Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
It's a local restaurant which we love. It's quite cheap and they serve very nice food. Apart from the food they usually sell local beer, brewed in Amsterdam.
36 locals recommend
De Ponteneur Exploitatie B.V.
581 Eerste Van SwindenstraatIt's a local restaurant which we love. It's quite cheap and they serve very nice food. Apart from the food they usually sell local beer, brewed in Amsterdam.
It's a very nice restaurant just on the corner. It's a bit more expensive but they serve very nice food and have a good ambiance!
468 locals recommend
Wilde Zwijnen
23 JavapleinIt's a very nice restaurant just on the corner. It's a bit more expensive but they serve very nice food and have a good ambiance!
Studio K is nice to go. It's a coffee bar, a restaurant and a bar. So you can go there all day. It is also a (little) cinema.
384 locals recommend
Studio/K
62 TimorpleinStudio K is nice to go. It's a coffee bar, a restaurant and a bar. So you can go there all day. It is also a (little) cinema.
It's a kind of starbucks but cheaper. You can sit really nice in front of the building and oversee the javaplein with all the locals doing their things.
38 locals recommend
Javaplein
JavapleinIt's a kind of starbucks but cheaper. You can sit really nice in front of the building and oversee the javaplein with all the locals doing their things.
You can go here to have lunch, they have the best sandwiches troughout amsterdam. It's recommended to go a bit early because it could be very busy around lunchtime.
34 locals recommend
Eetcafe Singel 404
404 SingelYou can go here to have lunch, they have the best sandwiches troughout amsterdam. It's recommended to go a bit early because it could be very busy around lunchtime.
It's a place for lunch. They sell very nice sandwiches and are quite cheap. It's a little place so you won't always have a place to sit. But you can also pick up a sandwich and eat along the cannals.
26 locals recommend
Broodje Bert
321 SingelIt's a place for lunch. They sell very nice sandwiches and are quite cheap. It's a little place so you won't always have a place to sit. But you can also pick up a sandwich and eat along the cannals.
They just sell the best appelpie! Sometimes there are queues in front of it just to buy appelpie.
506 locals recommend
Winkel 43
43 NoordermarktThey just sell the best appelpie! Sometimes there are queues in front of it just to buy appelpie.
This is a very nice local eatery. I used to come here very often with my parents when I was a little younger.
21 locals recommend
Tropenkolder
510 SarphatistraatThis is a very nice local eatery. I used to come here very often with my parents when I was a little younger.
This is a very nice (often crowded) lunchroom, they sell very nice lunches, scones and lovely pies!!
There is also one at de zeedijk (nr.37) (more in the center)
48 locals recommend
De Bakkerswinkel Centrum
69 WarmoesstraatThis is a very nice (often crowded) lunchroom, they sell very nice lunches, scones and lovely pies!!
There is also one at de zeedijk (nr.37) (more in the center)
They have a really nice rooftop restaurant where you can have a drink and overlook the city!
188 locals recommend
OBA Library of Amsterdam
143 OosterdokskadeThey have a really nice rooftop restaurant where you can have a drink and overlook the city!
It's a nice place to have a drink. And when you're visiting Amsterdam you'll have to see the Vondelpark at least once ofcourse!
You can rent rollerskates else in the park!
292 locals recommend
The Blue Tea House
5 VondelparkIt's a nice place to have a drink. And when you're visiting Amsterdam you'll have to see the Vondelpark at least once ofcourse!
You can rent rollerskates else in the park!
Everything Else
This is the local zoo. When we were childs we used to go there very often. It's renovated part by part. Although it's probably not the most beautiful zoo, it's very special, at least to us!
1622 locals recommend
ARTIS
38-40 Plantage KerklaanThis is the local zoo. When we were childs we used to go there very often. It's renovated part by part. Although it's probably not the most beautiful zoo, it's very special, at least to us!
In a 5 minutes walk there is a lovely park in which you can run or walk very nice. We often go there when it is a hot and sunny day, just to relax and read books.
398 locals recommend
Flevopark
FlevoparkIn a 5 minutes walk there is a lovely park in which you can run or walk very nice. We often go there when it is a hot and sunny day, just to relax and read books.
This is the outdoor swimmingpool, 10 minutes walk from our home. It's nice to refresh after a long day strolling in Amsterdam.
86 locals recommend
Flevoparkbad
1002 InsulindewegThis is the outdoor swimmingpool, 10 minutes walk from our home. It's nice to refresh after a long day strolling in Amsterdam.
The dappermarkt is a local market in which they sell food and clothes. It's at a 10 minutes walk from our home. It's recently voted the best market in the Netherlands.
673 locals recommend
Dappermarkt
383 Eerste Van SwindenstraatThe dappermarkt is a local market in which they sell food and clothes. It's at a 10 minutes walk from our home. It's recently voted the best market in the Netherlands.
The Albertcuijpmarkt is a very nice market. Of course when you go there you'll have to taste the best (in our opinion) "stroopwafels" (a typical dutch cookie).
1832 locals recommend
Albert Cuyp Market
Albert CuypstraatThe Albertcuijpmarkt is a very nice market. Of course when you go there you'll have to taste the best (in our opinion) "stroopwafels" (a typical dutch cookie).
There are a lot of nice places to have a drink or to have something to eat (lunch or dinner) around this square.
268 locals recommend
Nieuwmarkt
NieuwmarktThere are a lot of nice places to have a drink or to have something to eat (lunch or dinner) around this square.
Voetboogstraat
VoetboogstraatHere they sell the best french fries!
Here lived religious woman for ages. It's a very nice and quite place in the center of Amsterdam. You're free to go in and have a look!
277 locals recommend
Begijnhof
1 BegijnhofHere lived religious woman for ages. It's a very nice and quite place in the center of Amsterdam. You're free to go in and have a look!
Blijburg
501 PampuslaanThis is the beach of Amsterdam. It has a really nice ambiance!
Every wednesday from 12.30 there is a lunchtime concert for free (except in july and august). It's nice to see the building and ofcourse to hear the musicians play!
476 locals recommend
The Concertgebouw
10 ConcertgebouwpleinEvery wednesday from 12.30 there is a lunchtime concert for free (except in july and august). It's nice to see the building and ofcourse to hear the musicians play!
You can go for free on the roof of the museum and have nice view over the city.
The museum is an interactive museum where you can do and discover scientific and technological things, mainly for kids.
603 locals recommend
NEMO Science Center
2 OosterdokYou can go for free on the roof of the museum and have nice view over the city.
The museum is an interactive museum where you can do and discover scientific and technological things, mainly for kids.
This is the oldest cinema in town, just have a look inside at the old interior!
340 locals recommend
Pathé Tuschinski
26-34 ReguliersbreestraatThis is the oldest cinema in town, just have a look inside at the old interior!
Arts & Culture
Foam
609 KeizersgrachtIt's a very nice fotomuseum, they have beautiful exhibitions.
Museumplein
MuseumpleinThis is the square where al the big museums are.
Hermitage Amsterdam
51 AmstelThey have the most wonderfull exhibitions!
Shopping
If you want to taste real good bonbons you'll have to go to this shop. Or if you pass by you have to peek inside and sniff at least the scent of chocolate.
65 locals recommend
Puccini Bomboni
17 StaalstraatIf you want to taste real good bonbons you'll have to go to this shop. Or if you pass by you have to peek inside and sniff at least the scent of chocolate.