Centrum, Amsterdam
OBA Oosterdok
The central library: free, enormous, and the best desk in town.
- Best at
- Morning, Afternoon
- Kind
- Something to do
- Page
- Written by us
- Image
- Mood still, made by us
The place
Ten floors of pale wood, daylight and plants, with a top floor that looks out over the whole harbour and a terrace to go with it. You do not need a card to come in or to sit down all day. Half the freelancers in this city have written something here, and on a grey afternoon it beats every café in the centre.
Before you go
Take the escalator all the way to the top before you pick a seat. Most people stop two floors too early.
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Loetje
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Steak in butter, in a room that has never tried to be fashionable.