Small and often smoky, the widely renowned Alto is one of the city's older and better jazz venues. Renowned Dutch saxophonist Hans Dulfer (Candy's dad) has a long-running slot...
Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 115This festival brings some of the best world music acts to Amsterdam every year.
Leidsekruisstraat 6-8Named after the only chess world champion the Netherlands has produced and occupying the city's old House of Detention - it held Resistance leaders in World War II - the Max...
Max Euweplein 30AYou'll find Irish pubs in every major European town, but only a handful are as much fun as Mulligans. The formula will be familiar to anyone who has frequented similar places...
Amstel 100Just off Singel, this museum to the writer Eduard Douwes-Dekker (1820-87), aka Multatuli, is in the house where he was born. The various literary artefacts pay testament to his...
Korsjespoortsteeg 20The city archives are located in an epic and decorative 1926 building that's shrouded in esoteric mists. The highly ornate structure was designed by architect KPC de Bazel, a...
Vijzelstraat 32In the middle of Rembrandtplein's neon glitz and ice cream-eating crowds lurks this ex-radio studio, a black pearl waiting to be discovered. Dirty disco, deep electronic acid...
Rembrandtplein 17