Topped with hot chocolate sauce, banana or red fruits, or a savory fried egg? Or the Dutch way with syrup and powdered sugar? At Pancakes Amsterdam you can order no less than 30 different types of pancakes, American style or thin as people in Amsterdam are …
Adolph Krasnapolsky was a very successfull tailor on Nieuwendijk. With his fortune, he built one of the first hotels in the city with a beautiful Winter garden (wintertuin). The spacious and beautifully decorated hall is a great place to start the day. Ask for the special kids …
The oldest and most well-known restaurant with an all-Dutch menu. This restaurant is cosy, though its name (the five flies) suggests otherwise.
People stand in line for more than an hour to taste their cookies. Van Stapele on Heisteeg, around the corner from Spui, has thousands of followers on social media and as many visitors to the bakery every day. Further down the road, on Runstraat, Koekemannetje …
Hansje en Grietje (Hansel and Gretel), which is opposite the entrance to the Rijksmuseum, has been serving pancakes for nearly 150 years to hungry museum visitors. They must be doing something right. To make sure you have a table, make a reservation.
At the bottom of A’DAM Toren you will find one of the best hamburger restaurants in Amsterdam, where you can choose from 18 different sandwiches. Our favourite drink: a big milkshake! Chose from one of many exciting flavours. The Butcher serves a great vegan burger.
Most buildings have one door or gate. Some important ones have two. De Waag (the weighing house) on Nieuwmarkt (New Market) had no less than 10 at a certain point! The building was first constructed as a medieval city gate and was used as a meeting …
See everything in the harbour and enjoy the tastiest Dutch pancakes at the same time. The Pannenboekenboot takes you on a 45-minute boat trip from the Far West of ’t IJ to the Far East, past shipyards, harbours and parts of Amsterdam that you would …
On this floating restaurant you can imagine yourself in the Far East. The Sea Palace has three floors and more than 600 seats and is a copy of a famous restaurant in Hong Kong. You also have a beautiful view over the city centre and …
Unlike other types of fish, herring is not cooked or baked, and you can impossibly use a knife and fork; you have it raw and hold it by its tail. A lot of tourists think that’s just a crazy habit, the Dutch love their so-called …
