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.
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Drovers Dog Atjehstraat
Eerste Atjehstraat
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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
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Coffee Company
14 Javaplein
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This chain has great coffee! (better even than the world famous coffee chain) Wi-Fi Lovely atmosphere
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Walter's - The Walter Woodbury Bar
42 Javastraat
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Hartje Oost
23 Javastraat
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La Fucina
99 Javastraat
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Home-made yummy ice cream
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IJs van Oost
79 Javastraat
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Home-made yummy ice cream
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Vijfnulvijf Asian kitchen Cafe
505 Insulindeweg
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Bedford - Stuyvesant
55 Javastraat
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Opens earlier than other cafes at 8am, ideal for breakfast, only several houses down from my place
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Cafe Chantilly
53 Molukkenstraat
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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!
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Thai Tiger
7 Javaplein
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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
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Het Badhuis
21 Javaplein
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Main selling point: it gets the sun on the terrace till the sun sets
Well-known reputation, on the pricey side
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Wilde Zwijnen
23 Javaplein
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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 !)
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Eye-elokuvamuseo
1 IJpromenade
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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
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Lidl
4 Soerabajastraat
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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
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The Read Shop
478 Insulindeweg
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post office counter, newspapers, magazines, stationery
Drugstore
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Etos
140 B Sloterkade
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Drugstore

Getting Around

Tram 14 directly into downtown Amsterdam; Bus 22 to CS (stops on street alongside the Java square)
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Javaplein
Javaplein
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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.
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Amsterdam Centraal station
Stationsplein
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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
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Tropenmuseum
2 Linnaeusstraat
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Largest anthropological collection of the Netherlands. Within walking distance beside Oosterpark and nearby cafes
Iconic museum, contemporary art
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Stedelijk-museo Amsterdam
10 Museumplein
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Iconic museum, contemporary art
Architectural pearl, amazing collection
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Rijksmuseum
1 Museumstraat
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Architectural pearl, amazing collection

Drinks & Nightlife

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Bar Botanique
581 Eerste Van Swindenstraat
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Rum Barrel
143 Javastraat
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Parks & Nature

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Oosterpark
Oosterpark
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When you're fed up with the teeming people masses and are in for some restful botanical vibes
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Hortus Botanicusin kasvitieteellinen puutarha
2a Plantage Middenlaan
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When you're fed up with the teeming people masses and are in for some restful botanical vibes