The country's most famous club is renowned worldwide for flair on the field and its excellent youth training programme. Although success isn't guaranteed, they're typically...

Great for football fans of all allegiances, this fine museum covers the rich history of the club, offering photographs, memorabilia, trophies and videos documenting their...

Convenient for Centraal Station, the docklands and hops across to Noord, this a good bet if you're looking for good, clean accommodation with the odd frill, like free in-house...

This park's large lake is a centre for watersports and windsurfing. There's also a campsite.

This spacious monument to industry just west of the Jordaan pumped water from the coast's dunes for around a century. Now it pumps out honest Dutch and French dishes - from...

These Dutch representatives in the NFL Europa primarily play against German opposition, and pull in the punters for big fixtures. Successful in recent seasons, their reasonably...

A huge convention and exhibition centre by day, the RAI is an enormous theatre by night and at weekends. Musicals, operas, comedy nights, ballets and spectacular shows can all...

Around 20 fully furnished, central apartments are available for lets of one week or more. They're stylish, but suitably pricey to boot.

When the football season ends, Ajax's stadium is reborn as a musical amphitheatre hosting tours by the likes of U2, Madonna and the Rolling Stones, outdoor raves, and even a...

The biggest and best of all night shops, this is basically a supermarket, albeit a late-opening one, though it must be said that the selection of wine and beer here puts most...

A small, cosy eating house with several decades of experience. The food is reasonably priced and well done, with vegetarians generously catered for, but if you want it hot, you...

By far the biggest and best kitchen any coffeeshop has to offer. The hearty menu includes daily lunch specials, vegetarian options and, to balance a wake 'n' bake session, a...

The Amsterdamse Bos visitor centre recounts the history and use of the Amsterdamse Bos. Its mock woodland grotto, which can turn from day to night at the flick of a switch, is...

The western islands feel like a secluded retreat from the city's bustle, and this modern glass cube is great for a break after aimless exploring. Food caters to all pockets,...