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With a fabulous art deco interior, this is the sole piece of old-fashioned charm on the rauc-
ous Rembrandtplein. Walls are lined with portraits of Dutch actors and cabaret artists from
the 1920s and '30s. Bar stools and booths are often occupied by tippling journalists and
artists, and folks tucking into pre- and post-theatre menus in the back restaurant.
(
www.cafeschiller.nl
; Rembrandtplein 26;
from 4pm Mon-Fri, from 2pm Sat & Sun;
4/9/14 Rembrandtplein)
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De Huyschkaemer
With conversation-piece art - like a giant photo of a nude Dutch football team - there's al-
ways buzzing chatter at De Huyschkaemer. Nursing a beer next to the big windows on
Utrecht- sestraat is tempting, but the real action spills out on the street, where a mixed
crowd - gay and straight, expat and local, old and young - shakes off the workday.
(
www.huyschkaemer.nl
;
Utrechtsestraat 137;
DESIGNER BAR
4 Prinsengracht)
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Café de Spuyt
BEER CAFE
Steps away from the bustling Leidseplein, the bar staff at this mellow, friendly cafe will
happily guide you through the massive chalkboard menu of more than 100 beers, from
Belgian Trappist ales to American Sierra Nevada.
(
www.cafedespuyt.nl
; Korte Leidse- dwarsstraat 86;
from 4pm;
1/2/5/7/10 Leidseplein)
Understand
How to Eat a Herring
'Hollandse Nieuwe' isn't a fashion trend - it's the fresh catch of super-tasty herring, raked in every June. The
Dutch love it, and you'll see vendors selling the salty fish all over town. Although Dutch tradition calls for
dangling the herring above your mouth, this isn't the way it's done in Amsterdam. Here the fish is served
chopped in chunks and eaten with a toothpick, topped with
eitjes
(chopped onions) and
zuur
(sweet pickles). A
broodje haring
(herring roll) is even handier, as the fluffy white roll holds on the toppings and keeps your fin-
gers fish-fat-free - think of it as an edible napkin.
