Guidebook for Amsterdam

Andrea
Guidebook for Amsterdam

Food Scene

Yumm! My all-time favorite! Serves delicious non-Dutch breakfast like Eggs Benedict until 4pm. Great cakes. Lovely atmosphere. Outside seating on a quiet corner.
122 residents recomanen
Drovers Dog Atjehstraat
Eerste Atjehstraat
122 residents recomanen
Yumm! My all-time favorite! Serves delicious non-Dutch breakfast like Eggs Benedict until 4pm. Great cakes. Lovely atmosphere. Outside seating on a quiet corner.
This chain has great coffee! (better even than the world famous coffee chain) Wi-Fi Lovely atmosphere
219 residents recomanen
Coffee Company
14 Javaplein
219 residents recomanen
This chain has great coffee! (better even than the world famous coffee chain) Wi-Fi Lovely atmosphere
251 residents recomanen
Walter's - The Walter Woodbury Bar
42 Javastraat
251 residents recomanen
94 residents recomanen
Hartje Oost
23 Javastraat
94 residents recomanen
41 residents recomanen
La Fucina
99 Javastraat
41 residents recomanen
Home-made yummy ice cream
15 residents recomanen
IJs van Oost
79 Javastraat
15 residents recomanen
Home-made yummy ice cream
43 residents recomanen
Vijfnulvijf Asian kitchen Cafe
505 Insulindeweg
43 residents recomanen
94 residents recomanen
Bedford - Stuyvesant
55 Javastraat
94 residents recomanen
Opens earlier than other cafes at 8am, ideal for breakfast, only several houses down from my place
9 residents recomanen
Cafe Chantilly
53 Molukkenstraat
9 residents recomanen
Opens earlier than other cafes at 8am, ideal for breakfast, only several houses down from my place
Not the greatest Thai food in town, but okay. Fish cookies and hot Thai soup starters are tops!
83 residents recomanen
Thai Tiger
7 Javaplein
83 residents recomanen
Not the greatest Thai food in town, but okay. Fish cookies and hot Thai soup starters are tops!
Main selling point: it gets the sun on the terrace till the sun sets
228 residents recomanen
Het Badhuis
21 Javaplein
228 residents recomanen
Main selling point: it gets the sun on the terrace till the sun sets
Well-known reputation, on the pricey side
468 residents recomanen
Wilde Zwijnen
23 Javaplein
468 residents recomanen
Well-known reputation, on the pricey side

Everything Else

Pharmacy
Molukken Apotheek
81 Molukkenstraat
Pharmacy
Post office
PostNL Postkantoor Amsterdam
Post office
Great view of city scape from the other side of the harbor! Enjoy a beverage at the spacious cafe! with restful view over the harbor behind Central Station watching the boat traffic !)
1109 residents recomanen
Museu del Cinema Eye
1 IJpromenade
1109 residents recomanen
Great view of city scape from the other side of the harbor! Enjoy a beverage at the spacious cafe! with restful view over the harbor behind Central Station watching the boat traffic !)

Essentials

It's a no-frills supermarket, cheap, but in consumer tests their products often get good ratings, sometimes even better than products from the 'chiquer' supermarket Albert Heijn
63 residents recomanen
Lidl
4 Soerabajastraat
63 residents recomanen
It's a no-frills supermarket, cheap, but in consumer tests their products often get good ratings, sometimes even better than products from the 'chiquer' supermarket Albert Heijn
Night shop supermarkt with good selection of hearty snacks, cheeses, wines....
Avondwinkel John
10-12 Niasstraat
Night shop supermarkt with good selection of hearty snacks, cheeses, wines....
post office counter, newspapers, magazines, stationery
6 residents recomanen
The Read Shop
478 Insulindeweg
6 residents recomanen
post office counter, newspapers, magazines, stationery
Drugstore
209 residents recomanen
Etos
140 B Sloterkade
209 residents recomanen
Drugstore

Getting Around

Tram 14 directly into downtown Amsterdam; Bus 22 to CS (stops on street alongside the Java square)
38 residents recomanen
Javaplein
Javaplein
38 residents recomanen
Tram 14 directly into downtown Amsterdam; Bus 22 to CS (stops on street alongside the Java square)
Crossing Molukkenstraat + Insulindeweg stop for Tram 7 directly to Museum quarter
Insulindeweg
Insulindeweg
Crossing Molukkenstraat + Insulindeweg stop for Tram 7 directly to Museum quarter
From here take local city busses and trams, aswell as busses into regions outside of town, and of course national and international trains. There is good shipping here and even nice restaurants inside the station.
1346 residents recomanen
Amsterdam Centraal station
Stationsplein
1346 residents recomanen
From here take local city busses and trams, aswell as busses into regions outside of town, and of course national and international trains. There is good shipping here and even nice restaurants inside the station.

Arts & Culture

Largest anthropological collection of the Netherlands. Within walking distance beside Oosterpark and nearby cafes
628 residents recomanen
Tropenmuseum
2 Linnaeusstraat
628 residents recomanen
Largest anthropological collection of the Netherlands. Within walking distance beside Oosterpark and nearby cafes
Iconic museum, contemporary art
1544 residents recomanen
Museu Stedelijk d'Amsterdam
10 Museumplein
1544 residents recomanen
Iconic museum, contemporary art
Architectural pearl, amazing collection
3186 residents recomanen
Rijksmuseum
1 Museumstraat
3186 residents recomanen
Architectural pearl, amazing collection

Drinks & Nightlife

141 residents recomanen
Bar Botanique
581 Eerste Van Swindenstraat
141 residents recomanen
46 residents recomanen
Rum Barrel
143 Javastraat
46 residents recomanen

Parks & Nature

841 residents recomanen
Oosterpark
Oosterpark
841 residents recomanen
When you're fed up with the teeming people masses and are in for some restful botanical vibes
299 residents recomanen
Jardí Botànic Hortus
2a Plantage Middenlaan
299 residents recomanen
When you're fed up with the teeming people masses and are in for some restful botanical vibes