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02.Getting Around


03.City Guides


04.Monument &District


05.Arts


06.Film, Theatre & Performance


07.Canals & Boat Tripping


08.Shopping


09.Food & Restaurants


10.Bars


11.Places to Dance


12.Service

 

Bars

Amsterdam is famous for its 'brown' cafe's or bruin café, so called because over the years, nicotine has stained their walls. Beech wood, warmth and well-worn gezelligheid (a uniquely Dutch type of social cosines) typify the best. Brown bars have a good range of local and national brews, but uncompromising enthusiasts should head to specialist purveyors such as ’t Arendsnest or In de Wildeman; and for fine, locally-produced beer, take a trip to De Bekeerde Suster or Brouwerij ’t IJ . However, there’s much more to Amsterdam’s bars than boozing. Some simply ooze history, like In ’t Aepjen or In de Waag . Others preserve an important Dutch tradition: proeflokaal (tasting houses) specialise in jenever (a gin-like spirit made from juniper berries), brandewijn (literally, burnt - or distilled - wine) and other old Dutch liquors.

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