Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
coffeecompany
92 Van WoustraatNice coffee and cakes with a little terrace
$ Tasty Pizza's and Pasta's! To enjoy there or to take away - for example to enjoy at the nearby park during a picknick.
182 locals recommend
De Pizzabakkers
2 Plantage Kerklaan$ Tasty Pizza's and Pasta's! To enjoy there or to take away - for example to enjoy at the nearby park during a picknick.
Spacious nice cafe for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a nice mix of students or families that come from the Zoo.
43 locals recommend
Café Koosje
37 Plantage MiddenlaanSpacious nice cafe for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a nice mix of students or families that come from the Zoo.
café Smit en Voogt
10 Plantage ParklaanNice local cafe.
$$Very nice Italian Restaurant, authentic pastas, run entitrely by Italians.
30 locals recommend
Restaurant A Tavola B.V.
9 Kadijksplein$$Very nice Italian Restaurant, authentic pastas, run entitrely by Italians.
$ Fresh and biological hamburgers to take away or eat there.
60 locals recommend
Burgermeester | Artis
37 Plantage Kerklaan$ Fresh and biological hamburgers to take away or eat there.
$$$ One of my favourite restaurants in town. It is in a park in a former greenhouse, a very beautiful setting. Serves only biological food. Worth the extra mile.
267 locals recommend
De Kast
3 Kamerlingh Onneslaan$$$ One of my favourite restaurants in town. It is in a park in a former greenhouse, a very beautiful setting. Serves only biological food. Worth the extra mile.
$$ If you feel like a restaurant that is out of the ordinary.. The location, its setting, the view, it is all different and very worthwhile to check. Very good kitchen and friendly staff.
410 locals recommend
Hotel De Goudfazant
30 Aambeeldstraat$$ If you feel like a restaurant that is out of the ordinary.. The location, its setting, the view, it is all different and very worthwhile to check. Very good kitchen and friendly staff.
Very charming little cafe, my favourite breakfast cafe in the neighbourhood and they serve a great lunch too. Nice choice of cakes, soups, salads. The terrace is on a quite street under the trees.
18 locals recommend
T eten en drinken
4 RoetersstraatVery charming little cafe, my favourite breakfast cafe in the neighbourhood and they serve a great lunch too. Nice choice of cakes, soups, salads. The terrace is on a quite street under the trees.
$$ Charming restaurant on a beautiful canal. The food is biological and very tasty, the staff is attentive. The restaurant is named after their famous chocolate dessert "Hemelse Modder" (Heavenly Mud)
34 locals recommend
Hemelse Modder
11 Oude Waal$$ Charming restaurant on a beautiful canal. The food is biological and very tasty, the staff is attentive. The restaurant is named after their famous chocolate dessert "Hemelse Modder" (Heavenly Mud)
Nice cafe next to Artis Zoo, what I like is the terrace on the waterside, great for a morning coffee or evening sun drink. Around the corner from the apartment.
47 locals recommend
Bloem Eten & Drinken
36 EntrepotdokNice cafe next to Artis Zoo, what I like is the terrace on the waterside, great for a morning coffee or evening sun drink. Around the corner from the apartment.
Really nice cafe/ restaurant with a beautiful peaceful terrace overlooking the flamingo's from the Zoo. The interior is spacious and beautiful as well. International menu inspired by Mediterranean kitchen. Also nice to go for a coffee in the morning on the terrace.
224 locals recommend
De Plantage
36 Plantage KerklaanReally nice cafe/ restaurant with a beautiful peaceful terrace overlooking the flamingo's from the Zoo. The interior is spacious and beautiful as well. International menu inspired by Mediterranean kitchen. Also nice to go for a coffee in the morning on the terrace.
Arts & Culture
My favourite cinema of the city. Small Art Cinema with cosy cafe and terrace, entirely run by students.
176 locals recommend
Filmtheater Kriterion
170 RoetersstraatMy favourite cinema of the city. Small Art Cinema with cosy cafe and terrace, entirely run by students.
This is a very nice Zoo! It was opened in 1838 and has a lot of character because of the old historical buildings and nice gardens. There is also a beautiful tropical Butterfly garden worth to check.
1622 locals recommend
ARTIS
38-40 Plantage KerklaanThis is a very nice Zoo! It was opened in 1838 and has a lot of character because of the old historical buildings and nice gardens. There is also a beautiful tropical Butterfly garden worth to check.
Beautiful Portuguese Synagoge with very interesting neighbouring museum.
55 locals recommend
Portuguese Synagogue
3 Mr. VisserpleinBeautiful Portuguese Synagoge with very interesting neighbouring museum.
Take the little ferry behind the Central Station to go to Amsterdam North and have a coffee at terrace of fhe EYE Filmmuseum. With a great view on the "IJ" and all the boats passing by.
1109 locals recommend
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenadeTake the little ferry behind the Central Station to go to Amsterdam North and have a coffee at terrace of fhe EYE Filmmuseum. With a great view on the "IJ" and all the boats passing by.
Sightseeing
Hermitage Amsterdam
51 AmstelTHE Hermitage Museum
Everything Else
Hortus Botanicus
2a Plantage MiddenlaanThe beautiful Hortus Botanicus, already 375 years old.
Drinks & Nightlife
Great for breakfast, lunch or for a drink at the end of the afternoon, A nice new hotspot next to the Oosterpark. Don't miss the baguette with the 'very dutch' Eggsalad incl. truffel: delicious!
549 locals recommend
bar Bukowski
10 OosterparkGreat for breakfast, lunch or for a drink at the end of the afternoon, A nice new hotspot next to the Oosterpark. Don't miss the baguette with the 'very dutch' Eggsalad incl. truffel: delicious!
This is the place to go if you want to taste a beer that is "Made In Amsterdam" and next to an original Dutch Windmill! Great to go on a afternoon, very mixed crowd, closes at 8.00 pm already
1100 locals recommend
Brouwerij 't IJ
7 FunenkadeThis is the place to go if you want to taste a beer that is "Made In Amsterdam" and next to an original Dutch Windmill! Great to go on a afternoon, very mixed crowd, closes at 8.00 pm already
Essentials
AH Sarphatistraat
141 k SarphatistraatThe ALBERT HEIN grocery store. Great choice and good quality.
Iconic Dutch Store where you can find basically everything for a low price but with always a cool design. Dutch people love HEMA. From apparel, to make up, from stationary to the famous HEMA sausage.
157 locals recommend
Hema
313 KinkerstraatIconic Dutch Store where you can find basically everything for a low price but with always a cool design. Dutch people love HEMA. From apparel, to make up, from stationary to the famous HEMA sausage.
Professional yoga studio with a wide range of courses and in a nice spacious setting.
43 locals recommend
Delight Yoga
20G PrinseneilandProfessional yoga studio with a wide range of courses and in a nice spacious setting.
Shopping
Very cool concept store offering a variety of well selected, cool and inspiring products. Also includes a barbershop and cafe. This was a boring carpet shop till 2 years ago, now worth to check out!
290 locals recommend
Hutspot
4 Van WoustraatVery cool concept store offering a variety of well selected, cool and inspiring products. Also includes a barbershop and cafe. This was a boring carpet shop till 2 years ago, now worth to check out!