Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Great cafe with a nice sunny terras.
228 locals recommend
Het Badhuis
21 Javaplein
228 locals recommend
Great cafe with a nice sunny terras.
Best Thai food in town. Restaurant and take away. Mains starting from 14 euro.
83 locals recommend
Thai Tiger
7 Javaplein
83 locals recommend
Best Thai food in town. Restaurant and take away. Mains starting from 14 euro.
If you want to try Dutch-Surinamese dish 'pom', you should go here. It's a very simple place, but they make the best 'broodje pom' in Amsterdam!
Carmen's Food Corner
68 Celebesstraat
If you want to try Dutch-Surinamese dish 'pom', you should go here. It's a very simple place, but they make the best 'broodje pom' in Amsterdam!
Australian place, all day breakfast, very nice food.
122 locals recommend
Drovers Dog Atjehstraat
Eerste Atjehstraat
122 locals recommend
Australian place, all day breakfast, very nice food.
Fancy restaurant, terrific food. Mains starting from 20 euro.
468 locals recommend
Wilde Zwijnen
23 Javaplein
468 locals recommend
Fancy restaurant, terrific food. Mains starting from 20 euro.
Great place for a coffee!
94 locals recommend
Bedford - Stuyvesant
55 Javastraat
94 locals recommend
Great place for a coffee!

Everything Else

Cafe / Restaurant / cinema with a alternative vibe. Great place to hang out. Films are in original languages with Dutch subtitles.
384 locals recommend
Studio/K
62 Timorplein
384 locals recommend
Cafe / Restaurant / cinema with a alternative vibe. Great place to hang out. Films are in original languages with Dutch subtitles.
The nearest park. Very spacy. There's also a outdoor swimming pool and a jenever (Dutch gin) distillery.
398 locals recommend
Flevopark
Flevopark
398 locals recommend
The nearest park. Very spacy. There's also a outdoor swimming pool and a jenever (Dutch gin) distillery.

Essentials

Nearest supermarket (5 minutes by foot).
88 locals recommend
AH Molukkenstraat
101 A Molukkenstraat
88 locals recommend
Nearest supermarket (5 minutes by foot).
Traditional Dutch bakery.
38 locals recommend
Dé Bakker van Oost
42 Sumatrastraat
38 locals recommend
Traditional Dutch bakery.

Drinks & Nightlife

Amsterdam Brewery with terrific beers. Bar / terras is open till 8 pm. every day. The actual brewery is the greenish building opposite the water next to my apartment.
1100 locals recommend
Brouwerij 't IJ
7 Funenkade
1100 locals recommend
Amsterdam Brewery with terrific beers. Bar / terras is open till 8 pm. every day. The actual brewery is the greenish building opposite the water next to my apartment.
Very hip bar. It's nicely decorated, lot's of great drinks. Open for dinner as well.
251 locals recommend
Walter's - The Walter Woodbury Bar
42 Javastraat
251 locals recommend
Very hip bar. It's nicely decorated, lot's of great drinks. Open for dinner as well.
Biertuin 'beer garden' is a nice bar / restaurant with a wide selection of local and imported beers. They serve good food as well (roasted chicken!).
523 locals recommend
de Biertuin
29 Linnaeusstraat
523 locals recommend
Biertuin 'beer garden' is a nice bar / restaurant with a wide selection of local and imported beers. They serve good food as well (roasted chicken!).
Roest is very dynamic: in summer it has a beach vibe, in the weekends it's a more alternative club. Very interesting place.
496 locals recommend
Amsterdam Roest
1 Jacob Bontiusplaats
496 locals recommend
Roest is very dynamic: in summer it has a beach vibe, in the weekends it's a more alternative club. Very interesting place.
Ideally located bar for catching sun all day long. Nice vibe and a huge terrace.
533 locals recommend
Hannekes Boom
4 Dijksgracht
533 locals recommend
Ideally located bar for catching sun all day long. Nice vibe and a huge terrace.

Sightseeing

The Tropenmuseum is a great museum about forreign peoples and cultures with a massive collection on former collonies such as Indonesia.
628 locals recommend
Tropenmuseum
2 Linnaeusstraat
628 locals recommend
The Tropenmuseum is a great museum about forreign peoples and cultures with a massive collection on former collonies such as Indonesia.
Artis Amsterdam Zoo is the oldest zoo of the Netherlands.
1622 locals recommend
ARTIS
38-40 Plantage Kerklaan
1622 locals recommend
Artis Amsterdam Zoo is the oldest zoo of the Netherlands.
The Scheepvaartmuseum is a maritime museum. The architecture of the building is delightful, the collection is very diverse, and it has a replica of a 17th century trade ship.
820 locals recommend
The Maritime Museum
1 Kattenburgerplein
820 locals recommend
The Scheepvaartmuseum is a maritime museum. The architecture of the building is delightful, the collection is very diverse, and it has a replica of a 17th century trade ship.
Marvelous new architecture on former harbour docks. Worth a little detour.
26 locals recommend
Java Eiland
26 locals recommend
Marvelous new architecture on former harbour docks. Worth a little detour.
Very pitoresque Dutch village with wooden houses, great for a bike tour out of the city. Half an hour by bike from my apartment. Can be combined with a trip to neigbouring village Ransdorp.
91 locals recommend
Durgerdam
91 locals recommend
Very pitoresque Dutch village with wooden houses, great for a bike tour out of the city. Half an hour by bike from my apartment. Can be combined with a trip to neigbouring village Ransdorp.
Very pitoresque Dutch village with wooden houses, great for a bike tour out of the city. Half an hour by bike from my apartment. Can be combined with a trip to neigbouring village Durgerdam.
22 locals recommend
Ransdorp
22 locals recommend
Very pitoresque Dutch village with wooden houses, great for a bike tour out of the city. Half an hour by bike from my apartment. Can be combined with a trip to neigbouring village Durgerdam.

Shopping

Turkish vegetables / butchery / grocery shop. Cheap, fresh and a lovely owner.
11 locals recommend
Slagerij Lale
101 Javastraat
11 locals recommend
Turkish vegetables / butchery / grocery shop. Cheap, fresh and a lovely owner.
All kinds of shops: two big grocery stores, banks (ATM), bookshop, pharmacy, a snack bar and more.
81 locals recommend
Shopping Center Brazilië
1065 Oostelijke Handelskade
81 locals recommend
All kinds of shops: two big grocery stores, banks (ATM), bookshop, pharmacy, a snack bar and more.