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Where to Find Things in the Neighbourhood 

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Click here to download the list “The Neighbourhood” to your instance of Google Maps. It provides an overview of places that we find practical or interesting that are within 12 minutes walkIng from the apartment. The places mentioned on this page are included. You can edit the list and add places that you would like to share

The Jordaan is lovely for a walk

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Supermarket

Supermarkets

There are several supermarkets close-by:

Noordermarket

Open Air Markets on Saturdays

  • Noordermarkt Bio Farmers Market, beautiful organic produce and tasty products at extortionate prices; also flea-market with antiques and collectibles, Saturday 9-16 h, video 🚶🏻‍♂️2 minutes, Noordermarkt (Jordaan)
  • Lindenmarkt, 500 meter long market with a great variety of stalls, very lively, lots of food and flowers, Saturday 9-16 h 🚶‍♀️5 minutes, Lindengracht (Jordaan)
  • Westermarkt, tissues, leather, clothing, Monday 9-13 h Westerstraat (Jordaan)
Waste containers

Waste and Recycling

Containers for paper and glass are a short walk from the apartment: 🚶3 Minutes to the Noordermarkt paper and glass containers 

General waste disposal is a bit of a hassle. Garbage pick-up days have been re-introduced, and many general waste containers have been removed from the centre.

On garbage days, you can leave the bags in the street: 1) On Tuesday and Friday morning from 6-7:30 am, garbage bags can be put outside the house, at the other side of the street below the mural in front of the small garden. Many people put their bags outside already the night before, so on Monday and Thursday night. The garbage truck passes around 8 am. 2) On Monday and Thursday morning from 6-7:30 am, the bags can be put at the other side of the Prinsengracht canal (🚶🏻‍♂️2 minutes). 3) On Wednesday and Saturday morning from 6-7:30 am, the bags can be put at the other side of the Brouwersgracht (🚶🏻‍♂️6 minutes).

If you need to throw out general waste on other days, there are two options: the nearest general waste container is at the Spuistraat 73 (🚶🏻‍♂️8 minutes). Alternatively, if you plan to walk to the Central Station, there is a general waste container which is a short detour on the way from the apartment to the Central Station, opposite Westerdok 11 (🚶🏻‍♂️12 minutes from the apartment).

Map with waste and recycling containers. Colour code: 🔵 Blue=paper, 🟡 Yellow=glass, ⚪️  Grey=general waste

Winkel 43

Winkel 43

Breakfast and Brunch

Hinata

Hinata

Our Favourite Restaurants in the Neighbourhood 

Pizza Margarita with Buffalo Mozzarella

Food: Some of Our Favourite Take-out Places

There are many restaurants that do mainly take-out; some have a small dine-in area. The locals, rather than ordering via Uber Eats, generally make a call to give their order and then pick it up themselves

Mouse mansion

Museums in the Neighbourhood 

Sauna Deco

Sauna Deco

Pleasures and Sport

The Movies

The Movies

Entertainment 

Mouse Mansion

Mouse Mansion

A Walk in the Neighbourhood 

Here some suggestions for places to visit during a walk in the neighbourhood:

Nice walking and shopping areas

Nice walking and shopping areas

Shopping or going for a stroll

  • The areas highlighted on the map in dark yellow are nice for a stroll and have many nice shops and restaurants. The red dot is the apartment. Click on the map to enlarge
  • The Jordaan quarter is riddled with boutique shops and small restaurants, particularly in the “Dwars” streets between the main streets
  • The 9 Streets (“de negen straatjes”), nine small streets lined with boutique shops, video 🚶🏻‍♀️9 minutes (Canal Ring)
  • Haarlemmerdijk and Haarlemmerstraat, video,🚶🏻‍♂️9 minutes (Haarlemmer Area)
  • Prinsenstraat and Herenstraat, 2 streets lined with boutique shops,🚶🏿‍♀️2 minutes (Canal Ring)
  • Nieuwendijk, pedestrians-only busy shopping street,🚶🏻12 minutes (Inner City)
  • Video: Top 10 Shopping Areas. The shopping areas mentioned above are the 3 top ranking on the list
Hofje Amsterdam

Secret Gardens

The Jordaan is littered with ‘Hofjes’, inner gardens where small houses are built. They were constructed in the 17th and 18th century by wealthy citizens as a charitable way to provide free or low-cost housing to poor or elderly people. Many of them are open to the public. Opening hours, video: Secret Courtyards, map of a walk along Hofjes

  • Claes Claeszhofje, video,🚶🏻2 minutes, entrance at Eerste Egelantiersdwarsstraat 1 (Egelantiersstraat 18-54 / Tuinstraat 35-49)
  • Raepenhofje (Palmgracht 28-38)
  • Lindenhofje (Lindengracht 94-112)
  • Suyckerhofje (Lindengracht 149-163
  • Karthuizerhof, open daily 10-20 h (Karthuizersstraat 87-171)
  • St. Andieshofje, open daily 10-17 h (Egelantiersgracht 105-141)
  • Regenboog liefdehofje (Tuinstraat 100-102)
  • Zeven Keurvorstenhofje (Tuinstraat)
  • Rozenhofje (Rozengracht 147-181)
  • Nieuwe suykerhofje (Prinsengracht 385-393) (Canal Ring)
  • Begijnhof, video, Spui 34-104 t/m 114 (Inner City)
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