Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Drinking
De Kroon (
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)
Bo Cinq (
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)
Café de Spuyt (
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)
Getting There
Tram
Trams 1, 2, 5, 7 and 10 go to Leidseplein. To Rembrandtplein, take tram 4, which travels down
Utrechtsestraat (full of restaurants). Trams 16, 24 and 25 cut through the centre of the neighbourhood down busy
Vijzelstraat.
The Sights in a Day
Devote the morning to whatever mega art exhibit the
Hermitage Amsterdam
(
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)
is showing. Then stroll over to the
Tassenmuseum Hendrikje
(
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)
, a museum dedicated to handbags and purses throughout history - heaven for
'ladies who lunch'!
Begin the afternoon at Rembrandtplein and do the tourist thing. Snap a photo
with the master painter's statue, eat a
kroket
(croquette) at
Van Dobben
(
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here
)
, and pick up souvenirs at the
Ajax Experience
(
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)
or
Heineken City
Store
(
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)
. Finish with a drink at
De Kroon
(
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)
. Next saunter over to
Museum Van Loon
(
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)
for a look at the moneyed canal-house lifestyle, and to
FOAM
(
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)
for renowned photography exhibits.
For dinner, choose among the smart restaurants along Utrechtsestraat - maybe
Tempo Doeloe
(
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)
or
Segugio
(
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)
. You'll need a solid meal
to energise the evening's activities around Leidseplein. See what's on at
Paradiso
(
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here
)
,
Melkweg
(
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)
,
Boom Chicago
(
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)
and
Jazz Café Alto
(
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here
)
. Prefer something more laid back? Try beery
Café de Spuyt
(
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)
or
Eijlders
(
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)
.
For a local's day in the Southern Canal Belt,
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.
