Guidebook for Amsterdam
Essentials
AH Overtoom
116 H OvertoomThe nearest supermarket
Kruidvat
1033 Oostelijke HandelskadeIf you need cosmetics, go here or the ETOS or DIO nearby.
Jumbo
55H Eerste Constantijn HuygensstraatA close-by supermarket
Lidl
308H BaarsjeswegA close-by, cheap supermarket
An eco-friendly supermarket, only has biologically approved products.
257 Einheimische empfehlen
Ekoplaza
164 HaarlemmerdijkAn eco-friendly supermarket, only has biologically approved products.
Need anything? Good chance they have it! The HEMA is a store with a lot of basics in clothing, food, maintenance, decoration, etc.
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Hema
313 KinkerstraatNeed anything? Good chance they have it! The HEMA is a store with a lot of basics in clothing, food, maintenance, decoration, etc.
Need medication? No worries, the drug-store is close by!
D.I.O. Cosmetics / Perfumery Kinker Pharmacy
327 KinkerstraatNeed medication? No worries, the drug-store is close by!
Food Scene
A great, small restaurant for fine, but casual dining. Small sharing dishes, that are far from run of the mill.
28 Einheimische empfehlen
Fijnkost Vondelpark
10 ZocherstraatA great, small restaurant for fine, but casual dining. Small sharing dishes, that are far from run of the mill.
Toko Kok Kita
166H AmstelveensewegThe best Indonesian take-away restaurant in Amsterdam.
Lot Sixty One Coffee Roasters
112 KinkerstraatLove Coffee? Get a fresh roasted cup here!
Lokaal Edel
1 PostjeswegNice restaurant, bar and event venue, with a great terrace.
Starbucks
72 OvertoomIf you need your trusted cup of coffee.
De Pizzabakkers
2 Plantage KerklaanA very good pizza place, but often crowded!
A great Italian restaurant, close-by and great quality.
67 Einheimische empfehlen
Restaurant Forno Communale
A great Italian restaurant, close-by and great quality.
Quality food, homecooked and ready to take-away!
36 Einheimische empfehlen
Saffraan Traiteur Brasserie
128 Jan Pieter HeijestraatQuality food, homecooked and ready to take-away!
Nice ribs to take away and enjoy in the parc or to eat at their terrace.
27 Einheimische empfehlen
Braai Vondelpark
1 SchinkelhavenkadeNice ribs to take away and enjoy in the parc or to eat at their terrace.
Serhat Market
50 Rhijnvis FeithstraatFresh veggies and fruit!
Are you in for a great looking restaurant annex bar? Enjoy the food and the gin-tonics!
268 Einheimische empfehlen
Café Panache
117 Ten KatestraatAre you in for a great looking restaurant annex bar? Enjoy the food and the gin-tonics!
A real Dutch classic. Enjoy our kind of fastfood, from the counter or from the 'wall'.
43 Einheimische empfehlen
FEBO
89B Ferdinand BolstraatA real Dutch classic. Enjoy our kind of fastfood, from the counter or from the 'wall'.
Vitaminstore Kinkerstraat
69 KinkerstraatThe best smoothies in town!
Gent aan de Schinkel
1 Theophile de BockstraatGood restaurant on a calm place, with a good terrace.
Nice restaurant and bar, inspired by our friendly neighbors: the Belgians.
314 Einheimische empfehlen
Stadscafé Van Mechelen
96/97 SloterkadeNice restaurant and bar, inspired by our friendly neighbors: the Belgians.
Café de Tuin
13 Tweede TuindwarsstraatNice food in a relaxed atmosphere and with a sizable terrace
Water-side place in the neighbourhood, great for breakfasts
180 Einheimische empfehlen
Staring at Jacob
215 Jacob Van LennepkadeWater-side place in the neighbourhood, great for breakfasts
This is one of the best restaurants in Amsterdam. It should have a Michelin star, but doesn't (yet)
109 Einheimische empfehlen
Restaurant Daalder
1 PostjeswegThis is one of the best restaurants in Amsterdam. It should have a Michelin star, but doesn't (yet)
Duende Tapas Bar
62 LindengrachtBest tapas-place of Amsterdam
La Perla Pizzeria
53 Tweede TuindwarsstraatBest pizza-place of Amsterdam
Vinnies
46 HS HaarlemmerstraatGreat place for lunch or breakfast
Razmataz
7HS Hugo de GrootpleinGreat restaurant, best staff ever and food to match it
A Rotterdam concept (our nemesis) introduced to Amsterdam. In Rotterdam they're percieved to have the best burgers in the world.
11 Einheimische empfehlen
Ter Marsch & Co - Amsterdam
4 VijzelstraatA Rotterdam concept (our nemesis) introduced to Amsterdam. In Rotterdam they're percieved to have the best burgers in the world.
You can't make this up: a cosy, fun and happy Surinam-themed bar and restaurant underneath a parking lot. It's true and it's great (and sunny).
436 Einheimische empfehlen
Waterkant
55 KapelwegYou can't make this up: a cosy, fun and happy Surinam-themed bar and restaurant underneath a parking lot. It's true and it's great (and sunny).
Café Loetje
52 Johannes VermeerstraatFamous for their beef
Great place with small dishes to share and a lot of Arab influences.
44 Einheimische empfehlen
Meneer De Wit Heeft Honger
10 Witte de WithstraatGreat place with small dishes to share and a lot of Arab influences.
Rakang
29-31 ElandsgrachtOne of the best Thai places around
Great Indonesian food for a nice price. Try their rice table full of delicious treats.
31 Einheimische empfehlen
Kartika
68H OvertoomGreat Indonesian food for a nice price. Try their rice table full of delicious treats.
My new favourite restaurant and bar. A Latin-America inspired place with great pulpo and mezcal.
32 Einheimische empfehlen
Café Cómodo
110 Jan Pieter HeijestraatMy new favourite restaurant and bar. A Latin-America inspired place with great pulpo and mezcal.
A bit out of the neighbourhood, but a beautiful place for breakfast and lunch with an exciting menu.
372 Einheimische empfehlen
Coffee & Coconuts
282 CeintuurbaanA bit out of the neighbourhood, but a beautiful place for breakfast and lunch with an exciting menu.
An absolute favourite. Nothing too fancy, just great food, great drinks, great staff and a laid-back atmosphere.
354 Einheimische empfehlen
Café Cook
2 James CookstraatAn absolute favourite. Nothing too fancy, just great food, great drinks, great staff and a laid-back atmosphere.
Shopping
If you like beer, this is the place to be. A wide selection of the best beers the world has to offer!
10 Einheimische empfehlen
The Beer Tree
If you like beer, this is the place to be. A wide selection of the best beers the world has to offer!
Mendo
10 Nieuwe DoelenstraatGreat store for coffee table books, love these guys
This street, and its friend Haarlemmerstraat, is filled with nice boutiques and reaturants
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Haarlemerdijk
HaarlemmerdijkThis street, and its friend Haarlemmerstraat, is filled with nice boutiques and reaturants
De 9 Straatjes
Famous nine-street area with great boutiques
Biggest and crowdiest shopping streets of Amsterdam. Inhabitants try to avoid it at all costs, but to be fair it has all the shops
643 Einheimische empfehlen
Kalverstraat
KalverstraatBiggest and crowdiest shopping streets of Amsterdam. Inhabitants try to avoid it at all costs, but to be fair it has all the shops
That one street every large city has with all the fancy brands!
652 Einheimische empfehlen
P.C. Hooftstraat
Pieter Cornelisz HooftstraatThat one street every large city has with all the fancy brands!
Baskets Stores
57 ElandsgrachtGreat menswear shop, nice street as well
Patta
68-70 ZeedijkFamous sneaker and streetwear store
& Other Stories
26-28 HeiligewegA hip girl's heaven!
Parks & Nature
The largest and prettiest parc of Amsterdam. Take a stroll or enjoy a cup of anything at one of its cafés.
4196 Einheimische empfehlen
Vondelpark
The largest and prettiest parc of Amsterdam. Take a stroll or enjoy a cup of anything at one of its cafés.
Not really a park, but it is an oasis of calm right in the middle of the city centre
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Begijnhof
1 BegijnhofNot really a park, but it is an oasis of calm right in the middle of the city centre
Entertainment & Activities
If you fancy to shoot some pool, this is the perfect place to go. Comes with a great selection of beers and big screens for watching sports.
22 Einheimische empfehlen
Plan B
209 OvertoomIf you fancy to shoot some pool, this is the perfect place to go. Comes with a great selection of beers and big screens for watching sports.
ThIs newly renovated tram depot now features an amazing array of good stuff. From a food market, a cinema, galleries to a library.
615 Einheimische empfehlen
De Hallen Amsterdam
47 Hannie DankbaarpassageThIs newly renovated tram depot now features an amazing array of good stuff. From a food market, a cinema, galleries to a library.
Well there it is: the coffee shop. Never been here, but heard it's a good one :)
20 Einheimische empfehlen
Boerejongens Coffeeshop Center
21 UtrechtsestraatWell there it is: the coffee shop. Never been here, but heard it's a good one :)
Feel like a movie? This is Amsterdam's largest indie movie theater.
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Filmhallen
12 Hannie DankbaarpassageFeel like a movie? This is Amsterdam's largest indie movie theater.
The Movies
159 - 163 HaarlemmerdijkThe prettiest cinema you'll ever come across!
Drinks & Nightlife
Like beers? This pub has an amazing selection to taste and you can wiggle home by foot.
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Gollem's Proeflokaal
160-162 OvertoomLike beers? This pub has an amazing selection to taste and you can wiggle home by foot.
This is a true Amsterdam experience. We call it a brown pub, a classic, original, very local pub.
19 Einheimische empfehlen
Cafe Hans
69 AmstelveensewegThis is a true Amsterdam experience. We call it a brown pub, a classic, original, very local pub.
Not your average club, but a very alternative one. A great casual atmosphere, with sofa's on the dance floor and rooms as big as my bedroom to party in.
89 Einheimische empfehlen
OT301
301 OvertoomNot your average club, but a very alternative one. A great casual atmosphere, with sofa's on the dance floor and rooms as big as my bedroom to party in.
This is a concert hall and club in, yes really, an old church. Best venue of Amsterdam.
937 Einheimische empfehlen
Paradiso
6-8 WeteringschansThis is a concert hall and club in, yes really, an old church. Best venue of Amsterdam.
Bitterzoet
2 HS SpuistraatGreat for hiphop and R&B
Alternative, fun and crazy. Music ranges from anything 50's to death metal depending on the mood of the staff.
428 Einheimische empfehlen
Pacific Parc
23 PolonceaukadeAlternative, fun and crazy. Music ranges from anything 50's to death metal depending on the mood of the staff.
Bar Baarsch
91 Jan EvertsenstraatGood place for drinks
The most famous 'real Jordanese' bar of Amsterdam. Always crowded, always people smoking inside, always tacky, but always fun.
111 Einheimische empfehlen
Cafe Nol
109 WesterstraatThe most famous 'real Jordanese' bar of Amsterdam. Always crowded, always people smoking inside, always tacky, but always fun.
RADION Amsterdam
1 LouweswegNice place, good for electronic music
De School
3 Doctor Jan van BreemenstraatThe coolest nightclub of the moment, prepare for hipsters
Imagine a beach with sofa's on it and a DJ playing music until late
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Dok Amsterdam
12 Joan MuyskenwegImagine a beach with sofa's on it and a DJ playing music until late
Pllek
59 T.T. NeveritawegGreat place in North, beach-vibes, bon-fires, and so on.
Hannekes Boom
4 DijksgrachtGreat place to enjoy the sun and have dance later on
Amsterdam Roest
1 Jacob BontiusplaatsNice and alternative
Tales & Spirits
5-7 LijnbaanssteegBest cocktails of Amsterdam
A great cafe in the heart of the beautiful Jordaan district. See locals relaxing with a beer, reading the newspaper or discussing the latest gossip.
202 Einheimische empfehlen
Café de Tuin
13 Tweede TuindwarsstraatA great cafe in the heart of the beautiful Jordaan district. See locals relaxing with a beer, reading the newspaper or discussing the latest gossip.
Starts off relaxed, but often ends up being a great party place with all kinds of music. Named after the Dutch classic drink Jenever, nicknamed headbutt, or in Dutch: kopstoot.
19 Einheimische empfehlen
Kopstootbar
429 MarnixstraatStarts off relaxed, but often ends up being a great party place with all kinds of music. Named after the Dutch classic drink Jenever, nicknamed headbutt, or in Dutch: kopstoot.