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De Reiger
De Reiger is the king of the
eetcafés
. Join the contented
local clientele eating good food,
knocking back the wine and just
chatting.
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Nieuwe Leliestraat 34
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Map K2
Top 10 Types of Café
Bruin Café
Snug, smoky and old-
fashioned, these brown cafés
are places for beer
and gossip.
Grand Café
Always grand in size,
sometimes these cafés are
grand in style too.
Spanjer & Van Twist
At this popular spot on one
of the prettiest canals in town
you'll find pleasant staff, a
friendly, down-to-earth atmos-
phere, good sandwiches and
salads, and a fine waterside
terrace.
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Leliegracht 60
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Map L2
Eetcafé
Eetcafé
means, unsurpris-
ingly, Eat Café, and eat is
exactly what you do in one.
Good cooking at a little below
restaurant prices.
Hip Hangouts
Some cafés flash their
designer credentials - and
attract a suitably hip and
trendy crowd.
Eerste Klas
A station café? If that gives
you the horrors, think again. A
minute or two in this stunningly
decorated, classy 19th-century
former first-class waiting room,
and you're transported back in
time. Station bustle becomes
part of the atmosphere - though
when you're back on the
platform, it comes as a shock to
find there are no steam trains.
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Platform 2b, Amsterdam Centraal Station,
Stationsplein
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Music Cafés
Live music or top DJs
make a good start to an
evening of clubbing
(see
pp54-5)
.
Games Cafés
Devotees of billiards,
chess, darts or board games
will find entire cafés given
over to single pursuits.
Coffee & Cake
Sometimes there's no
alcohol at all, just tea, coffee
and more calories than you'd
care to mention.
Twee Zwaantjes
Join in a jolly sing-along (the
sort of happy, beery songs you
feel you know the words to even
if they're in a foreign language),
and have a drink with the real,
pre-gentrification Jordanese.
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Prinsengracht 114
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Nachtcafés
When all else is closed,
these night cafés open their
doors through the wee hours,
though tread carefully - some
may be a little seedy.
Gay Cafés
From the stylish to the
sweaty, Amsterdam's famous
gay cafés cater to all tastes.
“
Coffeeshops”
Here, intoxicants take a
different form, and smoking
rather than drinking is the
predominant activity.
Eerste Klas, Centraal Station
For more cafés
See pp80, 81, 86, 87, 94, 97, 105, 113, 118, 119
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