mostly independent films)
Great architecture and lots of restaurants, a movie theater, a Sunday foodie market, a tasty bakery
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Zuiveringshal West
37 PazzanistraatGreat architecture and lots of restaurants, a movie theater, a Sunday foodie market, a tasty bakery
Sightseeing
Java Eiland
Interesting architecture