Neighbourhood

Centrum

The part everyone walks through and almost nobody stops in. These are the places in the middle that locals still use, mostly by knowing which door to take.

5 places in Amsterdam

Eat

The White Room

Centrum

A nineteenth century dining room that still behaves like one.

Something to do

OBA Oosterdok

Centrum

The central library: free, enormous, and the best desk in town.

Market

Boekenmarkt op het Spui

Centrum

Second hand books on a square, every Friday, in whatever weather.

Live music

Bitterzoet

Centrum

A small stage where bands play the year before they get big.

Eat

Loetje

Centrum

Steak in butter, in a room that has never tried to be fashionable.