Guidebook for Amsterdam

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Guidebook for Amsterdam

Arts & Culture

One of the best places to go for live-music: from singer-sonwriter/hardrock/ethic to classical concerts. Paradiso is located in an old church. www.paradiso.nl
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Paradiso
6-8 Weteringschans
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One of the best places to go for live-music: from singer-sonwriter/hardrock/ethic to classical concerts. Paradiso is located in an old church. www.paradiso.nl
The Melkweg is a cultural centre and is unique because of a programme that unites five artistic disciplines under one roof: music, dance/theatre, film, photography and media art. www.melkweg.nl
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Melkweg
234A Lijnbaansgracht
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The Melkweg is a cultural centre and is unique because of a programme that unites five artistic disciplines under one roof: music, dance/theatre, film, photography and media art. www.melkweg.nl
For a whole new experience the locals visit http://www.denieuweanita.nl/. Music/dancing, arts, cinema et.
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De Nieuwe Anita
111 Frederik Hendrikstraat
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For a whole new experience the locals visit http://www.denieuweanita.nl/. Music/dancing, arts, cinema et.

Food Scene

Best pizza in Amsterdam, at only 5 minutes walk from my apartment: http://www.pizzaperla.nl/en.htm
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La Perla Pizzeria
53 Tweede Tuindwarsstraat
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Best pizza in Amsterdam, at only 5 minutes walk from my apartment: http://www.pizzaperla.nl/en.htm
Authentic Italian dishes, prepared with great care and served in a homely and relaxed atmosphere.
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Toscanini
75 Lindengracht
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Authentic Italian dishes, prepared with great care and served in a homely and relaxed atmosphere.
Very varied cuisine, which Greek Roman, Arabic, French and Turkish influences can be found. Great!
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Orontes - Amsterdam West - Turks Restaurant - Mediterraans Restaurant
8 Hugo de Grootplein
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Very varied cuisine, which Greek Roman, Arabic, French and Turkish influences can be found. Great!
One of Amsterdams best Italian restaurants/cafes
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La Maschera
6-HS Tweede Anjeliersdwarsstraat
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One of Amsterdams best Italian restaurants/cafes
Nice place to have lunch, nice cafe at night
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Festina Lente
40B Looiersgracht
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Nice place to have lunch, nice cafe at night
Tazzina is a very nice place for breakfast, coffee, tea and lunch, sandwiches etc.
Bilderdijkstraat 1401
1401 Bilderdijkstraat
Tazzina is a very nice place for breakfast, coffee, tea and lunch, sandwiches etc.
Best Indonesian take away in town
De Clercqstraat 65I
65I De Clercqstraat
Best Indonesian take away in town
For a nice breakfast, a good lunch or a tasty diner!
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Grandcafé Alverna
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For a nice breakfast, a good lunch or a tasty diner!
Small, very good Spanish food.
Casa Juan
248 Lindengracht
Small, very good Spanish food.
Very good Afghanistan food
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Restaurant Moeders
251 Rozengracht
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Very good Afghanistan food
The best Indonesion food, take away. Open from 14:00-21:00
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iBoenda
8 De Clercqstraat
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The best Indonesion food, take away. Open from 14:00-21:00
Small Surinam trattoria, for take away. The best in town. See www.thuisbezorgd.nl for all restauranst who deliver@home
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Ram's Roti
107 Jan van Galenstraat
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Small Surinam trattoria, for take away. The best in town. See www.thuisbezorgd.nl for all restauranst who deliver@home
www.iens.nl You can check out restaurants by recommendation, neighbourhood and kitchen (middle eastern, asian, dutch, italian, exican etc etc)
IENS
1 Anthony Fokkerweg
www.iens.nl You can check out restaurants by recommendation, neighbourhood and kitchen (middle eastern, asian, dutch, italian, exican etc etc)
Nice, comfortable place, especially for lunch. Bio/Eco
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Sugarless
92 HS Bilderdijkstraat
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Nice, comfortable place, especially for lunch. Bio/Eco
Surinam restaurant, very good!
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Restaurant Zina
70 Bosboom Toussaintstraat
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Surinam restaurant, very good!
Food, cheesfondue and tea, a nice old place, in a busy neighbourhood, but tucked away from crowds. Very romantic spot.
Cafe Wijs / Hofje van Wijs
43 Zeedijk
Food, cheesfondue and tea, a nice old place, in a busy neighbourhood, but tucked away from crowds. Very romantic spot.
Nice Cafe
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Café-restaurant Louter B.V.
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Nice Cafe
This used to be an pathalogical/anatomic lab, now its a restaurant and they show movies and theatre
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LAB111
111 Arie Biemondstraat
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This used to be an pathalogical/anatomic lab, now its a restaurant and they show movies and theatre

Sightseeing

La Cave Insolite means something like "special cellar". It is a fairly new business in a former convenience store on the Da Costa Square. The business specializes in wines from France and Italy.
Da Costaplein 15
15 Da Costaplein
La Cave Insolite means something like "special cellar". It is a fairly new business in a former convenience store on the Da Costa Square. The business specializes in wines from France and Italy.

Drinks & Nightlife

the Dutch Cafe in Amsterdam, drinking, dancing for the locals! http://cafehelmers.eu/
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Café Helmers
59 Eerste Helmersstraat
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the Dutch Cafe in Amsterdam, drinking, dancing for the locals! http://cafehelmers.eu/
Hegeraad is a genuine Amsterdam pub where you can sit and hide in the back. The bar is very nice, good place to eavesdrop with the Amsterdam chatter of the regulars.
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Café Hegeraad
34 Noordermarkt
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Hegeraad is a genuine Amsterdam pub where you can sit and hide in the back. The bar is very nice, good place to eavesdrop with the Amsterdam chatter of the regulars.
Best Gay-bar http://www.trutfonds.nl/TRUT_HOME.html
Bilderdijkstraat 165, Da Costabuurt
165 Bilderdijkstraat
Best Gay-bar http://www.trutfonds.nl/TRUT_HOME.html
For dancing, eating, a small arthouse cinema, the park, and music and other events. THE place to be! CHeck it out on http://www.westergasfabriek.nl/
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Zuiveringshal West
37 Pazzanistraat
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For dancing, eating, a small arthouse cinema, the park, and music and other events. THE place to be! CHeck it out on http://www.westergasfabriek.nl/

Everything Else

Icecream: the best in Amsterdam, homemade offcourse. http://www.montepelmo.nl/
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Monte Pelmo
17 Tweede Anjeliersdwarsstraat
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Icecream: the best in Amsterdam, homemade offcourse. http://www.montepelmo.nl/
Bike rental
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MacBike
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Bike rental
The Cultural Park where the locals go: http://www.westergasfabriek.nl/en/ You should definately go here!!
Huurdersvereniging Westergasfabriek
The Cultural Park where the locals go: http://www.westergasfabriek.nl/en/ You should definately go here!!
The Vondelpark is the most famous park of Amsterdam The park where the locals go. In the summer, theater performances and concerts held in the Open Air. Also the FILMMUSEUM.
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Vondelpark
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The Vondelpark is the most famous park of Amsterdam The park where the locals go. In the summer, theater performances and concerts held in the Open Air. Also the FILMMUSEUM.
Old Dutch Cafe http://www.cafelowietje.nl/index.html
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Café Loetje
52 Johannes Vermeerstraat
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Old Dutch Cafe http://www.cafelowietje.nl/index.html
The most beautifull oldest neighbourhood in Amsterdam: http://www.jordaanweb.nl/HTML/index.htm?/HTML/jordaanhoreca.htm&1
Dierenkliniek De Jordaan
19 Tweede Goudsbloemdwarsstraat
The most beautifull oldest neighbourhood in Amsterdam: http://www.jordaanweb.nl/HTML/index.htm?/HTML/jordaanhoreca.htm&1
The meeting place for locals and day visitors in the Jordan. You get your coffee and tea is tea in those ugly glasses that have a bit of your herds and fresh orange juice in a tiny wine glass.
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Kat in de Wijngaert
160 Lindengracht
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The meeting place for locals and day visitors in the Jordan. You get your coffee and tea is tea in those ugly glasses that have a bit of your herds and fresh orange juice in a tiny wine glass.
Shopping, dining/lunch area,where the dutch go, no tourist-crowds!! http://www.elandsgracht.nl/
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Elandsgracht
13 A Elandsgracht
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Shopping, dining/lunch area,where the dutch go, no tourist-crowds!! http://www.elandsgracht.nl/
The location and ease of service make this a great place to have lunch. You can always find a wide range of different dishes.
Kinkerstraat 110
110 Kinkerstraat
The location and ease of service make this a great place to have lunch. You can always find a wide range of different dishes.
For all neighborhood-tips, see: http://www.yelp.nl/search?find_loc=Da+Costabuurt%2C+Amsterdam%2C+Noord-Holland#cflt=food
Da Costakade
Da Costakade
For all neighborhood-tips, see: http://www.yelp.nl/search?find_loc=Da+Costabuurt%2C+Amsterdam%2C+Noord-Holland#cflt=food
One of the hippest neighborhoods in Amsterdam. Part of Oud-Zuid. It is a popular place to live. And it's an entertainment district, you will find a lot pubs.
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Alaferme B.V.
251IV Govert Flinckstraat
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One of the hippest neighborhoods in Amsterdam. Part of Oud-Zuid. It is a popular place to live. And it's an entertainment district, you will find a lot pubs.
A real Dutch Market, open 6 days a week. Take tram 3 or 12, or walk (20 minutes). This market is in "the Pijp", it used to be a real student area, but now it has everything and is a real hotspot!
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Albert Cuyp markaðurinn
Albert Cuypstraat
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A real Dutch Market, open 6 days a week. Take tram 3 or 12, or walk (20 minutes). This market is in "the Pijp", it used to be a real student area, but now it has everything and is a real hotspot!
Nice & hip hotspot, with lots of bars, shops, good restaurants and a nice park to have a picknic!
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JACKS Juice & Kitchen
126 Govert Flinckstraat
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Nice & hip hotspot, with lots of bars, shops, good restaurants and a nice park to have a picknic!
The Leidseplein is considered the real city center. It is a hotspot, but I find it a bit crowded and focused on tourists, although in the Leidsestraat there are e few nice shops.
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Leidseplein
Leidseplein
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The Leidseplein is considered the real city center. It is a hotspot, but I find it a bit crowded and focused on tourists, although in the Leidsestraat there are e few nice shops.
The most expensive shopping-area in Amsterdam. Its not uncommon to walk into a Dutch celebrity or a famous soccerplayer (-;
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P.C. Hooftstraat
Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat
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The most expensive shopping-area in Amsterdam. Its not uncommon to walk into a Dutch celebrity or a famous soccerplayer (-;
Nassaukade 147
147 Nassaukade
@home
Cinema, Library, Restaurants, Food, THE Newest HOTSPOT in Amsterdam. Very hip!
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De Hallen Amsterdam
47 Hannie Dankbaarpassage
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Cinema, Library, Restaurants, Food, THE Newest HOTSPOT in Amsterdam. Very hip!
Chinese Neighbourhood. For real Chinese food and Shops
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Nieuwmarkt
Nieuwmarkt
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Chinese Neighbourhood. For real Chinese food and Shops

Shopping

Shopping, lunch, diner, best cheese in Holland, second hand: anything goes at what the Dutch call: de negen straatjes (the nine streets): http://www.de9straatjes.nl/uk/
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Runstraat
Runstraat
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Shopping, lunch, diner, best cheese in Holland, second hand: anything goes at what the Dutch call: de negen straatjes (the nine streets): http://www.de9straatjes.nl/uk/
Bilderdijkstraat 45, Da Costabuurt
45 Bilderdijkstraat
Drugstore nearby
Lots of special stores, nice bars, a specialiced tea-shop, a nice bookstore, a very good&hip hairdresser (HYPE), cheesestore, etc
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Haarlemerdijk
Haarlemmerdijk
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Lots of special stores, nice bars, a specialiced tea-shop, a nice bookstore, a very good&hip hairdresser (HYPE), cheesestore, etc

Essentials

There's no place like the Albert Cuyp street market to find your typical Amsterdam sense of humour and laid back atmosphere
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Albert Cuypstraat
Albert Cuypstraat
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There's no place like the Albert Cuyp street market to find your typical Amsterdam sense of humour and laid back atmosphere
Best grocery store and deli in the neighbourhood. Open from 08 .00-01.00!!
De Clercqstraat 1, Da Costabuurt
1 De Clercqstraat
Best grocery store and deli in the neighbourhood. Open from 08 .00-01.00!!
Kinkerstraat 123
123 Kinkerstraat
Cheese!
Market:It is significantly cheaper than other markets in Amsterdam, the market is relatively small and compact, the market has some very good stands and there are no tourists.
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Ten Katestraat
Ten Katestraat
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Market:It is significantly cheaper than other markets in Amsterdam, the market is relatively small and compact, the market has some very good stands and there are no tourists.
Bilderdijkstraat 37, Da Costabuurt
Dutch Supermarket
Biological Foodmarket on Saturdays, nice bars, very nice neighbourhood to shop.
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Noordermarkt
42B Noordermarkt
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Biological Foodmarket on Saturdays, nice bars, very nice neighbourhood to shop.
Market on Saturdays: Food, Fish, Meat, Flowers and Clothing!
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Lindengracht
4B Lindengracht
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Market on Saturdays: Food, Fish, Meat, Flowers and Clothing!
A very nice relatively new spot only 2 minutes away: everyting they sell is biological, you van have a good coffee or tea, and you can buy very nice recepies & ingedients in case you want to cook@home
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Bilder & De Clercq
44 De Clercqstraat
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A very nice relatively new spot only 2 minutes away: everyting they sell is biological, you van have a good coffee or tea, and you can buy very nice recepies & ingedients in case you want to cook@home
open from 9:00- 01:00 For almost anything you need, fresh croissants, wines, a take away meal, delicatessen, anything!
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Suit Amsterdam
41 Raadhuisstraat
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open from 9:00- 01:00 For almost anything you need, fresh croissants, wines, a take away meal, delicatessen, anything!
For your daily groceries!
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AH Bilderdijkstraat
37 H Bilderdijkstraat
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For your daily groceries!
The best bread and rolls in Amsterdam.
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bakery Westerbos
4 Hugo de Grootplein
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The best bread and rolls in Amsterdam.
fresh eco/bio food
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Marqt
402 Ceintuurbaan
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fresh eco/bio food