Amsterdam

From Amsterdam central station, do one or more of the following things:

  • Walk to street called ‘Damrak’, this will bring you to ‘Dam Plein’: the main square of Amsterdam.
  • Buy day-ticket for tram & metro & bus: 7,50 euro.
  • Take a boat-tour (Tip: leave at Rijksmuseum and make photo with IAmsterdam-sign).

By car to Amsterdam (click)

See in Amsterdam (also check: IAmsterdam.com)

  • From Damrak you can visit:
    • China Town: after you leave Amsterdam Centraal Station you will see a church on the left, enter the street next to it and follow the street called Zeedijk.
    • Red Light district: walking at Zeedijk go to the right. Alternatively you can go to Dam Square, Red Light district is behind Hotel Krasnapolsky.
  • Museum Plein:
    • ‘IAmsterdam’ sign
    • Rijksmuseum
    • Van Gogh museum
    • Stedelijk Museum
    • PC Hooftstraat: all big brands have a small shop here.
  • Heineken Experience. Address: Stadhouderskade 78.
  • Nightlife:
    • Leidse Plein: many pubs around here, and the famous Coffee-shop ‘Bulldog‘.

Eat in Amsterdam

  • Traditional Dutch Pancakes: ‘Upstairs’ Pannenkoekenhuis. Address: Grimburgwal 2, Amsterdam.
  • Amsterdam fries shops pop-up all over the world but in Amsterdam itself people prefer ‘Vaamse friet‘ (Flemish fries). Buy a bag and eat it while walking.
  • Café Americain. The Dutch writer Harry Mulisch used to drink his daily coffee here.  It is part of the Hampshire American Hotel. Art deco style. Nice restaurant. (Veterans from the Second World War know this place.) Address: Leidsekade 97, Amsterdam.
  • ‘Moeders Restaurant‘.  Address: Rozengracht 251, Amsterdam. Phone 0031 20 6267957
  • ‘Midtown Grill‘, perfect steak USA style according to author of a book about steaks. (Close to Heineken Experience.) Address: Stadhouderskade 12, Amsterdam.
  • Lobster House + Studio. Address: Frederiksplein 6-8, Amsterdam.
  • Roti Roopram. Roti is a famous dish from Suriname. Address: Eerste van Swindenstraat 4, Amsterdam. (Near Oosterpark.)

Asian Restaurants

Mandarijn restaurant
  • ‘Mandarijn‘: one of the best Chinese restaurants – especially for Sichuan cuisine. From Dam Pein 50 meters straight on. Address: Rokin 26, Amsterdam.
  • Restaurant ‘China Si Chuan Kitchen‘. In Amsterdam ‘China Town‘. Address: Warmoesstraat 17, Amsterdam.
  • Restaurant ‘Sichuan Food‘. Address: Reguliersdwarsstraat 35, Amsterdam.
  • Ron Gastrobar Oriental: Chinese dishes made in European style by a renown Dutch chef. Address: Kerkstraat 23, Amsterdam. Phone: 0031 02 2235352
  •  Okura Japanese Restaurant, part of Okura Hotel. Address: Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, Amsterdam
  •  ‘Khan’ Korean Restaurant. Address: Nederhoven 9, Amsterdam.

Amsterdam around Christmas (click)

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