Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Drinks & Nightlife

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Starbucks
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The Paardje B.V.
1 Gerard Douplein
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Cafe Restaurant Venster 33
42 Eerste van der Helststraat
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Café Schilders
45 Eerste van der Helststraat
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Bar & restaurant that sometimes turns into a dance place at night (5 minute walk).
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Barça
30-31 Marie Heinekenplein
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Bar & restaurant that sometimes turns into a dance place at night (5 minute walk).
Cocktail bar that is a bit secretive and selective. Call them ahead of time (06 34045122) to tell them you are coming (20 minute walk).
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Door74
74 Reguliersdwarsstraat
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Cocktail bar that is a bit secretive and selective. Call them ahead of time (06 34045122) to tell them you are coming (20 minute walk).
Nice local bar that catches a lot of sun during the day (8 minute walk).
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Café Wildschut
1 Roelof Hartplein
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Nice local bar that catches a lot of sun during the day (8 minute walk).
Colorfully-lit bar where everything from the walls to the glasses are made out of ice (10 minute bike ride).
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Xtracold Icebar Amsterdam
194 Amstel
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Colorfully-lit bar where everything from the walls to the glasses are made out of ice (10 minute bike ride).
For good cocktails at a cost of €7 (€5 during happy hour!) go to Coco’s, an Australian themed bar with a lot of TV screens showing sports. Happy hours are every day from 18-19, Sunday to Thursday: 22-close and Friday & Saturday: 22-23. On Monday’s certain food is 50% off. Address is Thorbeckeplein 8 (very close to Rembrandtplein).
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Coco's Outback
8-12 Thorbeckeplein
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For good cocktails at a cost of €7 (€5 during happy hour!) go to Coco’s, an Australian themed bar with a lot of TV screens showing sports. Happy hours are every day from 18-19, Sunday to Thursday: 22-close and Friday & Saturday: 22-23. On Monday’s certain food is 50% off. Address is Thorbeckeplein 8 (very close to Rembrandtplein).
If you like liquor there is a little known place called Wynand Fockink. Visit wynand-fockink.nl online to get an idea of the place. The address is Pijlsteeg 31 and tel is +31 (0) 20 639 2695. They do a tasting too. They are open daily from 14.00-21.00 hrs.
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Wynand Fockink
31 Pijlsteeg
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If you like liquor there is a little known place called Wynand Fockink. Visit wynand-fockink.nl online to get an idea of the place. The address is Pijlsteeg 31 and tel is +31 (0) 20 639 2695. They do a tasting too. They are open daily from 14.00-21.00 hrs.
Nice place!
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Chocolate Bar
62B Eerste van der Helststraat
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Nice place!
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Café Flamingo
37 Eerste van der Helststraat
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A square with quite a few clubs to chose from!
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Rembrandtplein
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A square with quite a few clubs to chose from!
A square with some bars, restaurants and clubs
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Leidseplein
Leidseplein
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A square with some bars, restaurants and clubs
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Jimmy Woo
18 Korte Leidsedwarsstraat
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This cafe is very close to the apartment (2 mins) and when the sun is out you can worship it while sitting outside at this cafe. It's a very popular spot among Amsterdam locals.
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Cafe Binnen Buiten
115 Ruysdaelkade
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This cafe is very close to the apartment (2 mins) and when the sun is out you can worship it while sitting outside at this cafe. It's a very popular spot among Amsterdam locals.

Food Scene

If you like avocado's. Very popular with tourists and therefore long queues.
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The Avocado Show
449 Daniël Stalpertstraat
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If you like avocado's. Very popular with tourists and therefore long queues.
Seafood place with a nice interior.
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The Seafood Bar
5h Van Baerlestraat
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Seafood place with a nice interior.
Decent pizza for a cheap student price. Will taste amazing after a long day of sightseeing and their kitchen is open till around 22:00. (4 minute walk)
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Monte Verde
15-17 Albert Cuypstraat
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Decent pizza for a cheap student price. Will taste amazing after a long day of sightseeing and their kitchen is open till around 22:00. (4 minute walk)
Good pizza in a slightly too well lit restaurant. Not really a restaurant, but if you can sit outside it’s fine. (3 minute walk)
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da portare VIA
63 Frans Halsstraat
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Good pizza in a slightly too well lit restaurant. Not really a restaurant, but if you can sit outside it’s fine. (3 minute walk)
A restaurant specializing in steak, French fries and a salad. Popular with locals and busy. You can only make a reservation if you are with 4 or more. Otherwise just walk in and ask what the wait time is. If you are okay waiting (usually around 20 to 30 minutes) then give your name to the barman, have a drink at the bar and they will call you when a table is ready (6 minute walk).
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Café Loetje
52 Johannes Vermeerstraat
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A restaurant specializing in steak, French fries and a salad. Popular with locals and busy. You can only make a reservation if you are with 4 or more. Otherwise just walk in and ask what the wait time is. If you are okay waiting (usually around 20 to 30 minutes) then give your name to the barman, have a drink at the bar and they will call you when a table is ready (6 minute walk).
– I’ve never been here but they say it’s really good and there is a secret restaurant area at the back…let me know
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The Butcher
129 Albert Cuypstraat
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– I’ve never been here but they say it’s really good and there is a secret restaurant area at the back…let me know
Indian restaurant that is surprisingly good and affordable. Around €12-€14 for a main course and they include a free poppadum and mixed vegetable dish (4 minute walk).
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Balti House
41 Albert Cuypstraat
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Indian restaurant that is surprisingly good and affordable. Around €12-€14 for a main course and they include a free poppadum and mixed vegetable dish (4 minute walk).
Local burger place where you can’t go wrong. Has an American style interior with sitting booths (4 minute walk)
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Burgermeester | de Pijp
48 Albert Cuypstraat
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Local burger place where you can’t go wrong. Has an American style interior with sitting booths (4 minute walk)
Popular restaurant with locals and often busy. Specializes in chicken and French fries (2 minute walk).
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Van 't Spit
95 De Clercqstraat
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Popular restaurant with locals and often busy. Specializes in chicken and French fries (2 minute walk).
This restaurant has one Michelin star and is only 12 minutes walk away on Ceintuurbaan 342. The price for a 3 course meal is around €40, so reasonably cheap for a restaurant with a star.
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Sinne
342 Huis Ceintuurbaan
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This restaurant has one Michelin star and is only 12 minutes walk away on Ceintuurbaan 342. The price for a 3 course meal is around €40, so reasonably cheap for a restaurant with a star.
Good thai food for a decent price of around €12 per dish. Restaurant has a no thrills interior but you can see the kitchen at the back (always a good sign :-) and the food is great! (5 minute walk)
Pheun Thai
71 Hobbemakade
Good thai food for a decent price of around €12 per dish. Restaurant has a no thrills interior but you can see the kitchen at the back (always a good sign :-) and the food is great! (5 minute walk)
A food hall where you can eat dishes out of street kitchen from all over the world. Interesting place!
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Foodhallen Amsterdam
16 Bellamyplein
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A food hall where you can eat dishes out of street kitchen from all over the world. Interesting place!
Upscale Moroccan restaurant (5 minute walk).
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Restaurant Mamouche
104 Quellijnstraat
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Upscale Moroccan restaurant (5 minute walk).
Indonesian food at a cheap price of under €10. Closes at 20:00 (4 minute walk)
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Sari Citra
52bg Ferdinand Bolstraat
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Indonesian food at a cheap price of under €10. Closes at 20:00 (4 minute walk)
Very popular, small, Surinam restaurant. You might need to wait 15 minutes before getting a table and you will be sitting close to other people as table are virtually touching each other (4 minute walk).
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Warung Spang Makandra
39 Gerard Doustraat
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Very popular, small, Surinam restaurant. You might need to wait 15 minutes before getting a table and you will be sitting close to other people as table are virtually touching each other (4 minute walk).
For all us vegetarians
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Saravanaa Bhavan Amsterdam
123-124 Stadhouderskade
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For all us vegetarians
Middle Eastern food in a big restaurant with a bar in the middle. They are always busy and often seem understaffed (10 minute walk).
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De Bazar Amsterdam B.V.
182 Albert Cuypstraat
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Middle Eastern food in a big restaurant with a bar in the middle. They are always busy and often seem understaffed (10 minute walk).
A semi-Asian chain restaurant that serves food in a box for around €5 to €9. Enough tables to eat there too (5 minute walk).
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16 Ferdinand Bolstraat
A semi-Asian chain restaurant that serves food in a box for around €5 to €9. Enough tables to eat there too (5 minute walk).
Small dim sum restaurant. Looks cute and clean, but I have not been there yet. (4 minute walk)
DIM SUM NOW
36 Ferdinand Bolstraat
Small dim sum restaurant. Looks cute and clean, but I have not been there yet. (4 minute walk)
Chinese Indonesian restaurant. I have never eaten there but if you want Chinese then go here (10 minute walk).
Nieuw Peking
166H Van Baerlestraat
Chinese Indonesian restaurant. I have never eaten there but if you want Chinese then go here (10 minute walk).
Lebanese food done really well and not overly expensive (10 minute walk).
ARTIST
1 Tweede Jan Steenstraat
Lebanese food done really well and not overly expensive (10 minute walk).
A new vegan place along the Marie Heineken plein, which is getting popular (5 minute walk)
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Vegan Junk Food Bar
22 Staringplein
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A new vegan place along the Marie Heineken plein, which is getting popular (5 minute walk)
Famous American restaurant where you have to clean up after yourself when you are finished eating
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McDonald's
75 Albert Cuypstraat
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Famous American restaurant where you have to clean up after yourself when you are finished eating
High end restaurant that serves great food. The price will be around €50 for a 3 course meal (5 minute walk).
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Restaurant "Le Garage"
54-56 Ruysdaelstraat
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High end restaurant that serves great food. The price will be around €50 for a 3 course meal (5 minute walk).
A culinary hotspot in Amsterdam. Also a good place for cocktails, but pricey (3 minute walk).
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IZAKAYA Asian Kitchen & Bar
2-6 Albert Cuypstraat
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A culinary hotspot in Amsterdam. Also a good place for cocktails, but pricey (3 minute walk).
A vegetarian restaurant. On the second floor you can lounge around your table. I prefer sitting in a chair but you might like this. Meals are around €18 to €21 (10 minute bike ride).
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Golden Temple Vegetarisch Restaurant
126 Utrechtsestraat
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A vegetarian restaurant. On the second floor you can lounge around your table. I prefer sitting in a chair but you might like this. Meals are around €18 to €21 (10 minute bike ride).
High quality, nice cosy atmosphere, tasty.
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My Little Patisserie
63 HS Eerste van der Helststraat
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High quality, nice cosy atmosphere, tasty.
Great selection of bread, cakes and pastries.
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Baking with Passion
53 Albert Cuypstraat
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Great selection of bread, cakes and pastries.
Very good cakes, small chocolates and biscuits.
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Patisserie Holtkamp
15 Vijzelgracht
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Very good cakes, small chocolates and biscuits.
Really cute typically Dutch cafe to have nice coffee and sandwiches.
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De Laatste Kruimel
4 Langebrugsteeg
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Really cute typically Dutch cafe to have nice coffee and sandwiches.

Essentials

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Dirk van den Broek
25 Marie Heinekenplein
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Biological supermarket
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Ekoplaza
164 Haarlemmerdijk
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Biological supermarket
Supermarket close to the apartment
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Jumbo
55H Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat
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Supermarket close to the apartment
Convenience store for all your basics
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Etos
140 B Sloterkade
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Convenience store for all your basics
Good supermarket, also has some souvenir type food
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AH Stadhouderskade
101 Stadhouderskade
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Good supermarket, also has some souvenir type food

Shopping

Make sure to walk over to PC Hooftstraat. It’s the most luxurious street in Amsterdam. All the super high-end shops are there, including some cool cars parked outside (10 minute walk across Museum Quarter field or “Museum plein” as it is called in Dutch). One end of the PC Hooftstraat leads into the Vondelpark.
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P.C. Hooftstraat
Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat
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Make sure to walk over to PC Hooftstraat. It’s the most luxurious street in Amsterdam. All the super high-end shops are there, including some cool cars parked outside (10 minute walk across Museum Quarter field or “Museum plein” as it is called in Dutch). One end of the PC Hooftstraat leads into the Vondelpark.
Newly opened on the newly renovated Rokin street!
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Hudson's Bay Amsterdam
274 Oudezijds Voorburgwal
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Newly opened on the newly renovated Rokin street!
Check out “De negen straatje” (the nine streets). Small streets with vintage/niche/local shops and places to eat. Each street is named after an animal.
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De 9 Straatjes
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Check out “De negen straatje” (the nine streets). Small streets with vintage/niche/local shops and places to eat. Each street is named after an animal.
Check out the open air market on the street called Albert Cuyp. It’s there every day except Sunday’s (5 minute walk away). If you don’t have time then don’t worry about it. It’s not a life changing experience
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Albert Cuyp Market
Albert Cuypstraat
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Check out the open air market on the street called Albert Cuyp. It’s there every day except Sunday’s (5 minute walk away). If you don’t have time then don’t worry about it. It’s not a life changing experience
High-end shopping mall at Dam square. All the big brands are there.
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de Bijenkorf Amsterdam
1 Dam
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High-end shopping mall at Dam square. All the big brands are there.
A long street full of shops that starts at The Munt and ends at Dam square. It's the busiest in Amsterdam and a must walk through for the avid shopper.
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Kalverstraat
Kalverstraat
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A long street full of shops that starts at The Munt and ends at Dam square. It's the busiest in Amsterdam and a must walk through for the avid shopper.
You can buy decent stuff here at a low price. Definitely worth a visit for people who like to shop!
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Primark
11 Metropolestraat
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You can buy decent stuff here at a low price. Definitely worth a visit for people who like to shop!
The Kalvertoren, a shopping center in Amsterdam, is located on Kalverstraat, Amsterdam's busiest shopping street.
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Kalverpassage
212-220 Kalverstraat
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The Kalvertoren, a shopping center in Amsterdam, is located on Kalverstraat, Amsterdam's busiest shopping street.
A lot of books on offer in English. the square is a nice one to visit too!
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The American Book Center
12 Spui
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A lot of books on offer in English. the square is a nice one to visit too!
A street where you can buy everything to do with flowers. Definitely worth checking out. The flower market dates from 1862, displaying blooms from tulips to geraniums on floating barges.
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Bloemenmarkt
Singel
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A street where you can buy everything to do with flowers. Definitely worth checking out. The flower market dates from 1862, displaying blooms from tulips to geraniums on floating barges.

Entertainment & Activities

Go early :-)
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Heineken Experience
78 Stadhouderskade
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Go early :-)
Cinema
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Pathe City
15-19 Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen
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Cinema
Artis: the Amsterdam zoo.
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ARTIS
38-40 Plantage Kerklaan
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Artis: the Amsterdam zoo.

Sightseeing

If you have time and you are visiting during the months of April to September then consider going to “De Zaanse Schans.” Take a train from central station and get off at “Zaandijk Zaanse Schans”. It will be around a 25 minute train ride and then be a 15 minute walk to the area. You will see lots of windmills, cheese shops and eateries. There is also a museum and lots of souvenirshops. You have to pay to see the inside of the windmills but the whole area itself is free to visit and you can honestly have a lovely day without spending any money. Be prepared for a lot of tourists so best to go early to avoid the crowds. The place closes down around 5 pm. You can see it all in under 2 hours.
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Zaanse Schans
Kraaienest
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If you have time and you are visiting during the months of April to September then consider going to “De Zaanse Schans.” Take a train from central station and get off at “Zaandijk Zaanse Schans”. It will be around a 25 minute train ride and then be a 15 minute walk to the area. You will see lots of windmills, cheese shops and eateries. There is also a museum and lots of souvenirshops. You have to pay to see the inside of the windmills but the whole area itself is free to visit and you can honestly have a lovely day without spending any money. Be prepared for a lot of tourists so best to go early to avoid the crowds. The place closes down around 5 pm. You can see it all in under 2 hours.
Check out Utrechtsestraat. It’s a long street with lots of restaurants, bars and shops. One end of the street borders on Rembrandtplein.
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Utrechtsestraat
Utrechtsestraat
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Check out Utrechtsestraat. It’s a long street with lots of restaurants, bars and shops. One end of the street borders on Rembrandtplein.
Begijnhof is worth a visit. It’s free to see and in the centre of the city about a 10 minute bike ride away. It’s a couple of traditional Dutch houses in a courtyard that used to be occupied by nuns. It’s basically just a walk-through and you’ve seen it in 5 minutes but still nice for a photo (open between 9am and 5pm).
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Begijnhof
1 Begijnhof
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Begijnhof is worth a visit. It’s free to see and in the centre of the city about a 10 minute bike ride away. It’s a couple of traditional Dutch houses in a courtyard that used to be occupied by nuns. It’s basically just a walk-through and you’ve seen it in 5 minutes but still nice for a photo (open between 9am and 5pm).
Go to the Waldorf Astoria hotel for a tea or coffee. This hotel, which is a series of 6 classical canalhouses all next to each other, only opened its doors in 2014 and has a beautiful boutique interior. A person I know who works at the hotel told me that they are actually a little disappointed in the amount of people coming in for a drink. Most people simply don’t associate the hotel with a place for a drink. Basically, you are more than welcome there!
Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam
542-556 Herengracht
Go to the Waldorf Astoria hotel for a tea or coffee. This hotel, which is a series of 6 classical canalhouses all next to each other, only opened its doors in 2014 and has a beautiful boutique interior. A person I know who works at the hotel told me that they are actually a little disappointed in the amount of people coming in for a drink. Most people simply don’t associate the hotel with a place for a drink. Basically, you are more than welcome there!
360° sky deck with Panorama Restaurant & Rooftop Bar. Check out https://www.adamlookout.com/
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A'dam Lookout
5 Overhoeksplein
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360° sky deck with Panorama Restaurant & Rooftop Bar. Check out https://www.adamlookout.com/
Visit the Jordaan. It's a nice area of Amsterdam and has all lot to see! You are walking through one of the most iconic parts of Amsterdam!
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Jordaan
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Visit the Jordaan. It's a nice area of Amsterdam and has all lot to see! You are walking through one of the most iconic parts of Amsterdam!

Arts & Culture

Please be aware that to visit the Van Gogh museum, you need to buy tickets online and you cannot buy them at the museum itself.
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Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum station
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Van Gogh Museum
6 Museumplein
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Modern art, recently renovated building.
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 Museumplein
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Modern art, recently renovated building.
For if you like Banksy
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Moco Museum
20 Honthorststraat
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For if you like Banksy
On certain Wednesdays the Concertgebouw hosts a free lunchtime classical concert of about 30 minutes. If you arrive at 12 noon then you will able to get in to enjoy the concert from 12.30 to 13.00 hrs. Check out their schedule in English here: https://www.concertgebouw.nl/en/lunchtime-concerts.
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The Concertgebouw
10 Concertgebouwplein
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On certain Wednesdays the Concertgebouw hosts a free lunchtime classical concert of about 30 minutes. If you arrive at 12 noon then you will able to get in to enjoy the concert from 12.30 to 13.00 hrs. Check out their schedule in English here: https://www.concertgebouw.nl/en/lunchtime-concerts.