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N°11 - €2.95 amsterdam.inyourpocket.com Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps amsterdam Winter 2013/2014 Quick Picks Amsterdam for lads, lovers, loners and families Zandvoort Holland’s legendary resort heats up this winter Share the experience Get in touch with the In Your Pocket team and other readers on any of the major social platforms. Let us know your thoughts on places you loved and hated, the cities you’ve visited and the people you’ve met. And pick up some exclusive prizes and discounts along the way. Europe's biggest publisher of locally produced city guides Like us on facebook.com/inyourpocket Follow us on twitter.com/inyourpocket Keep up with us on foursquare.com/inyourpocket Watch us on youtube.com/inyourpocket inyourpocket.com 3 Contents E S S E N T I A L C I T Y G U I D E S Winter 2013/2014 www.amsterdam.inyourpocket.com Foreword 4 A few words from the editor Arriving & Getting around 5 How to get to and from your hotel Basics 8 Getting to grips with Amsterdam History 10 The city’s past on two pages Culture & Events 12 Concerts, exhibitions and events Centrum 18 Canals, cafés & the Plantage Nieuw-West 50 Lakes, parks and modern architecture Noord 60 Rural landscapes and cutting-edge design Oost 70 Modern islands and ethnic neighbourhoods West 80 Restaurants, pubs and the Westergasfabriek Zuid 90 De Pijp and some of the city’s best museums Zuidoost 92 Colossal shopping centres and the home of Ajax Not everyone wants to visit museums, eat at stylish restaurants or get drunk at a pub. With this in mind, we’ve put together a list of Quick Picks of things to do in Amsterdam for all tastes on p.40. Photo by M.Zaprauskis Contents Gay Amsterdam 102 A guide to gay-friendly Amsterdam High Times in Holland 104 Where to smoke responsibly List of small features Free flowers 19 Red light streets 27 Whiskey Weekend 31 Year of the Horse 37 Amsterdam souvenirs 44 Noord: where Ajax began 65 Ice skating 76 Latin heat in February 85 Looking up to the Dutch 88 Jumping Amsterdam 96 Pink Film Days 102 Higher education 104 Useful phrases 106 Ajax matches 108 Directory Sports & Leisure 108 Lifestyle directory 109 Amsterdam for kids 111 Maps & Index Centrum: old centre map 47 Centrum: city centre map 48 Nieuw-West map 59 Noord map 68 Oost map 79 West map 89 Zuidoost map 101 Netherlands map 114 Hotel, restaurant, coffeeshop & Nightlife index 115 Although Zandvoort is one of Holland’s most beloved summer resorts, there’s still plenty to see and do there in the winter as well. Discover its charms on p.112. Photo courtesy of Zandvoort 4 Foreword Amsterdam In Your Pocket www.amsterdam.inyourpocket.com Newsstand “Entertaining and honest (at times devastatingly so), the In Your Pocket city guides make their rivals seem tame by comparison.” The Independent After looking at Golden Age paintings of Amsterdam in the 17th-century, one might assume that the city’s canals freeze over quite frequently, but sadly that’s just not the case. It did, however, happen as recently as 2012, so if you see people ice skating on the grachten then by all means join the fun as it’s a rather rare occurrence and yet another sad side effect of global warming. Cover story Although many tourists seem to visit Amsterdam in the summer when the streets and canals are swollen with sightseers, we much prefer the Dutch capital in the winter when the tour groups are less visible, the queues at museums are much shorter and the historic pubs are even cosier. This is also the perfect time of the year to see a world-class opera or ballet performance, to jump around at an underground rock concert or lose yourself at a local house club. If, however, you’re strapped for time, you can always check out our Quick Picks feature on p.40 to read our suggestions for lads, lovers, families and budget- minded travellers. That said, if you simply want to get into the holiday spirit then why not rent a pair of skates and do a little ice skating at Leidseplein or Museumplein followed by a hot plate of poffertjes (Dutch pancakes)? As always, this guide covers the whole city and not just the canals and the area surrounding the Central Station, so once you’ve seen the museums and shopping streets in the centre, feel free to explore Nieuw-West, Noord, Oost, West and Zuidoost with Amsterdam In Your Pocket. It’s now nearly 22 years since we published the first In Your Pocket guide - to Vilnius in Lithuania - in which time we have grown to become the largest publisher of locally produced city guides in Europe. We now cover more than 75 cities across the continent, and we will be expanding even further in 2014 with the publication of a guide to Johannesburg in South Africa: our first guide outside Europe. What‘s more, early in 2014 our already terrific guides will be getting a fresh new look, designed to offer our readers a better experience. The roll-out of this new look begins in February. To keep up to date with all that’s new at In Your Pocket, like us on Facebook (facebook.com/ inyourpocket) or follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/inyourpocket). 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Others courtesy of Amsterdam city governments, Amsterdam Marketing and various concert organisers Cover photo courtesy of Amsterdam Marketing Sales & Circulation Sales & Circulation Theo Leerintveld (theo. leerintveld@inyourpocket.com, (+31) 653 79 91 46) This guide is distributed by City Dogs Copyright notice Text and photos copyright In Your Pocket Netherlands 2011 - 2014. Maps copyright cartographer. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, except brief extracts for the purpose of review, without written permission from the publisher and copyright owner. The brand name In Your Pocket is used under license from UAB In Your Pocket: Bernardinu g. 9-4, LT-01124, Vilnius, Lithuania. Tel. (+370-5) 212 29 76. E S S E N T I A L C I TY G U I D E S Tourist Information ATCB F-3, Central Station (Platform 2b), tel. (+31) 90 04 00 40 40, www. iamsterdam.com. The information centre in the train station can get quite crowded, so you might want to just cross the street and enter the white building to find yet another official information centre. Take some bro- chures, buy a guide or take a number if you’d like to talk to a staff member. They can give you ideas and advice about excursions, set you up with a map and help with plenty of other pressing questions. The office to the left can explain the public transportation system and sell you tickets for trams and buses. Q Open 09:00 - 18:00, Thu, Fri, Sat 09:00 - 19:00, Sun 09:00 - 17:00. Also at A-1, Stationsplein 10; Schiphol Airport (Arrivals 2). JA Tourist information 5 arriving in amsterdam Winter 2013/2014 www.amsterdam.inyourpocket.com Arriving in Amsterdam is simple and no matter what mode of transportation you choose nearly all roads lead to the Amsterdam Central Station right in the heart of the city. From here it’s usually only a short walk or tram ride to your hotel or hostel. By plane Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) is located less than 10km southwest of the city centre. It’s one of the busiest airports in Europe receiving nearly 50 million passengers each year, but it’s easy to navigate and pleasantly efficient. You’ll find your luggage at one of 15 baggage belts and luggage trolleys are abundant and free. If you’re planning on taking the train to Amsterdam, which is the easiest way to reach the city centre, you might want to buy a ticket at one of the yellow and blue machines next to the conveyor belts while you’re waiting for your suitcase. The machines are fairly self-explanatory and available in English and you can pay for the short journey with a credit or bankcard. Once you clear customs you’ll enter the large arrivals hall, which is essentially part airport, part train station, part shopping centre and part food court. Although located under one roof, the building is divided, nominally at least, into terminals 1 - 4. Just walk straight to the main hall to find most services that you might need including trans- portation to the city. An official tourist information centre is available in terminal 2 (open 07:00 - 22:00). Luggage storage and lockers are available downstairs between uploads/Voyage/ amsterdam-guide-excelent-guide-of-amsterdam.pdf