Tips from a local for your stay in (and around) Amsterdam

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Tips from a local for your stay in (and around) Amsterdam

Market

Nice local market in “de Pijp” where almost everything is sold. Also a nice place to buy groceries if you want to cook at home.
1832 recommandé par les habitants
Albert Cuyp Market
Albert Cuypstraat
1832 recommandé par les habitants
Nice local market in “de Pijp” where almost everything is sold. Also a nice place to buy groceries if you want to cook at home.

Museum

Must see if you like art
14 recommandé par les habitants
Rijksmuseum
1 Museumstraat
14 recommandé par les habitants
Must see if you like art
Nice place to go with kids on a rainy day
603 recommandé par les habitants
NEMO Science Center
2 Oosterdok
603 recommandé par les habitants
Nice place to go with kids on a rainy day
Must see if you like naval history
820 recommandé par les habitants
The Maritime Museum
1 Kattenburgerplein
820 recommandé par les habitants
Must see if you like naval history

Coffee, lunch, drinks or diner

Nice place to visit for coffee, lunch or diner at old shipyard with good view in Amsterdam-Noord (easy to reach by free ferry from Amsterdam central station)
1052 recommandé par les habitants
Pllek
59 T.T. Neveritaweg
1052 recommandé par les habitants
Nice place to visit for coffee, lunch or diner at old shipyard with good view in Amsterdam-Noord (easy to reach by free ferry from Amsterdam central station)
Nice local place along river Amstel to visit for a coffee, weekend brunch or diner.
399 recommandé par les habitants
Café Restaurant De Ysbreeker
23 Weesperzijde
399 recommandé par les habitants
Nice local place along river Amstel to visit for a coffee, weekend brunch or diner.
Nice place for evening drinks
241 recommandé par les habitants
Louie Louie
11A Linnaeusstraat
241 recommandé par les habitants
Nice place for evening drinks
Brewpub to go for beer and/or easy diner
178 recommandé par les habitants
Brouwerij Troost
21 Cornelis Troostplein
178 recommandé par les habitants
Brewpub to go for beer and/or easy diner

Favorite outside Amsterdam

Only by car (30min).. nice atmosphere, laid back place on the beach to visit for a beach walk, a drink, lunch, or to go surfing (rental available next door).. check opening hours (restricted in winter)
67 recommandé par les habitants
Aloha Wijk aan Zee Strandpaviljoen
2 Reyndersweg
67 recommandé par les habitants
Only by car (30min).. nice atmosphere, laid back place on the beach to visit for a beach walk, a drink, lunch, or to go surfing (rental available next door).. check opening hours (restricted in winter)

To do

See Amsterdam from your “own” boat... boat rental (no license needed).
62 recommandé par les habitants
Boaty Rent a Boat Amsterdam
Jozef Israëlskade
62 recommandé par les habitants
See Amsterdam from your “own” boat... boat rental (no license needed).

Shopping and groceries

Grocery shop at 5’min walking distance on “de Rijnstraat”, a street that offers a lot of other shops as well
56 recommandé par les habitants
DEEN
122-124 Lange Vonder
56 recommandé par les habitants
Grocery shop at 5’min walking distance on “de Rijnstraat”, a street that offers a lot of other shops as well

Buurten

Neighborhood with small streets and lots of small shops surrounded by canals, just west of city center
1405 recommandé par les habitants
De 9 Straatjes
1405 recommandé par les habitants
Neighborhood with small streets and lots of small shops surrounded by canals, just west of city center
Historical fortress town 20min by car, worth visiting for a walk & coffee or lunch
57 recommandé par les habitants
Naarden
57 recommandé par les habitants
Historical fortress town 20min by car, worth visiting for a walk & coffee or lunch