Amsterdam Guidebook

Juul & Ruub
Juul & Ruub
Amsterdam Guidebook

Food Scene

Awesome for breakfast, around the corner!
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Coffee & Coconuts
282 Ceintuurbaan
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Awesome for breakfast, around the corner!
Super close-by and we love the food so much! Tiny place, be on time.
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Mana Mana
85H Eerste Jan Steenstraat
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Super close-by and we love the food so much! Tiny place, be on time.
Best (Italian) ice cream in town
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Massimo Gelato
147 H Van Ostadestraat
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Best (Italian) ice cream in town
Incredible Ramen soup (tiny) restaurant. Must go lunch / dinner!
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SORA Sapporo Ramen
49 Ceintuurbaan
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Incredible Ramen soup (tiny) restaurant. Must go lunch / dinner!
Great super cosy Mexican place. Awesome home made dishes and sauces. Cocktails and beers. Love it inside and a tiny terrace for beautiful Mexican snacks in the sun...
Señor Mostachio
183H Ruysdaelkade
Great super cosy Mexican place. Awesome home made dishes and sauces. Cocktails and beers. Love it inside and a tiny terrace for beautiful Mexican snacks in the sun...
Chicken dishes 🍗
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Van 't Spit
95 De Clercqstraat
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Chicken dishes 🍗
Try the chicken and avocado sandwich 🥪
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De Wasserette
27 Eerste van der Helststraat
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Try the chicken and avocado sandwich 🥪
Fun and delicious typical Dutch bar.
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PILSVOGEL
14 Gerard Douplein
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Fun and delicious typical Dutch bar.
Tiny place, awesome coffee!
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Scandinavian Embassy
34 Sarphatipark
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Tiny place, awesome coffee!
Wonderful Italian food, medium priced, 15 minutes walk.
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Impero Romano Amsterdam
25 Amsteldijk
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Wonderful Italian food, medium priced, 15 minutes walk.
Higher profile style foods. Great kitchen.
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Choux
128 De Ruijterkade
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Higher profile style foods. Great kitchen.
Amsterdam Noord is upcoming and this is one of the secret spots. A little cafe restaurant in a park! Also good for a drink on a Sunday and play some petanque!
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Pompet
Floraparkweg
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Amsterdam Noord is upcoming and this is one of the secret spots. A little cafe restaurant in a park! Also good for a drink on a Sunday and play some petanque!
Great for brunch / lunch, next to the Amstel Canal and awesome terrace.
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Café Restaurant De Ysbreeker
23 Weesperzijde
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Great for brunch / lunch, next to the Amstel Canal and awesome terrace.
Higher profile kitchen, we love it.
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Hotel De Goudfazant
30 Aambeeldstraat
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Higher profile kitchen, we love it.
Wonderful space, medium priced kitchen, in fun industrial area of Westerpark.
Cantine de Caron
Wonderful space, medium priced kitchen, in fun industrial area of Westerpark.
Super cosy place, awesome food and wine, medium/high priced.
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Worst Wijncafé
171 Barentszstraat
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Super cosy place, awesome food and wine, medium/high priced.
Romantic old house great for food and drinks, next to the water. Easy to bike or boat to the location.
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tHUIS aan de AMSTEL
45 Korte Ouderkerkerdijk
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Romantic old house great for food and drinks, next to the water. Easy to bike or boat to the location.
Stylistic cafe next to the city zoo. Great decoration and fine foods / wines.
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De Plantage
36 Plantage Kerklaan
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Stylistic cafe next to the city zoo. Great decoration and fine foods / wines.
Fun & funky tiny cafe with awesome fresh lunch (soups) / cakes on menu.
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Latei
143 Zeedijk
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Fun & funky tiny cafe with awesome fresh lunch (soups) / cakes on menu.
Our favourite (real Spanish) tapas and great ambiance restaurant
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Duende Dos
1-3 Nieuwe Willemsstraat
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Our favourite (real Spanish) tapas and great ambiance restaurant
Upper class dining with superb 3 to 5 course dinner, not cheap.
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BREDA
210 Singel
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Upper class dining with superb 3 to 5 course dinner, not cheap.
Great stylistic night life cocktail bar and grill / vegan restaurant (same owners as SohoHouse)
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Lotti's Cafe Bar & Grill
255 Herengracht
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Great stylistic night life cocktail bar and grill / vegan restaurant (same owners as SohoHouse)
Our favorite creative cafe in the red light district! Vegan dishes
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Ivy and Bros
96A Oudezijds Voorburgwal
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Our favorite creative cafe in the red light district! Vegan dishes
Super high industrial ceilings, unique cafe not too expensive. Must go!
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Café Restaurant Amsterdam
6 Watertorenplein
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Super high industrial ceilings, unique cafe not too expensive. Must go!
One of the best coffee / cake places in old church garden red light district
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De Koffieschenkerij
27 Oudekerksplein
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One of the best coffee / cake places in old church garden red light district
Surf, fireplace, food, drinks... You might need a car / lift to get there.
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Timboektoe
1 Reyndersweg
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Surf, fireplace, food, drinks... You might need a car / lift to get there.
Easy to get to this beach by train. Stylistic sea joint, great foods/drinks beach fun.
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Ubuntu Strandbar
1 Boulevard Paulus Loot
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Easy to get to this beach by train. Stylistic sea joint, great foods/drinks beach fun.

Drinks & Nightlife

Best Wines!
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Glou Glou
3 Tweede van der Helststraat
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Best Wines!
Foodhall/Cinema/Bars/Shops
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De Hallen Amsterdam
47 Hannie Dankbaarpassage
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Foodhall/Cinema/Bars/Shops
Dependance of the main Paradiso venue, but in Noord. Also good restaurant next door!
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Paradiso Noord
2 IJpromenade
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Dependance of the main Paradiso venue, but in Noord. Also good restaurant next door!
Artistic industrial area with a couple of unforgettable creative restaurants and bar options.
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NDSM-Plein
NDSM-Plein
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Artistic industrial area with a couple of unforgettable creative restaurants and bar options.
Mid-century styles great ambiance live music🎵 bar & Italian food (reserve for the restaurant!) down stairs of (private) Sohohouse Club.
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Cacao Connections Amsterdam
210 Spuistraat
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Mid-century styles great ambiance live music🎵 bar & Italian food (reserve for the restaurant!) down stairs of (private) Sohohouse Club.
Cocktails 🍸 the best in town, a real experience. Knock on the closed door and wait for the hostess! (expect €10 drinks)
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Bar Oldenhof
84-H Elandsgracht
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Cocktails 🍸 the best in town, a real experience. Knock on the closed door and wait for the hostess! (expect €10 drinks)

Arts & Culture

Art gallery around the corner of our location, representing upcoming Dutch visual artists. Check their website for the agenda.
Modern art museum
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10 Museumplein
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Modern art museum
Rembrandt’s time
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Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum station
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Rembrandt’s time
Cinemas and exhibitions about cinema / VR + lunch / dinner with awesome view on Amsterdam skyline
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Eye Film Museum
1 IJpromenade
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Cinemas and exhibitions about cinema / VR + lunch / dinner with awesome view on Amsterdam skyline
Mixed exhibitions
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Hermitage Amsterdam
51 Amstel
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Mixed exhibitions
Contemporary photography gallery
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Foam
609 Keizersgracht
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Contemporary photography gallery
Art gallery representing new and upcoming Amsterdam based artists, run by our friends curators Meijer and Ruben.
Vriend van Bavink Gallery
34 Geldersekade
Art gallery representing new and upcoming Amsterdam based artists, run by our friends curators Meijer and Ruben.
GoMulan Gallery
43A Van Ostadestraat
OODE brings the work of young Dutch designers together with orphaned art – art from closed museums and art institutions.
Oode
159A Singel
OODE brings the work of young Dutch designers together with orphaned art – art from closed museums and art institutions.
NMAG breaks the global art market wide open for artists early in their career by organizing pop-up galleries all over the world.
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No Man's Art Gallery
90 Bos en Lommerweg
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NMAG breaks the global art market wide open for artists early in their career by organizing pop-up galleries all over the world.
Galerie Fons Welters is a gallery presenting exhibitions by emerging and mid-career contemporary artists. Located in the center of Amsterdam, the gallery presents both national and international artists.
Galerie Fons Welters
140 Bloemstraat
Galerie Fons Welters is a gallery presenting exhibitions by emerging and mid-career contemporary artists. Located in the center of Amsterdam, the gallery presents both national and international artists.
Functioning as a springboard for emerging Dutch artists, TORCH was the starting point for internationally renowned artists like Anton Corbijn and Inez van Lamsweerde.
Torch Gallery
94 Lauriergracht
Functioning as a springboard for emerging Dutch artists, TORCH was the starting point for internationally renowned artists like Anton Corbijn and Inez van Lamsweerde.
GRIMM is a contemporary art gallery representing over thirty international artists. Since its establishment in 2005, it has been the gallery’s mission to represent and support the work of emerging and mid-career artists working in all media.
GRIMM Frans Halsstraat
80 Van Baerlestraat
GRIMM is a contemporary art gallery representing over thirty international artists. Since its establishment in 2005, it has been the gallery’s mission to represent and support the work of emerging and mid-career artists working in all media.
AKINCI presents artists whose working practice spans a range of current media, reflecting the diversity of communication means available within contemporary visual art.
Gallery Akinci
317 Lijnbaansgracht
AKINCI presents artists whose working practice spans a range of current media, reflecting the diversity of communication means available within contemporary visual art.
Annet Gelink Gallery is one of the leading contemporary art-galleries in the Netherlands. It is situated in the center of Amsterdam.
Annet Gelink Gallery
189 Laurierstraat
Annet Gelink Gallery is one of the leading contemporary art-galleries in the Netherlands. It is situated in the center of Amsterdam.
There are now about 7000 titles - almost exclusively self published or small press books. Those who run it – Henriëtte van Egten (Dutch), Rúna Thorkelsdóttir (Icelandic) and Jan Voss (German) have continued their personal artists’ careers and since years count the shop itself as a sculpture in progress they work on concertedly.
Boekie Woekie
39 Berenstraat
There are now about 7000 titles - almost exclusively self published or small press books. Those who run it – Henriëtte van Egten (Dutch), Rúna Thorkelsdóttir (Icelandic) and Jan Voss (German) have continued their personal artists’ careers and since years count the shop itself as a sculpture in progress they work on concertedly.
Josilda da Conceição Gallery is a contemporary art space that focuses on the developing emerging artists by providing a platform to showcase their work.
Josilda da Conceição
70 Pieter Aertszstraat
Josilda da Conceição Gallery is a contemporary art space that focuses on the developing emerging artists by providing a platform to showcase their work.
Gallery AND cafe... Collectivism, Anti-Style, Experimental, Spontaneous and Anti-Intellectual. The core values on which Art Room MINA lives by while creating different projects. MINA’s projects represent Amsterdam’s young art culture and revolves around a wide range of different topics.
Artroom MINA
69 Weteringschans
Gallery AND cafe... Collectivism, Anti-Style, Experimental, Spontaneous and Anti-Intellectual. The core values on which Art Room MINA lives by while creating different projects. MINA’s projects represent Amsterdam’s young art culture and revolves around a wide range of different topics.
Live jazz music with background view of the city. Check their music calendar for who’s playing.
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Bimhuis
3 Piet Heinkade
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Live jazz music with background view of the city. Check their music calendar for who’s playing.

Parks & Nature

Botanical gardens and cafe
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Hortus Botanicus
2a Plantage Middenlaan
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Botanical gardens and cafe
Our next door park, with children playground, birds, climbing trees, water and public outdoors workout equipment (incl ping pong tables and jeux de boules lanes!)
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Sarphatipark
37I Sarphatipark
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Our next door park, with children playground, birds, climbing trees, water and public outdoors workout equipment (incl ping pong tables and jeux de boules lanes!)
Biggest park of Amsterdam with water, cafes, playgrounds, tennis court etc
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Vondelpark
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Biggest park of Amsterdam with water, cafes, playgrounds, tennis court etc
Most beautiful larger park of Amsterdam, walking distance. Great for picknick (bring food…)
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Beatrixpark
21 Diepenbrockstraat
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Most beautiful larger park of Amsterdam, walking distance. Great for picknick (bring food…)

Entertainment & Activities

City Zoo
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Amsterdam, Artis station
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City Zoo
Cinemas, with food hall next door...
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Filmhallen
12 Hannie Dankbaarpassage
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Cinemas, with food hall next door...
The best Spa in Amsterdam for naked swim / sauna / steam / restaurant etc. Located next to the Forest (great for walking / pancake house / goat farm / baby pools). 20 min bike from our place (or grab an Uber taxi)
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Spa Sport Hotel Zuiver
8 Koenenkade
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The best Spa in Amsterdam for naked swim / sauna / steam / restaurant etc. Located next to the Forest (great for walking / pancake house / goat farm / baby pools). 20 min bike from our place (or grab an Uber taxi)
Dutch artist Teun Castelein pulled two former migrant boats from the Mediterranean to Amsterdam. To start the most inclusive, the most colourful and probably the most sympathetic canal cruise company of the city... (free of charge or €35 or group options, check website www.rederijlampedusa.nl/en)
Rederij Lampedusa
6 Dijksgracht
Dutch artist Teun Castelein pulled two former migrant boats from the Mediterranean to Amsterdam. To start the most inclusive, the most colourful and probably the most sympathetic canal cruise company of the city... (free of charge or €35 or group options, check website www.rederijlampedusa.nl/en)
You adore kittens? You love coffee? Then this is the place for you; drink coffee while surrounded bij a bunch of cats 🐱
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Kattencafe Kopjes
211 Marco Polostraat
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You adore kittens? You love coffee? Then this is the place for you; drink coffee while surrounded bij a bunch of cats 🐱

Getting Around

Bike rental; cycle on non-polished bikes like local Amsterdammers do...
40 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Ajax Bike
153 Gerard Doustraat
40 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Bike rental; cycle on non-polished bikes like local Amsterdammers do...

Essentials

Closest small supermarket, good quality groceries and bread
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Jumbo
55H Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat
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Closest small supermarket, good quality groceries and bread
Second closest medium sized supermarket, cheaper incl postal office
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Coop
53 Eerste Jan Steenstraat
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Second closest medium sized supermarket, cheaper incl postal office
more health/vegan food groceries, longer walk 10 mins
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Marqt
402 Ceintuurbaan
857 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
more health/vegan food groceries, longer walk 10 mins
Bigger supermarket, great quality, medium priced
176 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
AH Cornelis Troostplein
11 Cornelis Troostplein
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Bigger supermarket, great quality, medium priced
Grocer for your typical soaps / makeups / toothbrushes etc
38 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Kruidvat
1033 Oostelijke Handelskade
38 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Grocer for your typical soaps / makeups / toothbrushes etc