Guidebook for Amsterdam

Stefanie
Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Affordable pizza, nice selection of beers, cozy, fit for all ages.
117 locals recommend
Eetwinkel Buurman & Buurman
171 Mercatorstraat
117 locals recommend
Affordable pizza, nice selection of beers, cozy, fit for all ages.
Great bagels and coffee, good for a quick take-away breakfast on your way ot the city center.
411 locals recommend
Bagels & Beans
52 Ruyschstraat
411 locals recommend
Great bagels and coffee, good for a quick take-away breakfast on your way ot the city center.
Awesome falafel and great beer selection, walking distance from our place
57 locals recommend
Kauffmann - Falafel & Beer
4b Reinier Claeszenstraat
57 locals recommend
Awesome falafel and great beer selection, walking distance from our place
Park café, next to a little playground. Great for when the sun is out or for when you have a hangover. Sometimes there's live music on weekends.
104 locals recommend
Terrasmus
104 locals recommend
Park café, next to a little playground. Great for when the sun is out or for when you have a hangover. Sometimes there's live music on weekends.
Amazing healthy breakfast place!
57 locals recommend
Local Hero
92H Jan van Galenstraat
57 locals recommend
Amazing healthy breakfast place!
Amazing food and shakes, affordable, mostly breakfast and lunch. When the sun is out you can sit outside and watch the world go by :)
43 locals recommend
Samen - Lunch and Juices
72 Bos en Lommerweg
43 locals recommend
Amazing food and shakes, affordable, mostly breakfast and lunch. When the sun is out you can sit outside and watch the world go by :)
Vegan restaurant
26 locals recommend
Loving Hut - Vegan House
334 Admiraal de Ruijterweg
26 locals recommend
Vegan restaurant
Half restaurant, half food shop. Great food and food products to take away, also a nice place to just have a drink.
18 locals recommend
Hartje Bos
275 Admiraal de Ruijterweg
18 locals recommend
Half restaurant, half food shop. Great food and food products to take away, also a nice place to just have a drink.
Best burgers in town! Also open late night on weekends (until 1-ish)
92 locals recommend
Rotisserie Amsterdam
81H De Clercqstraat
92 locals recommend
Best burgers in town! Also open late night on weekends (until 1-ish)
If you're into that sort of thing... just so you know it's there
17 locals recommend
KFC
371 Eerste Van Swindenstraat
17 locals recommend
If you're into that sort of thing... just so you know it's there
Great Italian restaurant. Popular so call ahead to book!
138 locals recommend
Restaurant FAAM
10 Reinier Claeszenstraat
138 locals recommend
Great Italian restaurant. Popular so call ahead to book!
All you can eat brunch buffet of some quality, cozy and warm and you can stay as long as you like.
92 locals recommend
Wilde Westen
1 Bos en Lommerplantsoen
92 locals recommend
All you can eat brunch buffet of some quality, cozy and warm and you can stay as long as you like.
Our favourite Italian restaurant, simply the best Italian food you'll find in Amsterdam!
125 locals recommend
Bella Storia
26 Bentinckstraat
125 locals recommend
Our favourite Italian restaurant, simply the best Italian food you'll find in Amsterdam!
Vegan junk food! Hippest restaurant in Amsterdam at the moment, quite affordable and very popular. VJFB also has a restaurant in the city center, see further down in this list. Good to know for a night in: they deliver to our place via Uber eats.
92 locals recommend
Vegan Junk Food Bar
22 Staringplein
92 locals recommend
Vegan junk food! Hippest restaurant in Amsterdam at the moment, quite affordable and very popular. VJFB also has a restaurant in the city center, see further down in this list. Good to know for a night in: they deliver to our place via Uber eats.
Vegan kebab/shoarma. Open until 22.00 on weekends. They deliver to our place via Uber eats.
37 locals recommend
PARCK aka Ping Pong Bar
428 Overtoom
37 locals recommend
Vegan kebab/shoarma. Open until 22.00 on weekends. They deliver to our place via Uber eats.
Market style food market. Great place to eat! There's a movie theater next to it.
1500 locals recommend
Foodhallen Amsterdam
16 Bellamyplein
1500 locals recommend
Market style food market. Great place to eat! There's a movie theater next to it.
Bar/restaurant on the IJ river. Highly recommend taking the time to go here when the weather's nice, it is so great! Amazing food and huge outdoor space on the river.
1052 locals recommend
Pllek
59 T.T. Neveritaweg
1052 locals recommend
Bar/restaurant on the IJ river. Highly recommend taking the time to go here when the weather's nice, it is so great! Amazing food and huge outdoor space on the river.
The second branch of this great concept just opened in the Reguliersdwarsstraat (also known as the LGBTQ street). In this area you'll also find tons of LGBTQ-friendly bars and a well-known nightclub (NYX).
92 locals recommend
Vegan Junk Food Bar
22 Staringplein
92 locals recommend
The second branch of this great concept just opened in the Reguliersdwarsstraat (also known as the LGBTQ street). In this area you'll also find tons of LGBTQ-friendly bars and a well-known nightclub (NYX).

Essentials

Cheap supermarket around the corner
744 locals recommend
Dirk van den Broek
25 Marie Heinekenplein
744 locals recommend
Cheap supermarket around the corner
Supermarket
109 locals recommend
AH Bos en Lommerweg
117 Bos en Lommerweg
109 locals recommend
Supermarket

Drinks & Nightlife

World famous Amsterdam nightclub. Make sure to book tickets well in advance, and be prepared to be asked on the door who's playing that night, otherwise you may not get in.
355 locals recommend
De School
3 Doctor Jan van Breemenstraat
355 locals recommend
World famous Amsterdam nightclub. Make sure to book tickets well in advance, and be prepared to be asked on the door who's playing that night, otherwise you may not get in.
Best place for drinks/dancing. At the back end of a parking garage, very cosy with a Surinam feel. Also have good food.
436 locals recommend
Waterkant
55 Kapelweg
436 locals recommend
Best place for drinks/dancing. At the back end of a parking garage, very cosy with a Surinam feel. Also have good food.
Cozy, slightly alternative bar/restaurant. Music varies wildly from punk to reggae to klezmer.
428 locals recommend
Pacific Parc
23 Polonceaukade
428 locals recommend
Cozy, slightly alternative bar/restaurant. Music varies wildly from punk to reggae to klezmer.
Bar that has great music, always packed
85 locals recommend
De Blaffende Vis
118 Westerstraat
85 locals recommend
Bar that has great music, always packed
Arcade slash bar slash restaurant. Big room full off arcade games, air hocky tables etc. Big terrace with events happening all through the summer. Go see for yourself!
120 locals recommend
TonTon Club West
27 Polonceaukade
120 locals recommend
Arcade slash bar slash restaurant. Big room full off arcade games, air hocky tables etc. Big terrace with events happening all through the summer. Go see for yourself!
Popular music all night long
75 locals recommend
Disco Dolly
11 Handboogstraat
75 locals recommend
Popular music all night long
Great club, mostly house music
22 locals recommend
Claire
17 Rembrandtplein
22 locals recommend
Great club, mostly house music
World faous DJ's every weekend, mostly house and techno. Walking distance.
191 locals recommend
De Marktkantine
6 Jan van Galenstraat
191 locals recommend
World faous DJ's every weekend, mostly house and techno. Walking distance.
World famous DJ's every weekend, concrete basement type vibes
78 locals recommend
Shelter
3 Overhoeksplein
78 locals recommend
World famous DJ's every weekend, concrete basement type vibes
Bar/restaurant, cozy and always lively and busy.
276 locals recommend
Bar Baarsch
91 Jan Evertsenstraat
276 locals recommend
Bar/restaurant, cozy and always lively and busy.

Parks & Nature

Large park with several places where you can sit around and barbecue. Lots of green and chill.
1599 locals recommend
Westerpark
4 Haarlemmerweg
1599 locals recommend
Large park with several places where you can sit around and barbecue. Lots of green and chill.
Beautiful park with flower garden and playground. Also a football field and public barbecues.
373 locals recommend
Erasmusparkbuurt
373 locals recommend
Beautiful park with flower garden and playground. Also a football field and public barbecues.
Small park with lots of activities for children. There's a petting zoo, several jungle gyms, and some small football and basketball fields.
16 locals recommend
Wachterliedplantsoen
16 locals recommend
Small park with lots of activities for children. There's a petting zoo, several jungle gyms, and some small football and basketball fields.

Arts & Culture

2775 locals recommend
Anne Frank House
20 Westermarkt
2775 locals recommend
World-class modern art museum
1544 locals recommend
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 Museumplein
1544 locals recommend
World-class modern art museum
You-know-who
2485 locals recommend
Van Gogh Museum
6 Museumplein
2485 locals recommend
You-know-who
World class classical art museum. Rembrandts abound!
3186 locals recommend
Rijksmuseum
1 Museumstraat
3186 locals recommend
World class classical art museum. Rembrandts abound!
The house of the famous painter of the Night Watch and the Girl with the Pearl Earring. Worth a visit!
301 locals recommend
Museum Het Rembrandthuis (Rembrandt House)
4 Jodenbreestraat
301 locals recommend
The house of the famous painter of the Night Watch and the Girl with the Pearl Earring. Worth a visit!

Getting Around

There's a tram stop for line 19 here. This will take you to the city center in 10-15 minutes.
Roelantstraat 133
133 Roelantstraat
There's a tram stop for line 19 here. This will take you to the city center in 10-15 minutes.
Need a taxi? Install the "ViaVan" app and use the gift code "tom5r5" to get 5€ free ride credit. Often cheaper than Uber.
Esmoreitstraat
Esmoreitstraat
Need a taxi? Install the "ViaVan" app and use the gift code "tom5r5" to get 5€ free ride credit. Often cheaper than Uber.