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- Lunch on an old railway bridge, Restaurant Open -
Due to the works in the Central Station area of Amsterdam for the Noord-Zuid line (the new metro line that’s being build in Amsterdam) and the reorganization of the area, there was suddenly a spare railway bridge. So some people had an original idea and used the bridge as a base for a new restaurant. […]
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- Old style bagels at Royal Bagels and Muffins -
The plan today was to go to Peruvian restaurant Mashua. On their website they say they are open for lunch and they also have a lunch menu on it. But when my friend and me approached Mashua, the place looked suspiciously dark. And when we got closer, we saw that it was dark, nobody was […]
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- Burgers at the Burgermeester -
Where to get the best burgers in Amsterdam? Burger restaurant Burgermeester (= master of burgers or mayor, depending on how you interpret it ) claims it is at their restaurant. So we decided to investigate.
Burgermeester is located in de Pijp area of Amsterdam just off the Albert Cuyp market. It is quite a […]Popularity: 22% [?]
- Kitchen is the new La Ruche at De Bijenkorf -
De Bijenkorf in Amsterdam is busy refurbishing some things and among those was the restaurant. It used to be called La Ruche and be located on the second floor. But now it has been renamed Kitchen and it’s located on the top floor, in the roof. Now the top floor of De Bijenkorf has always […]
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- Koffiehuis De Hoek, a typical Dutch place -
Koffiehuis De Hoek is located behind Dam square in one of the older parts of Amsterdam called De Jordaan. It’s a typical place of which you would find a lot in this area in the old days. Is has the typical wooden tables and chairs and lots of pictures and kitsch decoration. And the table […]
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- 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, […]
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- 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: 23% [?]
- 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: 16% [?]
- 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 […]
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- Having a coffee at Le Cafe Kalvertoren -
Saturday afternoon, you are shopping with the rest of Amsterdam and surrounding areas in the center of Amsterdam. You feel like taking a coffee, but where do you go… Bagels & Beans? No, full. Coffee Company…hmmmm full too! Saturdays are very busy in Amsterdam, especially with good weather, so it is always hard to find […]
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- A broodje gezond at Cafe Noir -
Cafe Noir is located a bit out of the center at the Weesperplein. So it’s not a location that you just pass by. It is close to a part of the University of Amsterdam though and you can see that from the people who come here. Lots of students! It was a nice day but […]
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- Another visit to the Bagels & Beans -
Today another visit to yet another Bagels & Beans. Bagels & Beans is everywhere in Amsterdam and today we ended up at the one in the beginning of the Kinkerstraat. Actually we wanted to go to a new place that is opening across the street from the Bagels & Beans, but it was not open […]
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