Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
An old local brown cafe, for coffe, drinks or a simple, fine and affordable meal like a salad or burger.
119 locals recommend
Café de Jaren
20-20 Nieuwe DoelenstraatAn old local brown cafe, for coffe, drinks or a simple, fine and affordable meal like a salad or burger.
Salsa Shop
32 AmstelstraatGreat for takeaway mexican food
Japanese restaurant, you can sit at the bar and pick your food from the conveyor belt
10 locals recommend
Zushi
20 AmstelJapanese restaurant, you can sit at the bar and pick your food from the conveyor belt
Café Van Leeuwen
711HS Keizersgrachtold brown cafe for breakfast, lunch and diner
cosy place with little patio in the back, for good coffee and breakfast and lunch
30 locals recommend
Zuivere Koffie
39 Utrechtsestraatcosy place with little patio in the back, for good coffee and breakfast and lunch
cafe and restaurant in a beautiful setting with big shady terrace next to a small playground and soccerfield (stone). Inside also good and live music every now and then
68 locals recommend
Brasserie Nel
12 Amstelveldcafe and restaurant in a beautiful setting with big shady terrace next to a small playground and soccerfield (stone). Inside also good and live music every now and then
Best Chinese in town. Call them for ordering for take away or to make a reservation!
59 locals recommend
New King
115-117 ZeedijkBest Chinese in town. Call them for ordering for take away or to make a reservation!
Lo Stivale d'Oro
49 Amstelstraatsmall, local, Italian restaurant.
Pata Negra
124 UtrechtsestraatNice, cosy, loud Spanish restaurant
relaxed cosy cafe and restaurant with small terrace close to the water
65 locals recommend
Café de Magere Brug
81 Amstelrelaxed cosy cafe and restaurant with small terrace close to the water
Restaurant Szmulewicz
12 BakkersstraatJust around the corner, international menu!
Great secret quiet green spot, hidden away in a courtyard behind the Hermitage. Great for lunch and pies! Inside nice, outside good terrace. Kids can play on the big lawn (there is no playground though so bring your own toys)
85 locals recommend
Dignita Hoftuin
18a Nieuwe HerengrachtGreat secret quiet green spot, hidden away in a courtyard behind the Hermitage. Great for lunch and pies! Inside nice, outside good terrace. Kids can play on the big lawn (there is no playground though so bring your own toys)
Nice place with possibility to sit outside as well, for breakfast and lunch and especially pies!
65 locals recommend
Puccini Bomboni
17 StaalstraatNice place with possibility to sit outside as well, for breakfast and lunch and especially pies!
bakery Verhagen
61 Utrechtsestraatclosest bakery
Bright and spacious café / restaurant for all meals and pies, old modern architecture with large terrace along the water.
119 locals recommend
Café de Jaren
20-20 Nieuwe DoelenstraatBright and spacious café / restaurant for all meals and pies, old modern architecture with large terrace along the water.
Entertainment & Activities
Oldest and most famous cinema of the Netherlands where the Dutch film premieres take place
340 locals recommend
Pathé Tuschinski
26-34 ReguliersbreestraatOldest and most famous cinema of the Netherlands where the Dutch film premieres take place
Drinks & Nightlife
Old brown cafe just around the corner, with live music on tuesday and sunday evenings
13 locals recommend
Café Langereis
202 AmstelOld brown cafe just around the corner, with live music on tuesday and sunday evenings
modern bar at the 6th floor with views over the city centre, sunset view!
89 locals recommend
W Amsterdam
175 Spuistraatmodern bar at the 6th floor with views over the city centre, sunset view!
Parks & Nature
Vondelpark
Most famous and biggest park of Amsterdam
Amsterdam Forest
closest forest , to be reached by bike or tram (25 minutes)
Arts & Culture
Most famous museum of the Netherlands. Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages to the present day.
472 locals recommend
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum station
Most famous museum of the Netherlands. Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Beautiful quiet (when there is not too many tourists) courtyard. The Begijnhof is one of the oldest inner courts in the city of Amsterdam. A group of historic buildings, mostly private dwellings, centre on it. As the name suggests, it was originally a Béguinage. Today it is also the site of the English Reformed Church. The Begijnhof is the only inner court in Amsterdam which was founded during the Middle Ages, and therefore lies within the Singel — the innermost canal of Amsterdam's circular canal system. The Begijnhof is at medieval street level, which means a meter below the rest of the old city center.
277 locals recommend
Begijnhof
1 BegijnhofBeautiful quiet (when there is not too many tourists) courtyard. The Begijnhof is one of the oldest inner courts in the city of Amsterdam. A group of historic buildings, mostly private dwellings, centre on it. As the name suggests, it was originally a Béguinage. Today it is also the site of the English Reformed Church. The Begijnhof is the only inner court in Amsterdam which was founded during the Middle Ages, and therefore lies within the Singel — the innermost canal of Amsterdam's circular canal system. The Begijnhof is at medieval street level, which means a meter below the rest of the old city center.
impressive... exhibition about the second world war in the house where Anne Frank hid with her family.
From 9:00 til 15:30 you can only enter with an online ticket. Especially in summer you need to buy these a few weeks in advance. After 15:30 you can go ans stand in line to enter, can take a while though...
2776 locals recommend
Anne Frank House
20 Westermarktimpressive... exhibition about the second world war in the house where Anne Frank hid with her family.
From 9:00 til 15:30 you can only enter with an online ticket. Especially in summer you need to buy these a few weeks in advance. After 15:30 you can go ans stand in line to enter, can take a while though...
The Rembrandt House Museum (Dutch: Museum Het Rembrandthuis) is a historic house and art museum. Painter Rembrandt lived and worked in the house between 1639 and 1656. The collection contains Rembrandt's etchings and paintings of his contemporaries.
301 locals recommend
Museum Het Rembrandthuis (Rembrandt House)
4 JodenbreestraatThe Rembrandt House Museum (Dutch: Museum Het Rembrandthuis) is a historic house and art museum. Painter Rembrandt lived and worked in the house between 1639 and 1656. The collection contains Rembrandt's etchings and paintings of his contemporaries.
Shopping
@droog amsterdam
7B StaalstraatDutch design stuff
Albert Heijn
17 UtrechtsestraatRegular supermarket, closest one to the houseboat
Getting Around
just across the street! Biking is what you do in Amsterdam, it is the easiest, fastest way to get somewhere. Just be careful if you are not used to biking!
Green Budget Bikes amstel
140 Amsteljust across the street! Biking is what you do in Amsterdam, it is the easiest, fastest way to get somewhere. Just be careful if you are not used to biking!