Guidebook for Amsterdam

Rolien
Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Great lunch just around the corner!
Het Zwarte Schaap
40 Frans Halsstraat
Great lunch just around the corner!
Best little (take-away) vegetarian restaurant, just a few houses down the street
21 locals recommend
Olive&Cookie
67HS Saenredamstraat
21 locals recommend
Best little (take-away) vegetarian restaurant, just a few houses down the street
Beautiful Israeli restaurant, yummy food
52 locals recommend
Mana Mana
85H Eerste Jan Steenstraat
52 locals recommend
Beautiful Israeli restaurant, yummy food
Great takeaway (or indoor) salads
33 locals recommend
Venkel
22 Albert Cuypstraat
33 locals recommend
Great takeaway (or indoor) salads
Perfect spot just in our street for your morning coffee, simple dinner or glass of red at the fire
Cafe de Bieb
32 Saenredamstraat
Perfect spot just in our street for your morning coffee, simple dinner or glass of red at the fire
Best pizza place in town. Try the tartufo!
23 locals recommend
da portare VIA
63 Frans Halsstraat
23 locals recommend
Best pizza place in town. Try the tartufo!
Great bakery. Be warned. Their pies are highly addictive
42 locals recommend
Baking with Passion
53 Albert Cuypstraat
42 locals recommend
Great bakery. Be warned. Their pies are highly addictive
Spheric new restaurants, French menu, good prices
53 locals recommend
Café Caron
28 Frans Halsstraat
53 locals recommend
Spheric new restaurants, French menu, good prices
Great coffee tucked just around the corner of the market
Coffee Lounge
66 Eerste van der Helststraat
Great coffee tucked just around the corner of the market
Best brunch in town, a little expensive and very popular (prepare to wait in line) - but extraordinary breakfasts and a great spot during the week, it's mostly the weekends that get too crowded
315 locals recommend
Bakers & Roasters
54 Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat
315 locals recommend
Best brunch in town, a little expensive and very popular (prepare to wait in line) - but extraordinary breakfasts and a great spot during the week, it's mostly the weekends that get too crowded
Big, beautiful bright and relaxing coffee place
372 locals recommend
Coffee & Coconuts
282 Ceintuurbaan
372 locals recommend
Big, beautiful bright and relaxing coffee place
Great little Spanish restaurant that serves good wine and tapas and is open 'whenever we're not closed' - what's not to love about that?
16 locals recommend
Taverna Barcelona
37 Saenredamstraat
16 locals recommend
Great little Spanish restaurant that serves good wine and tapas and is open 'whenever we're not closed' - what's not to love about that?
Really good Indonesian food - won quite a few prices, great for take-away, little indoor seating
27 locals recommend
Sari Citra
52bg Ferdinand Bolstraat
27 locals recommend
Really good Indonesian food - won quite a few prices, great for take-away, little indoor seating
Very cute cafe/restaurant in a street in the middle of the city that makes you feel like you're in a French village
94 locals recommend
Cafe Toussaint
26 Bosboom Toussaintstraat
94 locals recommend
Very cute cafe/restaurant in a street in the middle of the city that makes you feel like you're in a French village
Best coffee in town. No doubt
12 locals recommend
Boutique Del Caffe Torrefazione
38 HS Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat
12 locals recommend
Best coffee in town. No doubt

Drinks & Nightlife

Great cozy cafe for a beer, red wine or a spritzer
151 locals recommend
Café Brecht
157 Weteringschans
151 locals recommend
Great cozy cafe for a beer, red wine or a spritzer
My alltime favorite Amsterdam cafe - lots of locals, beers, great encounters and a fireplace
46 locals recommend
Café de Wetering
37 Weteringstraat
46 locals recommend
My alltime favorite Amsterdam cafe - lots of locals, beers, great encounters and a fireplace
Little beer cafe selling over 100 different types of beers
53 locals recommend
Cafe Gollem
74 Daniël Stalpertstraat
53 locals recommend
Little beer cafe selling over 100 different types of beers
Great cafe for late night conversations
55 locals recommend
Café Gambrinus
180 Ferdinand Bolstraat
55 locals recommend
Great cafe for late night conversations
Nice brewery, serves good beers & food
178 locals recommend
Brouwerij Troost
21 Cornelis Troostplein
178 locals recommend
Nice brewery, serves good beers & food
My favorite cafe - great people, easy food and always a good atmosphere. Lots of games too
114 locals recommend
Festina Lente
40B Looiersgracht
114 locals recommend
My favorite cafe - great people, easy food and always a good atmosphere. Lots of games too
A former church turned into a concert hall, lots of parties are here too
937 locals recommend
Paradiso
6-8 Weteringschans
937 locals recommend
A former church turned into a concert hall, lots of parties are here too

Essentials

Cute little organic supermarket that holds everything you need
14 locals recommend
De Aanzet (Organic (Food) Store Supermarket)
10 Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat
14 locals recommend
Cute little organic supermarket that holds everything you need
Big organic supermarket
257 locals recommend
Ekoplaza
164 Haarlemmerdijk
257 locals recommend
Big organic supermarket
Big Dutch supermarket chain that has all you need
130 locals recommend
AH Stadhouderskade
101 Stadhouderskade
130 locals recommend
Big Dutch supermarket chain that has all you need

Sightseeing

Amsterdam's famous street market (food, souvenirs, etc.)
1832 locals recommend
Albert Cuyp Market
Albert Cuypstraat
1832 locals recommend
Amsterdam's famous street market (food, souvenirs, etc.)
The beautiful square with all famous museums, the concert building, the I Amsterdam-sign, an ice skating place in winter and the little Rijkstuin with its cafe in summer
1480 locals recommend
Museumplein
Museumplein
1480 locals recommend
The beautiful square with all famous museums, the concert building, the I Amsterdam-sign, an ice skating place in winter and the little Rijkstuin with its cafe in summer

Entertainment & Activities

Cute little yogaplace
Parc Studio
119 Sarphatipark
Cute little yogaplace
Great arthouse cinema with an indoor cafe
151 locals recommend
Rialto
338 Ceintuurbaan
151 locals recommend
Great arthouse cinema with an indoor cafe
Amsterdam eldest arthouse cinema
30 locals recommend
Filmtheater De Uitkijk
452 Prinsengracht
30 locals recommend
Amsterdam eldest arthouse cinema
One of my favorite cinemas and spots in town - the big, bright, modern EYE filmmuseum with a great view over the water and Central Station
1109 locals recommend
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenade
1109 locals recommend
One of my favorite cinemas and spots in town - the big, bright, modern EYE filmmuseum with a great view over the water and Central Station
Big arthouse cinema, showing nearly all current indie films
48 locals recommend
Cinecenter
10 Lijnbaansgracht
48 locals recommend
Big arthouse cinema, showing nearly all current indie films

Arts & Culture

Well-known Dutch galerie of contemporary art
GRIMM Frans Halsstraat
80 Van Baerlestraat
Well-known Dutch galerie of contemporary art
My favorite museum in town - contemporary art
1544 locals recommend
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 Museumplein
1544 locals recommend
My favorite museum in town - contemporary art
Amsterdam's most well-known museum. Make sure to walk underneath the little passage too - it's beautiful and there's lots of live artists playing
3186 locals recommend
Rijksmuseum
1 Museumstraat
3186 locals recommend
Amsterdam's most well-known museum. Make sure to walk underneath the little passage too - it's beautiful and there's lots of live artists playing
The famous Van Gogh museum
2485 locals recommend
Van Gogh Museum
6 Museumplein
2485 locals recommend
The famous Van Gogh museum
Amsterdam's museum on contemporary photography
794 locals recommend
Foam
609 Keizersgracht
794 locals recommend
Amsterdam's museum on contemporary photography

Parks & Nature

The wellknown Vondelpark, filled with running locals, biking tourists, teahouse 'Het Blauwe Theehuis' and cultural spot 'Vondel3' - great relaxing in the grass on a summery day, or for walking on any other rainless moment in time
4196 locals recommend
Vondelpark
4196 locals recommend
The wellknown Vondelpark, filled with running locals, biking tourists, teahouse 'Het Blauwe Theehuis' and cultural spot 'Vondel3' - great relaxing in the grass on a summery day, or for walking on any other rainless moment in time
Lovely park for a little stroll with a book and a coffee
685 locals recommend
Sarphatipark
37I Sarphatipark
685 locals recommend
Lovely park for a little stroll with a book and a coffee