Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
Lovely 'brown' café with beautiful terrace on the water. The café is owned together by around 80 locals!
127 locals recommend
Café ‘t Sluisje
297 NieuwendammerdijkLovely 'brown' café with beautiful terrace on the water. The café is owned together by around 80 locals!
Ice cream shop famous all over Amsterdam Noord. Lots and lots of flavours, always busy. With a nice little terrace and a playground close by. Often open late.
42 locals recommend
IJssalon IJskoud de Beste
331 MeeuwenlaanIce cream shop famous all over Amsterdam Noord. Lots and lots of flavours, always busy. With a nice little terrace and a playground close by. Often open late.
Hotel De Goudfazant
30 AambeeldstraatExcellent food in an old warehouse overlooking the IJ water.
Remarkable orange building right on the egde of the water. Good plain food for a fair price.
59 locals recommend
Wilhelmina Dok
1 NoordwalRemarkable orange building right on the egde of the water. Good plain food for a fair price.
Very fine bakery, for everything you need from organic wholegrain bread to your dutch pastries en savouries. Also a tea room.
30 locals recommend
de Bakkerszonen
113 MosveldVery fine bakery, for everything you need from organic wholegrain bread to your dutch pastries en savouries. Also a tea room.
Tiny but really good and modern Turkish restaurant with a large grill oven and yummie side dishes. Within walking distance!
't Houtskooltje
118 Johan van HasseltwegTiny but really good and modern Turkish restaurant with a large grill oven and yummie side dishes. Within walking distance!
Sightseeing
This tower used to be Shell headquarters and is now open to the public. Spectaculair view over the center of Amsterdam and beyond. The elevator ride is an adventure in itself, great for kids. If you dare, you can take your turn in the swings that will swing you over the edge of the lookout terrace!
603 locals recommend
A'dam Lookout
5 OverhoekspleinThis tower used to be Shell headquarters and is now open to the public. Spectaculair view over the center of Amsterdam and beyond. The elevator ride is an adventure in itself, great for kids. If you dare, you can take your turn in the swings that will swing you over the edge of the lookout terrace!
Shopping
This is the closest and largest shopping center, with several super markets and all the other shops you need. A fifteen minute walk or five minute bike ride.
18 locals recommend
Bomengarage
237 BuikslotermeerpleinThis is the closest and largest shopping center, with several super markets and all the other shops you need. A fifteen minute walk or five minute bike ride.
Essentials
Large supermarkt with lots of organic and specialized foods. Also traiteur.
514 locals recommend
Jumbo
55H Eerste Constantijn HuygensstraatLarge supermarkt with lots of organic and specialized foods. Also traiteur.
Dirk
76 MeeuwenlaanParks & Nature
Cute petting zoo next to a beautiful wind mill. With play area. Google location is not completely accurate, follow the canal a few hundred metres up north.
10 locals recommend
Kinderboerderij De Buiktuin
19 NoordhollandschkanaaldijkCute petting zoo next to a beautiful wind mill. With play area. Google location is not completely accurate, follow the canal a few hundred metres up north.
Entertainment & Activities
Voted 'best swimming pool in the world' last year, this is a brand new building in beautiful architecture, completely climate neutral, with inside and outside pools. Not spectaculair but a lovely community swimming pool.
46 locals recommend
Noorderparkbad
5 SneeuwbalwegVoted 'best swimming pool in the world' last year, this is a brand new building in beautiful architecture, completely climate neutral, with inside and outside pools. Not spectaculair but a lovely community swimming pool.