My Amsterdam tips. Most important tip: Rent a Bike

Gerald
My Amsterdam tips. Most important tip: Rent a Bike

Food & Drink

Popular restaurants for locals
Best traditional dutch beef tenderloin. No reservations possible. Best to try before 17.30.
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Loetje Oost
15 Ruyschstraat
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Best traditional dutch beef tenderloin. No reservations possible. Best to try before 17.30.
Big Supermarket 500 mtrs away from apartment, free coffee and tea inside. Great assortiment. You can buy all ingredients for even a big Christmas diner here. Open from 0800 till 22.00
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AH Wibautstraat
80 Wibautstraat
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Big Supermarket 500 mtrs away from apartment, free coffee and tea inside. Great assortiment. You can buy all ingredients for even a big Christmas diner here. Open from 0800 till 22.00
Good view, bit noisy sometimes.
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Café de Jaren
20-20 Nieuwe Doelenstraat
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Good view, bit noisy sometimes.
Real locals know: Best steaks in town. It really is a secret. So do not expect English speaking services.
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Piet de Leeuw
11 Noorderstraat
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Real locals know: Best steaks in town. It really is a secret. So do not expect English speaking services.
Best chicken in town
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Van 't Spit
95 De Clercqstraat
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Best chicken in town
Original Thai restaurant. As Thai eating was once, long ago. So take your time and enjoy the great food.
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Restaurant Dynasty
30 Reguliersdwarsstraat
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Original Thai restaurant. As Thai eating was once, long ago. So take your time and enjoy the great food.
Just around the corner of the apartment. Good food, good service. Students and university teachers. Some business people.
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Weesper
144 Weesperzijde
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Just around the corner of the apartment. Good food, good service. Students and university teachers. Some business people.
Great host, great food. Do not order from card, follow the chef . Retsina is good here. This is my own little secret.
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Dionysos Taverna
176 Overtoom
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Great host, great food. Do not order from card, follow the chef . Retsina is good here. This is my own little secret.
Yes and sorry, this is the best place to eat in Amsterdam. Japanese, or traditional Dutch. Keep in mind, it will cost you 350 to 450 euro’s pp. It’s up to you.
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Hotel Okura Amsterdam
333 Ferdinand Bolstraat
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Yes and sorry, this is the best place to eat in Amsterdam. Japanese, or traditional Dutch. Keep in mind, it will cost you 350 to 450 euro’s pp. It’s up to you.

Look around

You can swim here, bring your own mini BBQ and stroll around. Nice terrasses, best Ysbreeker, but food is not very good there. Best eating at the Weesper around the corner of apartment.
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Weesperzijde
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You can swim here, bring your own mini BBQ and stroll around. Nice terrasses, best Ysbreeker, but food is not very good there. Best eating at the Weesper around the corner of apartment.
Once it was the central local market, nowadays it’s a tourist hotspot. But still enjoyable. And this is the place to buy your cheese or eat your raw fish. Do not, really not , buy cheese in one of the hundred cheese shops in the center. They only sell cheese for high prices made in big factories. On the market you buy traditional good tasting Dutch cheese.
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Albert Cuyp piac
Albert Cuypstraat
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Once it was the central local market, nowadays it’s a tourist hotspot. But still enjoyable. And this is the place to buy your cheese or eat your raw fish. Do not, really not , buy cheese in one of the hundred cheese shops in the center. They only sell cheese for high prices made in big factories. On the market you buy traditional good tasting Dutch cheese.
Arrive early, big queues , all year long.
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Heineken Élmény
78 Stadhouderskade
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Arrive early, big queues , all year long.
Still a bit a market for locals. Enjoy, cause it will become a tourist hotspot soon. And also a place to buy your cheese, eat raw fish and the patat frites with mayonaise is the best here. Vincent Vega must have lived in this neighborhood, told you much about “ French fries” in Pulp Fiction.
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Ten Kate Markt
32 Ten Katestraat
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Still a bit a market for locals. Enjoy, cause it will become a tourist hotspot soon. And also a place to buy your cheese, eat raw fish and the patat frites with mayonaise is the best here. Vincent Vega must have lived in this neighborhood, told you much about “ French fries” in Pulp Fiction.
Famous “ De Stijl” building in center of Vondelpark. You can sit here hours and enjoy viewing what’s happening around you. Good lunch and traditional Amsterdam IJ beers.
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The Blue Tea House
5 Vondelpark
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Famous “ De Stijl” building in center of Vondelpark. You can sit here hours and enjoy viewing what’s happening around you. Good lunch and traditional Amsterdam IJ beers.
Famous Amsterdam School architecture
Bezoekerscentrum De Dageraad
128 Burgemeester Tellegenstraat
Famous Amsterdam School architecture
Jewish history of Amsterdam near waterlooplein flee market
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Zsidó Történeti Múzeum
1 Nieuwe Amstelstraat
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Jewish history of Amsterdam near waterlooplein flee market
Old church in the heart of the red light district
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Ótemplom
23 Oudekerksplein
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Old church in the heart of the red light district
Big library, good view from rooftop restaurant
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OBA Library of Amsterdam
143 Oosterdokskade
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Big library, good view from rooftop restaurant
Rent a boat around the corner of the apartment.
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Mokumboot Amsterdam Weesper
1 Schollenbrugstraat
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Rent a boat around the corner of the apartment.
This is where te Dutch golden age started.
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Tengerészeti Múzeum
1 Kattenburgerplein
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This is where te Dutch golden age started.
Film museum. But you can sit in the restaurant and watch ships go by.
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Eye Film Múzeum
1 IJpromenade
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Film museum. But you can sit in the restaurant and watch ships go by.
The Dutch East Indies company was located here. It’s a university building now, so do not border the porter. Just enter and act of you have things to do inside and walk around. With a little luck the “ heren 17 room” is open .
Bushuis - Oost-Indisch Huis
48 Kloveniersburgwal
The Dutch East Indies company was located here. It’s a university building now, so do not border the porter. Just enter and act of you have things to do inside and walk around. With a little luck the “ heren 17 room” is open .
Many good restaurants at the north side. My favorite is Delirium, but there is much more. Starting point of north south line. Take this line to the south and drop off at the 3 first stations Rokin, Vijzelstraat and de Pijp.
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Amsterdam Centraal station
Stationsplein
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Many good restaurants at the north side. My favorite is Delirium, but there is much more. Starting point of north south line. Take this line to the south and drop off at the 3 first stations Rokin, Vijzelstraat and de Pijp.
Dutch hate spending money. But are also pennywise poundfoolish. At this local fleemarket (no tourists) you can find multi millionaires and foodstamp customers for nice cheap buys. You will never leave without buying something.
Mevius
60 Havenstraat
Dutch hate spending money. But are also pennywise poundfoolish. At this local fleemarket (no tourists) you can find multi millionaires and foodstamp customers for nice cheap buys. You will never leave without buying something.
Stroll around. It’s something between a San Fransisco and Madrid foodhall.
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Foodhallen Amsterdam
16 Bellamyplein
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Stroll around. It’s something between a San Fransisco and Madrid foodhall.
This is where Johan Cruijff was born and started the Dutch football history.
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Betondorp
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This is where Johan Cruijff was born and started the Dutch football history.
Like Central Park, Hyde Park or Retiro. But ofcourse much better (-;
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Vondelpark
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Like Central Park, Hyde Park or Retiro. But ofcourse much better (-;
There are better beaches in the Netherlands. But this is what we call Amsterdam Beach. Easy to go there with public transport.
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Zandvoort aan Zee station
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There are better beaches in the Netherlands. But this is what we call Amsterdam Beach. Easy to go there with public transport.
This is the oldest coffeeshop in Amsterdam. Your host is a Beerman, but if you are more in for a joint, visit this place. It’ s located near the Business School campus. Nice to stroll around there. The studentsrestaurant over the canal is a nice place. It has only one electricity contact. My advise 10 years ago (-;
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Het Ballonnetje Coffeeshop
12 Roetersstraat
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This is the oldest coffeeshop in Amsterdam. Your host is a Beerman, but if you are more in for a joint, visit this place. It’ s located near the Business School campus. Nice to stroll around there. The studentsrestaurant over the canal is a nice place. It has only one electricity contact. My advise 10 years ago (-;
God created earth, the dutch created Holland.
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EZ HOLLANDIA
51 Overhoeksplein
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God created earth, the dutch created Holland.
The NDSM is great. Many restaurants like IJver etc. Nice ferry trip. Still a bit a hipster paradise, but changing for better
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IJver Amsterdam
72 Scheepsbouwkade
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The NDSM is great. Many restaurants like IJver etc. Nice ferry trip. Still a bit a hipster paradise, but changing for better

Nice neighbourhoods

This is where the 4 famous and big museums are concentrated. Very good restaurants all over the place.
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Museumplein
Museumplein
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This is where the 4 famous and big museums are concentrated. Very good restaurants all over the place.
much to see and do around this center of city
Spui
Spui
much to see and do around this center of city
From here you can make a free ferry boat trip over Y
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Java Eiland
26 helybéli ajánlásával
From here you can make a free ferry boat trip over Y
the Quarier Latin. Around this café are many top hotspots for Amsterdam students and locals 18-28 is best age to go here
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The Paardje B.V.
1 Gerard Douplein
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the Quarier Latin. Around this café are many top hotspots for Amsterdam students and locals 18-28 is best age to go here
Best place to stroll around, eat drink and having fun
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NDSM
28 NDSM-Plein
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Best place to stroll around, eat drink and having fun

local beers on draft

This is your host’s personal best hotspot. Absolutely try “ big fat 10’s anniversary” but beware . Do not order “ one for thirst and one for taste” as your host always starts with. It’s 10%.
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Proeflokaal Arendsnest
90 Herengracht
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This is your host’s personal best hotspot. Absolutely try “ big fat 10’s anniversary” but beware . Do not order “ one for thirst and one for taste” as your host always starts with. It’s 10%.
200 meters away from Arendsnest, you can get foreign beers here from draft too. Sometimes they serve a hot meal for little money. Visitors some tourists, but many locals.
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Beer Tasting Room In The Wildeman
3 Kolksteeg
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200 meters away from Arendsnest, you can get foreign beers here from draft too. Sometimes they serve a hot meal for little money. Visitors some tourists, but many locals.
The tourists found this famous brewery 5 years ago. Not much locals left, main language English. But many Spanish and Italian people too. This is really one for an Amsterdam bucket list. Try Columbus.
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Brouwerij 't IJ
7 Funenkade
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The tourists found this famous brewery 5 years ago. Not much locals left, main language English. But many Spanish and Italian people too. This is really one for an Amsterdam bucket list. Try Columbus.
Around the corner and 100 mtrs of the apartment. Enjoy 20 drafts from al around the world. Students and university teachers, together with Philips and Shell bobo’s. And some famous local artists here. Still a bit of an Amsterdam secret. You can have good lunches and typical Dutch diners here.
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Café Hesp
130-131 Weesperzijde
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Around the corner and 100 mtrs of the apartment. Enjoy 20 drafts from al around the world. Students and university teachers, together with Philips and Shell bobo’s. And some famous local artists here. Still a bit of an Amsterdam secret. You can have good lunches and typical Dutch diners here.
Meet famous dutch writers. A bar without a bar. Try van Vollenhovens Stout from draft here.
10 helybéli ajánlásával
The Pilsener Club
4 Begijnensteeg
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Meet famous dutch writers. A bar without a bar. Try van Vollenhovens Stout from draft here.
Ok, twice a year with 3 friends your host starts here at 16:00 goes at 19:00 to Dionysos Greek 100 mtrs away. Comes back at around 22:00. International, young , old, women, man, all kind of people here.
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Gollem's Proeflokaal
160-162 Overtoom
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Ok, twice a year with 3 friends your host starts here at 16:00 goes at 19:00 to Dionysos Greek 100 mtrs away. Comes back at around 22:00. International, young , old, women, man, all kind of people here.

Free toilets

Amsterdam University Library
PC Hoofthuis
134 Spuistraat

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Buy your cheese on the market

So many cheese shops in the centre. But it's bad factory cheese. Buy your cheese on the local markets or directly from far.