Brits will spot the pun from 50 paces: yep, it's an English fish 'n' chip gaff. Besides fish, there's a selection of pies, pasties, peas and downmarket tabloids. Hearty fare...

This giant started as the tiniest of ventures; today it sells street classics from Converse, Ben Sherman, Timberland and the like. It also holds the accolade of being the only...

Now located in a fancier location a mere two blocks from the old shop and an Amsterdam institution since 1972, the American Book Center stocks English-language books and...

A note to all those historical museums around the world that struggle to present their exhibits in an engaging fashion: head here to see how it's done. Amsterdam's Historical...

This marvellous building houses a private artists' society, whose members gather in the first-floor bar, while members of the public can climb a Berlage-designed staircase to...

This is where Amsterdam's most highbrow literary browsers choose to hang around. The Athenaeum Nieuwscentrum, as its name might suggest, also stocks newspapers from all over...

A goblin's cave hiding behind the palace, there's barely room for 20 customers in here, but the atmosphere - enhanced by dripping candles - is intimate rather than cramped and...

Designed in 1896 by Hendrik Berlage as the city's stock exchange, the palatial Beurs, while incorporating a broad range of traditional building styles, represents a break with...

This former stock exchange, designed by Hendrik Berlage, is worth a visit in its own right as perhaps the most important piece of 20th-century architecture in Amsterdam. But...

This busy, comfy and casual bar triples as a venue for theatre and music. Both bands and DJs tend to embrace the jazzy, world and urban side of sound, as demonstrated by...

This conveniently central shop stocks a full spectrum of jazz, from '30s stompers to mainstream, avant-garde and Afro jazz. Effortlessly ool.

This brasserie is housed in the oldest covered terrace in Amsterdam. As you might guess, it harks back to classier times, but what's more surprising is its embrace of the...

Definitely the smallest bar in Amsterdam at just a handful of square metres, the Doctor is also one of the oldest, dishing out the cure for whatever ails you since 1798....