Amsterdam is the city of hospitality, it is a fascinating city with International allure in a small scale. For centuries Amsterdam’s friendliness, hospitality and openness has attracted people from all over the world. And all the hotels of the city, from the largest till the smallest one, are carrying on that fine tradition.


What a relief it is after a tiring journey to be checked in swiftly with smile, be escorted to your room stretch out on your bed en let Amsterdam come over you. There are a lot of hotels in Amsterdam. The old and traditional ones as Victoria, The Amstel Hotel and Amaricain for instance, but also the typical modern hotels, build in the last years in the centre of the city als The Marriot on the Leidseplein, but don’t forget all the low budget hotels all over in Amsterdam, where they have the same kind of hospitality, that is characteristic for Amsterdam.

Bars and “Brown cafés”
Amsterdam is well known for her free and easy ways, especially the nightlife, as for her canals and patrician houses. If you want to sample it, go out and meet the Amsterdammers. Go to one of the many “Kroegen” (Brown Café’s). What the pub is for the Amsterdammer. They are traditional meeting places sometimes very venerable with plenty of atmosphere and local colour. Especially in The Jordaan and in the centre of the city. The Amsterdammer drink there his beer and the national drink jenever (Dutch Gin). The names derives from their dark panelled walls, nicotine stained ceilings, wooden floors and generally dark interios with tottering old chairs and tables. Plus old brass lamps, peeling faded posters and a jukebox or sound system competing with the convivial chatter of the customers. They are crowed friendly places, there might be people working nearby, businessmen dropping in on the way home from work and people from the neighbourhood using it rather like a club to meet after dinner, and visitors are usually taken in by the crowd, talking and singing and learning local joker

Dinner and live music


“Eet smakkelijk”(“enjoy your meal”) is what the always say before tucking in. Try the thick green pea soup (you should be able to stand a spoon up right in it), curly cale with sausages, pork and sauerkraut, bacon and marrow-fats and pickles, always served with mounds of heart-warming potatoes. But there is more than just Dutch-Food. In Amsterdam you can eat food from all over the world. Amsterdam restaurants serve the cuisines of just about every country. There are a scale of good French restaurants. A lot of small bistro;s “Eet-café’s”, where you can have a good dinner for a rather small prices. You’ll almost certainly come across some dishes that you’ve never have seen before. Try the subtleties of Indonesian cooking for instance. The small shops selling “broodjes” (breadrolls) are an Amsterdam institution. Lavishly filled with meat, cheese, fish of whatever, they’re usually fresh, economical and makes quick and tasty lunch. You’ll find them al over Amsterdam, this kind of small broodjeszaak (breadshop). More than 500 restaurants in Amsterdam offering a tourist menu consisting of starter, main dish and dessert for about €10.00. You might prefer restaurants and bars with live music and dancing too. There are café’s with jazz, cafes with classical music, even cafes without music. And when the café shut you can move on to the international callsnight clubs or sophisticated disco’s and dance until breakfast. Most of the opportunities lies on, or in the surrounding of the two squares of the pleasure in Amsterdam. The Leidseplein en Rembandtplein