Guidebook for Amsterdam
Essentials
Supermarket, stamps, mailbox and tabacco : Open 7/7 08:00/22:00
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AH Jodenbreestraat
21 JodenbreestraatSupermarket, stamps, mailbox and tabacco : Open 7/7 08:00/22:00
Hema
313 KinkerstraatMinimarket : Open 7/7 08:00/22:00
Wine and liquor store : Open 7/7 09:00/21:00 (22:00 from Thursday to Saturday/11:00-20:00 on Sunday).
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AH Jodenbreestraat
21 JodenbreestraatWine and liquor store : Open 7/7 09:00/21:00 (22:00 from Thursday to Saturday/11:00-20:00 on Sunday).
Traiteur : Open 7/7 08:00/19:00 11:00 on Sunday and 18:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
http://www.sterkstaaltje.com/
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V.O.F. 'n Sterk Staaltje
12 StaalstraatTraiteur : Open 7/7 08:00/19:00 11:00 on Sunday and 18:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
http://www.sterkstaaltje.com/
Pucini : The best Chocolatier in Amsterdam Open 7/7 12:00/18:00.
http://www.puccinibomboni.com/
Staalstraat 17
17 StaalstraatPucini : The best Chocolatier in Amsterdam Open 7/7 12:00/18:00.
http://www.puccinibomboni.com/
One of Amsterdam's biggest biologische (organic) farmers' markets. Open: Year-round, Saturdays 9:00/17:00 (organic) and 6/7 for four shops closed on Sunday.
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Nieuwmarkt
NieuwmarktOne of Amsterdam's biggest biologische (organic) farmers' markets. Open: Year-round, Saturdays 9:00/17:00 (organic) and 6/7 for four shops closed on Sunday.
You need a night supermarket open until 2am 7/7 go to Sterk.
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Sterk Waterlooplein
241 WaterloopleinYou need a night supermarket open until 2am 7/7 go to Sterk.
Shopping
The best fish shop in Amsterdam : Vishandel Tel (Close to Nieuwmarkt) Open 6/7 08:00/17:00 closed on Sunday.
Kloveniersburgwal 13
13 KloveniersburgwalThe best fish shop in Amsterdam : Vishandel Tel (Close to Nieuwmarkt) Open 6/7 08:00/17:00 closed on Sunday.
Open 6/7 9.00 - 17.45 closed on Sunday. Go to http://macbike.nl/en/bike-rental/
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MacBike Repair Shop Waterlooplein
289 WaterloopleinOpen 6/7 9.00 - 17.45 closed on Sunday. Go to http://macbike.nl/en/bike-rental/
The shop is very famous and feels good old-fashioned.
http://www.zeedijk129.nl/index.html
Amsterdamsche Vischhandel
129 ZeedijkThe shop is very famous and feels good old-fashioned.
http://www.zeedijk129.nl/index.html
Arts & Culture
The Dutch Opera : Go to http://www.het-muziektheater.nl/en/
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National Opera & Ballet
3 AmstelThe Dutch Opera : Go to http://www.het-muziektheater.nl/en/
Go to concert (classical, jazz, opera, latin and popular musics), it is FREE, NO BOOKING, before look at http://www.ahk.nl/conservatorium/actueel/agenda/
Open 7/7 8.00/23.00 Weekend : 9.00/18.00
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Cva Online | Online Music Courses
151 OosterdokskadeGo to concert (classical, jazz, opera, latin and popular musics), it is FREE, NO BOOKING, before look at http://www.ahk.nl/conservatorium/actueel/agenda/
Open 7/7 8.00/23.00 Weekend : 9.00/18.00
Food Scene
You will like to be in one of the most beautiful spots of Amsterdam on the corner along the Amstel River with its famous terrace, close to the Stopera open 7/7 from 9:00
http://www.amstelhoeck.nl/
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Il-Market tal-Waterlooplein
2 WaterloopleinYou will like to be in one of the most beautiful spots of Amsterdam on the corner along the Amstel River with its famous terrace, close to the Stopera open 7/7 from 9:00
http://www.amstelhoeck.nl/
You will appreciate its famous terrace located at the back with a view across the Amstel River.
Open 7/7 09.30 - 01.00
Restaurant 22.30
http://www.cafedejaren.nl/en/de-Jaren/Home.html
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Café de Jaren
20-20 Nieuwe DoelenstraatYou will appreciate its famous terrace located at the back with a view across the Amstel River.
Open 7/7 09.30 - 01.00
Restaurant 22.30
http://www.cafedejaren.nl/en/de-Jaren/Home.html
You will love this modern cuisine where typical Dutch products are served in these five houses from the 17th century open 7/7.
http://www.thefiveflies.com/en/home
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Restaurant Flore
2-14 Nieuwe DoelenstraatYou will love this modern cuisine where typical Dutch products are served in these five houses from the 17th century open 7/7.
http://www.thefiveflies.com/en/home
This lock keeper's cottage on the edge of the canal leans so much that it looks like it might fall over... Having become one of the town's most emblematic brown cafés and its terrace at the back.
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Café de Sluyswacht
1 JodenbreestraatThis lock keeper's cottage on the edge of the canal leans so much that it looks like it might fall over... Having become one of the town's most emblematic brown cafés and its terrace at the back.
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 237
Mon-Fri noon-2pm and 5-7pm
A wide range of fresh food from sandwiches, hearty soups and salads, meat / fish grill section in a self service restaurant, very popular
Rokin 160
160 RokinA wide range of fresh food from sandwiches, hearty soups and salads, meat / fish grill section in a self service restaurant, very popular
Sightseeing
If you like the ancient civilisations of Egypt, Near East, Greek, Etruria and the Roman Empire, go to
http://www.allardpiersonmuseum.nl/english/
Open 6/7 13.00 - 17.00
Closed on Monday.
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Allard Pierson
127-129 Oude TurfmarktIf you like the ancient civilisations of Egypt, Near East, Greek, Etruria and the Roman Empire, go to
http://www.allardpiersonmuseum.nl/english/
Open 6/7 13.00 - 17.00
Closed on Monday.
If you want to be in one of the finest canal houses of the XVII th century go to http://www.museumvanloon.nl/eng/home.php
Open 7/7 from 11:00 to 17:00.
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Mużew Van Loon
672 KeizersgrachtIf you want to be in one of the finest canal houses of the XVII th century go to http://www.museumvanloon.nl/eng/home.php
Open 7/7 from 11:00 to 17:00.
If you like the oldest botanic gardens in the world go to Hortus Botanicus http://en.dehortus.nl/homepage
Open 7/7 from 10am until 5 pm.
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Ġnien Botaiku Hortus
2a Plantage MiddenlaanIf you like the oldest botanic gardens in the world go to Hortus Botanicus http://en.dehortus.nl/homepage
Open 7/7 from 10am until 5 pm.
Go to 18-20 numbers and you will discover "Schottenburch", known as the oldest existing warehouse of Amsterdam with now one of most famous wines' old fashioned shop of Amsterdam ! and an Art Gallery.
Krom Boomssloot
Krom BoomsslootGo to 18-20 numbers and you will discover "Schottenburch", known as the oldest existing warehouse of Amsterdam with now one of most famous wines' old fashioned shop of Amsterdam ! and an Art Gallery.
This Drapers Hall built by Pieter de Keyser offers an exceptional trapezoid gable with draped sheets which are also entwined around the corner vases. The facade is topped by the imperial crown.
Staalstraat 7, Nieuwmarkt en Lastage
7 StaalstraatThis Drapers Hall built by Pieter de Keyser offers an exceptional trapezoid gable with draped sheets which are also entwined around the corner vases. The facade is topped by the imperial crown.
Your location was "outside the fortress" until 1593. It was after annexed to the city. There were at that time still the cloth weavers, where the wool fabric was dyeing on wooden frames or raam.
Raamgracht
RaamgrachtYour location was "outside the fortress" until 1593. It was after annexed to the city. There were at that time still the cloth weavers, where the wool fabric was dyeing on wooden frames or raam.
The Kloveniersburgwal was dug from Nieuwmarkt to the South on the Amstel. The Kloveniersburgwal owes its name to a part of the militia using a gun called Couleuvrine in French.
Kloveniersburgwal Apartment
The Kloveniersburgwal was dug from Nieuwmarkt to the South on the Amstel. The Kloveniersburgwal owes its name to a part of the militia using a gun called Couleuvrine in French.
The bridge over the Groenburgwal close to your location at the intersection with Staalstraat is a famous spot for to take photos of the Zuiderkerk, shown on Claude Monet's painting of the Zuiderkerk.
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Groenburgwal
GroenburgwalThe bridge over the Groenburgwal close to your location at the intersection with Staalstraat is a famous spot for to take photos of the Zuiderkerk, shown on Claude Monet's painting of the Zuiderkerk.
It was the first Protestant worship designed for the church in Amsterdam, built from1603 til 1611. Claude Monet painted it around 1874 with a view over the Groenburgwal.
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Zuiderkerk
1 ZuiderkerksteegIt was the first Protestant worship designed for the church in Amsterdam, built from1603 til 1611. Claude Monet painted it around 1874 with a view over the Groenburgwal.
The Montelbaanstoren is a Renaissance style tower built in 1516. It was a piece of the protective wall that still stands today, one of just a few small sections that remain throughout the city.
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Torri Montelbaan
2 OudeschansThe Montelbaanstoren is a Renaissance style tower built in 1516. It was a piece of the protective wall that still stands today, one of just a few small sections that remain throughout the city.
The Lastage is an old neighborhood and a conservation area, between the Geldersekade and Oude Schans, east of and outside the walls of the medieval city. It was in the 16th c., the industrial haven.
Lastageweg
LastagewegThe Lastage is an old neighborhood and a conservation area, between the Geldersekade and Oude Schans, east of and outside the walls of the medieval city. It was in the 16th c., the industrial haven.
The Schreierstoren is a defense tower that was once part of the city wall of Amsterdam, built around 1487 on the corner of the IJ and the East Side of the city, and the only preserved defense tower.
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Café the Schreiertower
95 Prins HendrikkadeThe Schreierstoren is a defense tower that was once part of the city wall of Amsterdam, built around 1487 on the corner of the IJ and the East Side of the city, and the only preserved defense tower.
The Blue Bridge was opened in 1883. The architecture of the bridge is inspired by the Alexander III Parisian Seine bridge. It is therefore one of the most striking bridges of Amsterdam.
Eetcafé Blauwbrug
403 WaterloopleinThe Blue Bridge was opened in 1883. The architecture of the bridge is inspired by the Alexander III Parisian Seine bridge. It is therefore one of the most striking bridges of Amsterdam.
Its two characteristic are the only one air bridge in Amsterdam and at mid Verversstraat the Bianca Castafiore Square, named after the fictional opera singer from the Tintin comic books.
Verversstraat
VerversstraatIts two characteristic are the only one air bridge in Amsterdam and at mid Verversstraat the Bianca Castafiore Square, named after the fictional opera singer from the Tintin comic books.
This old sluice links Sint Antoniesbreestraat ("St. Anthony's Broad Street") and Jodenbreestraat ("Jewish Broad Street"), originally a dike, the Sint Antoniesdijk, protecting the city from flooding.
Sint Antoniesluis
Sint AntoniesluisThis old sluice links Sint Antoniesbreestraat ("St. Anthony's Broad Street") and Jodenbreestraat ("Jewish Broad Street"), originally a dike, the Sint Antoniesdijk, protecting the city from flooding.
It is there where you'll find much of Amsterdam nightlife : The square used to be a butter market but developed for nightlife with the opening of various hotels, cafés, bars and a few large clubs.
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Rembrandtplein
It is there where you'll find much of Amsterdam nightlife : The square used to be a butter market but developed for nightlife with the opening of various hotels, cafés, bars and a few large clubs.
Kalverstraat is the Amsterdam's busiest shopping street. Go to discover the Kalvertoren and at the top : one of the best view of Amsterdam's inner city.
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Kalverstraat
KalverstraatKalverstraat is the Amsterdam's busiest shopping street. Go to discover the Kalvertoren and at the top : one of the best view of Amsterdam's inner city.
Drinks & Nightlife
In the shipping quarter, you will find this authentic "brown" café, a stone's throw away from the Maritime and Hermitage Museums, Artis Zoo, the Hortus, etc.
Open 7/7 11:00/01:00 03:00 Fri. and Sat.
Rapenburgerplein 1
1 RapenburgerpleinIn the shipping quarter, you will find this authentic "brown" café, a stone's throw away from the Maritime and Hermitage Museums, Artis Zoo, the Hortus, etc.
Open 7/7 11:00/01:00 03:00 Fri. and Sat.
One of the crown jewels of the Amsterdam catering industry is undoubtedly this public house affectionately called De Engelse reet "The English Ass". Open 6/7 12:00/01:00 03:00 Sat. close on Sun.
Begijnensteeg
BegijnensteegOne of the crown jewels of the Amsterdam catering industry is undoubtedly this public house affectionately called De Engelse reet "The English Ass". Open 6/7 12:00/01:00 03:00 Sat. close on Sun.
This small tasting house is one of the tiniest in the Netherlands, located in magnificient old premises that form the entrance to Zeedijk and Warmoesstraat.
Open 6/7 12:00 01:00 close on Sunday
Sint Olofspoort 1
1 Sint OlofspoortThis small tasting house is one of the tiniest in the Netherlands, located in magnificient old premises that form the entrance to Zeedijk and Warmoesstraat.
Open 6/7 12:00 01:00 close on Sunday