Neighbourhood
Oud-West
West of the ring of canals, where the city stops performing. Long streets, short queues, and the sort of place that is busy at six on a Tuesday.
7 places in Amsterdam
Levain et le Vin
Oud-West
A sourdough bakery that also sells wine, which turns out to be the right combination.
Vermut
Oud-West
A neighbourhood bar on the Jan Pieter Heijestraat, built around vermouth and other aperitifs, in the space where the trattoria Nonna used to
Bar Centraal
Oud-West
Natural wine and small plates, in a room that is always one person too full.
Lot Sixty One
Oud-West
A roastery the size of a living room, on a grey morning.
dubble
Oud-West
A listening café in warm orange, where the records are the point at eleven in the morning.
The Coffee Vondelpark
Oud-West
A Brazilian coffee concept with a Japanese-influenced interior, the fifth coffee address on the Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat and the fir
Speijers Platen
Oud-West
A record shop on the Jan Pieter Heijestraat, open since February 2026, with around fifteen thousand new and secondhand LPs in the bins.