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- Having an omelette at Studio 2 on the flower market -
Rain, rain, rain. Today was a day with typical dutch weather, a lot of rain all day. My friend needed to go to a shop with Chinese products on the flower market, so we decided to look for a place to go there. Half way through the flower market on a corner we ran into […]
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- Expensive lunch with a view at Metz & Co -
Today I met my friend in Leidseplein like most of the times, but this time he was lazy for going any place further away. So we decided to go to the restaurant on top of the Metz & Co store in the Leidsestraat. Now Metz & Co is a kind of posh place. It’s located […]
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- 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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- Sunny lunch at Loosje on Nieuwmarkt -
What is this? Spring in february in Amsterdam? We had quite a few extraordinary days in Amsterdam, where the temperatures were more suited for spring than for winter! And today was sunny enough for us to sit outside. I had gotten a tip from a reader to check out Skek in the Nieuwmarkt area, but […]
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- Special bagel at Village Bagels -
Today we had decided beforehand to go to the Bazel building on Vijzelstraat. It used to be owned by a bank, but they sold it and it was refurbished and now it is a conference center and city archive, so it’s publicly accessible now. They also have a cafe and we decided to check it […]
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- Deliciously cheap lunch at La Place (OBA) -
Close to Central Station on the top floor of the new building of the public library of Amsterdam (OBA) La Place has opened a new location. It was in the local news right after opening, because it was robbed twice! That peeked our curiosity, so today we finally decided to visit it. To get […]
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- Eighties lunch at 1e Klas Central Station -
Today we went to a place on Central Station, located on track 2B, called 1e Klas (first class) and the decor of the place is first class! With high painted ceilings and woodworks it is really in the style of the central station building. It’s just worth coming here to have a look at it.
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- Quick coffee at Puccini -
After the big nachos at the Hard Rock Cafe, we decided we needed a coffee to stay awake after all that food. It was a stiff walk through all the shopping streets from Leidseplein to Waterlooplein, where we descended on the terrace of Puccini. Now Puccini is also a bonbon store with hand-made bonbons, […]
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- Big lunch at Hard Rock Cafe -
Never having been to a Hard Rock Cafe anywhere in the world in my life, today was a good time for a first visit to the one in Amsterdam! Summer was gracing Amsterdam a little bit, no rain and just a few clouds. So after we dogged the door bitch of the Hard Rock […]
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- Self service at La Ruche -
La Ruche is the self service restaurant of the department store De Bijenkorf on Dam square. It’s kind of the same concept as La Place of V&D with the same products. Maybe the assortment is a bit smaller here than at La Place (no chickens with curry sauce or salad buffet). Anyway this is a […]
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- Cafe Ristretto with expensive juice -
In the Magna Plaza behind the Dam on the top floor, there is Cafe Ristretto. It’s an amazing location in the old postal office. If you can get a table at the balcony side, you have a view over the whole Magna Plaza. We went here just to have a drink. It was a good […]
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- First day of spring at Cobra Cafe -
Yes today spring finally arrived for real in Amsterdam, sunshine and nice temperatures. So to celebrate the arrival of spring we went to have lunch out on a terrace. As usual when the sun comes out, everybody suddenly goes out. I always wonder were all those people were in winter. Anyway we were lucky to […]
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