Guidebook for Amsterdam
Arts & Culture
Around the corner is a Arthouse cinema. Great atmosfeer and movies.
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The Movies
159 - 163 Haarlemmerdijk Around 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!
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 grat 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 grat replica of the 17th century VOC-ship Amsterdam. You can enter it and touch everything.
Great for kids! (I like it as well).
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
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.
Herenstraat 15
15 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.
Bussia
28-32 ReestraatExcellent restaurant!
Everything Else
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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I Amsterdam Visitor Centre
28 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 Openluchttheater
5a VondelparkGreat 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
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-werf
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.
Rent a boat with a skipper. Ask them to pick you up at the Eenhoornsluis, Korte Prinsengracht (the waterlock near our house).
€ 150 /hour
tel.0900 333 444
http://www.canal.nl/hopper/nl/route
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Stromma Netherlands (head office)
270 WeteringschansRent a boat with a skipper. Ask them to pick you up at the Eenhoornsluis, Korte Prinsengracht (the waterlock near our house).
€ 150 /hour
tel.0900 333 444
http://www.canal.nl/hopper/nl/route
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