When the previous owners hung up their pinnies in the '80s after 40 years behind the bar, they sealed up their café, retired upstairs and eventually passed...

A glass cabinet of trophies and trinkets and a jukebox give this bar an easygoing 1950s feel. It's an Amsterdam classic, by night full of bar-room...

A snug, arty cinema that features a cosmopolitan array of films. One of the few places that still has intervals during the film, which gives you opportunity...

Theatre, new media, photography shows, cinema and literary events sit alongside lectures, debates and discussions about cultural, social and political...

De Kaaskamer offers over 200 varieties of domestic and imported cheeses, plus pâtés, olives, pastas and wines. Have fun quizzing the staff on the different...

This beautiful art deco sauna offers Turkish bath, Finnish sauna, cold plunge bath and solarium. Massages, shiatsu, plus beauty and skincare are all...

Each day brings a different fish, meat and vegetarian dish to the menu of this cheap and tasty international kitchen. Star spotters take note: whichever act...

This excellent photography museum, located in a renovated canal house, holds regular exhibitions of works by shutter-button maestros like August Sander as...

Located in a monumental 17th-century house, the walls of this photography foundation might host the latest from such hotshots as Hellen van Meene, David...

Customised boards, Vans shoes and labels like Fred Perry, plus a great selection of punk imports.

Lambiek, founded in 1968, claims to be the world's oldest comic shop and has thousands of books from around the world; its on-site cartoonists' gallery...

Loekie isn't cheap, and you'll have to queue, but a French stick with Italian fillings makes for a meal. Fine quiche, cheesecake and tapenade, too.

The Melkweg shows great films, although the racket that comes through the floor when there's a band playing elsewhere in the building might distract you...

Former milk factory 'Milky Way' offers a galaxy of stellar programming and a newly rebuilt main hall. Often ridiculously crowded - but great value and down...