The famous tasting house at the base of the Gooyer windmill, where wares from award-winning local brewery 't IJ can be sampled. Inside is bare (still retaining the look of the...
Funenkade 7If you want to exercise your brain as well as your elbow, head for this chess, bridge and darts café. Willing playmates are always to hand and there are regular contests and...
Laurierstraat 76The Amsterdam Steambrewery Company has been making beer onsite for five years (though the building's history stretches back to the Middle Ages, when it was a house for fallen...
Kloveniersburgwal 6-8A simply outstanding place to get sozzled, this dark and cosy Belgian beer specialist offers more than 150 bottled brews - including 42 abbey beers and 14 trappist - and 14 on...
Daniel Stalpertstraat 74Sleek lines, burnished mahogany, banquettes and voluptuous lounge decks: all create the mood of a yacht fit for a Greek shipping magnate. You'll need the wealth of one, too, to...
Westerdoksdijk 40The Montreal-based ad agency that established this funky satellite office/gallery/store/café/bar sells everything from Canadian fashion labels, such as Team Macho and Renata...
Gerard Doustraat 72-80Through the large windows of this cubic building you get great views of the eastern docklands. Come for soup and sandwiches by day and a daily menu of Mediterranean dishes by...
Noordwal 1It's standing room only at this historic tasting-house. Hidden behind the Krasnapolsky, unchanged since 1679, this has been a meeting place for Freemasons since the beginning;...
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