Pronounced 'acht' (Dutch for eight), this is the latest streetwear haunt with maximum cred thanks to its super-exclusive kicks, toys and T-shirts.
Vijzelstraat 105Mixes new designers with established names such as Martine Sitbon, Clements Ribeiro and Earl Jean, and often featured in the papers next to an A-lister's 'what is she...
Cornelis Schuytstraat 22Being 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the sea, Amsterdam was hardly anyone's choice for a beach holiday until sand was tipped on the artificial islands of IJburg, where 45,000...
Bert Haanstrakade 2004This beach place is great even when the weather sucks (thanks to the open fire, perhaps). It's not a club as such, more a restaurant/bar, but it does pull some top names and a...
Bert Haanstrakade 2004Popular with the neighbourhood's more affluent young people, there's a mod-retro feel here - lacquered walls, 1970s lamps, school chairs - and weekends are livened up with DJs...
Ferdinand Bolstraat 17-19So slick a bar comes as a surprise plonked canalside in an unremarkable residential area not far from the Vondelpark. Inside it's all blonde wood, cool, creamy colours and a...
Sloterkade 1AThe 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 perfectly curated...
Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat 142No longer the nightlife supremo it once was, the Getaway is still a reliable destination for a drink and maybe a dance among relatively young, hip and arty locals. Diep...
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 250Customised boards, Vans shoes and labels like Fred Perry, plus a great selection of punk imports.
Vijzelstraat 77Amsterdam has never seen anything quite so luxuriously cosmopolitan as Jimmy Woo's. You, too, can marvel at the lounge area filled with a mixture of modern and antique...
Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 18Art students and the terminally hip gather at this red-lacquered temple to pleasure, where there is no food or frippery, just booze and DJ-spun music with a party mood. Nearby...
Marnixstraat 401The bar that began the gentrification of the Pijp is now one of the old guard, but its sleek-with-a-twist-of-kitsch chic (glossy red walls, American fridges) still sets the...
Ferdinand Bolstraat 24Don your glad rags to blend in at this fashionable brasserie, which is great for emptying your wallet while watching a selection of Dutch glitterati do exactly the same. The...
Ruysdaelstraat 54-56This 'night theatre' has found its niche as a place where performance meets clubbing. Every night brings a show of some kind, be it photos, classical dancers, MCs in various...
Lijnbaansgracht 238A shipbuilding yard at the beginning of the last century, NDSM is now a cultural complex that's yet to be completed, a state of affairs that's rather in step with the...
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