June 2008

Monthly Archive

  • Coffee and cake at the Coffee Company - 1ste Van Der Helststraat -

    The Coffee Company is like Starbucks, but then it does have locations in Amsterdam itself. Instead of Starbucks which is still only at the airport At the Coffee Company, depending on the size of the location, you can get all kinds of coffees and tea, iced cappuccino for a hot day, sweets and pastries, […]

    Popularity: 21% [?]

  • Having a coffee at Walem -

    Located on the Keizersgracht between Leidseplein en Koningsplein, I have to admit Walem is not one of my favorite places. It reminds me a bit of Cafe de Jaren, but then 10 times worse. That said the rest of my review will be very objective
    After having a juice and a muffin at the […]

    Popularity: 31% [?]

  • On the terrace at the new Belgica -

    Last year a new place opened on a once dead corner of the Leidseplein, Belgica. I wrote about Belgica before. But since then it closed and changed completely. Now it is more a standard type of brown cafe as we say in here in Holland.
    Now Amsterdam is having a bit of summer these days, some […]

    Popularity: 20% [?]

  • Having a coffee at the new Coffee Company - Spui -

    To my surprise I noticed a while ago that the JuicyDetails on the Spui had closed and that it was going to be replaced by a Coffee Company. Now I didn’t go to the JuicyDetails quite often, but I am sad to see it go. And yet another Coffee Company? The Coffee Company is really […]

    Popularity: 15% [?]

  • Having lunch at the HEMA restaurant -

    Lunchtime, where can you go and grab a quick lunch in the Central Station area. Of course you can go to one of the counters in the Central Station, but then you can not sit down. Luckily close by is the HEMA on the Nieuwendijk. The HEMA is a famous department store in Holland that […]

    Popularity: 17% [?]