Guidebook for Amsterdam

William & Christa
William & Christa
Guidebook for Amsterdam

Drinks & Nightlife

Caffe Oslo is just around the corner and a fancy place to have lunch, diner or just a drink at the bar. When the weather is nice you can sit outside on the terrace. Good food and elegant atmosphere.
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Caffee Oslo
1a Sloterkade
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Caffe Oslo is just around the corner and a fancy place to have lunch, diner or just a drink at the bar. When the weather is nice you can sit outside on the terrace. Good food and elegant atmosphere.
This small cafe is a nice hangout to have a beer or a simple meal. The terrace is great to catch some sun. Next to the cafe you will find a fish stand. Act like a Dutchmen and eat a haring.
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Ter Brugge N.V.
578 Overtoom
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This small cafe is a nice hangout to have a beer or a simple meal. The terrace is great to catch some sun. Next to the cafe you will find a fish stand. Act like a Dutchmen and eat a haring.
This cafe is also on a walking distance on the way to the Leidseplein. A great place to have a beer or a simple meal. It is realy cosy and a nice place to meet people.
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Gollem's Proeflokaal
160-162 Overtoom
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This cafe is also on a walking distance on the way to the Leidseplein. A great place to have a beer or a simple meal. It is realy cosy and a nice place to meet people.

Food Scene

A great location just some minutes walking along the canal on the way to the Vondelpark for instance. Cosy atmosphere, good food, nice terrace along the water and not found yet by tourists.
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Gent aan de Schinkel
1 Theophile de Bockstraat
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A great location just some minutes walking along the canal on the way to the Vondelpark for instance. Cosy atmosphere, good food, nice terrace along the water and not found yet by tourists.
Small place to eat a pizza, the nice ones with thin bottom. It is also nice to take out a pizza and eat it on the grass in the Vondelpark together with many locals acting like it is their garden
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De Pizzabakkers
2 Plantage Kerklaan
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Small place to eat a pizza, the nice ones with thin bottom. It is also nice to take out a pizza and eat it on the grass in the Vondelpark together with many locals acting like it is their garden
Great local place to eat a good pizza or other meals. It is a small restaurant with good atmosphere and good prices as well. You do have to make a reservation as it is a popular place.
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Restaurant Forno Communale
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Great local place to eat a good pizza or other meals. It is a small restaurant with good atmosphere and good prices as well. You do have to make a reservation as it is a popular place.
Great location in the Vondelpark with a little chaotic but cosy atmosphere. Great place to sit outside during the day and have a coffee enjoying the park.
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The Blue Tea House
5 Vondelpark
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Great location in the Vondelpark with a little chaotic but cosy atmosphere. Great place to sit outside during the day and have a coffee enjoying the park.
Nice hidden place to relax, have a coffee in the sun in the garden. If you have kids, bring them as they can play in the playground next to it.
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De Vondeltuin
7 Vondelpark
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Nice hidden place to relax, have a coffee in the sun in the garden. If you have kids, bring them as they can play in the playground next to it.
Fancy place in the Vondelpark to sit down and have a drink. Also a good place to have lunch.
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Vertigo
3 Vondelpark
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Fancy place in the Vondelpark to sit down and have a drink. Also a good place to have lunch.
A nice not too touristy place in a very touristy area. Good to have a seat and rest a bit with a drink or have a healthy cheap diner. Every monday you can eat for 6 euros.
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Dwaze zaken
49 Prins Hendrikkade
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A nice not too touristy place in a very touristy area. Good to have a seat and rest a bit with a drink or have a healthy cheap diner. Every monday you can eat for 6 euros.
A great local cafe in a vintage atmosphere. Popular place to have lunch, just a drink or a simple meal.
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Buuf eten
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A great local cafe in a vintage atmosphere. Popular place to have lunch, just a drink or a simple meal.
Great healthy take away cooked by a professional Australian cook Matthew. Check out his website for the daily (only on wednesday, friday and sunday) selected mails. www.plumcatering.nl
Plum Catering
58 Nickeriestraat
Great healthy take away cooked by a professional Australian cook Matthew. Check out his website for the daily (only on wednesday, friday and sunday) selected mails. www.plumcatering.nl

Essentials

Big supermarket just 10 minutes walking from our apartment. On the way to the supermarket you will also find a Turkish bakery with great pizzas, bread, a butcher and a cheese shop.
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Albert Heijn
129 Mosveld
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Big supermarket just 10 minutes walking from our apartment. On the way to the supermarket you will also find a Turkish bakery with great pizzas, bread, a butcher and a cheese shop.
Another supermarket on 10 minutes walking distance. The neighborhood is nice and you can combine your shopping with a nice stroll and a coffee at a cafe in the same street.
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Dirk van den Broek
25 Marie Heinekenplein
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Another supermarket on 10 minutes walking distance. The neighborhood is nice and you can combine your shopping with a nice stroll and a coffee at a cafe in the same street.

Entertainment & Activities

If you visit Amsterdam with your kids this is a very nice place for them to play. The parents can have a drink or small lunch, sit down and watch your kids play in a safe environment.
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Groot Melkhuis
2 Vondelpark
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If you visit Amsterdam with your kids this is a very nice place for them to play. The parents can have a drink or small lunch, sit down and watch your kids play in a safe environment.
Around the corner you will find the Rembandpark. You can go jogging, go with your kids to a small farm and feed rabbits or build your own house, ride a horse on playground 'het Landje'.
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Rembrandtpark
Rembrandtpark
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Around the corner you will find the Rembandpark. You can go jogging, go with your kids to a small farm and feed rabbits or build your own house, ride a horse on playground 'het Landje'.
The Vondelpark is great to be with your kids. It has three good safe playgrounds, one even with a swimmingpool in summer. Hidden in the trees there is also a safe canopy walk.
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Parque Vondelpark
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The Vondelpark is great to be with your kids. It has three good safe playgrounds, one even with a swimmingpool in summer. Hidden in the trees there is also a safe canopy walk.

Arts & Culture

In July and August you will find here live music, dance and theater performances. Also drinks. On the site www.openluchttheater.nl you will read (in Dutch :-)) what is on the program.
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Vondelpark Openluchttheater
5a Vondelpark
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In July and August you will find here live music, dance and theater performances. Also drinks. On the site www.openluchttheater.nl you will read (in Dutch :-)) what is on the program.
Not too far from our home, just 15 minutes on the bike you will find the Museum square. This is a nice open space where you will find the Concert building (classical music) or Rijksmuseum.
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Rijksmuseum
1 Museumstraat
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Not too far from our home, just 15 minutes on the bike you will find the Museum square. This is a nice open space where you will find the Concert building (classical music) or Rijksmuseum.

Everything Else

On this square you will find the tram 1 and 17 who will bring you to the Trainstation Lelylaan, if you need to catch the train to Schiphol. These trams will bring also to the city center.
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Surinameplein
Surinameplein
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On this square you will find the tram 1 and 17 who will bring you to the Trainstation Lelylaan, if you need to catch the train to Schiphol. These trams will bring also to the city center.
Take the train from Schiphol to Station Lelylaan. From here it is only 3 stops to Surinameplein where you will get out and walk 3 minutes to our apartment.
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Amsterdam Lelylaan Station
37 Cornelis Lelylaan
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Take the train from Schiphol to Station Lelylaan. From here it is only 3 stops to Surinameplein where you will get out and walk 3 minutes to our apartment.
If you want to relax and go to a spa this is the only good one in Amsterdam. It is modern, pretty new and has many facilities. it is located next to the forest, so you can make a hike too.
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Spa Sport Hotel Zuiver
8 Koenenkade
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If you want to relax and go to a spa this is the only good one in Amsterdam. It is modern, pretty new and has many facilities. it is located next to the forest, so you can make a hike too.
Just on the border of Amsterdam you will find a big forest, called The Amsterdamse Bos. You can hike here, drink a coffee in Gandcafe the Bosbaan or eat a pancake house called Meerzicht.
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Floresta de Amesterdão
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Just on the border of Amsterdam you will find a big forest, called The Amsterdamse Bos. You can hike here, drink a coffee in Gandcafe the Bosbaan or eat a pancake house called Meerzicht.
Just 10 minutes walking distance you will find a place to rent a bike.
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Amsterdamse Fietswinkel
106 bg Postjesweg
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Just 10 minutes walking distance you will find a place to rent a bike.