Amsterdam, Jet-setting Style

Photos by Andreas Mueller

Editor of Superfuture show us where to go in his hometown, Amsterdam.

Eat & Drink

Favorite hi-end restaurant:

Beddington’s
Utrechtsestraat 141
Upmarket yet with a quirky twist, small and intimate, good food and wines.

Best-deal restaurant:

Hotel de Goudfazant
Aambeeldstraat 10H
Fresh concept. Culinary equivalent of the guerilla store. Good food, cool crowd, so worth the detour!

Best street food:

Maoz
Muntplein 1
Best falafel in town, a great salad bar.

Favorite cafe:

Waldorf
Elandsgracht 2A
Campy-chic décor, cool crowd.

Best place to work on a laptop with free Wi-Fi:

Café Zool
Oude Leliestraat 9

Read

Best bookstore:

American Book Center
Spui 12
English-language bookstore.

Best magazine stand:

Athenaeum
Spui 14-16
This is an Amsterdam institution. Loads of cult magazines, wide selection of foreign newspapers.

Shop

Best boutique:

Filippa K
P.C. Hooftstraat 129
Urban chic from Sweden.

Sightsee

Favorite art space / gallery / museum:

Stedelijk Museum
Oosterdokskade 5
This is actually the museum’s temporary location. Fabulous utilitarian vibe, pity it’ll move back again in 2009 or so.

Best touristy thing to do:

Canal boat tour.

Tips

The thing only a local does or knows:

Most taxi drivers are scum. Take bus, tram, or use other means of transportation.

Best website for local info:

http://amsterdam.nl and http://www.superfuture.com

A great outdoor space:

Vondel Park
Amsterdam’s very own Central Park. Home of Flower Power.

The must-see thing in your city:

Ons’ Lieve Heer pp Solder
A so-called hidden church in the red-light district, justification for puritans to venture there!