Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
Design hotel and cultural embassy, good place to enjoy a coffee with "appeltaart" the local apple pie. If you get a chance, walk through the corridors of the hotel, every room with surprising interior
65 locals recommend
Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam
34 Oostelijke HandelskadeDesign hotel and cultural embassy, good place to enjoy a coffee with "appeltaart" the local apple pie. If you get a chance, walk through the corridors of the hotel, every room with surprising interior
Blijburg
501 PampuslaanHippy restaurant and alternative family beach
De Plantage
36 Plantage KerklaanNice restaurant overlooking Artis, Amsterdam Zoo
Excellent and friendly prices small restaurant with great emphasis on vegetables. Small, not recommended for groups over 6 persons
52 locals recommend
Mana Mana
85H Eerste Jan SteenstraatExcellent and friendly prices small restaurant with great emphasis on vegetables. Small, not recommended for groups over 6 persons
Nice bar and restaurant. with nice weather you can sit outside under the overlooking the river
399 locals recommend
Café Restaurant De Ysbreeker
23 WeesperzijdeNice bar and restaurant. with nice weather you can sit outside under the overlooking the river
Big, slightly loud, brasserie like restaurant. Populated by artists, elderly people and young families. Menu serves simple as well as sophisticated dishes but always good quality
284 locals recommend
Café Restaurant Amsterdam
6 WatertorenpleinBig, slightly loud, brasserie like restaurant. Populated by artists, elderly people and young families. Menu serves simple as well as sophisticated dishes but always good quality
This excellent restaurant owned by my niece has been the best place to eat Italian food in the city for the past 25 years. A bit more expensive but certainly worth a visit. Located in the Jordaan.
313 locals recommend
Toscanini
75 LindengrachtThis excellent restaurant owned by my niece has been the best place to eat Italian food in the city for the past 25 years. A bit more expensive but certainly worth a visit. Located in the Jordaan.
Everything Else
Nothing pretentious, just the park where local stroll, train and lounge on a nice day.
4196 locals recommend
Vondelpark
Nothing pretentious, just the park where local stroll, train and lounge on a nice day.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 MuseumpleinOur museum of modern art, highly recommended
Just re-opened in great splendor. Here you can see the famous Night Watch by Rembrandt, many other Dutch Masters and many more of our National 17th century treasures
3186 locals recommend
Rijksmuseum
1 MuseumstraatJust re-opened in great splendor. Here you can see the famous Night Watch by Rembrandt, many other Dutch Masters and many more of our National 17th century treasures
Biggest European outdoor market. Not at all sophisticated but lots of 'couleur locale'
1832 locals recommend
Albert Cuyp Market
Albert CuypstraatBiggest European outdoor market. Not at all sophisticated but lots of 'couleur locale'
Artistic, cultural Hub with nice, big restaurant overlooking the waterfront activity of the IJ and a wonderful small park-garden that is not always open to public
322 locals recommend
Tolhuistuin
2 IJpromenadeArtistic, cultural Hub with nice, big restaurant overlooking the waterfront activity of the IJ and a wonderful small park-garden that is not always open to public
Movie centre and restaurant with the best view over the water of the IJ and Central Station. You cross the water with local going to work and back on the free ferry (every 4 minutes)
1109 locals recommend
Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenadeMovie centre and restaurant with the best view over the water of the IJ and Central Station. You cross the water with local going to work and back on the free ferry (every 4 minutes)
Unconventional store carrying brands like Vetements, Margiela, Acne etc
16 locals recommend
SPRMRKT Amsterdam
191 RozengrachtUnconventional store carrying brands like Vetements, Margiela, Acne etc
Crazy-busy in the weekends, just opened in the old tram-remise a large hall harboring many different food-stalls. You occupy a table in the middle and get your foods from all the different stalls
1500 locals recommend
Foodhallen Amsterdam
16 BellamypleinCrazy-busy in the weekends, just opened in the old tram-remise a large hall harboring many different food-stalls. You occupy a table in the middle and get your foods from all the different stalls
P.C. Hooftstraat
Pieter Cornelisz HooftstraatPosh shopping with Gucci, Armani, Hermes etc
Museum of Bags and Purses
573 Herengrachtmuseum dedicated to the handbag
Safehouse where Anne Frank stayed during World War 2 before being deported to Bergen Belsen where she died
2775 locals recommend
Anne Frank House
20 WestermarktSafehouse where Anne Frank stayed during World War 2 before being deported to Bergen Belsen where she died
ARTIS
38-40 Plantage KerklaanAmsterdam Zoo
Thrive Yoga Zeeburg
1 Sumatrakadeexcellent yoga and pilatus studio is just a 4 minute walk
Sissy-Boy DAILY
19 KNSM-LaanNice coffee and gifts, 4 minute walk from the house
Special store in huge industrial building, originally sold vases and flowerpots now carries the who interior range with emphasis on minimalism for the furniture and detailing for the vases
27 locals recommend
POLS POTS
187 KNSM-LaanSpecial store in huge industrial building, originally sold vases and flowerpots now carries the who interior range with emphasis on minimalism for the furniture and detailing for the vases
nicest bookstore in existence but mostly in the Dutch language
9 locals recommend
Nice bookshop, good coffee
17 KNSM-Laannicest bookstore in existence but mostly in the Dutch language
Noordermarkt
42B NoordermarktFarmers market on saturday morning. Favorite of many locals
Noordermarkt
42B NoordermarktVintage, 2nd hand and flea market on monday morning