Guidebook for Amsterdam

Andrea
Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Yumm! My all-time favorite! Serves delicious non-Dutch breakfast like Eggs Benedict until 4pm. Great cakes. Lovely atmosphere. Outside seating on a quiet corner.
122 locals recommend
Drovers Dog Atjehstraat
Eerste Atjehstraat
122 locals recommend
Yumm! My all-time favorite! Serves delicious non-Dutch breakfast like Eggs Benedict until 4pm. Great cakes. Lovely atmosphere. Outside seating on a quiet corner.
This chain has great coffee! (better even than the world famous coffee chain) Wi-Fi Lovely atmosphere
219 locals recommend
Coffee Company
14 Javaplein
219 locals recommend
This chain has great coffee! (better even than the world famous coffee chain) Wi-Fi Lovely atmosphere
251 locals recommend
Walter's - The Walter Woodbury Bar
42 Javastraat
251 locals recommend
94 locals recommend
Hartje Oost
23 Javastraat
94 locals recommend
41 locals recommend
La Fucina
99 Javastraat
41 locals recommend
Home-made yummy ice cream
15 locals recommend
IJs van Oost
79 Javastraat
15 locals recommend
Home-made yummy ice cream
43 locals recommend
Vijfnulvijf Asian kitchen Cafe
505 Insulindeweg
43 locals recommend
94 locals recommend
Bedford - Stuyvesant
55 Javastraat
94 locals recommend
Opens earlier than other cafes at 8am, ideal for breakfast, only several houses down from my place
9 locals recommend
Cafe Chantilly
53 Molukkenstraat
9 locals recommend
Opens earlier than other cafes at 8am, ideal for breakfast, only several houses down from my place
Not the greatest Thai food in town, but okay. Fish cookies and hot Thai soup starters are tops!
83 locals recommend
Thai Tiger
7 Javaplein
83 locals recommend
Not the greatest Thai food in town, but okay. Fish cookies and hot Thai soup starters are tops!
Main selling point: it gets the sun on the terrace till the sun sets
228 locals recommend
Het Badhuis
21 Javaplein
228 locals recommend
Main selling point: it gets the sun on the terrace till the sun sets
Well-known reputation, on the pricey side
468 locals recommend
Wilde Zwijnen
23 Javaplein
468 locals recommend
Well-known reputation, on the pricey side

Everything Else

Pharmacy
Molukken Apotheek
81 Molukkenstraat
Pharmacy
Post office
PostNL Postkantoor Amsterdam
Post office
Great view of city scape from the other side of the harbor! Enjoy a beverage at the spacious cafe! with restful view over the harbor behind Central Station watching the boat traffic !)
1109 locals recommend
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenade
1109 locals recommend
Great view of city scape from the other side of the harbor! Enjoy a beverage at the spacious cafe! with restful view over the harbor behind Central Station watching the boat traffic !)

Essentials

It's a no-frills supermarket, cheap, but in consumer tests their products often get good ratings, sometimes even better than products from the 'chiquer' supermarket Albert Heijn
63 locals recommend
Lidl
4 Soerabajastraat
63 locals recommend
It's a no-frills supermarket, cheap, but in consumer tests their products often get good ratings, sometimes even better than products from the 'chiquer' supermarket Albert Heijn
Night shop supermarkt with good selection of hearty snacks, cheeses, wines....
Avondwinkel John
10-12 Niasstraat
Night shop supermarkt with good selection of hearty snacks, cheeses, wines....
post office counter, newspapers, magazines, stationery
6 locals recommend
The Read Shop
478 Insulindeweg
6 locals recommend
post office counter, newspapers, magazines, stationery
Drugstore
209 locals recommend
Etos
140 B Sloterkade
209 locals recommend
Drugstore

Getting Around

Tram 14 directly into downtown Amsterdam; Bus 22 to CS (stops on street alongside the Java square)
38 locals recommend
Javaplein
Javaplein
38 locals recommend
Tram 14 directly into downtown Amsterdam; Bus 22 to CS (stops on street alongside the Java square)
Crossing Molukkenstraat + Insulindeweg stop for Tram 7 directly to Museum quarter
Insulindeweg
Insulindeweg
Crossing Molukkenstraat + Insulindeweg stop for Tram 7 directly to Museum quarter
From here take local city busses and trams, aswell as busses into regions outside of town, and of course national and international trains. There is good shipping here and even nice restaurants inside the station.
1346 locals recommend
Amsterdam Centraal station
Stationsplein
1346 locals recommend
From here take local city busses and trams, aswell as busses into regions outside of town, and of course national and international trains. There is good shipping here and even nice restaurants inside the station.

Arts & Culture

Largest anthropological collection of the Netherlands. Within walking distance beside Oosterpark and nearby cafes
628 locals recommend
Tropenmuseum
2 Linnaeusstraat
628 locals recommend
Largest anthropological collection of the Netherlands. Within walking distance beside Oosterpark and nearby cafes
Iconic museum, contemporary art
1544 locals recommend
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 Museumplein
1544 locals recommend
Iconic museum, contemporary art
Architectural pearl, amazing collection
3186 locals recommend
Rijksmuseum
1 Museumstraat
3186 locals recommend
Architectural pearl, amazing collection

Drinks & Nightlife

141 locals recommend
Bar Botanique
581 Eerste Van Swindenstraat
141 locals recommend
46 locals recommend
Rum Barrel
143 Javastraat
46 locals recommend

Parks & Nature

841 locals recommend
Oosterpark
Oosterpark
841 locals recommend
When you're fed up with the teeming people masses and are in for some restful botanical vibes
299 locals recommend
Hortus Botanicus
2a Plantage Middenlaan
299 locals recommend
When you're fed up with the teeming people masses and are in for some restful botanical vibes