Thursday, October 15, 2009

Cafe or Coffee shop, think twice if you are in Amsterdam

Cafe or Coffee shops? For unexperienced tourist this can sound as equal things but actually it's abolutely different places when you in Amsterdam. So you'd better know the “real” name of the place you'll looking for, otherwise you will get absolutely unexpected result. Coffee shop in Amsterdam, it's a place when one can buy and smoke marijuana and quited legally, while Cafe it's a regular kind of pub when along with beer and some alcohol drinks you can get coffee.

Most of Cafe are stay open till midnight and on weekends you can expect that they will be open till 3 am. Generally in Amsterdam there three types of Care, designer Care, brown Cafe and grand Cafe. Here are some nice Cafe, that are nice, comforatable and cheap:

Designer Cafes – classic and stylish

Dylan – located - Keizersgracht 384 - This cafe is in the lobby of the Dylan hotel
Cafe Diep – located - Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 256 – Everone from artis to businessmen visit it
Finch – located - Noordermarkt 5 – Retro and funky
Lime – located - Zeedijk 104 - a popular cafe to visit before hitting the dance clubs

Brown Cafes:

Cafe De Sluyswacht – located:Jodenbreestraat 1 – in the building of the 1695 year
Cafe De Prins – located - Prinsengracht 124 - very popular among students
Lokaal 't Loosje – located - Nieuwmarkt 32-34 – Cafe for anyone who is looking for Red Light District
De Bekeerde Suster – located - Kloveniersburgwal 6-8A – 16th century monstary makes it different



Grand Cafes
The last type of Amsterdam cafe is the grand cafe

Cafe De Jaren – located - Nieuwe Doelenstraat 20 - Sit, read and have a drink.
Cafe Dante – located - Spuistraat 320 - An art deco Cafe
Cafe Luxembourg – located - Spui 24 - Their lunch menu is well-known
Cafe Dantzig – located - Zwanenbrugwal 15 - Many politicians favor this cafe since it’s part of the city hall building

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