Few cities pack as much into such a walkable, canal-laced centre as Amsterdam. World-beating museums, the UNESCO-listed Canal Ring, the moving Anne Frank House, leafy Vondelpark and the buzzing markets of De Pijp are all within easy reach on foot, bike or tram. Here are the 18 attractions worth building your trip around, with prices, opening hours and tips to skip the queues.
€22.50Rijksmuseum
Area
Museum Quarter
Category
Art Museum
“Head straight to the Gallery of Honour at opening to have Rembrandt's Night Watch almost to yourself.”
€20Van Gogh Museum
Area
Museum Quarter
Category
Art Museum
“Tickets are timed and online-only — book several days ahead, especially for weekend slots.”
€16Anne Frank House
Area
Jordaan / Canal Ring
Category
Historic House
“Tickets sell out weeks ahead — they release online at a fixed time; set a reminder and book the moment they drop.”
€18Canal Cruise
Area
Canal Ring
Category
Boat Tour
“Choose a small open boat over the big glass-roofed barges, and go at dusk when the bridges light up.”
FreeThe Canal Ring (Grachtengordel)
Area
City Centre
Category
Historic District
“Walk the Herengracht 'Golden Bend' and hunt the seven bridges view from Reguliersgracht.”
FreeVondelpark
Area
Museum Quarter / Oud-West
Category
Park
“Rent a bike and ride the loops, or bring a picnic on a sunny day — it's where the whole city relaxes.”
FreeJordaan
Area
Jordaan
Category
District
“Come Saturday for the Noordermarkt farmers' market, then duck into a brown café for a jenever.”
Free / €12.50Dam Square & Royal Palace
Area
City Centre
Category
Square / Palace
“The Royal Palace interior is grand and often overlooked — check it's open (it's a working royal building).”
€23Heineken Experience
Area
De Pijp
Category
Brewery Experience
“Book online for a small discount, and note your ticket includes two beers at the end.”
€17.50NEMO Science Museum
Area
Oosterdok
Category
Science Museum
“The stepped rooftop terrace has free entry and one of the best city panoramas in Amsterdam.”
€21.95Moco Museum
Area
Museum Quarter
Category
Modern Art
“Great for teens and modern-art fans — Banksy and immersive digital rooms in a compact townhouse.”
FreeBegijnhof
Area
City Centre
Category
Courtyard
“Keep your voice down — it's a real residence; find the hidden wooden house, one of the city's oldest.”
FreeAlbert Cuyp Market
Area
De Pijp
Category
Street Market
“Come hungry — grab a fresh stroopwafel hot off the iron and a paper cone of Dutch herring.”
€16.50A'DAM Lookout
Area
Amsterdam-Noord
Category
Observation Deck
“The free GVB ferry behind Centraal gets you there in 5 minutes — dare 'Over the Edge', Europe's highest swing.”
€12Hortus Botanicus
Area
Plantage
Category
Botanical Garden
“The three-climate glasshouse is a warm, humid escape on a cold or rainy Amsterdam day.”
€22.50Stedelijk Museum
Area
Museum Quarter
Category
Modern Art
“Free with the I amsterdam City Card and Museumkaart — great value if you're doing several museums.”
Free building / €12.50 exhibitionEYE Filmmuseum
Area
Amsterdam-Noord
Category
Film Museum
“The building and its waterfront café are free to enter — worth the short ferry even without the exhibition.”
FreeDe Pijp
Area
De Pijp
Category
District
“The 'Latin Quarter' of Amsterdam — base an evening here around the market, bars and global eats.”
Amsterdam attractions in detail
1.Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum is the Netherlands' national museum and one of the great art institutions of Europe, reopened in 2013 after a decade-long restoration of its cathedral-like 1885 building. Its collection runs to 8,000 objects across 80 galleries, telling the story of Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages to today. The undisputed highlight is the Gallery of Honour, culminating in Rembrandt's colossal Night Watch — recently the subject of a public, glass-walled restoration project — flanked by Vermeer's luminous Milkmaid, Frans Hals and other Golden Age masters. Beyond the paintings you'll find Delftware, dolls' houses, ship models, an Asian pavilion and a beautiful library. Tickets are timed, so book online and arrive right at 09:00 opening to beat the crowds to the Night Watch. Allow at least two to three hours; the pretty museum gardens, with their outdoor sculptures, are free to enter. It sits on Museumplein alongside the Van Gogh and Stedelijk museums, making a full culture-packed day easy to plan.
Hours
Daily 09:00–17:00
Price
€22.50; under-18s free
Getting there
Tram 2, 5 or 12 to Rijksmuseum, or a 15-minute walk from Leidseplein
Insider tip: Head straight to the Gallery of Honour at opening to have Rembrandt's Night Watch almost to yourself.
2.Van Gogh Museum
The Van Gogh Museum holds the largest collection of Vincent van Gogh's work anywhere — more than 200 paintings, 500 drawings and 750 letters — arranged so you can follow his brief, turbulent career from the dark Dutch peasant scenes of The Potato Eaters to the blazing colour of his Arles and Saint-Rémy years. Icons on show include Sunflowers, Almond Blossom, The Bedroom and several searing self-portraits, alongside works by contemporaries such as Gauguin and Monet that place him in context. The light-filled main building, designed by Gerrit Rietveld, is paired with a modern glass wing for temporary exhibitions. Because it's one of the most visited museums in the Netherlands, entry is strictly by timed online ticket with no on-the-door sales — book several days ahead and pick an early or late slot to dodge the peak crush. Allow around two hours. It sits on Museumplein next to the Rijksmuseum and Stedelijk, so pairing two or three museums in a day is simple.
Hours
Daily 09:00–18:00 (later on some days; check ahead)
Price
€20; under-18s free
Getting there
Tram 2, 5 or 12 to Van Baerlestraat, on Museumplein
Insider tip: Tickets are timed and online-only — book several days ahead, especially for weekend slots.
3.Anne Frank House
The Anne Frank House is one of Amsterdam's most powerful experiences, preserving the canal-side building where Anne Frank, her family and four others hid from Nazi persecution for two years during the German occupation. You climb through the warehouse and offices and slip behind the famous revolving bookcase into the cramped Secret Annexe where they lived in silence, its rooms left deliberately bare, with Anne's original diary and pencil-marked height chart among the few objects on display. It's a quiet, deeply affecting visit that puts a human face on the Holocaust, ending with exhibits on Anne's legacy and the wider dangers of intolerance. Tickets are online-only, timed, and released on a rolling schedule that sells out weeks in advance — booking the instant they become available is essential, as there are no queues to join on the day. Allow around an hour and a half. The house stands beside the tall-spired Westerkerk in the charming Jordaan, so combine it with a wander through those streets afterwards.
Hours
Daily ~09:00–22:00 (seasonal)
Price
€16; online-only, timed entry
Getting there
Tram 13 or 17 to Westermarkt, beside the Westerkerk
Insider tip: Tickets sell out weeks ahead — they release online at a fixed time; set a reminder and book the moment they drop.
4.Canal Cruise
A canal cruise is the quintessential Amsterdam experience, and the best way to grasp why the seventeenth-century Grachtengordel (Canal Ring) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From the water you glide beneath dozens of humpbacked bridges, past leaning merchant houses with ornate gables, past the bobbing houseboats that thousands of Amsterdammers still call home, seeing a side of the city its car-free lanes can't show you. Options range from big glass-roofed tourist barges with audio commentary to smaller open electric boats and intimate skipper-guided tours — the smaller, open craft are far more atmospheric and let you hear the water and street life. A standard cruise lasts about an hour, with evening and candlelit dinner cruises adding real magic once the bridges are lit and the canals turn glassy. Departure piers cluster around Centraal Station, the Rijksmuseum and near the Anne Frank House, so you can slot one in around other sights. Book ahead in summer for the popular sunset departures, and dress warmly for open boats even in June.
Hours
Departures daily ~09:00–22:00
Price
From €18 for a 1-hour cruise; premium/evening cruises more
Getting there
Piers cluster near Centraal Station, the Rijksmuseum and Anne Frank House
Insider tip: Choose a small open boat over the big glass-roofed barges, and go at dusk when the bridges light up.
5.The Canal Ring (Grachtengordel)
The Grachtengordel, or Canal Ring, is the beautiful concentric belt of waterways dug in Amsterdam's seventeenth-century Golden Age and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site — the postcard image of the city and its single greatest free attraction. Three grand canals, the Herengracht, Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht, arc around the old centre, lined with narrow, gabled merchant houses that lean at charming angles, their reflections shivering in the water. It's a district made for aimless wandering: cross the humpbacked bridges, peer into elegant canal-house windows, browse the boutiques of the Nine Streets, and pause at the 'Golden Bend' of the Herengracht where the wealthiest merchants built their mansions. Don't miss the classic view from Reguliersgracht, where seven arched bridges line up in a row, especially lovely at night. There's no ticket and no schedule — just good walking shoes and time. Combine it with a canal cruise to see it from the water too, and come back after dark when the bridges are strung with lights and the whole ring glows.
Hours
Always open
Price
Free to explore
Getting there
Central and fully walkable; trams from Centraal reach every edge
Insider tip: Walk the Herengracht 'Golden Bend' and hunt the seven bridges view from Reguliersgracht.
6.Vondelpark
Vondelpark is Amsterdam's most popular green space, a 47-hectare stretch of English-style landscape laid out in the 1860s just west of the Museum Quarter. On the first warm day of spring the whole city seems to descend on it — cyclists weaving the paths, joggers, sunbathers on the lawns, friends sharing picnics and beers, and buskers dotted around the ponds and rose garden. It's more than grass and water: there's a free open-air theatre with summer concerts and performances, several relaxed café-restaurants including the grand Blauwe Theehuis pavilion, playgrounds for children, and the Picasso sculpture 'The Fish' among the greenery. Because it links the Leidseplein nightlife zone to the leafy Oud-West and Museumplein, it doubles as a gorgeous walking or cycling route between sights. It's completely free, always open and quintessentially Amsterdam — the place to see how locals actually spend their downtime. Rent a bike to loop the whole park, grab supplies from a nearby shop for a picnic, and simply slow down for an hour or two between museums.
Hours
Always open
Price
Free
Getting there
Tram 2 or 12 to Van Baerlestraat, steps from the main entrance
Insider tip: Rent a bike and ride the loops, or bring a picnic on a sunny day — it's where the whole city relaxes.
7.Jordaan
The Jordaan is Amsterdam's most beloved neighbourhood, a former working-class district west of the main canals that has become the city's most atmospheric place to wander. Its grid of narrow streets and slim side-canals is lined with independent boutiques, art galleries, vintage shops, flower stalls and some of the best 'brown cafés' — the dark, cosy old bars where Amsterdammers linger over beer and jenever. Tucked among the houses are the hofjes, tranquil hidden almshouse courtyards you can quietly step into, and the area is dotted with specialist food shops, delis and neighbourhood restaurants. Saturday brings the organic Noordermarkt farmers' market beside the Noorderkerk, plus a lively Monday flea market. It's also home to the Anne Frank House on its eastern edge. There are no big ticketed sights here — the pleasure is simply drifting the lanes, crossing the little bridges and stopping for coffee, cheese or a canal-side beer. Give it an unhurried half-day, ideally ending in a brown café as the light fades, for the most authentically Amsterdam few hours of your trip.
Hours
Always open; shops & markets vary
Price
Free to explore
Getting there
Tram 3, 5, 13 or 17; walkable from Centraal in 15 minutes
Insider tip: Come Saturday for the Noordermarkt farmers' market, then duck into a brown café for a jenever.
8.Dam Square & Royal Palace
Dam Square is the symbolic centre of Amsterdam, the broad open plaza where the city began as a dam on the Amstel river in the thirteenth century. Today it's a busy meeting point ringed by landmarks: the seventeenth-century Royal Palace (Koninklijk Paleis), built as the city hall at the height of the Golden Age and still used for state occasions; the Gothic Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), now an exhibition and coronation venue; the whitewashed National Monument obelisk commemorating the WWII dead; and the Madame Tussauds waxworks. The palace interior is a genuinely grand surprise — marble halls, painted ceilings and chandeliers — and often quieter than you'd expect, though as a working royal building it can close at short notice, so check before visiting. The square itself is free, always alive with street performers, pigeons and shoppers spilling from the nearby Kalverstraat, and it makes a natural orientation point a short walk from Centraal Station. Pause here to get your bearings before heading into the canals or the Red Light District just to the east.
Hours
Square always open; Palace ~10:00–17:00 when not in royal use
Price
Square free; Royal Palace €12.50
Getting there
Tram 2, 12, 13, 14 or 17 to Dam; 10-minute walk from Centraal
Insider tip: The Royal Palace interior is grand and often overlooked — check it's open (it's a working royal building).
9.Heineken Experience
The Heineken Experience is a slick, self-guided tour set inside the company's original brewery of 1867, on the edge of the trendy De Pijp district. Rather than a working production line, it's an interactive brand museum tracing Heineken's history and brewing process through the old copper kettles, hands-on exhibits, a slightly cheesy '4D' ride that puts you 'in the bottle', and a stable of the brewery's original dray horses. The real draw for most visitors is the tasting: you learn to pour and sample a fresh draught midway through, and your ticket includes two beers to enjoy in the rooftop-style bar at the end, with views over the city. It's touristy and commercial rather than a craft-beer deep-dive, but it's genuinely fun, well-produced and popular with groups and families with teens. Book online for a modest saving and a timed slot, allow around 90 minutes to two hours, and note you must be 18 to drink. Afterwards, De Pijp's Albert Cuyp Market and buzzing bar-and-restaurant scene are right on the doorstep.
Hours
Daily ~10:30–19:00 (later on weekends)
Price
From €23 online; includes two beers
Getting there
Tram 1, 7 or 24 to Marie Heinekenplein / Stadhouderskade, in De Pijp
Insider tip: Book online for a small discount, and note your ticket includes two beers at the end.
10.NEMO Science Museum
NEMO is the Netherlands' largest science museum, unmistakable for its striking green, ship-shaped building rising out of the Oosterdok harbour east of Centraal Station — designed by Renzo Piano to echo the tunnel beneath it. Inside, five floors are packed with hands-on, experiment-driven exhibits aimed squarely at curious children and families: you can blow giant bubbles, conduct chemistry experiments, explore how the brain works, chain-react a physics contraption and learn about water, electricity and DNA by doing rather than reading. It's noisy, energetic and genuinely educational, a top rainy-day choice with kids from about six upward, though younger ones enjoy it too. One of its best features costs nothing: the huge stepped rooftop terrace is free to climb even without a museum ticket, offering a superb panorama over the historic centre and harbour, plus a summer 'beach' and café. Buy museum tickets online to skip the queue, allow two to three hours inside, and it's an easy walk along the water from Centraal, combining well with the nearby maritime museum and library.
Hours
Tue–Sun 10:00–17:30 (daily in holidays)
Price
€17.50; under-4s free
Getting there
15-minute walk from Centraal along the waterfront, or bus 22
Insider tip: The stepped rooftop terrace has free entry and one of the best city panoramas in Amsterdam.
11.Moco Museum
The Moco Museum is a small, high-energy private museum on Museumplein that has become one of Amsterdam's most Instagrammed attractions. Housed in an elegant early-twentieth-century townhouse, it focuses on modern, street and pop art with big crowd-pleasing names: a large Banksy collection, plus works by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Yayoi Kusama, KAWS and Damien Hirst, alongside rotating immersive digital installations and a psychedelic 'Infinity'-style room. It's compact enough to see comfortably in an hour, and its accessible, contemporary line-up makes it a favourite with teenagers and anyone who finds the Old Master galleries next door heavy going. Critics grumble that it's more crowd-pleaser than serious institution, but as a fun, colourful counterpoint to the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh it does the job well. Tickets are timed and cheaper booked online. Because it sits right on Museumplein between the two heavyweight museums, it slots neatly into a culture day — do the big galleries in the morning and finish with something lighter and more playful here.
Hours
Daily ~09:00–20:00 (later on weekends)
Price
€21.95 online (timed)
Getting there
Tram 2, 5 or 12 to Rijksmuseum, on Museumplein
Insider tip: Great for teens and modern-art fans — Banksy and immersive digital rooms in a compact townhouse.
12.Begijnhof
The Begijnhof is one of Amsterdam's loveliest hidden corners — a tranquil enclosed courtyard of neat gabled houses set around a manicured green, tucked just off the busy shopping streets of the centre yet a world away in atmosphere. Founded in the fourteenth century, it was home to the Beguines, a lay Catholic sisterhood of unmarried women who lived a semi-religious life without taking full vows, and it remains a quiet residential haven today. Within it you'll find Het Houten Huys, one of the two oldest wooden houses in the city (around 1420), a clandestine Catholic church hidden from the Protestant authorities of the day, and the English Reformed Church where the Pilgrim Fathers once worshipped. Access is free through an unassuming archway near the Spui, and the reward is a sudden, cloistered calm that makes it a perfect pause between sightseeing and shopping. Because people still live here, it asks for quiet and respect — no large groups or noise. Step in for ten peaceful minutes; it's one of the most atmospheric free sights in Amsterdam.
Hours
Daily ~09:00–17:00
Price
Free
Getting there
A short walk from Spui or Dam; trams 2, 11, 12 to Spui
Insider tip: Keep your voice down — it's a real residence; find the hidden wooden house, one of the city's oldest.
13.Albert Cuyp Market
Running for over a century down a long De Pijp street, the Albert Cuyp Market is the largest daytime street market in the Netherlands and one of the best free things to do in Amsterdam. Around 250 stalls line both sides of the Albert Cuypstraat, selling everything from fruit, cheese, fish and flowers to fabric, clothing, cosmetics and household bargains, backed by permanent shops, cafés and ethnic eateries reflecting the neighbourhood's diversity. For most visitors it's a food destination: this is the place to eat a fresh, warm stroopwafel pressed to order, try Dutch raw herring with onions, pick up wedges of Gouda, or grab poffertjes, fries with mayo and Surinamese and Middle Eastern snacks. The atmosphere is loud, local and thoroughly enjoyable, a slice of everyday Amsterdam life rather than a tourist set-piece. It's open Monday to Saturday, gets busiest late morning to mid-afternoon, and sits in the heart of trendy De Pijp, so pair it with the Heineken Experience and the district's excellent bars and restaurants. Bring cash for the smaller stalls and come with an empty stomach.
Hours
Mon–Sat ~09:00–17:00 (closed Sun)
Price
Free to browse
Getting there
Tram 4 to Stadhouderskade or 24 to Marie Heinekenplein, in De Pijp
Insider tip: Come hungry — grab a fresh stroopwafel hot off the iron and a paper cone of Dutch herring.
14.A'DAM Lookout
A'DAM Lookout crowns the A'DAM Toren, a revamped 1970s office tower on the north bank of the IJ waterway, directly across from Centraal Station. Its rooftop observation deck delivers a sweeping 360-degree panorama over the historic centre, the harbour, the canals and out to the flat Dutch countryside — one of the best high views in a famously low-rise city. The signature thrill is 'Over the Edge', billed as Europe's highest swing, which launches you out over the roof edge a hundred metres up for a genuine adrenaline hit (booked as an add-on). Inside the tower there's an interactive exhibition on the ride up, a revolving restaurant, a sky bar and a club, making it a full day-to-night destination. Getting there is half the fun and completely free: hop on the GVB ferry that shuttles constantly from behind Centraal to Buiksloterweg, a five-minute glide across the water. Book the deck (and swing) online for timed entry, go near sunset for the finest light, and explore the up-and-coming Noord district's food and culture spots nearby.
Hours
Daily ~10:00–22:00
Price
€16.50 deck; swing extra ~€6.50
Getting there
Free GVB ferry from behind Centraal to Buiksloterweg (5 min), then a 2-minute walk
Insider tip: The free GVB ferry behind Centraal gets you there in 5 minutes — dare 'Over the Edge', Europe's highest swing.
15.Hortus Botanicus
Founded in 1638, the Hortus Botanicus is one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world and a beautifully peaceful retreat in the leafy Plantage district, east of the centre. It began as a medicinal-herb garden for the city's doctors and apothecaries and grew, in the Dutch Golden Age of global trade, into a treasury of plants brought back from across the empire — famously nurturing coffee plants whose descendants seeded plantations in South America. Today its compact grounds pack in some 4,000 species across ornamental beds, a butterfly greenhouse and a striking three-climate glasshouse that moves you from tropical to subtropical to desert zones under one roof, plus one of the oldest potted plants in the world, a 300-year-old cycad. It's a lovely, calm and educational stop, especially welcome as a warm, humid refuge on a grey Amsterdam day, and rarely crowded compared with the big museums. Allow an hour to ninety minutes, finish with tea and cake in the orangery café, and combine it with nearby Artis Zoo, the Jewish Cultural Quarter or the Verzetsmuseum resistance museum in the same neighbourhood.
Hours
Daily ~10:00–17:00
Price
€12; child discounts
Getting there
Tram 14 or metro/tram to Waterlooplein, then a short walk; tram 7 to Plantage
Insider tip: The three-climate glasshouse is a warm, humid escape on a cold or rainy Amsterdam day.
16.Stedelijk Museum
The Stedelijk Museum completes Amsterdam's trio of great Museumplein galleries, focusing on modern and contemporary art and design from around 1880 to the present. Its collection is world-class, spanning key movements and names — Malevich, Mondrian and De Stijl, Kandinsky, Chagall, Matisse, Warhol, Appel and the CoBrA group, plus major photography, video and applied-design holdings. The building itself makes a statement: the ornate 1895 original is fronted by a vast white contemporary extension nicknamed 'the bathtub' for its smooth, tub-like curve, which houses the entrance and temporary exhibitions. It's the natural third stop after the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum, offering a jump forward in time from Golden Age masters and Post-Impressionism into the radical art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Quieter than its two famous neighbours, it rewards anyone with an interest in modern art and design, and it's covered by the Museumkaart and I amsterdam City Card, making it excellent value on a multi-museum trip. Allow around ninety minutes, and check the always-strong programme of temporary shows before you go.
Hours
Daily 10:00–18:00
Price
€22.50; under-18s free
Getting there
Tram 2, 5 or 12 to Van Baerlestraat, on Museumplein
Insider tip: Free with the I amsterdam City Card and Museumkaart — great value if you're doing several museums.
17.EYE Filmmuseum
The EYE Filmmuseum is both an architectural landmark and the Netherlands' national museum of film, occupying a spectacular angular white building that seems to have landed on the north bank of the IJ, gleaming across the water from Centraal Station. Inside, it champions cinema in every form: rotating exhibitions on directors, movements and film history; four cinemas showing an adventurous programme of classics, arthouse, restorations and premieres; interactive 'pods' in the basement where you can watch clips and experiment with film techniques; and a vast archive of Dutch and international cinema. Crucially, the striking building itself, its light-filled atrium and its terraced waterfront café-restaurant are free to enter, so even without an exhibition ticket it's worth the trip for the architecture, the views back over the harbour to the old city, and a coffee by the water. Reach it on the free, frequent GVB ferry from behind Centraal — a three-minute crossing — and combine it with the A'DAM Lookout next door and the wider Noord district. Film buffs should check the screening calendar; casual visitors can simply enjoy the space and the setting.
Hours
Daily ~10:00–19:00 (screenings later)
Price
Building free; exhibitions ~€12.50; films vary
Getting there
Free GVB ferry from behind Centraal to Buiksloterweg, 3-minute walk
Insider tip: The building and its waterfront café are free to enter — worth the short ferry even without the exhibition.
18.De Pijp
De Pijp is one of Amsterdam's most vibrant and characterful neighbourhoods, a densely packed former working-class district south of the canal ring that has evolved into the city's bohemian, multicultural heart — sometimes called its 'Latin Quarter'. Its spine is the Albert Cuyp Market, the country's biggest street market, but the real appeal is the surrounding grid of streets crammed with independent cafés, brown bars, craft-beer spots, global restaurants (Surinamese, Turkish, Syrian, Italian, Ethiopian) and boutiques, plus the leafy Sarphatipark for downtime. Home to the Heineken Experience and a young, diverse, creative crowd, it's where visitors go to eat and drink like locals rather than tick off monuments — there are few 'sights' here, just a genuinely lived-in, energetic atmosphere day and night. It's compact and easy to reach on tram 4 or the metro, and it makes an ideal area to spend an evening: browse the market by day, then settle into the bars and restaurants after dark. For a taste of contemporary, everyday Amsterdam beyond the postcard canals, De Pijp is the neighbourhood to wander.
Hours
Always open
Price
Free to explore
Getting there
Tram 4, 24 or metro 52 to De Pijp; walkable from the centre
Insider tip: The 'Latin Quarter' of Amsterdam — base an evening here around the market, bars and global eats.