Amsterdam - Amsterdam Noord (PDF Chapter)
This is the Amsterdam Noord chapter from Lonely Planet’s Amsterdam guide-book.
Today, the NDSM former shipbuilding yard has numerous cool waterside restaurants, striking architecture, a hangar full of artists’ studios, the huge monthly IJ Hallen flea market and an ex-USSR submarine in the harbour.
- take in the view from A’DAM Tower, a skyscraper of fantastical fun, complete with a dare-devil swing over the edge, plus a revolving restaurant, a hotel and nightclub
- maps
- meander along the enchantingly pretty narrow dyke of wooden houses, surrounded by nodding flowers, greenery and birdsong, in Nieuwendammerdijk
- transport
- admire the angular, gleaming-white architecture of the IJ-side Eye, with its exhibitions on all things cinema and a great cafe with waterside terrace
- restaurants & bars
Coverage includes: Neighbourhood Top Five, Local Life, Getting There & Away, Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping.
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