Hotel Quentin - hip & funky

• http://www.eurocheapo.com/amsterdam/listings/selection/quentin.asp
• Turns out this place is neither hip nor funky…
• …good location near Leidesplein Square
• …staff not super friendly, had a confusing, annoying hassle with paying, 3 people were murdered there a few months ago

Bars/Restaurants

• Supper Club
• a wonderful experience; 5 course fixed gourmet dinner (veggie too!) in a setting that's a cross between a club (disco), art installation, restaurant, and theater. Highly recommended if you ever have the opportunity.
• 60 fixed dinner price, drinks extra
• http://www.supperclub.nl
• http://www.worldsbestbars.com/city/Amsterdam/[[supperclub]].asp

Other

• Mobilia Woonstudio - design shop
• http://www.mobiliawoonstudio.nl

• De Zotte Proeflokaal
• a wonderful little neighborhood pub with an amazing selection of Belgian beers, complete with a section just for Trappist brews.

• eating lunch (fresh bread, fresh mozzarella, fresh basil, fresh pesto…) at a cafe alongside one of the labyrinth like canals, sipping a beer watching the world go by.

• NEMO museum
• yes, just like the (two) tour books I have says, it's a kid's museum…

• canal cruising
• The favorite pastime of the city appears to be cruising around the many canals at a low rate of speed while drinking. During certain times of year, the other favorite pastime of the male city dwellers is to pee on said boats from the many bridges *over* the canals. The commercial tour boats in the city operate 364 days a year; the single day a year they don't run, Queens Day, is the one infamous for boat peeings on.

Reference

• http://www.lonelyplanet.com/subwwway/links.cfm?categoryID=1#227

Places that sounded good but will have to wait for next time.

Hotels

• Hotel Prinsenhof - very spacious rooms
• http://www.eurocheapo.com/amsterdam/listings/selection/prinsenhof.asp
• Hotel Nadia
• http://www.eurocheapo.com/amsterdam/listings/selection/nadia.asp

Cafes <»code> Cafe de Jaren Nieuwe Doelenstraat 20-22 1012 CP Amsterdam Tel (020) 62 55 771 Fax (020) 62 40 801 4 / 9 / 16 / 24 / 25 (stop: Muntplein) A 'grand cafe', beautifully located on the river Amstel, also has a restaurant upstairs. http://www.cafe-de-jaren.nl/ <»/code>

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