4 stops · about 7 hours · Late afternoon
A long summer evening
In June it stays light until close to eleven, and the whole city moves outdoors. This is the version of Amsterdam that people who live here actually spend their summers in.
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Outdoors · Oud-Zuid
Vondelpark
Enter from the Amstelveenseweg side so the low sun comes towards you the whole way. Bring something to sit on.
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Coffee · Oud-West
Lot Sixty One
Four minutes from the park gate, for the coffee that gets you through the rest of the evening.
- 3
Eat · Centrum
Loetje
Eat early and simply. Steak, butter, bread, and nobody trying to impress anybody.
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Up high · De Pijp
Twenty Third Bar
Go up an hour before sunset, not at sunset, and watch the streetlights come on in waves across a very flat city.