Despite its Swiss origins, the Dutch adopted the cheese fondue as a 'national dish' long ago. Sample its culinary conviviality at this suitably cosy brown...

The grandness of this vast café on the corner of the Stopera complex belies the fact that it's modern: velvet drapes, Chesterfields and faux oil paintings...

An old-fashioned drinking hole - complete with gritted floors - on one of the main tourist drags. Rough edges are smoothed out by sophisticated breakfasts...

All of Amsterdam - students, tourists, lesbigays, cinema-goers, the fashion pack - come here for lunch, coffee or something stronger all day long, making it...

A hidey-hole down a poetically named alleyway: 'Prayer Without End', from the Santa Clara convent that stood here in the 17th century. Now it's a...

If shopping on Kalverstraat gets too much, run screaming across Rokin to this oasis of calm on the edge of the Old Centre. It has the stripped-down looks of...

Never overdoing the Irish theme, this multi-roomed bar has many faces: the Nes side is loungey; the Rokin side is full of rowdy, football-watching Brits;...

Far from the bustle of Dam Square, though really just a few strides away, on one of Amsterdam's most charming streets. Airy by day, romantic and candle-lit...