Guidebook for Amsterdam

Janne&P
Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Pizza YamYam is Amsterdam famous! Best place!
129 locals recommend
YamYam Trattoria Pizzeria
88-90 Frederik Hendrikstraat
129 locals recommend
Pizza YamYam is Amsterdam famous! Best place!
Coffee, lunch, dinner&bar. Nice atmosphere!
225 locals recommend
Razmataz
7HS Hugo de Grootplein
225 locals recommend
Coffee, lunch, dinner&bar. Nice atmosphere!
Superb food, fantastic wine. Great place!
Tweede Hugo de Grootstraat 13
13 Tweede Hugo de Grootstraat
Superb food, fantastic wine. Great place!
Apple pie is world famous!
7 locals recommend
Noordermarkt 43
43 Noordermarkt
7 locals recommend
Apple pie is world famous!
Best lunch in town! Makes you happy! Can be crowded.
Binnen Oranjestraat 14
14 Binnen Oranjestraat
Best lunch in town! Makes you happy! Can be crowded.
The best Italian restaurant in town! Reservation needed! Dress-up. Enjoy!
313 locals recommend
Toscanini
75 Lindengracht
313 locals recommend
The best Italian restaurant in town! Reservation needed! Dress-up. Enjoy!
Be on time & have your coffee outside. Friday evening is crowded.
133 locals recommend
Finch Café
5 H Noordermarkt
133 locals recommend
Be on time & have your coffee outside. Friday evening is crowded.
Thai food. Informal+good!
8 locals recommend
Cook Kai
3 Tweede Rozendwarsstraat
8 locals recommend
Thai food. Informal+good!
Smallest restaurant in town! Every week different menu. Favorite!!
Elandsgracht 108
108 Elandsgracht
Smallest restaurant in town! Every week different menu. Favorite!!
Best burgers! Vegetarian as well.
Elandsgracht 130
130 Elandsgracht
Best burgers! Vegetarian as well.
Nomadic restaurant. Great place!
69 locals recommend
Rainarai Westerpark
40 Polonceaukade
69 locals recommend
Nomadic restaurant. Great place!
Industrial, original, plain, light & good! Don't miss.
284 locals recommend
Café Restaurant Amsterdam
6 Watertorenplein
284 locals recommend
Industrial, original, plain, light & good! Don't miss.
Personally I think they have the best apple pie in town! Good coffee too. Enjoy!
Staalstraat 21
21 Staalstraat
Personally I think they have the best apple pie in town! Good coffee too. Enjoy!
Designated as best Tapas Cafe in town!
50 locals recommend
Duende Tapas Bar
62 Lindengracht
50 locals recommend
Designated as best Tapas Cafe in town!
Because off great food&wine&service. Statement: "soup, sin and good sense often go together".
43 locals recommend
Cafe Nobo
73 Haarlemmerstraat
43 locals recommend
Because off great food&wine&service. Statement: "soup, sin and good sense often go together".
Great pizza's! Large wood fueled brick oven. Take away, or eat in the pizzeria, have an espresso or a dessert and enjoy the lively in- and outdoor scene.
Tweede Tuindwarsstraat 14
14 Tweede Tuindwarsstraat
Great pizza's! Large wood fueled brick oven. Take away, or eat in the pizzeria, have an espresso or a dessert and enjoy the lively in- and outdoor scene.
Another secret of Amsterdam. Take the ferry too "NDSM-werf". (tomtom works with old address: T.T. Neveritaweg 33)
NDSM-Straat
NDSM-Straat
Another secret of Amsterdam. Take the ferry too "NDSM-werf". (tomtom works with old address: T.T. Neveritaweg 33)
Great experience go by ferry & have dinner on the other side in nice atmosphere. www.wilhelmina-dok.nl. Make reservation! +31 (0) 20 632370 Ferry direction: IJplein (!)
Noordwal 1
1 Noordwal
Great experience go by ferry & have dinner on the other side in nice atmosphere. www.wilhelmina-dok.nl. Make reservation! +31 (0) 20 632370 Ferry direction: IJplein (!)
www.bosboom-toussaint.nl Price/Quality=excellent. Simple dishes. Nice&quiet place in city centre. Possible to sit outside. Coffee&Lunch as well. Actually you feel to be out of the city.
Bosboom Toussaintstraat 26, Helmersbuurt
www.bosboom-toussaint.nl Price/Quality=excellent. Simple dishes. Nice&quiet place in city centre. Possible to sit outside. Coffee&Lunch as well. Actually you feel to be out of the city.

Essentials

Open untill10.00 pm
9 locals recommend
Frederik Hendrikstraat 81
81 Frederik Hendrikstraat
9 locals recommend
Open untill10.00 pm

Shopping

They have everything: polaroid, film, digital.
Tweede Hugo de Grootstraat 10
2 Hugo de Grootplein
They have everything: polaroid, film, digital.
Traditional Italian ice cream factory!
Tweede Anjeliersdwarsstraat
Traditional Italian ice cream factory!
Lively local shopping area.
269 locals recommend
Haarlemerdijk
Haarlemmerdijk
269 locals recommend
Lively local shopping area.
The best art books - new+vintage - in a very special atmosphere
JOOT Books
15 Hartenstraat
The best art books - new+vintage - in a very special atmosphere
A unique shop in Amsterdam! For over 140 years, the place for special papers, materials for artists and designers and office supplies.
Vlieger
34 Amstel
A unique shop in Amsterdam! For over 140 years, the place for special papers, materials for artists and designers and office supplies.
Best shop for eyewear! Check it!
Grimburgwal 3
3 Grimburgwal
Best shop for eyewear! Check it!
Great collection of "Mens" bags & accessories. Made of traditional hardwearing materials such as waxcloth & vegetable tanned leather.
Herenstraat 1
1 Herenstraat
Great collection of "Mens" bags & accessories. Made of traditional hardwearing materials such as waxcloth & vegetable tanned leather.
ONLY, and ONLY, eat haring at corner Prinsengracht/Utrechtsestraat.
Prinsengracht 1061
1061 Prinsengracht
ONLY, and ONLY, eat haring at corner Prinsengracht/Utrechtsestraat.
BEST JEANS! Dutch exclusive brand of Jeans! (Woman at Runstraat 17)
Prinsengracht 495
495 Prinsengracht
BEST JEANS! Dutch exclusive brand of Jeans! (Woman at Runstraat 17)
Laura Dols specializes in clothing from the 50's. Unique dresses, hats, shoes, bags and accessories.
25 locals recommend
Wolvenstraat 23
23 Wolvenstraat
25 locals recommend
Laura Dols specializes in clothing from the 50's. Unique dresses, hats, shoes, bags and accessories.

Drinks & Nightlife

Creatives meet here. Always something going on!
116 locals recommend
De Nieuwe Anita
111 Frederik Hendrikstraat
116 locals recommend
Creatives meet here. Always something going on!
Depending on the night there are DJs and live acoustic sessions otherwise the bar staff play great music. Sometime on special days there are special events. + GARDEN!
90 locals recommend
't Smalle
12 Egelantiersgracht
90 locals recommend
Depending on the night there are DJs and live acoustic sessions otherwise the bar staff play great music. Sometime on special days there are special events. + GARDEN!
Home of the blues. Every night live music!
Lijnbaansgracht 163
163 Lijnbaansgracht
Home of the blues. Every night live music!
The place for a pleasant lunch and drinks in a beautiful piece of Amsterdam. For coffee, lunch, drinks, music & more. Every Monday live jazz or a DJ (from 6.30).
25 locals recommend
Kat in de Wijngaert
160 Lindengracht
25 locals recommend
The place for a pleasant lunch and drinks in a beautiful piece of Amsterdam. For coffee, lunch, drinks, music & more. Every Monday live jazz or a DJ (from 6.30).
Plain Amsterdam Cafe. Relax.
29 locals recommend
De Oranjerie
15hs Binnen Oranjestraat
29 locals recommend
Plain Amsterdam Cafe. Relax.
Typical no-nonsense Amsterdam Cafe.
202 locals recommend
Café de Tuin
13 Tweede Tuindwarsstraat
202 locals recommend
Typical no-nonsense Amsterdam Cafe.
Bright new concept! Bring Your Own Food. Order from a delivery service, bring or buy at the supermarket. The choice is up to you. Basis has plates, cutlery, ovens, microwaves and a phone for ordering.
Vijzelstraat 66
66 Vijzelstraat
Bright new concept! Bring Your Own Food. Order from a delivery service, bring or buy at the supermarket. The choice is up to you. Basis has plates, cutlery, ovens, microwaves and a phone for ordering.
Enjoy a variety of jazz and improvised music! The focus is on new developments, but the Bimhuis also offers a significant selection of more mainstream music.
Piet Heinkade 3
3 Piet Heinkade
Enjoy a variety of jazz and improvised music! The focus is on new developments, but the Bimhuis also offers a significant selection of more mainstream music.
www.cafethijssen.nl Real Amsterdam cafe. Everybody knows this place.
160 locals recommend
Café Thijssen
107 Brouwersgracht
160 locals recommend
www.cafethijssen.nl Real Amsterdam cafe. Everybody knows this place.

Everything Else

Work out&have a drink on the roof terrace.
Marnixplein 1
1 Marnixplein
Work out&have a drink on the roof terrace.
Great studio! Go! -www.yogayoga.nl-
Amaliastraat 5
5 Amaliastraat
Great studio! Go! -www.yogayoga.nl-
Best park in town. Some nice places to hang out.
1599 locals recommend
Westerpark
4 Haarlemmerweg
1599 locals recommend
Best park in town. Some nice places to hang out.
The Lomography Gallery Store Amsterdam is a platform for any fan of creative analog photography. Find all Lomography cameras, participate in workshops and meet other lomographers.
Herengracht 298
298 Herengracht
The Lomography Gallery Store Amsterdam is a platform for any fan of creative analog photography. Find all Lomography cameras, participate in workshops and meet other lomographers.
The Institute for Concrete Matter administers a huge variety of vintage photographs. Compiled as an archive. (thu-sat 1.00-6.00 pm)
Nieuwe Kruisstraat 19
19 Nieuwe Kruisstraat
The Institute for Concrete Matter administers a huge variety of vintage photographs. Compiled as an archive. (thu-sat 1.00-6.00 pm)
www.sloepdelen.nl. The best view is the canal view! With Sloepdelen it's very easy to rent a boat and go on the water yourself! (on the waterfront opposite Nassaukade 69. Watch the Canal Cruisers!
Nassaukade 69
69 Nassaukade
www.sloepdelen.nl. The best view is the canal view! With Sloepdelen it's very easy to rent a boat and go on the water yourself! (on the waterfront opposite Nassaukade 69. Watch the Canal Cruisers!

Arts & Culture

Leading gallery.
Annet Gelink Gallery
189 Laurierstraat
Leading gallery.
Lively down to earth gallery. Young artists.
Rozengracht 207A
207A Rozengracht
Lively down to earth gallery. Young artists.
Leading gallery. Don't miss.
Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam
59 Rozenstraat
Leading gallery. Don't miss.
Photography museum. For more than ten years now, Huis Marseille has been offering a varied exhibition program in which photography's rich history and diverse uses are given consideration
99 locals recommend
Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography
401 Keizersgracht
99 locals recommend
Photography museum. For more than ten years now, Huis Marseille has been offering a varied exhibition program in which photography's rich history and diverse uses are given consideration
The leading photography museum! Don't miss!
792 locals recommend
Foam
609 Keizersgracht
792 locals recommend
The leading photography museum! Don't miss!
One of the most famous music venues in the Netherlands and beyond. Five disciplines are united under one roof: music, dance / theater, film, photography and media art.
444 locals recommend
Melkweg
234A Lijnbaansgracht
444 locals recommend
One of the most famous music venues in the Netherlands and beyond. Five disciplines are united under one roof: music, dance / theater, film, photography and media art.
Great concerts! Ticket office can help you out.
937 locals recommend
Paradiso
6-8 Weteringschans
937 locals recommend
Great concerts! Ticket office can help you out.
WonderWood is the spot in Amsterdam to visit for everyone interested in plywood, art, design and fun. A mixture between shop and gallery. Situated close to the Dam Square.
Rusland 3
3 Rusland
WonderWood is the spot in Amsterdam to visit for everyone interested in plywood, art, design and fun. A mixture between shop and gallery. Situated close to the Dam Square.
Restored collects and sells unique products. They focus on representing talented young designers, and offering them a platform to bring their products and visions to a wider public.
Haarlemmerdijk 39
39 Haarlemmerdijk
Restored collects and sells unique products. They focus on representing talented young designers, and offering them a platform to bring their products and visions to a wider public.
The Frozen Fountain is an inspiring shop. The standard collection of furniture is combined with unique objects or limited editions of serial products from designers.
28 locals recommend
Frozen Fountain
645 Prinsengracht
28 locals recommend
The Frozen Fountain is an inspiring shop. The standard collection of furniture is combined with unique objects or limited editions of serial products from designers.
Droog offers a selection of accessories, lighting, furniture and studio work that change your experience of daily life.
Staalstraat 7, Nieuwmarkt en Lastage
7 Staalstraat
Droog offers a selection of accessories, lighting, furniture and studio work that change your experience of daily life.
Hotel Arena is situated in a great old building and offers a vibrant combination of restaurant, cafe & great club (check out the program: www.hotelarena.nl).
's-Gravesandestraat 51
51 's-Gravesandestraat
Hotel Arena is situated in a great old building and offers a vibrant combination of restaurant, cafe & great club (check out the program: www.hotelarena.nl).
It happens here! Artistic hotspot. Art/parties&cinema. Check out the program:ot301.nl.
13 locals recommend
Overtoom 301
301 Overtoom
13 locals recommend
It happens here! Artistic hotspot. Art/parties&cinema. Check out the program:ot301.nl.
Dress-up& P A R T Y! www.trouwamsterdam.nl
199 locals recommend
Trouw Amsterdam
125 Wibautstraat
199 locals recommend
Dress-up& P A R T Y! www.trouwamsterdam.nl
Check-out the new centre for film culture. Interesting exhibitions besides the film program. Nice spot for coffee&lunch. Take the ferry!
36 locals recommend
IJpromenade
IJpromenade
36 locals recommend
Check-out the new centre for film culture. Interesting exhibitions besides the film program. Nice spot for coffee&lunch. Take the ferry!
Great whit rainy days! Oldest Cinema in Amsterdam.
Haarlemmerdijk 161
Great whit rainy days! Oldest Cinema in Amsterdam.

Sightseeing

Touristic but 'must do'. Tip: go in evening. (until 9.00 pm)
2775 locals recommend
Anne Frank House
20 Westermarkt
2775 locals recommend
Touristic but 'must do'. Tip: go in evening. (until 9.00 pm)
Great interactive museum! From a mediaeval child's shoe and the map of Cornelis Antonisz from 1538, giving a bird's-eye view of the city, to the impressive Civic Guard paintings from the Golden Age
Kalverstraat 92
92 Kalverstraat
Great interactive museum! From a mediaeval child's shoe and the map of Cornelis Antonisz from 1538, giving a bird's-eye view of the city, to the impressive Civic Guard paintings from the Golden Age
www.zaanseschans.nl Only 20 min by train from Amsterdam Central Station. Take the stop train direction Alkmaar to Koog-Zaandijk. Follow the signs to the Zaanse Schans (10 min walk).
Amstel 51
51 Amstel
www.zaanseschans.nl Only 20 min by train from Amsterdam Central Station. Take the stop train direction Alkmaar to Koog-Zaandijk. Follow the signs to the Zaanse Schans (10 min walk).
www.teylersmuseum.eu A visit is like a voyage through time. A stroll through the museum takes you from fossils and minerals to prints and drawings ans paintings.
Spaarne 16
16 Spaarne
www.teylersmuseum.eu A visit is like a voyage through time. A stroll through the museum takes you from fossils and minerals to prints and drawings ans paintings.
www.franshalsmuseum.nl The Frans Hals Museum boasts the largest collection of paintings by Frans Hals in the world. I
Groot Heiligland
Groot Heiligland
www.franshalsmuseum.nl The Frans Hals Museum boasts the largest collection of paintings by Frans Hals in the world. I
www.dehortus.nl The Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is one of the oldest botanic gardens in the world. Today, there are more than 4,000 plant species growing in the garden and greenhouses.
Plantage Middenlaan 2A
2A Plantage Middenlaan
www.dehortus.nl The Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is one of the oldest botanic gardens in the world. Today, there are more than 4,000 plant species growing in the garden and greenhouses.
www.jhm.nl Beautiful&interesting museum. Make combination with Hortus Botanicus! & have a stroll at Waterlooplein market.
Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1
1 Nieuwe Amstelstraat
www.jhm.nl Beautiful&interesting museum. Make combination with Hortus Botanicus! & have a stroll at Waterlooplein market.
YEH, go to the beach! Only 30 minutes by train! Train to Zandvoort or Train to Haarlem and change in train to Zandvoort at Haarlem Station.
Boulevard Paulus Loot 1
1 Boulevard Paulus Loot
YEH, go to the beach! Only 30 minutes by train! Train to Zandvoort or Train to Haarlem and change in train to Zandvoort at Haarlem Station.
NOT TO MISS!! www.begijnhof.nl This is history of Amsterdam. The most special place in Amsterdam. Even if you're not interested in history! Combine with Amsterdam Historical Museum.
Czaar Peterstraat 213
NOT TO MISS!! www.begijnhof.nl This is history of Amsterdam. The most special place in Amsterdam. Even if you're not interested in history! Combine with Amsterdam Historical Museum.
www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl Het Scheepvaartmuseum houses one of the world's biggest collections of nautical art and artefacts, including globes, paintings, ship models and more.
Kattenburgerplein 1, Oostelijke Eilanden en Kadijken
www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl Het Scheepvaartmuseum houses one of the world's biggest collections of nautical art and artefacts, including globes, paintings, ship models and more.