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The best beer cafe in Amsterdam? Quite likely. This bar is housed in an old distillery just off the Nieuwezijds Kolk. The translation of Wildeman is the wild man. This place is beer. It doesn't...
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Deciphering the notes I took while sitting at the bar of the Café Belgique took some time and editorial assistance, particularly the later ones. One section looks like a protracted muse on whether a cat...
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Of course, no visit to Amsterdam is complete without a visit to one of its famous coffee shops. While I imagine they all do serve coffee, that is not what they are famous for. The...
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The Red Light district, Leidseplein and Rembrantplein all have vibrant drinking scenes. If you want to experience the traditional ‘brown cafes’ -small, basic Dutch bars effortlessly achieving everything the JD Wetherspoon’s chain aspires to in...
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'I didn’t know you liked house plants’, I said to my son. He had put three green pot plants in front of a south facing window, they were protected by aluminium foil so as to...
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It's a touristy coffeeshop, but we wanted to go in just to see. I don't smoke, so I can't tell you about that aspect, but everyone else seemed to have a pretty good time....
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Cineac is hands down the coolest lounge in Amsterdam. Go on a Wednesday and have a relaxed catch-up session with a friend over a glass of wine and reasonably priced oysters. Go on...
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This is a real corner of Old Amsterdam right in the middle of the hectic melange of Nieuwendijk. The bar is L-shaped, which actually makes it feel like two separate bars. The beers...
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Local pubs in Amsterdam can be a bit dull to be honest, but there are some good ones around, let me take you on a short tour.
't Doktertje
Alley of the Kalverstraat (from the dam alley...
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This is a low-key locals hangout--look for the lettering on the window. I bought a drink and plopped down on a bench covered with pillows near the tree. After saying "hallo" to the nearest patron,...
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