After months of promise and waiting Starbucks has finally opened it’s doors on Amsterdam Central Station. After opening a location at Utrecht CS, the wait began for the one at Amsterdam CS. First the opening was promised for spring 2009, then summer and now in november 2009 it has finally opened. For me personally it’s a little too late and I am over my Starbucks obsession. After my holidays in the UK and the discovery of Costa Coffee, now I am a Costa Coffee fan 
If Starbucks will work here at the stations remains to be seen. The prices for a coffee at Starbucks are quite high and there are many alternatives at the station for getting a coffee at a cheaper price. They are right next to the HEMA for example which has coffees and cappuccinos for a lot less and probably not much worse flavor. I do prefer Starbucks coffee over the omni present Coffee Company here. When I go to the Coffee Company I take a Chai tea latte instead of a coffee, just because I cannot stand their coffee anymore.
I think Starbucks (or Costa Coffee ) should open a location on the Leidseplein here in Amsterdam. There is a huge empty space from the ABN Amro bank now, that is a prime location for something like that. Anyway once I have gone to the Starbucks on the Amsterdam Central Station I will post my experiences here of course!
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