Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Essentials

This is a lovely supermarket with fresh fish, very nice bread, all kinds of fresh herbs, a wide range of vegetables end an excellent organic cheese section. No cash, only pin.
857 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Marqt
402 Ceintuurbaan
857 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
This is a lovely supermarket with fresh fish, very nice bread, all kinds of fresh herbs, a wide range of vegetables end an excellent organic cheese section. No cash, only pin.
Practically next door.... for your daily groceries
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Practically next door.... for your daily groceries
Organic supermarket, Bread, vegetables, dairy, cosmetics, et cetera
257 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Ekoplaza
164 Haarlemmerdijk
257 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Organic supermarket, Bread, vegetables, dairy, cosmetics, et cetera
Nice wine shop, specialized in nature wines!
Vleck wines
63 hs Eerste Helmersstraat
Nice wine shop, specialized in nature wines!

Drinks & Nightlife

A very cosy beerbar where you can have a reasonable meal. Nothing fancy, just a lot of extraordinary beers and a good atmosphere!
174 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Gollem's Proeflokaal
160-162 Overtoom
174 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
A very cosy beerbar where you can have a reasonable meal. Nothing fancy, just a lot of extraordinary beers and a good atmosphere!
The Temple of popmusic, (the building used to be a church) also really nice clubnights. Check the agenda and don't let the queue discourage you.
937 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Paradiso
6-8 Weteringschans
937 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The Temple of popmusic, (the building used to be a church) also really nice clubnights. Check the agenda and don't let the queue discourage you.
For tourists only...;-)
33 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Hard Rock Cafe Amsterdam
57-61 Max Euweplein
33 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
For tourists only...;-)
Small cocktail bar, but these guys know how to shake...
166 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Vesper
57 Vinkenstraat
166 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Small cocktail bar, but these guys know how to shake...
Nice place for lunch, huge terrace
90 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Du Cap
2HS Kwakersplein
90 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Nice place for lunch, huge terrace

Shopping

An enormous travel bookstore. Here you'll find all kinds of information about Amsterdam, but also maps from every part in the world. Nice to spend some time here!
12 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Reisboekhandel Pied à Terre
9 Rokin
12 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
An enormous travel bookstore. Here you'll find all kinds of information about Amsterdam, but also maps from every part in the world. Nice to spend some time here!
My favorite fashion store for women's wear. Humanoid, A.P.C., Isabel Marant. Friendly staff!
7 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
DOS Amsterdam
1 Marnixplein
7 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
My favorite fashion store for women's wear. Humanoid, A.P.C., Isabel Marant. Friendly staff!
Best department store in town
425 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
De Bijenkorf
1 Dam
425 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Best department store in town
Very special, even if you only check the windows of the store
HERMÈS Amsterdam Store
94 Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat
Very special, even if you only check the windows of the store
Exclusive clothes and bags
Azzurro Due
3 Van Baerlestraat
Exclusive clothes and bags
Nice jeans and other fashion
Blue Blood
142 Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat
Nice jeans and other fashion
Simply household goods, Good quality, basic design
157 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Hema
313 Kinkerstraat
157 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Simply household goods, Good quality, basic design
Just the building itself is really beautiful.
50 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Swarovski Boutique Magna Plaza
182I Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal
50 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Just the building itself is really beautiful.
Enormous Apple store
30 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Apple Amsterdam
25 Leidseplein
30 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Enormous Apple store
All your gear for outdoor activities
Bever
4 Stadhouderskade
All your gear for outdoor activities

Food Scene

A very nice place, rather hip, with a good menu.
49 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Zouk
45 Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat
49 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
A very nice place, rather hip, with a good menu.
Very nice, small restaurant, good menu. Don't sit at the table near the entrance, it's cold there!
62 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Pastis
15 Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat
62 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Very nice, small restaurant, good menu. Don't sit at the table near the entrance, it's cold there!
Good pizza, wood oven. Reservation required during weekends.
139 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
De Italiaan
29 Bosboom Toussaintstraat
139 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good pizza, wood oven. Reservation required during weekends.
Excellent Italian restaurant. Book your table three weeks ahead
313 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Toscanini
75 Lindengracht
313 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Excellent Italian restaurant. Book your table three weeks ahead
Excellent restaurant, just around the corner of the Red Light District
21 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Anna
111 Warmoesstraat
21 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Excellent restaurant, just around the corner of the Red Light District
Nice, laid back atmosphere. Dinner, dancing, cocktails
346 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Canvas
150 Wibautstraat
346 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Nice, laid back atmosphere. Dinner, dancing, cocktails
How convenient, just around the corner!
34 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Peperwortel
140 Overtoom
34 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
How convenient, just around the corner!
Good Thai. They also deliver or do pick-up. Very close to the apartment, they have a few tables as well (simple)
14 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Khorat Top Thai
64 Tweede Constantijn Huygensstraat
14 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good Thai. They also deliver or do pick-up. Very close to the apartment, they have a few tables as well (simple)
Good restaurant where you'll find Dutch celebrities. Brasserie kitchen
38 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Restaurant "Le Garage"
54-56 Ruysdaelstraat
38 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good restaurant where you'll find Dutch celebrities. Brasserie kitchen
Nice place for lunch, just around the corner
40 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Lunchroom Wilhelmina
83-A Eerste Helmersstraat
40 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Nice place for lunch, just around the corner
Good food, good atmosphere. Reservation is recommended
232 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Fa. Pekelhaaring
127 Van Woustraat
232 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good food, good atmosphere. Reservation is recommended
In a former school, very nice restaurant. Reservation is needed
216 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Rijsel
52 Marcusstraat
216 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
In a former school, very nice restaurant. Reservation is needed
A delicious, spacious restaurant, laid back atmosphere, reasonable prices, good wines and a cinema downstairs. Very near! http://www.smartprojectspace.net/cinema_movie/filmladder.php
16 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
SMART Project Space
16 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
A delicious, spacious restaurant, laid back atmosphere, reasonable prices, good wines and a cinema downstairs. Very near! http://www.smartprojectspace.net/cinema_movie/filmladder.php
Excellent coffee, very nice place
Harvest & Company
90-96 Tweede Helmersstraat
Excellent coffee, very nice place
Typically Dutch food: get yourself a sac of fries, streetfood. Stand in the queue for the best fries in town... yummie!
6 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Voetboogstraat
Voetboogstraat
6 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Typically Dutch food: get yourself a sac of fries, streetfood. Stand in the queue for the best fries in town... yummie!
Cool new place, very laid back
88 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Bar Brouw
16 Ten Katestraat
88 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Cool new place, very laid back
Only chicken on the menu! Half portions also possible.
196 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Van 't Spit
95 De Clercqstraat
196 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Only chicken on the menu! Half portions also possible.
Super hip, trendy coffee bar, good coffee!
237 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Lot Sixty One Coffee Roasters
112 Kinkerstraat
237 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Super hip, trendy coffee bar, good coffee!
Excellent Italian restaurant in a very typical Dutch house. Famous for the burratta, it's awesome! Worth the trip. Reservation is recommended
66 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Eetcafé Koevoet
17 Lindenstraat
66 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Excellent Italian restaurant in a very typical Dutch house. Famous for the burratta, it's awesome! Worth the trip. Reservation is recommended
Have breakfast or lunch here and go for the French Toast with banana and bacon!
71 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
TEDS
60 Bosboom Toussaintstraat
71 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Have breakfast or lunch here and go for the French Toast with banana and bacon!

Arts & Culture

The city theatre of Amsterdam.
136 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
26 Leidseplein
136 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The city theatre of Amsterdam.
Cinema. Allways nice on a rainy day
109 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Pathe City
15-19 Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen
109 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Cinema. Allways nice on a rainy day
Check out the who's doing a gig here!
444 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Melkweg
234A Lijnbaansgracht
444 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Check out the who's doing a gig here!
Who knows, maybe it's your lucky night?
140 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Holland Casino
7 Badhuisplein
140 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Who knows, maybe it's your lucky night?
The Van Gogh Museum is showing their collection in The Hermitage until april 2013. Check on the site how to pre-order your tickets and avoid the queue
2485 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Museo Van Gogh
6 Museumplein
2485 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The Van Gogh Museum is showing their collection in The Hermitage until april 2013. Check on the site how to pre-order your tickets and avoid the queue
Recently re-opened, very good museum with a good childerensprogramme
1544 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Museo Stedelijk de Ámsterdam
10 Museumplein
1544 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Recently re-opened, very good museum with a good childerensprogramme
Some things are a must. But do pre-order your tickets to avoid the queue
3186 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Rijksmuseum
1 Museumstraat
3186 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Some things are a must. But do pre-order your tickets to avoid the queue
Beautiful collections and exhibitions. Check the internet to see what they are showing. The museum is not that big so it's a nice stop!
792 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Espuma
609 Keizersgracht
792 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Beautiful collections and exhibitions. Check the internet to see what they are showing. The museum is not that big so it's a nice stop!
Here you can buy tickets for all shows in Amsterdam. After 12 noon, check out the site 50%off site: www.lastminuteticketshop.nl for discount on not-sold tickets.
6 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Ticketshop Amsterdams Uitburo
21 Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen
6 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Here you can buy tickets for all shows in Amsterdam. After 12 noon, check out the site 50%off site: www.lastminuteticketshop.nl for discount on not-sold tickets.
Concertgebouw: the concert hall for classic music, also a very nice programme for the little ones amongst us. Great concerts, also world music. Beautiful building.
Concertgebouwplein
Concertgebouw: the concert hall for classic music, also a very nice programme for the little ones amongst us. Great concerts, also world music. Beautiful building.
Independent cinema
106 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Het Ketelhuis
4 Pazzanistraat
106 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Independent cinema
The house where Anne Frank wrote her world-famous diary while in hiding in occupied Holland. Very impressive
2775 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Casa de Ana Frank
20 Westermarkt
2775 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The house where Anne Frank wrote her world-famous diary while in hiding in occupied Holland. Very impressive
Good shows, also for childeren. The hall looks like a gallery, packed with modern art, mostly photographers
54 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Teatro DeLaMar
402 Marnixstraat
54 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Good shows, also for childeren. The hall looks like a gallery, packed with modern art, mostly photographers
Home of the National Opera and the National Ballet
95 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
National Opera & Ballet
3 Amstel
95 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Home of the National Opera and the National Ballet
Gives you a good insight in the History of Amsterdam
139 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Museo de Ámsterdam
51 Kalverstraat
139 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Gives you a good insight in the History of Amsterdam
Here you'll learn how Heineken brews beer
1283 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Heineken Experience
78 Stadhouderskade
1283 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Here you'll learn how Heineken brews beer
The museum is recently been renovated. History of Dutch Shipping in the Netherlands
820 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
El Museo Marítimo
1 Kattenburgerplein
820 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The museum is recently been renovated. History of Dutch Shipping in the Netherlands
Rembrandt can also be seen at The Rijksmuseum, or here
301 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Museum Het Rembrandthuis (Rembrandt House)
4 Jodenbreestraat
301 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Rembrandt can also be seen at The Rijksmuseum, or here
Films for expats: screening of films with english subtitles. Nice programme!
69 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
LAB111
111 Arie Biemondstraat
69 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Films for expats: screening of films with english subtitles. Nice programme!

Getting Around

Dutch bikes for rent. they also have carrierbicycles and bikes with childseat. Bring an ID to rent.
20 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
De Baron Fietsen
20 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Dutch bikes for rent. they also have carrierbicycles and bikes with childseat. Bring an ID to rent.
38 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Hertz
333 Overtoom
38 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
109 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
MacBike | Bike Rental Amsterdam | Vondelpark
45 Overtoom
109 personas del lugar lo recomiendan

Sightseeing

The Amsterdam City Park
177 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
De Vondeltuin
7 Vondelpark
177 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The Amsterdam City Park
A nice big square next to all museums, with a pond, some artshops with postcards and posters, a halfpipe and a cafe
1480 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Museumplein
Museumplein
1480 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
A nice big square next to all museums, with a pond, some artshops with postcards and posters, a halfpipe and a cafe
A beautiful inner court, founded in the Middel Ages. There used to live only older females, a place where they felt safe.
277 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Begijnhof
1 Begijnhof
277 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
A beautiful inner court, founded in the Middel Ages. There used to live only older females, a place where they felt safe.
You should see Amsterdam by boat, a totally different view!
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Rederij Lovers B.V.
40 Stadhouderskade
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
You should see Amsterdam by boat, a totally different view!