Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
This is a great place for a nice lunch or dinner. The restaurant is charming and has wonderful views across the canals. It serves modern European food and has a nice art deco bar. If you like duck confit this place is for you!
74 locals recommend
De Belhamel
60 BrouwersgrachtThis is a great place for a nice lunch or dinner. The restaurant is charming and has wonderful views across the canals. It serves modern European food and has a nice art deco bar. If you like duck confit this place is for you!
I love cheese and kef is hands-down the best cheese shop in Amsterdam
43 locals recommend
Fromagerie Abraham Kef
192B MarnixstraatI love cheese and kef is hands-down the best cheese shop in Amsterdam
This is a great place for lunch or dinner if you feel like a trip to the seaside. Noordwijk is very smart. The Heineken family have a beach house here!
80 locals recommend
Strandclub Witsand
103 ZeereepThis is a great place for lunch or dinner if you feel like a trip to the seaside. Noordwijk is very smart. The Heineken family have a beach house here!
Kafenion Amsterdam
Great coffee, just steps away from the house
Kessens
24 RozengrachtOutstanding breakfast and brunch location, just a block away
Drinks & Nightlife
It serves really excellent cocktails which can be hard to find in Amsterdam
166 locals recommend
Vesper
57 VinkenstraatIt serves really excellent cocktails which can be hard to find in Amsterdam
the bartender is one of the most knowledgeable mixologists in the city
87 locals recommend
Tales & Spirits
5-7 Lijnbaanssteegthe bartender is one of the most knowledgeable mixologists in the city
It has a lovely terrace overlooking the canals where you can enjoy coffee and apple pie on a sunny day. It's also one of the most historic bars in the city
90 locals recommend
't Smalle
12 EgelantiersgrachtIt has a lovely terrace overlooking the canals where you can enjoy coffee and apple pie on a sunny day. It's also one of the most historic bars in the city
Sightseeing
This is the most visited museum in the city. Book tickets online in advance as soon as they become available to avoid being disappointed
2775 locals recommend
Anne Frank House
20 WestermarktThis is the most visited museum in the city. Book tickets online in advance as soon as they become available to avoid being disappointed
Kinderdijk
The quintessential windmills can be seen at this World Heritage site
This has some great beach clubs and is the nicest beach close to Amsterdam
245 locals recommend
Bloemendaal aan Zee
This has some great beach clubs and is the nicest beach close to Amsterdam
this is a picturesque old fishing port where the Friesland dialect can still be heard
36 locals recommend
Urk
this is a picturesque old fishing port where the Friesland dialect can still be heard
Shopping
Amsterdam Watch Company
3 ReestraatI love vintage watches and if you do too, this place is great
This is our go-to place for wine and never disappoints. They also have a great range of whiskies
De Ware Jacob B.V.
41 HerenstraatThis is our go-to place for wine and never disappoints. They also have a great range of whiskies
An excellent organic farmers market held on Saturdays at the Nordermarkt from 09h - 16h. The wild mushroom stall is wonderful and Le Perron sells great bread. The place to go for picnic supplies before you hire a boat and picnic on the canals
892 locals recommend
Noordermarkt
42B NoordermarktAn excellent organic farmers market held on Saturdays at the Nordermarkt from 09h - 16h. The wild mushroom stall is wonderful and Le Perron sells great bread. The place to go for picnic supplies before you hire a boat and picnic on the canals
Entertainment & Activities
This is the place for tulips and other bulbs from late March to early May
465 locals recommend
Keukenhof
166A StationswegThis is the place for tulips and other bulbs from late March to early May
Arts & Culture
This holds some of the most iconic pictures in the world. Vermeer's "View of Delft" and "The Goldfinch" by Carel Fabritius are just two of many
390 locals recommend
Mauritshuis
29 PleinThis holds some of the most iconic pictures in the world. Vermeer's "View of Delft" and "The Goldfinch" by Carel Fabritius are just two of many