Guidebook for Amsterdam
Food Scene
Friendly staff with good home made food, local beers and modest prices. Try their home made bread. Every cup of self blended tea comes with a free refill.
Westside Slotermeer
125 Burgemeester de VlugtlaanFriendly staff with good home made food, local beers and modest prices. Try their home made bread. Every cup of self blended tea comes with a free refill.
With a mediterranean atmosphere this place is great and the food is delicious. Very often with live music. Located in the central city. Main courses starting at €15.
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Kapitein Zeppos
5 Gebed Zonder EndWith a mediterranean atmosphere this place is great and the food is delicious. Very often with live music. Located in the central city. Main courses starting at €15.
The felafel is delicious and you can refill from the salad bar as you wish. A nutritious, affordable and quick meal in the city.
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Maoz Vegetarian
1 MuntpleinThe felafel is delicious and you can refill from the salad bar as you wish. A nutritious, affordable and quick meal in the city.
Taste the hospitality of Turkey. Meram has a wide choice of dishes and prices and is an alcohol free restaurant. Something for everyone. The bread with feta and spinach is a very good choice.
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Meram West
111 SlotermeerlaanTaste the hospitality of Turkey. Meram has a wide choice of dishes and prices and is an alcohol free restaurant. Something for everyone. The bread with feta and spinach is a very good choice.
Good coffee and simple food for a modest price in a friendly clean atmosphere. Coffeemania is open from 07.30-17.00 (Mon-Fri) so ideal for breakfast, lunch and COFFEE! 3 minute from the house.
Coffeemania Slotermeer
103 SlotermeerlaanGood coffee and simple food for a modest price in a friendly clean atmosphere. Coffeemania is open from 07.30-17.00 (Mon-Fri) so ideal for breakfast, lunch and COFFEE! 3 minute from the house.
KUMPIR HUT
Here you can get roasted jacket potatoes with different fillings and fresh smoothies. Yummy, healthy and good on a small budget. Close to the house
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Plein '40-'45
Plein '40-'45KUMPIR HUT
Here you can get roasted jacket potatoes with different fillings and fresh smoothies. Yummy, healthy and good on a small budget. Close to the house
Drinks & Nightlife
The location is great. You can lie in a hammock or sit at a table overlooking the water enjoying good food and drinks. The perfect end point for a drink after walking around the Sloterplas lake.
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Hotel Buiten
3 Th.J. LammerslaanThe location is great. You can lie in a hammock or sit at a table overlooking the water enjoying good food and drinks. The perfect end point for a drink after walking around the Sloterplas lake.
Open for an apperitif in the summer. The jenever is brewed here and you can enjoy a glass sitting in their garden looking out over a small lake and the Flevopark. Try the "Slee doorn" (Blackthorn) jenever.
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Distillery 't Nieuwe Diep
13a FlevoparkOpen for an apperitif in the summer. The jenever is brewed here and you can enjoy a glass sitting in their garden looking out over a small lake and the Flevopark. Try the "Slee doorn" (Blackthorn) jenever.
An abandoned funeral home has been renovated into a creative space. VLLA is a bar, food, stage and club, an easygoing venue that is rough around the edges, where almost anything goes. Check the site for opening times. Metro 50 brings you here.
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VLLA
9 Willem RoelofsstraatAn abandoned funeral home has been renovated into a creative space. VLLA is a bar, food, stage and club, an easygoing venue that is rough around the edges, where almost anything goes. Check the site for opening times. Metro 50 brings you here.
Parks & Nature
The lake is surrounded by parks and cycle and walking/running tracks. You can swim in this water! Relax here where it is much quieter than most of the parks in Amsterdam.
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Sloterplas
OostoeverThe lake is surrounded by parks and cycle and walking/running tracks. You can swim in this water! Relax here where it is much quieter than most of the parks in Amsterdam.
The vondelpark is central, large and a beautifully landscaped park. Great spot for a green break between activities in the city. Take a picnic and find a quiet spot. Theatre, dance performance and music is played during June, July and August. The open-air theater (Dutch: Open Lucht Theater) takes place in the Vondelpark, near the entrance from the Eeghenstraat. Admission is free.
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Vondelpark
The vondelpark is central, large and a beautifully landscaped park. Great spot for a green break between activities in the city. Take a picnic and find a quiet spot. Theatre, dance performance and music is played during June, July and August. The open-air theater (Dutch: Open Lucht Theater) takes place in the Vondelpark, near the entrance from the Eeghenstraat. Admission is free.
This is Amsterdam's most beautiful lake surrounded by park. Situated outside of the city it is peaceful and has big green areas, clean swimming water, beehives, a herb garden, and kids play areas. Winter or summer a walk around this lake is recommended. Metro 53 and 50 bring you here.
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Gaasperplas
1001 ValburgdreefThis is Amsterdam's most beautiful lake surrounded by park. Situated outside of the city it is peaceful and has big green areas, clean swimming water, beehives, a herb garden, and kids play areas. Winter or summer a walk around this lake is recommended. Metro 53 and 50 bring you here.
Essentials
In this shopping centre you will find a supermarket, post services, chemist, banks, cafes, shops, snacks. In short everything you may need practically.
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Mall Plein '40 -'45
Plein '40-'45In this shopping centre you will find a supermarket, post services, chemist, banks, cafes, shops, snacks. In short everything you may need practically.
DekaMarkt
67 SlotermeerlaanOpen 8-8 everyday except Sunday (8-18.00)
Open 8am-10pm daily except Sunday (10am-10pm).
Don't miss your chance to take some stroopwaffels home with you.
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Albert Heijn
47 H ZeilstraatOpen 8am-10pm daily except Sunday (10am-10pm).
Don't miss your chance to take some stroopwaffels home with you.
Shopping
They have a great selection of fresh fruit and vegetables, teas, nuts and dried fruits; an exotic mix of products. Do try the balkan thread cheese.
Helal et Gida West B.V.
174 Burgemeester de VlugtlaanThey have a great selection of fresh fruit and vegetables, teas, nuts and dried fruits; an exotic mix of products. Do try the balkan thread cheese.
Arts & Culture
This is Amsterdam's biggest contemporary art museum with changing exhibitions. It is located on the museumplein where you can enjoy other museums, a picnic and the lively outdoor atmosphere. (For the Van Gogh and Rijksmuseum buy your tickets online to avoid queueing).
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Stedelijk Museum
10 MuseumpleinThis is Amsterdam's biggest contemporary art museum with changing exhibitions. It is located on the museumplein where you can enjoy other museums, a picnic and the lively outdoor atmosphere. (For the Van Gogh and Rijksmuseum buy your tickets online to avoid queueing).
The first photography museum in Amsterdam. It is inside two historical 17th century canaal houses, with a library, a museum shop and their own collection.
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Huis Marseille, Museum für Fotografie
401 KeizersgrachtThe first photography museum in Amsterdam. It is inside two historical 17th century canaal houses, with a library, a museum shop and their own collection.
Foam has the widest possible audience by presenting all facets of contemporary photography. Foam is located in three adjoining, monumental canalside buildings in Amsterdam.
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Foam
609 KeizersgrachtFoam has the widest possible audience by presenting all facets of contemporary photography. Foam is located in three adjoining, monumental canalside buildings in Amsterdam.
Entertainment & Activities
The FilmHallen is a 9 theater cinema complex that shows a mix of Hollywood and European films. Situated next to the FoodHallen, an indoor food market where you can find a large selection of drinks and food from many small vendors.
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Filmhallen
12 Hannie DankbaarpassageThe FilmHallen is a 9 theater cinema complex that shows a mix of Hollywood and European films. Situated next to the FoodHallen, an indoor food market where you can find a large selection of drinks and food from many small vendors.
The interior and exterior are a spectacular mix of styles; Amsterdam School, Art Nouveau and Art Deco. The main auditorium hosts many premieres of Dutch films. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful cinemas in the world. Go in just to see the main foyer. Tram 14 brings you here.
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Pathé Tuschinski
26-34 ReguliersbreestraatThe interior and exterior are a spectacular mix of styles; Amsterdam School, Art Nouveau and Art Deco. The main auditorium hosts many premieres of Dutch films. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful cinemas in the world. Go in just to see the main foyer. Tram 14 brings you here.
An elegant sauna in central Amsterdam. Enjoy and relax with a touch of Parisian luxury!
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Sauna Deco
115A HerengrachtAn elegant sauna in central Amsterdam. Enjoy and relax with a touch of Parisian luxury!