Lonely Planet Pocket Amsterdam

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781787016132
• eBook ISBN: 9781788689977

Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Pocket Amsterdam is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Tour the resplendent Royal Palace, step into history at the Anne Frank Huis and admire genius at the Van Gogh Museum - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Amsterdam and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Amsterdam: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time Covers Medieval Centre & Red Light District, Jordaan & the Western Canal Ring, Southern Canal Ring, Vondelpark & the South, De Pijp, Oosterpark & East of the Amstel, Nieuwmarkt, Plantage & the Eastern Islands, Amsterdam Noord, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Pocket Amsterdam is our colourful, easy to use and handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, and is packed with the best sights and experiences for a short trip or weekend away. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Jordaan & the Western Canal Ring

If Amsterdam’s neighbourhoods held a ‘best personality’ contest, the Jordaan would surely win. Its intimacy is contagious, with jovial bar singalongs, candlelit bruin cafés (traditional Dutch pubs) and flower-box-adorned eateries spilling out onto narrow streets. The Western Canal Ring’s waterways flow next door. Grand old buildings and oddball speciality shops line the glinting waterways.

Negen Straatjes | DENNIS VAN DE WATER/SHUTTERSTOCK ©

The Short List

AAnne Frank Huis Contemplating the brave life and tragic death of Anne Frank where she and her family hid from the Nazis.

ANegen Straatjes Browsing the speciality shops along these ‘nine streets’ criss-crossed by canals.

AWesterkerk Scaling the bell tower and catching a carillon recital.

AReypenaer Cheese Tasting Learning to distinguish an aged Gouda from a young boerenkaas (farmer’s cheese).

ADe Twee Zwaantjes Spending the evening in the Jordaan’s bruin cafés.

Getting There & Around

L Trams 3, 5, 7, 17 and 19 skirt the neighbourhood’s western edge; trams 13 and 17 go through its centre.

g Buses 18, 21, 22 and 48 provide the quickest access from Centraal Station to the neighbourhood’s north and west, and the Western Islands.

u Don’t try to drive through the Jordaan’s narrow streets.

Top SightAnne Frank Huis

It is one of the 20th century’s most compelling stories: a young Jewish girl forced into hiding with her family and their friends to escape deportation by the Nazis. The house they used as a hideaway should be a highlight of any visit to Amsterdam; indeed, it attracts some 1¼ mi...

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Amsterdam
• Top Sights
• Eating
• Four Perfect Days
• Need to Know
• Amsterdam Neighbourhoods
• Medieval Centre & Red Light District
• Jordaan & the Western Canal Ring
• Southern Canal Ring
• Vondelpark & the South
• De Pijp
• Oosterpark & East of the Amstel
• Nieuwmarkt, Plantage & the Eastern Islands
• Amsterdam Noord
• Amsterdam’s Splashiest Canals
• Westerpark & Western Islands
• Survival Guide
• Language
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writers