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.
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Drovers Dog Atjehstraat
Eerste AtjehstraatYumm! 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
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Coffee Company
14 JavapleinThis chain has great coffee! (better even than the world famous coffee chain)
Wi-Fi
Lovely atmosphere
Walter's - The Walter Woodbury Bar
42 JavastraatHartje Oost
23 JavastraatLa Fucina
99 JavastraatIJs van Oost
79 JavastraatHome-made yummy ice cream
Vijfnulvijf Asian kitchen Cafe
505 InsulindewegBedford - Stuyvesant
55 JavastraatOpens earlier than other cafes at 8am, ideal for breakfast, only several houses down from my place
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Cafe Chantilly
53 MolukkenstraatOpens 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!
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Thai Tiger
7 JavapleinNot 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
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Het Badhuis
21 JavapleinMain selling point: it gets the sun on the terrace till the sun sets
Wilde Zwijnen
23 JavapleinWell-known reputation, on the pricey side
Everything Else
Molukken Apotheek
81 MolukkenstraatPharmacy
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 !)
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Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenadeGreat 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
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Lidl
4 SoerabajastraatIt'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
Avondwinkel John
10-12 NiasstraatNight shop supermarkt with good selection of hearty snacks, cheeses, wines....
post office counter, newspapers, magazines, stationery
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The Read Shop
478 Insulindeweg post office counter, newspapers, magazines, stationery
Etos
140 B SloterkadeDrugstore
Getting Around
Tram 14 directly into downtown Amsterdam;
Bus 22 to CS (stops on street alongside the Java square)
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Javaplein
JavapleinTram 14 directly into downtown Amsterdam;
Bus 22 to CS (stops on street alongside the Java square)
Insulindeweg
InsulindewegCrossing 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.
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Amsterdam Centraal station
StationspleinFrom 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
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Tropenmuseum
2 LinnaeusstraatLargest anthropological collection of the Netherlands.
Within walking distance beside Oosterpark and nearby cafes
Mużew Stedelijk ta 'Amsterdam
10 Museumplein Iconic museum, contemporary art
Rijksmuseum
1 MuseumstraatArchitectural pearl, amazing collection
Drinks & Nightlife
Bar Botanique
581 Eerste Van SwindenstraatRum Barrel
143 JavastraatParks & Nature
Oosterpark
OosterparkWhen you're fed up with the teeming people masses and are in for some restful botanical vibes
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Ġnien Botaiku Hortus
2a Plantage MiddenlaanWhen you're fed up with the teeming people masses and are in for some restful botanical vibes