Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Arts & Culture

Around the corner is a Arthouse cinema. Great atmosfeer and movies.
429 locals recommend
The Movies
159 - 163 Haarlemmerdijk
429 locals recommend
Around the corner is a Arthouse cinema. Great atmosfeer and movies.
The Anne Frank house is at about 10 min. walking distance. It is on the same canal as where our house is.
2775 locals recommend
Anne Frank House
20 Westermarkt
2775 locals recommend
The Anne Frank house is at about 10 min. walking distance. It is on the same canal as where our house is.
The BIM house is one of the main jazz concert-places in Amsterdam. Check www.bimhuis.nl to see if there are interesting concerts. At walkingdistance.
120 locals recommend
Bimhuis
3 Piet Heinkade
120 locals recommend
The BIM house is one of the main jazz concert-places in Amsterdam. Check www.bimhuis.nl to see if there are interesting concerts. At walkingdistance.
Great place to take a beer. There are always excellent jazzbands playing live.
67 locals recommend
Jazz Cafe Alto
115 Korte Leidsedwarsstraat
67 locals recommend
Great place to take a beer. There are always excellent jazzbands playing live.
museum with old masters and Rembrandts most famous work: the nightwatch
3186 locals recommend
Rijksmuseum
1 Museumstraat
3186 locals recommend
museum with old masters and Rembrandts most famous work: the nightwatch
Van Gogh's paintings and setting it in context of other painters. Excellent museum!
2485 locals recommend
Van Gogh Museum
6 Museumplein
2485 locals recommend
Van Gogh's paintings and setting it in context of other painters. Excellent museum!
go to the back of the Central Station and take the free Amsterdamcruise (ferry = free) and visit the museum. Good view from the terras. Our son goes to school there and crosses the IJ twice a day
1109 locals recommend
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenade
1109 locals recommend
go to the back of the Central Station and take the free Amsterdamcruise (ferry = free) and visit the museum. Good view from the terras. Our son goes to school there and crosses the IJ twice a day
It has a grat replica of the 17th century VOC-ship Amsterdam. You can enter it and touch everything. Great for kids! (I like it as well).
820 locals recommend
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
1 Kattenburgerplein
820 locals recommend
It has a grat replica of the 17th century VOC-ship Amsterdam. You can enter it and touch everything. Great for kids! (I like it as well).

Essentials

Right behind us is a great supermarket. Open 7 days a week, till 10:00 pm.
303 locals recommend
AH Westerstraat
79 Westerstraat
303 locals recommend
Right behind us is a great supermarket. Open 7 days a week, till 10:00 pm.
Get your bread here. Advisable: white Pave and Gran Mere Meergranen
31 locals recommend
Vlaamsch Broodhuys Haarlemmerstraat Amsterdam
108 Haarlemmerstraat
31 locals recommend
Get your bread here. Advisable: white Pave and Gran Mere Meergranen

Food Scene

Be surprised. If we really want to surprise ourselves, we go to Prego. Very small excellent restaurant. A bit steep in price, but really worthwhile.
Herenstraat 15
15 Herenstraat
Be surprised. If we really want to surprise ourselves, we go to Prego. Very small excellent restaurant. A bit steep in price, but really worthwhile.
Excellent restaurant!
21 locals recommend
Bussia
28-32 Reestraat
21 locals recommend
Excellent restaurant!

Everything Else

10-15 min. walk from our house. When flying we walk to the station and take the train to the airfield (Schiphol). If you have time, take a coffee at the first class restaurant on perron 1.
40 locals recommend
I Amsterdam Visitor Centre
28 Stationsplein
40 locals recommend
10-15 min. walk from our house. When flying we walk to the station and take the train to the airfield (Schiphol). If you have time, take a coffee at the first class restaurant on perron 1.
Great place to be!
67 locals recommend
Vondelpark Openluchttheater
5a Vondelpark
67 locals recommend
Great place to be!
By car, the nearest Park en Ride is Sloterdijk. Park your car and then take the train to Central station. Costs are EUR 7 per day (first get ticket at counter). incl. Railwaytickets. adr Piarcoplein 1
31 locals recommend
P+R Sloterdijk
1 Piarcoplein
31 locals recommend
By car, the nearest Park en Ride is Sloterdijk. Park your car and then take the train to Central station. Costs are EUR 7 per day (first get ticket at counter). incl. Railwaytickets. adr Piarcoplein 1

Sightseeing

Go to the back of the Central Station and take a ferry to NDSM. A beautiful free cruise to a former shipyard. Coffee in the Y-kantine and back. A former Soviet nuclear submarine is in the harbour.
7 locals recommend
NDSM-werf
7 locals recommend
Go to the back of the Central Station and take a ferry to NDSM. A beautiful free cruise to a former shipyard. Coffee in the Y-kantine and back. A former Soviet nuclear submarine is in the harbour.
Rent a boat with a skipper. Ask them to pick you up at the Eenhoornsluis, Korte Prinsengracht (the waterlock near our house). € 150 /hour tel.0900 333 444 http://www.canal.nl/hopper/nl/route
6 locals recommend
Stromma Netherlands (head office)
270 Weteringschans
6 locals recommend
Rent a boat with a skipper. Ask them to pick you up at the Eenhoornsluis, Korte Prinsengracht (the waterlock near our house). € 150 /hour tel.0900 333 444 http://www.canal.nl/hopper/nl/route
rent your own electric boat. At walkingdistance from our house. € 50 first hour, every next € 10 less. reservations info@canalmotorboats.com, + 31 (0) 20 422 70 07, Zandhoek 10 A, 1013 KT Amsterdam
17 locals recommend
Canal Motorboats
22 Zandhoek
17 locals recommend
rent your own electric boat. At walkingdistance from our house. € 50 first hour, every next € 10 less. reservations info@canalmotorboats.com, + 31 (0) 20 422 70 07, Zandhoek 10 A, 1013 KT Amsterdam