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27 Vesper Bar
DESIGNER BAR
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Rather than feeling totally out of place in the Jordaan, this luxe cocktail bar only gains a
certain ineffable mystique by its location on a low-key stretch of Jordaanian shops and
businesses. The cocktails will coax out your inner James Bond - or Vesper Lynd (the
name of the Bond girl from Casino Royale ). (
420 45 92; www.vesperbar.nl ; Vinkenstraat 57;
from 8pm Tue-Thu, from 5pm Fri & Sat;
3 Haarlemmerplein)
28 Café Restaurant van Puffelen
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Sprawling Van Puffelen, popular among cashed-up professionals and intellectual types,
has lots of nooks and crannies for nice, cosy drinks and big, communal tables for sharing
meals like antipasto and large salads. ( www.restaurantvanpuffelen.com ; Prinsengracht 377;
GRAND CAFE
from 3pm
Mon-Thu, from 1pm Fri, from noon Sat & Sun;
13/14/17 Westermarkt)
Understand
Gezelligheid
This particularly Dutch quality is one of the best reasons to visit Amsterdam. It's variously translated as snug,
friendly, cosy, informal, companionable and convivial, but gezelligheid - the state of being gezellig - is
something more easily experienced than defined. There's a sense of time stopping, an intimacy of the here and
now that leaves all your troubles behind, at least until tomorrow. You can get the warm and fuzzy feeling in
many places and situations: while nursing a brew with friends, over coffee and cake with neighbours, or linger-
ing after a meal (the Dutch call this natafelen , or, in Dutch, 'after-table-ing'). Nearly any cosy establishment lit
by candles probably qualifies. Old brown cafes, such as Café 't Smalle ( Click here ) and De Pieper ( Click here
), practically have gezelligheid on tap.
29 Saarein
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GAY & LESBIAN
A one-time feminist stronghold, Saarein is still a meeting place for lesbians, although
these days gay men are welcome too. The cafe dates from the 1600s and vestiges remain.
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