Guidebook for Amsterdam
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Frederic Rent a Bike
23 Binnen WieringerstraatRent your own bike.
www.frederic.nl/
10-15 min. walk from our house. When flying we walk to the station and take the train to the airfield (Schiphol). If you have time, take a coffee at the first class restaurant on perron 1.
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Amsterdam Centraal station
Stationsplein10-15 min. walk from our house. When flying we walk to the station and take the train to the airfield (Schiphol). If you have time, take a coffee at the first class restaurant on perron 1.
Vondelpark
Great place to be!
By car, the nearest Park en Ride is Sloterdijk. Park your car and then take the train to Central station. Costs are EUR 7 per day (first get ticket at counter). incl. Railwaytickets. adr Piarcoplein 1
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P+R Sloterdijk
1 PiarcopleinBy car, the nearest Park en Ride is Sloterdijk. Park your car and then take the train to Central station. Costs are EUR 7 per day (first get ticket at counter). incl. Railwaytickets. adr Piarcoplein 1
Food Scene
Be surprised. If we really want to surprise ourselves, we go to Prego. Very small excellent restaurant. A bit steep in price, but really worthwhile.
Prego Restaurant
25 HerenstraatBe surprised. If we really want to surprise ourselves, we go to Prego. Very small excellent restaurant. A bit steep in price, but really worthwhile.
Toscanini
75 LindengrachtExcellent restaurant!
Sightseeing
Go to the back of the Central Station and take a ferry to NDSM. A beautiful free cruise to a former shipyard. Coffee in the Y-kantine and back. A former Soviet nuclear submarine is in the harbour.
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NDSM
28 NDSM-PleinGo to the back of the Central Station and take a ferry to NDSM. A beautiful free cruise to a former shipyard. Coffee in the Y-kantine and back. A former Soviet nuclear submarine is in the harbour.
rent your own electric boat. At walkingdistance from our house. € 50 first hour, every next € 10 less. reservations info@canalmotorboats.com, + 31 (0) 20 422 70 07, Zandhoek 10 A, 1013 KT Amsterdam
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Motorboats tal-Kanal
22 Zandhoekrent your own electric boat. At walkingdistance from our house. € 50 first hour, every next € 10 less. reservations info@canalmotorboats.com, + 31 (0) 20 422 70 07, Zandhoek 10 A, 1013 KT Amsterdam
Essentials
Right behind us is a great supermarket. Open 7 days a week, till 10:00 pm.
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AH Westerstraat
79 WesterstraatRight behind us is a great supermarket. Open 7 days a week, till 10:00 pm.
Get your bread here. Advisable: white Pave and Gran Mere Meergranen
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Vlaamsch Broodhuys Haarlemmerstraat Amsterdam
108 HaarlemmerstraatGet your bread here. Advisable: white Pave and Gran Mere Meergranen
ON Satturday go to the market. There is a regular market in this street; Near the Noorderkerk (the church) is a market with biological products. On Mondays there is a cloth-market in the Westerstraat.
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Noordermarkt
42B NoordermarktON Satturday go to the market. There is a regular market in this street; Near the Noorderkerk (the church) is a market with biological products. On Mondays there is a cloth-market in the Westerstraat.
Arts & Culture
Around the corner is a Arthouse cinema. Great atmosfeer and movies.
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The Movies
159 - 163 HaarlemmerdijkAround the corner is a Arthouse cinema. Great atmosfeer and movies.
The Anne Frank house is at about 10 min. walking distance. It is on the same canal as where our house is.
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Dar Anne Frank
20 WestermarktThe Anne Frank house is at about 10 min. walking distance. It is on the same canal as where our house is.
The BIM house is one of the main jazz concert-places in Amsterdam. Check www.bimhuis.nl to see if there are interesting concerts. At walkingdistance.
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Bimhuis
3 Piet HeinkadeThe BIM house is one of the main jazz concert-places in Amsterdam. Check www.bimhuis.nl to see if there are interesting concerts. At walkingdistance.
Great place to take a beer. There are always excellent jazzbands playing live.
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Jazz Cafe Alto
115 Korte LeidsedwarsstraatGreat place to take a beer. There are always excellent jazzbands playing live.
museum with old masters and Rembrandts most famous work: the nightwatch.
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Rijksmuseum
1 Museumstraatmuseum with old masters and Rembrandts most famous work: the nightwatch.
Van Gogh's paintings and setting it in context of other painters. Excellent museum!
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Mużew Van Gogh
6 MuseumpleinVan Gogh's paintings and setting it in context of other painters. Excellent museum!
Mużew Het Rembrandthuis (Dar Rembrandt)
4 JodenbreestraatExcellent!
go to the back of the Central Station and take the free Amsterdamcruise (ferry = free) and visit the museum. Good view from the terras. Our son goes to school there and crosses the IJ twice a day
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Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenadego to the back of the Central Station and take the free Amsterdamcruise (ferry = free) and visit the museum. Good view from the terras. Our son goes to school there and crosses the IJ twice a day
It has a great replica of the 17th century VOC-ship Amsterdam. You can enter it and touch everything. Great for kids! (I like it as well).
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Il-Mużew Marittimu
1 KattenburgerpleinIt has a great replica of the 17th century VOC-ship Amsterdam. You can enter it and touch everything. Great for kids! (I like it as well).