08/07/2024
The Swifties today rocking it totally 🎁,🥑My personal Amsterdam Tips. Checked by myself. Have fun... It's a big list (with a Tripadvisor Link or a Google reviews Link at the bottom...) but there is so much to enjoy, maybe just pick one or two or more in your area.
So there we go:
But first THIS:
https://hoodmaps.com/amsterdam
Amsterdam North voted top 3 coolest places in the world:
Street Art Museum Amsterdam You are allowed to put your own tag on the museum wall
Behind Central Station to North
a free ferry to NDSM warf:
3 PLLEK: live music clubhouse build from sea containers at a city beach. And a fireplace. A lot of Street Art there.
4 a IJver. Just New cool place there.
4b IJ-Hallen: biggest flea market of Europe once every month on both Saturday and Sunday. Check for dates. 5€ entrance. Or 9€ (early bird access) from 6 a.m. till 9 a m.
Other free 5 minute ferry to Buikslotermeer:
5 Adam Tower (15€ entrance p.p!) with the swing going over the top of the skyscraper every swing...😌 and there also rotating restaurant in that tower:
6 Eye Film Museum.
City Center Dam Area:
Bistro Berlage and Tony Chocolonely Both at Berlage building
Oude kerk has a nice sun terrace to get home roasted coffee and a fun scenery for sure. Facing the 'Elite street'..
Straight behind the Royal Palace:
A Scheltema first floor home roasted coffee at Vascobelo. And.... Cecconi's: most sophisticated place in town today. A cool 20's Great Gatsby lounge.
7 Mr. Porter
8 next to it on the same top floor W lounge on top floor W hotel: billionaire hotspot with fireplaces. And their two restaurants
9 The Lobby at Hotel V Nes number 49. Also fireplace. Okay, enough fireplaces now. Okay couple more: Pacific Parc. The Harbour club.
Sport tv:
10 The Pantry for Dutch food. And The Poolbar. (Nice people there).
Vegan cheesfondue Mr. And Miss Watson.
Nine streets: street art fashion brand Obey
eat at
11 The Butcher. Next level hamburgers.
12 Het Paleis.
13 Het Schuim (alt squatters cafe).
14 Pluk. There's two of them.
14b Pompadour for the Financier cookie.
14c Koffiehuis, Bussia. But all are good lunchrooms overthere.
14d Pullitzer Hotel ground floor. Lunch, drinks, dinner.
15 The Dylan Hotel lounge. With Michelin star restaurant.
15b Libertine Cafe. And many Moore there.
15c Lotti's. Cool 50's Madmen lounge.
Ko Chang thai
Museum District:
16 Rijksmuseum. Voted number one Museum in the world. With Rembrandt, Vermeer and..... Frans Hals.(Check him out). Antiques at (Nieuwe) Spiegelstraat.
17 Stedelijk Museum: modern art.
Van Gogh of course and next to it Moco Banksy Museum. (Pretty cool with big NFT's).
19 Royal Concertgebouw. Classical music. Best acoustics in the world.
German fun style cafe Brecht.
Tushinski Theater Art Deco voted most beautiful movie theater in the world.
Behind it the gay district.
Albert Cuypstraat big market. With lunch at Little Collins and Newest fashion girly boutique Shopping at Gerard Doustraat and Ferdinand Bolstraat side
Other markets
Nootdermarkt Saturday and Monday (both markets have a big long street. Market next to them connected to the Northern Market on Saturday is the Lindegracht and on Monday it's the Westerstraat too.
Waterlooplein fleamarket everyday apart from Sunday. And sometimes big fleamarket Sunday at Stadionplein. check 'Don Events.com' for that.
But again best fleamarket IJ hallen.com
Canal belt area:
Many more very cool museums there: Consider buying a Museum card 65€. (Maybe cheaper than the I -Amsterdam card, although that one includes Public Transport..).
And go see inside Golden Age Jaw dropping houses all in walking distance from each other if you make a smart route:
Museum Van Loon.
Museum Willet-Holthuysen
Museum house Barlotti.
Foam photography museum and House Marseille (also photography).
My favorite museum: Our Lord in the Attic. The origin of Santa Clause painting on the second floor.... And top floor the hidden church
Cromhouthuis and Biblical museum. Beautiful kitchens etc there.
Every Sunday there is the Sunday Market. But every Sunday a different location.
Westerpark Area:
First Sunday of the month Sunday Market at Westergas fabriek .
Café on the route to there. Bar Karakter
Live music Pacific jazz hiphop funk soul
Pompstation AND tip... Skatecafe:diner and live music. There's actually two galls there. Don't miss them for the alt Amsterdam experience
Love jazz? Bourbon street or Bimhuis
Rockcafe The Waterhole.
Upscale and value for money shopping:
150 year old warehouse Bijenkorf (now owned by Selfridges) on the Dam: Balenciaga. Maison Martin Margiella etc.nice restaurant on top floor!
20 PC Hoofdtstraat:
Nine streets again with Amsterdam Watch Company. For vintage real Rolex etc. And many moore cool shops there.
Cornelis Schuytstraat too. (Millionaire area).
More shopping;
Jacob Hooij pharmacy open since 1743!
23 Utrechtse straat. With Concerto. My all time favoriete record live concert dvd coffee and pastry cafe etc. Where you can buy my old and new albums by the way. (Claw Boys Claw and Shine and Revival Rockstar albums with my own album dividers.. Yes I've made it into the big league!?) a nice shop (and also nice in that street at the end there: School Of Life...).
Other shopping:
24 Haarlemmerdijk. Good one. Voted number one shopping street by us the locals.
25 Negen straatjes. (Nine streets).
26 De Leidsestraat.
27 Herenstraat.
28 Prinsenstraat.
29 Gerard Doustraat!! Only the part close to Heineken Brewery.
30 Jordaan area. Eerste tuin Dwarsstraat.
Jan Pieter Heijestraat.
31 many modern art galleries in and around Hazenstraat area. Sometimes art weekend there.
Oldest cafe's center.
32 W. Fockink, (funny name) behind Dam monument.
32b Het Aepjen from 1519
33 Papeneiland. Prinsengracht 1. 34 't Smalle Jordaan.
35 Cafe Tuin.
36 Winckel. Best apple pie with fleemarket only there on monday morning. (Bocca few doors away also very good (even better?) apple pie.
And organic Farmers Market (plus flee market and normal market) on Saturday Location Noordermarket. CV check Los Nino's there for true original Italian Lunch
Mediamatic cafe restaurant.
Dutch food:
The Pantry
De Blauwe Hollander
De Vijff Vlieghen
37 Witte swaan Jodenbreestraat. 38
39 Moeders!!. Hannekes Boom. Loetje. Haring (Dutch raw fish at Jonk).
Prins of Orange. (I didn't check this one). Stach is typical newer local Amsterdam food place.
Budget: Riaz a Surinam Toko.
Budget: La Place. Organic food walking buffet
Budget and real good food: Van Kerkwijk.
Lunch: Bakkerswinkel, Ivy &Bro's. G's. The Breakfast club..
Other restaurants:
40 the Avocado show (three locations). The whole area there is nice with Albert Cuyp market. Hollands biggest open air market. And parallel Gerard Doustraat. Cool shops and lunch. 41 Best Italian restaurant is
42 Budget: Spaghetteria: Jan Hansenstraat 1. close to
43 (Food-) Hallen, (also there 44 Filmhallen for subtitled English movies). Lunch in that Hallen area at Staring at Jacob. I just came from there now. and The Movies is another art Deco movie theater too with restaurant and cool new hangout Lounge!). More Art Deco around Vondelpark South Side
Even more cool restaurant:
Pont 19. An old ferry ship Transformed in to restaurant.
Pop up restaurant; Bautamsterdam.com
Scheepskameel.
Hotel de GoudFazant. It's not a hotel actually...and the total name is tacky on purpose)
Pension Homeland. (Fifties style cool hangout restaurant).
Rem eiland. (Former piracy radio oil platform changed into restaurant)
Restaurant Marius.
Restaurant Waag.
Former Michelin star Restaurant Bridges at The Grand
Ron Gastrobar affordable Michelin star restaurant at end of Vondelpark. With a lot of other new nice restaurants at Amstelveenseweg (Sophialaan) popping there now too. (SLA).
Le Caron (Gold plated desserts) nice galleries there too, that whole area the Pijp is cool.
Kaagman and Kortekaas. They pluck their own wild food and shoot their own game.
Veggie food:
The Avocado Show and The Avocado Boutique.
Vegabond.
Vurger.
H/earth.h
Food Jordan area:
Ellis Gourmet Burger.
Los Minos for original Italian Lunch.
Pesca: a fish theatre..
Long Pura Indonesian food.
Bistro Neuf. Winner of best French Restaurant award.
Toscanini. Legendary Italian restaurant.
Live music and clubbing what's left of it:
Food old West voted number nine coolest district worldwide okt 23: Foodhallen
Staring at Jacob. (Reservation needed)
45 Paradiso! (Check agenda, world famous small rock n roll church, with David Bowie, Stones, Prince, Nirvana, Ramones, Revival Rockstar etc. All played there) and
46 Melkweg (Same story) Afaslive (Bigger) Ziggo Dome (Even Bigger). Arena (Massive).
Clubbing: The School. Air, Escape! Jimmy Woo, (Strikt door policy). Club NL. Behind Royal Palace.
Outside Amsterdam:
50 Marken. A little village on poles with tiny bridges. Bus 315 from Central Station.
Also that same bus stops on the way to Marken at Katwoude: Henry Willing cheese farm with their happy cows. Treated the best in the world. With their glass farm (Organic food and massages).
51 Amsterdam Castle: Muiderslot. 15 minutes by car from Amsterdam.
Get the free magazine UIT Krant in the Albert Heijn Supermarkt behind the Dam Palace. For all the fun festivals, street food, live music, and musicals. Amsterdam is nummer one most cultural city acoording to Insider.com so check it out for your entertainment.
With kids? Nemo. Fun Do it yourself museum about technology.
It was an honour to have you on the tour with me. Enjoy your stay.
Indonesia rice table 58 for two. Ron Gastrobar oriental Downtown. Or Kantjil and the Tiger
Some (New) Michellin star restaurants Flore, de Kas, Zoldering, Bolenius, de Juwelier. Blauw. Bridges.
Chocolate: Tony and Polaberry chocolate
Mesina Mediterranean and clubbing. Lijnbaansgracht 161
Some fun crowded areas: Leidseplein, (Paradiso), Rembrandt plein. (Escape), Nieuwmarkt, Vondelpark, Albert Cuyp, Noordermarkt. Tuinstraat
Foodhallen
Here is that Google Reviews link. And...more tips link too. You help me a lot with a review. So we can continue giving these fun two hours to others too. It just takes you one minute. Please mention my name there too: Marius. Thank you :)
Google Reviews: https://g.page/r/CeN1HF2khmfVEAE/review
Tripadvisor: https://www.tripadvisor.com/UserReviewEdit-g188590-d7932225-Free_Walking_Tours_Amsterdam-Amsterdam_North_Holland_Province.html
My latest 80's Electro Synthwave album:
Revival Rockstar 2026.
Spotify or Apple Music etc:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7LmAmUehjcB8YwSFjvwAn7?nd=1
My personal Wikipedia page:
https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius_Schrader
Hit song Rosie by my band Claw boys Claw on Spotify.
We have around 10 more Wikipedia pages and discog pages there for every album we made check m out if you are totally into me ;) So we stay in touch through the music.
Me at Instagram
Facebook: Marius Schrader
My art website:
https://schrader320.wixsite.com/marius-schrader-art
My mother's Dutch architect heritage website working with 'the Stijl', (Gerrit Rietveld and Piet Mondriaan):
VeraSchrader.com
Trash chique garbage stuff we find on the Amsterdam canals, so you can stay in touch with Amsterdam streets and vibe every week a post by me and my girl:
Wish for you: freedom, peace & happiness
