Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Best coffee in town in a New York style coffee bar.
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Coffee & Such
182 Haarlemmerdijk
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Best coffee in town in a New York style coffee bar.
Great organic breakfast, lunch and coffee - vintage design in a living room setting.
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Vinnies
46 HS Haarlemmerstraat
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Great organic breakfast, lunch and coffee - vintage design in a living room setting.
Cosy little coffee bar next door. Famous for it's cappuccino, latte macchiato and babyccino for the little ones.
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Tazzina
139 Brouwersgracht
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Cosy little coffee bar next door. Famous for it's cappuccino, latte macchiato and babyccino for the little ones.
Best apple pie in town. Go to the farmers' market on Saturday and queu up for the world famous apple pie on the sunny terrace.
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Winkel 43
43 Noordermarkt
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Best apple pie in town. Go to the farmers' market on Saturday and queu up for the world famous apple pie on the sunny terrace.
The Northern Market on Saturday (farmers' market) & Monday (vintage) is one of the most attractive in town. The market is held on a picturesque square overlooked by the Noorderkerk (1623).
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Парк Eureka Springs
42B Noordermarkt
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The Northern Market on Saturday (farmers' market) & Monday (vintage) is one of the most attractive in town. The market is held on a picturesque square overlooked by the Noorderkerk (1623).
Tiny Italian restaurant which excels at simple Italian dishes. The building and interior will make you think of an old-school Amsterdam brown cafe.
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Eetcafé Koevoet
17 Lindenstraat
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Tiny Italian restaurant which excels at simple Italian dishes. The building and interior will make you think of an old-school Amsterdam brown cafe.
Great Italian restaurant known for its authentic Italian dishes. Reservation recommend.
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Toscanini
75 Lindengracht
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Great Italian restaurant known for its authentic Italian dishes. Reservation recommend.
Stunning views on the IJ river while enjoying a meal on a former drilling platform
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REM Eiland
45-2 Haparandadam
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Stunning views on the IJ river while enjoying a meal on a former drilling platform
Good bistro food in a beautiful old water pumping station. Childfriendly.
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Café Restaurant Amsterdam
6 Watertorenplein
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Good bistro food in a beautiful old water pumping station. Childfriendly.
Great lunch spot, try the meatloaf sandwich and the blueberry muffins!
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Small World Catering
14 Binnen Oranjestraat
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Great lunch spot, try the meatloaf sandwich and the blueberry muffins!
Relaxing by the fire, drinking and dancing in Wester parc.
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Pacific Parc
23 Polonceaukade
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Relaxing by the fire, drinking and dancing in Wester parc.
Great food on an original location (Amsterdam North).
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Hotel De Goudfazant
30 Aambeeldstraat
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Great food on an original location (Amsterdam North).
Great wood oven pizza's.
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La Perla Pizzeria
53 Tweede Tuindwarsstraat
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Great wood oven pizza's.
French bistro with great food and matching wines.
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Bistrot Neuf
9 Haarlemmerstraat
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French bistro with great food and matching wines.
Take the ferry to NDSM werf for a laid back coffee, lunch, diner or dancing with great views on the skyline of Amsterdam.
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Pllek
59 T.T. Neveritaweg
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Take the ferry to NDSM werf for a laid back coffee, lunch, diner or dancing with great views on the skyline of Amsterdam.
Beautiful organic food in a beautiful location. De Kas has its own greenhouses and garden near the restaurant, where they grow Mediterranean vegetables, herbs and edible flowers.
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De Kast
3 Kamerlingh Onneslaan
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Beautiful organic food in a beautiful location. De Kas has its own greenhouses and garden near the restaurant, where they grow Mediterranean vegetables, herbs and edible flowers.
Restaurant As is situated a former chapel and represents pure cooking. They serve an appealing range of dishes, largely shaped by nature. Seasonal and climatic changes determine what’s on the menu.
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Restaurant As
19 Pr. Irenestraat
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Restaurant As is situated a former chapel and represents pure cooking. They serve an appealing range of dishes, largely shaped by nature. Seasonal and climatic changes determine what’s on the menu.
For great organic hamburgers.
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Burgermeester | de Jordaan
130 Elandsgracht
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For great organic hamburgers.
Great rotisserie/restaurant for the best grilled chicken and pork in town. Beautiful location and very friendly staff.
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Rijsel
52 Marcusstraat
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Great rotisserie/restaurant for the best grilled chicken and pork in town. Beautiful location and very friendly staff.
Tiny restaurant with a set 3 course menu. Delicious, surprising and creative combinations. In summer you can dine outside on the pavement.
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Balthazar's Keuken
108 Elandsgracht
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Tiny restaurant with a set 3 course menu. Delicious, surprising and creative combinations. In summer you can dine outside on the pavement.
Chef and owner Jo Vaessen cooks with respect for animals and the earth. He uses Dutch local produce, organic and seasonal where possible. He serves matching Dutch artisan beers.
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Restaurant Dwars
24 Egelantiersstraat
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Chef and owner Jo Vaessen cooks with respect for animals and the earth. He uses Dutch local produce, organic and seasonal where possible. He serves matching Dutch artisan beers.
A place for delicious and honest food, theater, live music and film on a former industrial plot turned into one of the most unique and sustainable urban developments in Europe.
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Café de Ceuvel
4 Korte Papaverweg
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A place for delicious and honest food, theater, live music and film on a former industrial plot turned into one of the most unique and sustainable urban developments in Europe.
Sit back, relax and let chef Guillaume and his equipe surprise you with a mouth watering 3-4-5-6-7-course menu for very reasonable prices in this once typically brown cafe.
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Restaurant Daalder
1 Postjesweg
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Sit back, relax and let chef Guillaume and his equipe surprise you with a mouth watering 3-4-5-6-7-course menu for very reasonable prices in this once typically brown cafe.
Great tapas and live flamenco every first Saturday of the month.
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Duende Tapas Bar
62 Lindengracht
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Great tapas and live flamenco every first Saturday of the month.
Try the world famous rijsttafel (rice table) or one of the other Indonesian specialities at this family restaurant.
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Restaurant Blauw Amsterdam
158-160 Amstelveenseweg
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Try the world famous rijsttafel (rice table) or one of the other Indonesian specialities at this family restaurant.
Indonesian restaurant from former TV chef Lonny. Try the rijsttafel (rice table) with a Bintang beer.
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Indonesisch Restaurant Long Pura
46-48 Rozengracht
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Indonesian restaurant from former TV chef Lonny. Try the rijsttafel (rice table) with a Bintang beer.
Moeders (Mothers) serves typical Dutch meals like stamppot (hotchpot) and hache (stew). Bring your mother and hang her picture on the walls covered with photos of mothers from all over the world.
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Restaurant Moeders
251 Rozengracht
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Moeders (Mothers) serves typical Dutch meals like stamppot (hotchpot) and hache (stew). Bring your mother and hang her picture on the walls covered with photos of mothers from all over the world.
Wonderful Middle-Eastern food and drinks in a beautiful setting.
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Hummus bistro d&a
136 Westerstraat
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Wonderful Middle-Eastern food and drinks in a beautiful setting.
Lots of different sausages and matching wines just behind quiet Realen island - from the same owners as next door restaurant Marius.
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Worst Wijncafé
171 Barentszstraat
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Lots of different sausages and matching wines just behind quiet Realen island - from the same owners as next door restaurant Marius.
For over 10 years Marius is a concept as a small neighbourhood table d’ hôte with a daily changing menu of 4 courses.
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Marius
173 Barentszstraat
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For over 10 years Marius is a concept as a small neighbourhood table d’ hôte with a daily changing menu of 4 courses.
Bar rotisserie located in a beautiful 17th century building on a picturesque location on Realen island.
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De Gouden Reael
14 Zandhoek
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Bar rotisserie located in a beautiful 17th century building on a picturesque location on Realen island.
This new 'local global hangout' serves Berlin's Bonanza-koffie, Crate craft bier from Hackney in Londen and BelloCQ thee from Brooklyn.
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Toki
15 Binnen Dommersstraat
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This new 'local global hangout' serves Berlin's Bonanza-koffie, Crate craft bier from Hackney in Londen and BelloCQ thee from Brooklyn.

Drinks & Nightlife

For coffee, lunch or a beer with real Dutch bitterballen (try the vegetarian ones!). Beautiful location with a great terrace.
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Café Thijssen
107 Brouwersgracht
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For coffee, lunch or a beer with real Dutch bitterballen (try the vegetarian ones!). Beautiful location with a great terrace.
Wine bar with great Italian wines and organic bites.
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Wijnbar diVino
41A Boomstraat
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Wine bar with great Italian wines and organic bites.
Wonderful cocktails in a James Bond decor.
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Vesper
57 Vinkenstraat
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Wonderful cocktails in a James Bond decor.
Authentic Amsterdam bar where the locals hang out.
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Café de Tuin
13 Tweede Tuindwarsstraat
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Authentic Amsterdam bar where the locals hang out.
Taste spirits & liqueur like apple pie in an old distillery (1679). Check out the extraordinary collection of antique bottles in premises still furnished in the style of the seventeenth century.
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Wynand Fockink
31 Pijlsteeg
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Taste spirits & liqueur like apple pie in an old distillery (1679). Check out the extraordinary collection of antique bottles in premises still furnished in the style of the seventeenth century.
Popular 'brown cafe' which serves special beers and typical pub fare like chicken sate and steak with fries.
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De Oranjerie
15hs Binnen Oranjestraat
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Popular 'brown cafe' which serves special beers and typical pub fare like chicken sate and steak with fries.

Arts & Culture

Watching art house movies in a great art deco decor.
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The Movies
159 - 163 Haarlemmerdijk
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Watching art house movies in a great art deco decor.
If you enjoy photography make sure to visit one of the great exhibitions at FOAM. TIP: open till 21:00 on Thursdays and Fridays.
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Пена
609 Keizersgracht
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If you enjoy photography make sure to visit one of the great exhibitions at FOAM. TIP: open till 21:00 on Thursdays and Fridays.
Pop temple Paradiso is a pop podium, club and a cultural center in one. World famous artists perform in this former church close to Leidseplein.
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Paradiso
6-8 Weteringschans
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Pop temple Paradiso is a pop podium, club and a cultural center in one. World famous artists perform in this former church close to Leidseplein.
Bitterzoet (bitter sweet) is a bar, club and podium in one. Hiphop, R&B, Technopop, Indierock, Folkrock..
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Bitterzoet
2 HS Spuistraat
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Bitterzoet (bitter sweet) is a bar, club and podium in one. Hiphop, R&B, Technopop, Indierock, Folkrock..
Enjoy live jazz, soul & funk at the North Sea Jazz Club. Big and small names in an intimate setting. Dining & wining while you enjoy the show. Tune in!
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North Sea Jazz Club
1 Pazzanistraat
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Enjoy live jazz, soul & funk at the North Sea Jazz Club. Big and small names in an intimate setting. Dining & wining while you enjoy the show. Tune in!
Located on the site of a former gasworks, Westerpark is a creative hotspot which houses restaurants, galleries, bars, cinema and diverse festivals (Fashion Week, Rollende Keukens, Milkshake & Pitch).
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Westerpark
4 Haarlemmerweg
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Located on the site of a former gasworks, Westerpark is a creative hotspot which houses restaurants, galleries, bars, cinema and diverse festivals (Fashion Week, Rollende Keukens, Milkshake & Pitch).

Sightseeing

Museum The Canal House is the entrance to the Amsterdam canals. Learn about one of the best urban expansion projects in the world: the 17th-century canals of Amsterdam.
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Het Grachtenhuis
386 Herengracht
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Museum The Canal House is the entrance to the Amsterdam canals. Learn about one of the best urban expansion projects in the world: the 17th-century canals of Amsterdam.
The City Archives retains the heritage of Amsterdam. Pop in for one of the interesting exhibitions.
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Amsterdam City Archives
32 Vijzelstraat
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The City Archives retains the heritage of Amsterdam. Pop in for one of the interesting exhibitions.
TIP: Order your tickets online (at least 2 weeks ahead) to skip the lines. Or go for an evening visit – from April to October the museum is open until 21:00.
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Дом Анны Франк
20 Westermarkt
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TIP: Order your tickets online (at least 2 weeks ahead) to skip the lines. Or go for an evening visit – from April to October the museum is open until 21:00.
The Rijksmuseum reopened its main building in 2013 after lengthy refurbishment. April, May & August are the busiest so arrive in time for opening (9:00) or late afternoon (15:00).
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Рейксмюсеум
1 Museumstraat
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The Rijksmuseum reopened its main building in 2013 after lengthy refurbishment. April, May & August are the busiest so arrive in time for opening (9:00) or late afternoon (15:00).
TIP: Open every Friday evening until 22:00; enjoy the special Friday Night programming, including performances and DJs.
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Музей Ван Гога
6 Museumplein
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TIP: Open every Friday evening until 22:00; enjoy the special Friday Night programming, including performances and DJs.
TIP: Opens till 22:00 on Thursdays.
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Музей Стеделийк в Амстердаме
10 Museumplein
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TIP: Opens till 22:00 on Thursdays.
Enclosed courtyard dating from the early 14th century. It is cut off from Amsterdam's traffic noise and still retains a sanctified atmosphere. It includes Amsterdam's oldest surviving house (1420).
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Begijnhof
1 Begijnhof
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Enclosed courtyard dating from the early 14th century. It is cut off from Amsterdam's traffic noise and still retains a sanctified atmosphere. It includes Amsterdam's oldest surviving house (1420).

Shopping

Great shopping with lots of independent shops selling clothes, jewelery, food and interior design. Make sure to visit Sukha, a beautiful store with (fair trade) products.
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Haarlemmerstraat
Haarlemmerstraat
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Great shopping with lots of independent shops selling clothes, jewelery, food and interior design. Make sure to visit Sukha, a beautiful store with (fair trade) products.
Delicious traditional sour dough bread, great for Sunday morning breakfast.
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Gebroeders Niemeijer
35 Nieuwendijk
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Delicious traditional sour dough bread, great for Sunday morning breakfast.
The Vegetarian Butcher sells delicious vegetarian burgers, meatballs, tuna salads and more.
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De Vegetarische Traiteur Amsterdam
217 Rozengracht
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The Vegetarian Butcher sells delicious vegetarian burgers, meatballs, tuna salads and more.
For some of the best shopping in Amsterdam :)
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Де 9 Страатес
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For some of the best shopping in Amsterdam :)
The first shop of furniture label Moooi is in a towering 850-m2 space in the Westerhuis, offering a gigantic area in which to showcase their wares from top designers.
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Moooi Amsterdam Brand Store
145-147 Westerstraat
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The first shop of furniture label Moooi is in a towering 850-m2 space in the Westerhuis, offering a gigantic area in which to showcase their wares from top designers.
The Frozen Fountain displays design furniture, trendy accessories and contemporary knick-knacks from the big names to emerging new talent.
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Frozen Fountain
645 Prinsengracht
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The Frozen Fountain displays design furniture, trendy accessories and contemporary knick-knacks from the big names to emerging new talent.
This concept store seamlessly blends together fashion, design and hospitality. It’s also a platform for new creative talents.
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Hutspot
4 Van Woustraat
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This concept store seamlessly blends together fashion, design and hospitality. It’s also a platform for new creative talents.
The name may be a misnomer, but there’s no mistaking the interesting collection of art, furniture, fashion, and accessories from local and international designers.
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Store Without a Home
40-04 Middenhavenstraat
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The name may be a misnomer, but there’s no mistaking the interesting collection of art, furniture, fashion, and accessories from local and international designers.
Friday Next is a concept store in Amsterdam West that combines interior design, fashion and eating in one ever-changing space.
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Friday Next
31 Overtoom
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Friday Next is a concept store in Amsterdam West that combines interior design, fashion and eating in one ever-changing space.
Pols potten was once known for ceramics and glassware, but the Dutch design store has branched out into a broad range of interior design and lifestyle items.
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POLS POTS
187 KNSM-Laan
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Pols potten was once known for ceramics and glassware, but the Dutch design store has branched out into a broad range of interior design and lifestyle items.
Avant-garde design collective Droog has taken up shop in a centuries old building. View exhibitions of unique work by international designers and get your hands on furniture and small accessories.
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@droog amsterdam
7B Staalstraat
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Avant-garde design collective Droog has taken up shop in a centuries old building. View exhibitions of unique work by international designers and get your hands on furniture and small accessories.
Beautiful shop with great presents for yourself or a loved one.
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RESTORED
6 G.J.M. Sarlemijnstraat
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Beautiful shop with great presents for yourself or a loved one.

Everything Else

Parking your car cheap is possible at P+R Sloterdijk. Costs are 8 euros for 24 hours and you get a free ticket for public transportation.
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P+R Sloterdijk
1 Piarcoplein
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Parking your car cheap is possible at P+R Sloterdijk. Costs are 8 euros for 24 hours and you get a free ticket for public transportation.
Discover Amsterdam from the water with self operated boats for the canals of Amsterdam.
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Boats4rent
153G Nassaukade
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Discover Amsterdam from the water with self operated boats for the canals of Amsterdam.
Beautiful and cosy sauna in art deco style in an old canal house.
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Sauna Deco
115A Herengracht
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Beautiful and cosy sauna in art deco style in an old canal house.
Best fries in Amsterdam. Queue up and try the Dutch favorite snack.
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Vlaams Friteshuis Vleminckx
33 Voetboogstraat
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Best fries in Amsterdam. Queue up and try the Dutch favorite snack.

Entertainment & Activities

The oldest zoo in the Netherlands in the middle of Amsterdam. TIP: Summer Nights at the Zoo; every Saturday evening throughout June, July and August you can stroll around until sunset.
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АРТИС
38-40 Plantage Kerklaan
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The oldest zoo in the Netherlands in the middle of Amsterdam. TIP: Summer Nights at the Zoo; every Saturday evening throughout June, July and August you can stroll around until sunset.
A traditional Italian ice cream factory in the middle of the Jordan. Prepare to cue up on sunny days.
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Monte Pelmo
17 Tweede Anjeliersdwarsstraat
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A traditional Italian ice cream factory in the middle of the Jordan. Prepare to cue up on sunny days.
Great educational children's museum. For every visitor, young or old, there are plenty of surprises in store, packed with fun and useful knowledge about science and technology.
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Nemo Guest Accommodations
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Great educational children's museum. For every visitor, young or old, there are plenty of surprises in store, packed with fun and useful knowledge about science and technology.
The Amsterdam Museum offers an expansive collection of exhibitions and items that retell the compelling story of the Dutch capital.
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Музей Амстердама
51 Kalverstraat
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The Amsterdam Museum offers an expansive collection of exhibitions and items that retell the compelling story of the Dutch capital.
Discover how the sea has shaped Dutch culture. In this freshly modernised museum, stimulating, interactive exhibitions let visitors explore 500 years of maritime history.
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Музей мореплавания
1 Kattenburgerplein
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Discover how the sea has shaped Dutch culture. In this freshly modernised museum, stimulating, interactive exhibitions let visitors explore 500 years of maritime history.
Make your own pancakes and eat as much as you like, while cruising the IJ river.
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Блинный корабль Амстердама
33 Ms. van Riemsdijkweg
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Make your own pancakes and eat as much as you like, while cruising the IJ river.