A guide to Amsterdam
Food
Kometen Brood Café
An open-plan bakery and café with a transparent kitchen. Ideal for quiet mornings and unhurried lunches. Everything is made in-house, you can literally watch them roll your croissant from scratch.
Restaurant Sandberg & Fonda (Stedelijk Museum)
New to the scene, but already on our list of must-visits. You’ll find us here even when we’re not exploring the museum. Two museum restaurants, each with a distinct character, both worth visiting independently of the museum.
Kikkie van de Prinsensluis
Word is out: this might just be the best smash burger in Amsterdam. It's unfussy and seriously good. It's a cult favourite for a reason.
Uncommon
A Kinfill partner and longtime favourite. Coffee and food served with attention to detail. Uncommon isn’t just a café; it’s a considered space where every element feels resolved. The coffee’s excellent. The light is just right. The people are kind. The pastries are phenomenal.
Shop & Design
ENSO
A tightly edited collection of vintage clothing with a focus on materials, form and neutrality. Pieces are chosen for longevity, not trend.
JUKI
Part store, part studio. JUKI offers collectible design, rare books, and thoughtful editions — all arranged with restraint. You don’t come here to browse. You come to find something specific (or something you didn’t know you needed).
TED
A calm, design-led interior store in the heart of Amsterdam. TED offers a curated selection of furniture, lighting, and objects with a focus on texture and tactility. Everything here is chosen for how it feels, as much as how it looks.
Books
Sans Seriffe
A quiet space for those drawn to the intersection of art, design, and independent publishing. San Serriffe offers a curated selection of books and printed matter, focusing on visual culture, theory, and experimental literature.
Athenaeum Boekhandel (Spuistraat)
A bookshop in the city centre with a broad selection of publications in art, design, theory and independent magazines. A good space for endless browsing. We come here for the independent print selection.
Art
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The Netherlands’ leading institution for modern and contemporary art and design. Its collection spans icons of the 20th century alongside today’s most relevant work. The museum combines historical context with new perspectives — through exhibitions, public programs and research.
Huis Marseille
A photography museum, but also a sanctuary. Housed in two 17th-century canal houses with a garden at its core, Huis Marseille is as much about the architecture and light as it is about the exhibitions. Every room holds space differently. Every show feels like it belongs. It’s not grand, but deeply grounding.
Galerie Fons Welters (until Sept 2025)
One of the few galleries that’s shaped Amsterdam’s art scene for decades. This is your last chance to experience one of the most quietly influential galleries in the Netherlands. Fons Welters has always championed the bold and the emerging, often showing artists long before the mainstream caught on. The gallery’s final exhibition season is both a celebration and a farewell. Go while you still can.
Kids
NEMO Science Museum
A museum built like a ship, with five floors of hands-on science. Not overly polished — in the best way. Kids can experiment, build, press every button. You don’t need a ticket to access the rooftop of NEMO Science Museum. Just take the stairs and arrive at one of the best panoramic views over the city. There’s water play for kids, quiet benches for grown-ups, and a moment of stillness in the centre of it all.
Het Woeste Westen
A nature playground in Westerpark, made for real exploration. Rope bridges, mud paths, and open terrain. No soft padding and that’s the point, it’s free play, the way it used to be. The ideal weekend spot for city kids and their parents.
Amstelpark
Part landscape park, part miniature amusement park. Mini train, petting zoo, playgrounds, and quiet corners. It’s structured enough for kids, but open enough for parents to exhale.
Nature
Vondelpark
There’s nothing particularly ‘hidden’ about Vondelpark, but there are better ways to enter and enjoy it. The park can feel a bit strange at first sight, lots of people cycling through at a fast pace, but what if we told you this is how it was intended? The park is designed in a romantic landscape style, which invites people to go off the large paths, step onto a smaller trail and you’ll have a completely different experience.
Park Frankendael
A lesser-known retreat in the east of the city. Botanical, a little overgrown, and full of unexpected corners. Frankendael feels like a park from another time, it’s a place to take a breath.
