Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

The best pizza in Amsterdam (well, according to me). Also, make sure you order some bread with olive oil :). Reservations recommended, it can get busy.
129 locals recommend
YamYam Trattoria Pizzeria
88-90 Frederik Hendrikstraat
129 locals recommend
The best pizza in Amsterdam (well, according to me). Also, make sure you order some bread with olive oil :). Reservations recommended, it can get busy.
Very good coffee!
59 locals recommend
Back to Black
48 Weteringstraat
59 locals recommend
Very good coffee!
Delicious Caribbean food!
31 locals recommend
Plato Loco Caribbean Cuisine
29 Rombout Hogerbeetsstraat
31 locals recommend
Delicious Caribbean food!
Do not leave here without the steak tartar!
284 locals recommend
Café Restaurant Amsterdam
6 Watertorenplein
284 locals recommend
Do not leave here without the steak tartar!
Great Italian food, loved by locals.
125 locals recommend
Bella Storia
26 Bentinckstraat
125 locals recommend
Great Italian food, loved by locals.
96 locals recommend
Café Restaurant Piet de Gruyter
4-6 Van Limburg Stirumplein
96 locals recommend
Great pizza, but make sure you made reservations.
248 locals recommend
La Perla Pizzeria
53 Tweede Tuindwarsstraat
248 locals recommend
Great pizza, but make sure you made reservations.
Typical Dutch restaurant, run by people from the Jordaan.
22 locals recommend
Café Sonneveld
72 74 Egelantiersgracht
22 locals recommend
Typical Dutch restaurant, run by people from the Jordaan.
Great Mexican food!
10 locals recommend
Flora
106H Kinkerstraat
10 locals recommend
Great Mexican food!
Nice restaurant, good food and a great selection of natural wines (which don't give you a hangover
57 locals recommend
Café Binnenvisser
36 Bilderdijkstraat
57 locals recommend
Nice restaurant, good food and a great selection of natural wines (which don't give you a hangover
Not really a restaurant, this place is great if you want to eat at home but don't want to cook. They have nice Argentinian empanadas, which you can put in the oven when you're home.
7 locals recommend
BAIRES Empanadas
25 Bilderdijkkade
7 locals recommend
Not really a restaurant, this place is great if you want to eat at home but don't want to cook. They have nice Argentinian empanadas, which you can put in the oven when you're home.
One of the more famous burger restaurants in Amsterdam.
115 locals recommend
Burgermeester | de Jordaan
130 Elandsgracht
115 locals recommend
One of the more famous burger restaurants in Amsterdam.
Nice restaurant with French cuisine.
61 locals recommend
Café De Klepel
22 Prinsenstraat
61 locals recommend
Nice restaurant with French cuisine.
Great coffee at Westerpark.
80 locals recommend
Espressofabriek
39 Pazzanistraat
80 locals recommend
Great coffee at Westerpark.
Every Saturday there's a street market with organic food / flea market. Definitely recommend this!
892 locals recommend
Noordermarkt
42B Noordermarkt
892 locals recommend
Every Saturday there's a street market with organic food / flea market. Definitely recommend this!
Once a few weeks there's a Sunday market here, check out the website: http://www.sundaymarket.nl
27 locals recommend
Sunday Markets
7 Pazzanistraat
27 locals recommend
Once a few weeks there's a Sunday market here, check out the website: http://www.sundaymarket.nl

Drinks & Nightlife

Nice bar in Westerpark, it has a nice terrace.
428 locals recommend
Pacific Parc
23 Polonceaukade
428 locals recommend
Nice bar in Westerpark, it has a nice terrace.
Nice brewery, but also good burgers!
137 locals recommend
Brouwerij Troost Westergas
27 Pazzanistraat
137 locals recommend
Nice brewery, but also good burgers!
Nice bar, they often have food nights with a theme.
60 locals recommend
Cafe Struik
160 Rozengracht
60 locals recommend
Nice bar, they often have food nights with a theme.
This bar is famous for their Apple pies.
506 locals recommend
Winkel 43
43 Noordermarkt
506 locals recommend
This bar is famous for their Apple pies.
34 locals recommend
Café Checkpoint Charlie
48 Nassaukade
34 locals recommend
Nice nightclub, that happens to be around the corner!
191 locals recommend
De Marktkantine
6 Jan van Galenstraat
191 locals recommend
Nice nightclub, that happens to be around the corner!

Parks & Nature

A nice city park where you can go for walks or picknicks, recommended on sunny days. There's also a good ice cream place called IJscuypje.
77 locals recommend
Westergasfabriek
15 Pazzanistraat
77 locals recommend
A nice city park where you can go for walks or picknicks, recommended on sunny days. There's also a good ice cream place called IJscuypje.

Sightseeing

My favourite building in Amsterdam!
154 locals recommend
Westerkerk
279 Prinsengracht
154 locals recommend
My favourite building in Amsterdam!
Make sure you visit the beautiful small canals in the Jordaan.
756 locals recommend
Jordaan
756 locals recommend
Make sure you visit the beautiful small canals in the Jordaan.
The oldest windmill of Amsterdam, close by the apartment. Unfortunately not open for visiting.
7 locals recommend
Molen De Otter (1631)
78 Gillis van Ledenberchstraat
7 locals recommend
The oldest windmill of Amsterdam, close by the apartment. Unfortunately not open for visiting.
892 locals recommend
Noordermarkt
42B Noordermarkt
892 locals recommend

Essentials

The most well-known grocery store in the Netherlands, it should have most things you're looking for.
103 locals recommend
AH Frederik Hendrikstraat
81 Frederik Hendrikstraat
103 locals recommend
The most well-known grocery store in the Netherlands, it should have most things you're looking for.
A grocery store that's a bit more upscale (think Whole Foods), with a lot of organic food.
857 locals recommend
Marqt
402 Ceintuurbaan
857 locals recommend
A grocery store that's a bit more upscale (think Whole Foods), with a lot of organic food.

Shopping

My favourite bookstore.
24 locals recommend
The American Book Center
12 Spui
24 locals recommend
My favourite bookstore.

Getting Around

Bus stop with busses to Central Station.
Amsterdam, Fred. Hendrikplants. station
Bus stop with busses to Central Station.