A holy trinity of hotel, restaurant and nightclub in a former Catholic orphanage, Arena's only downside is that it's a bit out of the way - though trams...

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.

In a nutshell, this is a brown café with knobs on. It's occupied a lovely site on the river near Amstel station for 110 years, and offers all the joys of an...

Another multi-purpose venue, these beautiful buildings were once an orphanage, before changing into a youth hostel. From there, it was only a short step to...

Head up the Amstel river to this aluminum prefab shed near the main city jail and the Hells Angels clubhouse. Simple dishes such as pumpkin soup and baked...

This new, slightly out-of-the-way address is worth a visit for sheer inspired quirkiness. Expect the 'pure image and sound' of Park 4DTV or the mobile...

Next to the Tropenmuseum, this highly cultural venue sporadically shows documentaries from developing countries

This is a handsome and vast building, sitting rather grandly in a slightly out-of-the-way (by the pocket handkerchief standards of Amsterdam, anyway)...

Falling under the umbrella of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), an independent non-profit organisation that specialises in the areas of international and...