Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
BBrood
OsdorppleinVery nice bread. Crispy fresh. Opens at 8 in the morning
Café Zurich
2b MercatorpleinEasy going coffee place with large terrace.
Banketbakkerij Rijkhoff B.V.
319 Bos en LommerwegWonderful cakes. One of the best in Amsterdam.
Turkish restaurant. Very nice food. Note: no alcohol served.
Note: March 2018 closed for rebuilding.
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Meram Bos en Lommer
71 Bos en LommerpleinTurkish restaurant. Very nice food. Note: no alcohol served.
Note: March 2018 closed for rebuilding.
Cultural centre and restaurant. Very nice atmosphere and food.
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Podium Mozaiek
191 Bos en LommerwegCultural centre and restaurant. Very nice atmosphere and food.
Small, cosy Thai restaurant with wonderful food. Also take-away.
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Kratiam Thai
199 Bos en LommerwegSmall, cosy Thai restaurant with wonderful food. Also take-away.
Ram's Roti
107 Jan van GalenstraatGreat surinam food.
Essentials
Cihan Foodcenter
578-A+B HoofdwegVegetables, meat, salads, tea, coffee. All Turkish. Very nice Baklava
Dirk van den Broek
25 Marie HeinekenpleinCheap supermarket
Typical Amsterdam market, but with a strong influence from Turkish goods. Connected to a small shopping mall.
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Plein '40-'45
Plein '40-'45Typical Amsterdam market, but with a strong influence from Turkish goods. Connected to a small shopping mall.
Parks & Nature
Very nice park for running, walking or barbecue on summer days. A run up and down the park is around 4.5 km.
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Ipharki le-Rembrandt
PostjeswegVery nice park for running, walking or barbecue on summer days. A run up and down the park is around 4.5 km.
Nice sitting down place on summer evenings. You may bring your barbecue.
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Erasmusparkbuurt
Nice sitting down place on summer evenings. You may bring your barbecue.
Very nice run around the Sloterplas (around 9 km if you start from the apartment). Small beach area in the northwest corner of the water.
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Sloterplas
OostoeverVery nice run around the Sloterplas (around 9 km if you start from the apartment). Small beach area in the northwest corner of the water.
Most famous park of Amsterdam. Very nice scenery. Lot's of runners! Note: barbecue no longer allowed in the Vondelpark.
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Vondelpark
Most famous park of Amsterdam. Very nice scenery. Lot's of runners! Note: barbecue no longer allowed in the Vondelpark.
Gerbrandypark
Small park. Easy to get to. Could be part of the running route towards the Sloterplas.
Getting Around
'Cheaper' parking. € 1.40 per hour and free between 19:00 and 9:00. You can walk back to the appartment via the tunnel under the motorway.
De Leeuw van Vlaanderenstraat
De Leeuw van Vlaanderenstraat'Cheaper' parking. € 1.40 per hour and free between 19:00 and 9:00. You can walk back to the appartment via the tunnel under the motorway.
Rent your bikes. Price: € 12.50 per day. Deposit: € 50.00. Note: only cash payments!
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Van Zaane Tweewielers Amsterdam
66 Eerste Van SwindenstraatRent your bikes. Price: € 12.50 per day. Deposit: € 50.00. Note: only cash payments!
Closest railway station. Direct connection to Schiphol airport and Amsterdam Central Station. Take bus 15 to get to or from Sloterdijk station to the Bos and Lommerplantsoen.
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Station Sloterdijk
Closest railway station. Direct connection to Schiphol airport and Amsterdam Central Station. Take bus 15 to get to or from Sloterdijk station to the Bos and Lommerplantsoen.
Buy your public transport card at the bookshop Leo and Anita. A single day-pass can be bought for € 7.50. Multiple day-passes are also available.
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Meram Bos en Lommer
71 Bos en LommerpleinBuy your public transport card at the bookshop Leo and Anita. A single day-pass can be bought for € 7.50. Multiple day-passes are also available.
Amsterdam Centraal station
StationspleinAmsterdam Central Station
Entertainment & Activities
Centre for cinema, fashion, food and crafts. Indoor food markets with food from many different places. Great movies. Take tram 7 from the Hoofdweg and stop almost immediately opposite of De Hallen on the Kinkerstraat/Ten Kate markt
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De Hallen Amsterdam
47 Hannie DankbaarpassageCentre for cinema, fashion, food and crafts. Indoor food markets with food from many different places. Great movies. Take tram 7 from the Hoofdweg and stop almost immediately opposite of De Hallen on the Kinkerstraat/Ten Kate markt
Optisport Sloterparkbad
3 President AllendelaanSwimmingpool. 50 m pool.
Sightseeing
Famous square of Amsterdam. Take tram 14 from Bos and Lommerweg to Dam Square and Artis Zoo.
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Dam Square
Famous square of Amsterdam. Take tram 14 from Bos and Lommerweg to Dam Square and Artis Zoo.
Arts & Culture
The best of the best museum. Can be busy though! Reservations recommended. Take tram 7 from the appartment, which stops on the Weteringschans, opposite of the Rijksmuseum.
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Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum station
The best of the best museum. Can be busy though! Reservations recommended. Take tram 7 from the appartment, which stops on the Weteringschans, opposite of the Rijksmuseum.
Beautiful museum with changing exhibitions. Linked to the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburgh.
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Hermitage Amsterdam
51 AmstelBeautiful museum with changing exhibitions. Linked to the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburgh.
Filmmuseum, cinema and restaurant with the most spectacular terrace in Amsterdam, on the waterfront of the IJ. The filmmuseum is just north of the Central Station and can be reached by ferry. See: https://www.eyefilm.nl/
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Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenadeFilmmuseum, cinema and restaurant with the most spectacular terrace in Amsterdam, on the waterfront of the IJ. The filmmuseum is just north of the Central Station and can be reached by ferry. See: https://www.eyefilm.nl/