Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
1 min walk to one of the best cafe/restaurants in the whole West of Amsterdam. Perfect for a coffee or beer on their massive terrace in the sun or for a lovely dinner with a menu that changes monthly.
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Café Cook
2 James Cookstraat1 min walk to one of the best cafe/restaurants in the whole West of Amsterdam. Perfect for a coffee or beer on their massive terrace in the sun or for a lovely dinner with a menu that changes monthly.
Best coffee in Amsterdam, they roast their own, good place to work with wifi.
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Coffee & Such
182 HaarlemmerdijkBest coffee in Amsterdam, they roast their own, good place to work with wifi.
Very interesting building, decent coffee, lunches & wifi. Check out the bathrooms!
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Café Zurich
2b MercatorpleinVery interesting building, decent coffee, lunches & wifi. Check out the bathrooms!
De Bakkerswinkel
Great cafe in Westerpark for brunch or lunch & coffee.
De Pizzabakkers Haarlemmerdijk
128 HS HaarlemmerdijkGreat Italian-style pizza
La Perla Pizzeria
53 Tweede TuindwarsstraatSome say the best pizza in Amsterdam, in lovely Jordaan.
Best burgers in Amsterdam (try the Wagyu Beef). Bit expensive, but worth it. Open late too so great for a late night snack! (til 4am Friday & Saturday)...they also happen to be a client of mine!
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Burger Bar Warmoesstraat
21-H WarmoesstraatBest burgers in Amsterdam (try the Wagyu Beef). Bit expensive, but worth it. Open late too so great for a late night snack! (til 4am Friday & Saturday)...they also happen to be a client of mine!
Good place for lunch, haven't tried dinner. Nice funky interior & nice terrace near a canal too.
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Radijs Amsterdam
41HS Jan EvertsenstraatGood place for lunch, haven't tried dinner. Nice funky interior & nice terrace near a canal too.
Good Dutch-style Brown Pub that serves decent food. The Burger is good, so is the Chicken Satay.
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Cafe Thuys
129 De ClercqstraatGood Dutch-style Brown Pub that serves decent food. The Burger is good, so is the Chicken Satay.
YamYam Trattoria Pizzeria
88-90 Frederik HendrikstraatGood Italian & reasonable price
Blue Pepper
366 NassaukadeA bit fancy & pricey. But the best Indonesian Food in Amsterdam
Everything Else
Great park for a walk or for chilling in the sun. Also has a cafe in the middle now called Terasmus - the Turkish Tosti there is delicious & cheap.
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Erasmusparkbuurt
Great park for a walk or for chilling in the sun. Also has a cafe in the middle now called Terasmus - the Turkish Tosti there is delicious & cheap.
Nice little village, really nice bike ride to get here through green fields, little villages. Get the ferry over to North Amsterdam & follow the signs.
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Broek in Waterland
Nice little village, really nice bike ride to get here through green fields, little villages. Get the ferry over to North Amsterdam & follow the signs.
Nicest area in Amsterdam. Just walk around here - little streets, canals, boutique shops, cafes...nice.
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Jordaan
Nicest area in Amsterdam. Just walk around here - little streets, canals, boutique shops, cafes...nice.
BadBuiten
72 MiddenwegFloating Pool & Bar - brand new & pretty darn cool on a Sunny day.
Nice place to ride to. Just follow the Amstel river down to it.
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Ouderkerk Aan De Amstel
2 AchterdijkNice place to ride to. Just follow the Amstel river down to it.
A great place to ride to. Take the fast flying ferry (FFF) from behind central station with your bike, then take the punt from Ijmuiden across the water, then ride, following the signs to Wij aan Zee
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Hot Zone Beach and Events
A great place to ride to. Take the fast flying ferry (FFF) from behind central station with your bike, then take the punt from Ijmuiden across the water, then ride, following the signs to Wij aan Zee
De Pijp
Nice suburb
Drinks & Nightlife
Best terrace in Amsterdam not far from Centraal Station – on the water, nice view, great in sun, come in a boat, food, interesting, cool.
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Hannekes Boom
4 DijksgrachtBest terrace in Amsterdam not far from Centraal Station – on the water, nice view, great in sun, come in a boat, food, interesting, cool.
Basis
97 Oudegracht aan de WerfBest Bar in Amsterdam. Bring your own food. DJs on the weekends.
Squat bar that looks like a lounge room at the front, great cocktails out the back & dance floor in the basement. Random events on, but usually friendly, interesting & a little different.
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De Nieuwe Anita
111 Frederik HendrikstraatSquat bar that looks like a lounge room at the front, great cocktails out the back & dance floor in the basement. Random events on, but usually friendly, interesting & a little different.
Alternative place in the East with weekly outdoor movie nights, barbecues, picnics to creative art exhibitions and music festivals. You can also relax on the beach to the water, sipping a cocktail.
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Amsterdam Roest
1 Jacob BontiusplaatsAlternative place in the East with weekly outdoor movie nights, barbecues, picnics to creative art exhibitions and music festivals. You can also relax on the beach to the water, sipping a cocktail.
Cool & classy speakeasy-style cocktail bar where you need to ring to book a table, then knock on an unmarked door (74) to get let in. Ph: +31634045122
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Door74
74 ReguliersdwarsstraatCool & classy speakeasy-style cocktail bar where you need to ring to book a table, then knock on an unmarked door (74) to get let in. Ph: +31634045122
Real local but kind of classy bar, popular with well to do students and good looking people who like to Party during the week. Better during week than weekends - too busy.
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Café Lux B.V.
403 MarnixstraatReal local but kind of classy bar, popular with well to do students and good looking people who like to Party during the week. Better during week than weekends - too busy.
Intimate & cool jazz bar. Best on Wednesday nights with Dutch saxophone legend Hans Dulfer.
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Jazz Cafe Alto
115 Korte LeidsedwarsstraatIntimate & cool jazz bar. Best on Wednesday nights with Dutch saxophone legend Hans Dulfer.
Pacific Parc
23 PolonceaukadeBig bar in Westerpark - decent music & events on here.
Studio 80
17 RembrandtpleinClub that plays mostly techno & minimal
Soundgarden - grungy bar with an outdoor area on a canal, live music sometimes.
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Cafe Sound Garden
164-166 MarnixstraatSoundgarden - grungy bar with an outdoor area on a canal, live music sometimes.
Australian themed-bar. Best bar for watching sport in Amsterdam. Table service, pub food, pints, good atmosphere. Gets busy on weekends!
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Coco's Outback
8-12 ThorbeckepleinAustralian themed-bar. Best bar for watching sport in Amsterdam. Table service, pub food, pints, good atmosphere. Gets busy on weekends!
Essentials
Dirk Supermarket - closest supermarket to house. Bit cheap & cheerful, but fine
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AH Jan van Galenstraat
87 Jan van GalenstraatDirk Supermarket - closest supermarket to house. Bit cheap & cheerful, but fine
Closest Supermarket by foot. Bit cheaper than Albert Heijn
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Dirk van den Broek
25 Marie HeinekenpleinClosest Supermarket by foot. Bit cheaper than Albert Heijn
De Balie
10 Kleine-GartmanplantsoenBig & good Cafe/bar with Wifi
Arts & Culture
The Movies
159 - 163 HaarlemmerdijkNice intimate cinema with mostly arthouse movies
Best live music venue - in an old church. Big names play here too, but it sells out fast.
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Paradiso
6-8 WeteringschansBest live music venue - in an old church. Big names play here too, but it sells out fast.
Great old art deco building that is now a cinema - shows mainstream movies. & yes, just like in pulp fiction you can drink a beer at the cinemas in Amsterdam.
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Pathé Tuschinski
26-34 ReguliersbreestraatGreat old art deco building that is now a cinema - shows mainstream movies. & yes, just like in pulp fiction you can drink a beer at the cinemas in Amsterdam.