Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Hip and trendy place with really nice food.
32 locals recommend
Corner Bakery
40 Johannes Vermeerstraat
32 locals recommend
Hip and trendy place with really nice food.
Honest Dutch steak and recommended Amsterdam classic for lunch and dinner. With terrace!
289 locals recommend
Café Loetje
52 Johannes Vermeerstraat
289 locals recommend
Honest Dutch steak and recommended Amsterdam classic for lunch and dinner. With terrace!
Traditional kitchen (Oisters, onion soup, lobster, tournedos, crème brulee). And open until late! (Midnight)
10 locals recommend
De Knijp
134 Van Baerlestraat
10 locals recommend
Traditional kitchen (Oisters, onion soup, lobster, tournedos, crème brulee). And open until late! (Midnight)
Inspired by culinary life of Brusssels and Paris, relaxed atmosphere. Food based on fish, like oisters, Fruits de mer, lobser, though they make a good tournedos as well.
14 locals recommend
Seafood restaurant Brasserie Bark
120 Van Baerlestraat
14 locals recommend
Inspired by culinary life of Brusssels and Paris, relaxed atmosphere. Food based on fish, like oisters, Fruits de mer, lobser, though they make a good tournedos as well.
Buy good bread and bread-like things. Also a place to sit down for a sandwich, a coffee and juice.
49 locals recommend
De Bakkerswinkel Oud-Zuid
68 Roelof Hartstraat
49 locals recommend
Buy good bread and bread-like things. Also a place to sit down for a sandwich, a coffee and juice.
Good daily bread, buns, cake and pie, plus a small bar for a quick coffee or a fresh juice.
28 locals recommend
Broodbakker Simon Meijssen
162 Van Baerlestraat
28 locals recommend
Good daily bread, buns, cake and pie, plus a small bar for a quick coffee or a fresh juice.
Culinary hotspot. Asian kitchen, cocktails and music. For a special evening (were is the 'not so budget friendly' button?).
113 locals recommend
IZAKAYA Asian Kitchen & Bar
2-6 Albert Cuypstraat
113 locals recommend
Culinary hotspot. Asian kitchen, cocktails and music. For a special evening (were is the 'not so budget friendly' button?).
Beer and bitterballen, café food and late-sun terrace!
74 locals recommend
Cafe Binnen Buiten
115 Ruysdaelkade
74 locals recommend
Beer and bitterballen, café food and late-sun terrace!
Classic French Bistro, hotspot, sunny terrace. Do make a reservation, always busy.
64 locals recommend
GEORGE W.P.A.
74 Willemsparkweg
64 locals recommend
Classic French Bistro, hotspot, sunny terrace. Do make a reservation, always busy.
Good pizza from the wood oven (forno a legna).
20 locals recommend
Pizza Beppe
27 Roelof Hartstraat
20 locals recommend
Good pizza from the wood oven (forno a legna).

Sightseeing

Art Zuid. Modern art sculptures in the street. Visit the center and walk that route. Only from May- Sept.
Minervalaan
Minervalaan
Art Zuid. Modern art sculptures in the street. Visit the center and walk that route. Only from May- Sept.
World Press Photo
72 locals recommend
The New Church
De Dam
72 locals recommend
World Press Photo

Parks & Nature

Real city park. Full of life, and full of nature. Great for running, picknicks, go to Vondeltuin or Blauwe Theehuis for lunch, wine and sun.
4196 locals recommend
Vondelpark
4196 locals recommend
Real city park. Full of life, and full of nature. Great for running, picknicks, go to Vondeltuin or Blauwe Theehuis for lunch, wine and sun.
Wide view, sitting on the gras, people playing football, doing bootcamp and all that with a decor of that beautiful classic Rijksmuseum on one side and Concerthall on the other. We ♡ our front yard.
Museumplein station
Wide view, sitting on the gras, people playing football, doing bootcamp and all that with a decor of that beautiful classic Rijksmuseum on one side and Concerthall on the other. We ♡ our front yard.
Here you can have real walks, rent a smal boat, bike through it, swim, go to the geitenboerderij Ridammerhoeve,
547 locals recommend
Amsterdam Forest
547 locals recommend
Here you can have real walks, rent a smal boat, bike through it, swim, go to the geitenboerderij Ridammerhoeve,
A goat farm! You (or your children, but for adults too) can pet them, brush them and give them a bottle of milk. There are also pigs, chicken, swines, even a horse if I remember correctly. Have a great appel pie with fresh whipped cream, or buy fresh eggs, biological meat or cheese here.
62 locals recommend
Goatfarm Ridammerhoeve
4 Nieuwe Meerlaan
62 locals recommend
A goat farm! You (or your children, but for adults too) can pet them, brush them and give them a bottle of milk. There are also pigs, chicken, swines, even a horse if I remember correctly. Have a great appel pie with fresh whipped cream, or buy fresh eggs, biological meat or cheese here.

Arts & Culture

Modern art. Good exhibitions.
1544 locals recommend
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 Museumplein
1544 locals recommend
Modern art. Good exhibitions.
History. Of the Netherlands, of Europe too. De Nachtwacht.
472 locals recommend
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum station
472 locals recommend
History. Of the Netherlands, of Europe too. De Nachtwacht.
Good sound and beautiful building.
476 locals recommend
The Concertgebouw
10 Concertgebouwplein
476 locals recommend
Good sound and beautiful building.
If you love Van Gogh this is the place to be.
2485 locals recommend
Van Gogh Museum
6 Museumplein
2485 locals recommend
If you love Van Gogh this is the place to be.
Theatre. Beautiful building too.
136 locals recommend
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
26 Leidseplein
136 locals recommend
Theatre. Beautiful building too.

Shopping

Luxury shopping. Chanel, Louis Vuitton, MaxMara, Burberry, Boss, G-Star Raw, etc.
652 locals recommend
P.C. Hooftstraat
Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat
652 locals recommend
Luxury shopping. Chanel, Louis Vuitton, MaxMara, Burberry, Boss, G-Star Raw, etc.
Shopping starts here, walk on to Kalverstraat. Expect the international stores, like Abercrombie, Pull&Bear, H&M, Brandy Melville, Marks and Spencer, Topshop, Urban Outfitters, etc.
245 locals recommend
Leidsestraat
Leidsestraat
245 locals recommend
Shopping starts here, walk on to Kalverstraat. Expect the international stores, like Abercrombie, Pull&Bear, H&M, Brandy Melville, Marks and Spencer, Topshop, Urban Outfitters, etc.
De 9 straatjes ('9 small streets'), for small streets and boutique shopping. The best place for strolling around.
756 locals recommend
Jordaan
756 locals recommend
De 9 straatjes ('9 small streets'), for small streets and boutique shopping. The best place for strolling around.
For fresh fish, vegetables, cheese, waffles, clothes, bags, anything I guess! Lots of bars in the area too, daytime and nighttime. You can do this on foot. Or by tram 24.
1832 locals recommend
Albert Cuyp Market
Albert Cuypstraat
1832 locals recommend
For fresh fish, vegetables, cheese, waffles, clothes, bags, anything I guess! Lots of bars in the area too, daytime and nighttime. You can do this on foot. Or by tram 24.
Stylish department store with good brands.
425 locals recommend
De Bijenkorf
1 Dam
425 locals recommend
Stylish department store with good brands.

Essentials

They have everything. Even sushi (not the best, but they have it). Open until 22:00.
91 locals recommend
AH Van Baerlestraat
33 a Van Baerlestraat
91 locals recommend
They have everything. Even sushi (not the best, but they have it). Open until 22:00.
Drugstore for medicine.
Pharmacy Old South
46 Gerard Terborgstraat
Drugstore for medicine.

Getting Around

Good bikes, helpful people and around the corner.
20 locals recommend
BVD Tweewielers BV
161 H Tweede Jacob van Campenstraat
20 locals recommend
Good bikes, helpful people and around the corner.
If you want to rent a car, very closeby.
8 locals recommend
Amcar
13-15 Jacob Obrechtplein
8 locals recommend
If you want to rent a car, very closeby.