Food & drink
Amsterdam Coffee Culture: What Visitors Should Know
How to navigate cafés, coffeeshops and brown bars in Amsterdam, what to order, laptop etiquette, tipping and the best areas for coffee.
10 min read
Amsterdam guides
Amsterdam Food and Drink Guide
Dutch food is not famous, which is exactly why it surprises people. Amsterdam's eating is a mix of centuries-old snack traditions, immigrant kitchens and a serious modern coffee scene. These guides tell you what is worth ordering.
Food & drink
Best Dutch Snacks to Try in Amsterdam
A guide to Amsterdam's best snacks: bitterballen, stroopwafels, frites, FEBO walls, drop, tompouce and oliebollen, with prices and etiquette.
9 min read
Food & drink
Traditional Dutch Food to Try in Amsterdam
A practical guide to Dutch, Indonesian and Surinamese dishes worth trying in Amsterdam, where to find them, and roughly what they cost.
10 min read
Before you go
Eat one proper sit-down Dutch meal, one fried snack from a counter and one long café stop with coffee and apple pie, and you will have covered the city's food identity better than most food tours manage.