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The Best of the Rest

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Café Gollem
1 6
MAP M4 • Raam steeg 4
MAP M5 • Singel 188, 1016 AA
This beer café serves a wide • 020 627 6337
selection of pilsners, ales and For an afternoon of pamper ing, head
stouts. Chalkboards scribbled with to this spa where therapists work to
tasty dishes and a comfort able Ayurvedic principles. Offers haircare,
wooden interior, make this a mani cures and pedicures.
beer lover’s paradise. Puccini Bomboni
Japanse Winkeltje
2 7
MAP M2 • Singel 184
• 020 427 8341
MAP M3 • Nieuwezijds
Voorburgwal 177 • 020 627 9523 A chocoholic’s paradise! Mouth-
Japanese crafts centre selling watering chocolates often with
beautiful lacquered and china bowls, surprising fillings, such as nutmeg,
sake decanters and kimonos. lemongrass or pepper. Real junkies can
also feast on big chunks of chocolate.
Gastronomie Nostalgie
8
MAP M4 • Nieuwezijds
Voorburgwal 361 • 020 422 2167
This charming shop sells elegant
tableware for special occasions.
Stock for sale includes silver ware,
porce lain and crystal.
Bitterzoet
9
MAP N1 • Spuistraat 2
• 020 421 2318
Japanse Winkeltje This modern club (“Bittersweet” in
English) has music nights to suit
The American
3 every body, from live bands to DJ sets.
Book Center
De Bierkoning
MAP M5 • Spui 12 • 020 625 5537 0
Three floors of magazines, books, MAP M3 • Paleisstraat 125
newspapers and games. There are • 020 625 2336
also lectures and writers’ workshops “The Beer King” in the shadow of the
at the Treehouse annexe, a short Dam’s Royal Palace has a fantastic
walk away. range of beers from all over the world.
Hay
4
MAP M4 • Spuistraat 281a–c
For stylish retro furniture and home
accessories, visit Hay, a shop created
by young Danish designers.
P G C Hajenius
5
MAP N3 • Rokin 96
Dutchman Hajenius fulfilled his 1826
pipe dream, and his store is now one
of Europe’s most famous cigar houses.
A must for all smoking connoisseurs,
but worth a peek just for the Art
Deco interior. De Bierkoning
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