Tired of seeing the same shoes in every store, Dutch fashion buyer Gertie Gerards put her money where her mouth was and set up shop. Betsy Palmer is her...

Every Saturday, the Noordermarkt turns into an organic farmers' market. Groups of singers or medieval musicians sometimes perform al fresco, making the...

Nab a sophisticated Dutch handbag in materials from leather to plastic. Many (but not all) of the creations are produced by four local designers.

A variety of rubbers of the non-erasing kind to wrap up trouser snakes of all shapes and sizes in a store that's equal parts amusing and inspiring.

Conscious Dreams was the original proponent of the smart drugs wave in Amsterdam. The staff here really know their stuff - the owner worked as a drugs...

A new member of the legendary Dampkring family, this delightful emporium has everything needed to set up a grow centre at home: from hydroponics and organic...

Dappermarkt is a locals' market: prices don't rise to match the number of visitors. It sells all the usual market fodder, and plenty of cheap clothes.

Local young fashion designer and Project Catwalk judge Daryl van Wouw - an expert in how to apply street trends to the catwalks - finally has his own...

Souvenirs with provenance. Delftshop are the official dealers of Royal Delft and Makkum pottery, the bread and butter of the Dutch antique trade. The stock...

The new concept home of local denim label Blue Blood Jeans has all the lovely aspirational gear any upwardly mobile trendster could ever want, all under one...

While Elize Lutz's shop features the most avant garde of Dutch jewellery designers, she has the decency - not to mention the sound commercial sense - to...

One of the first shops in Amsterdam to sell hemp clothes and products, and now one of the last, Hemp Works has had to diversify into seed sales and fresh...

Amsterdam's globally-acclaimed lingerie designer has her own store on the posh shopping strip of Cornelis Schuytstraat. She also has a boutique in the Nine...