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 locals recommend
Marqt
402 Ceintuurbaan
857 locals recommend
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
Più
Practically next door.... for your daily groceries
Organic supermarket, Bread, vegetables, dairy, cosmetics, et cetera
257 locals recommend
Ekoplaza
164 Haarlemmerdijk
257 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Gollem's Proeflokaal
160-162 Overtoom
174 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Paradiso
6-8 Weteringschans
937 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Hard Rock Cafe Amsterdam
57-61 Max Euweplein
33 locals recommend
For tourists only...;-)
Small cocktail bar, but these guys know how to shake...
166 locals recommend
Vesper
57 Vinkenstraat
166 locals recommend
Small cocktail bar, but these guys know how to shake...
Nice place for lunch, huge terrace
90 locals recommend
Du Cap
2HS Kwakersplein
90 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Reisboekhandel Pied à Terre
9 Rokin
12 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
DOS Amsterdam
1 Marnixplein
7 locals recommend
My favorite fashion store for women's wear. Humanoid, A.P.C., Isabel Marant. Friendly staff!
Best department store in town
425 locals recommend
De Bijenkorf
1 Dam
425 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Hema
313 Kinkerstraat
157 locals recommend
Simply household goods, Good quality, basic design
Just the building itself is really beautiful.
50 locals recommend
Swarovski Boutique Magna Plaza
182I Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal
50 locals recommend
Just the building itself is really beautiful.
Enormous Apple store
30 locals recommend
Apple Amsterdam
25 Leidseplein
30 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Zouk
45 Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat
49 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Pastis
15 Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat
62 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
De Italiaan
29 Bosboom Toussaintstraat
139 locals recommend
Good pizza, wood oven. Reservation required during weekends.
Excellent Italian restaurant. Book your table three weeks ahead
313 locals recommend
Toscanini
75 Lindengracht
313 locals recommend
Excellent Italian restaurant. Book your table three weeks ahead
Excellent restaurant, just around the corner of the Red Light District
21 locals recommend
Anna
111 Warmoesstraat
21 locals recommend
Excellent restaurant, just around the corner of the Red Light District
Nice, laid back atmosphere. Dinner, dancing, cocktails
346 locals recommend
Canvas
150 Wibautstraat
346 locals recommend
Nice, laid back atmosphere. Dinner, dancing, cocktails
How convenient, just around the corner!
34 locals recommend
Peperwortel
140 Overtoom
34 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Khorat Top Thai
64 Tweede Constantijn Huygensstraat
14 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Restaurant "Le Garage"
54-56 Ruysdaelstraat
38 locals recommend
Good restaurant where you'll find Dutch celebrities. Brasserie kitchen
Nice place for lunch, just around the corner
40 locals recommend
Lunchroom Wilhelmina
83-A Eerste Helmersstraat
40 locals recommend
Nice place for lunch, just around the corner
Good food, good atmosphere. Reservation is recommended
232 locals recommend
Fa. Pekelhaaring
127 Van Woustraat
232 locals recommend
Good food, good atmosphere. Reservation is recommended
In a former school, very nice restaurant. Reservation is needed
216 locals recommend
Rijsel
52 Marcusstraat
216 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
SMART Project Space
16 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Voetboogstraat
Voetboogstraat
6 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Bar Brouw
16 Ten Katestraat
88 locals recommend
Cool new place, very laid back
Only chicken on the menu! Half portions also possible.
196 locals recommend
Van 't Spit
95 De Clercqstraat
196 locals recommend
Only chicken on the menu! Half portions also possible.
Super hip, trendy coffee bar, good coffee!
237 locals recommend
Lot Sixty One Coffee Roasters
112 Kinkerstraat
237 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Eetcafé Koevoet
17 Lindenstraat
66 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
TEDS
60 Bosboom Toussaintstraat
71 locals recommend
Have breakfast or lunch here and go for the French Toast with banana and bacon!

Arts & Culture

The city theatre of Amsterdam.
136 locals recommend
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
26 Leidseplein
136 locals recommend
The city theatre of Amsterdam.
Cinema. Allways nice on a rainy day
109 locals recommend
Pathe City
15-19 Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen
109 locals recommend
Cinema. Allways nice on a rainy day
Check out the who's doing a gig here!
444 locals recommend
Melkweg
234A Lijnbaansgracht
444 locals recommend
Check out the who's doing a gig here!
Who knows, maybe it's your lucky night?
140 locals recommend
Holland Casino
7 Badhuisplein
140 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Van Gogh Museum
6 Museumplein
2485 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 Museumplein
1544 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Rijksmuseum
1 Museumstraat
3186 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Foam
609 Keizersgracht
792 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Ticketshop Amsterdams Uitburo
21 Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen
6 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Het Ketelhuis
4 Pazzanistraat
106 locals recommend
Independent cinema
The house where Anne Frank wrote her world-famous diary while in hiding in occupied Holland. Very impressive
2775 locals recommend
Anne Frank House
20 Westermarkt
2775 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
DeLaMar Theater
402 Marnixstraat
54 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
National Opera & Ballet
3 Amstel
95 locals recommend
Home of the National Opera and the National Ballet
Gives you a good insight in the History of Amsterdam
139 locals recommend
Amsterdam Museum
51 Kalverstraat
139 locals recommend
Gives you a good insight in the History of Amsterdam
Here you'll learn how Heineken brews beer
1283 locals recommend
Heineken Experience
78 Stadhouderskade
1283 locals recommend
Here you'll learn how Heineken brews beer
The museum is recently been renovated. History of Dutch Shipping in the Netherlands
820 locals recommend
The Maritime Museum
1 Kattenburgerplein
820 locals recommend
The museum is recently been renovated. History of Dutch Shipping in the Netherlands
Rembrandt can also be seen at The Rijksmuseum, or here
301 locals recommend
Museum Het Rembrandthuis (Rembrandt House)
4 Jodenbreestraat
301 locals recommend
Rembrandt can also be seen at The Rijksmuseum, or here
Films for expats: screening of films with english subtitles. Nice programme!
69 locals recommend
LAB111
111 Arie Biemondstraat
69 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
De Baron Fietsen
20 locals recommend
Dutch bikes for rent. they also have carrierbicycles and bikes with childseat. Bring an ID to rent.
38 locals recommend
Hertz
333 Overtoom
38 locals recommend
109 locals recommend
MacBike | Bike Rental Amsterdam | Vondelpark
45 Overtoom
109 locals recommend

Sightseeing

The Amsterdam City Park
177 locals recommend
De Vondeltuin
7 Vondelpark
177 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Museumplein
Museumplein
1480 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Begijnhof
1 Begijnhof
277 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Rederij Lovers B.V.
40 Stadhouderskade
8 locals recommend
You should see Amsterdam by boat, a totally different view!