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* Maoz - Fresh falafel and salads, take-away - Leidsestraat 85, 1017 NX Amsterdam
* Maoz - Fresh falafel and salads, take-away - Leidsestraat 85, 1017 NX Amsterdam
* Febo - Pick your dish from a vending-machine, fully automatic, but don't eat it - Leidsestraat 121, Amsterdam
* Febo - Pick your dish from a vending-machine, fully automatic, but don't eat it - Leidsestraat 121, Amsterdam
* De Waaghals - Vegetarian restaurant, simple menu, main dish changes twice monthly to a new country [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/172900-De-Waaghals-Amsterdam] - [http://www.waaghals.nl/menuENG.htm menu] - Frans Halsstraat 29, 1072 BK Amsterdam
* De Waaghals - Vegetarian restaurant, simple menu, family business, main dish changes twice monthly to a new country [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/172900-De-Waaghals-Amsterdam] - [http://www.waaghals.nl/menuENG.htm menu] - Frans Halsstraat 29, 1072 BK Amsterdam
* Ko Chang - Apparently the best Thai in Amsterdam, try the mixed starters and Sate [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/758252-Ko-Chang-Amsterdam] - Westerstraat 92, Jordaan area, 1015 LX Amsterdam
* Ko Chang - Apparently the best Thai in Amsterdam, try the mixed starters and Sate [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/758252-Ko-Chang-Amsterdam] - Westerstraat 92, Jordaan area, 1015 LX Amsterdam



Revision as of 21:55, 10 January 2011

Must have

  • Vodafone BloX Zorgeloos Internet - Get a prepaid sim-card to get Internet access
    • Purchase at a AH supermarket or Vondafone shop, put in SIM, unlock, send the SMS message "zorgeloos internet aan" to number 4000 to activate 30 day unlimited Internet for 9.50 EUR, APN: live.vodafone.nl, username: vodafone, password: vodafone, More details
    • Use a jailbroken iPad with MyWi as an access point to offer access to friends
  • BVG.nl 72 hour ticket for 3 days for travel around the centre, NS.nl Weekend ticket from Schipol to Amsterdam Centraal

Places

  • Magere Brug - One of the older bridges, 300 years old [1]
  • Central Station - Big building from 1889
  • Amsterdam Dungeon - Horror tour with live actors
  • House of tattoos - Claudia is supposed to be the best artist [2]
  • Red Light District - Quick look of course, between Damrak and De Wallen
  • De Poezenboot - Boat dedicated as a refuge for cats, city centre
  • Main streets
    • Central Station to the Leidseplein: Nieuwendijk, Kalverstraat, Heiligeweg, Leidsestraat. Around 2 Km long, thus lots of various types of shops
    • Haarlemmerstraat / Haarlemmerdijk, Utrechtsestraat, Spiegelstraat, and around Nieuwmarkt
    • Interesting little shops located in the side streets of the main canals, Prinsengracht / Keizersgracht / Herengracht, espesially around the Jordaan rectangle
    • Second Jordaan around De Pijp, Ferdinand Bolstraat and Sarphatipark
  • Jordaan - Centre for artisans, artists and creatives
  • Nieuwmarkt - Marked in the middle of old city centre
  • Dam Square - Considered the centre
  • The Nine Streets - Narrow streets between the main canals from the Prinsengracht to the Singel, Boutiques, specialist shops, galleries and restaurants
  • Albert Cuyp Marked - Supposed the largest in Amsterdam, get some good cheese - Albert Cuypstraat 217, Amsterdam
  • China Town - Dubbed so, Zeedijk in Nieuwmarkt
  • IMAX Pathé - At the Bijlmer Arena - Program

Stay

  • Maes B & B - A home made into a bed & breakfast place, breakfast around the common table in the morning [3]
  • Hotel Hestia - Friendly homely hotel [4]
  • citizenM Amsterdam City - Awesome shower setup in the bathroom, little outside the centre

Eat

  • Try: bitterballen, a kind of fried meatball, the kroketten (the same, but shaped like a cylinder), a traditional herring or a broodje haring (herring sandwich) served with onions and pickles, a good place is at Koningsplein near the Flower Market, also oliebollen, round blobs of sweet fried dough embedded with raisins (sultanas) and powdered sugar

Dinner / Snack

  • The Pancake Bakery - Crepes and pancakes, huge menu, pricey - Prinsengracht 191, Amsterdam
  • Pancakes Amsterdam - Another pancake place, photos looks delicious [5] - Berenstraat 38, 1016 GH Amsterdam
  • Maoz - Fresh falafel and salads, take-away - Leidsestraat 85, 1017 NX Amsterdam
  • Febo - Pick your dish from a vending-machine, fully automatic, but don't eat it - Leidsestraat 121, Amsterdam
  • De Waaghals - Vegetarian restaurant, simple menu, family business, main dish changes twice monthly to a new country [6] - menu - Frans Halsstraat 29, 1072 BK Amsterdam
  • Ko Chang - Apparently the best Thai in Amsterdam, try the mixed starters and Sate [7] - Westerstraat 92, Jordaan area, 1015 LX Amsterdam

Breakfast

  • Studio 2 - Middle of the Flower Market
  • Eetcafe Singel 404 - Whole grain bread, fresh vegetables, good selection - Singel 404, 1016, AK Amsterdam