Patrick
Rotorua
Hi, I will be visiting late March, have a couple of day free would love to see, eat and shop like a local, what are the best places in the city? Ideally foodie reataurants with great wines, where do the locals hang out for drinks and what should I see? If I shop, where do I go not to get taken like the tourist that I am? Thanks
Relatively new cosy spots for a beer and more outside city centre (west); check out Van Mechelen (close to Vondelpark), Bar Baarsch, Café Zurich. Now for local local food you'd go to Hap-Hmm. Not sure whether this turned into a tourist attraction yet. Used to be locals only....
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Have a look at http://www.yourlittleblackbook.me/nl/category/reizen/cityguides/amsterdam/ for the latest foodie restaurants.Good places are BAUT, Repéré and Bar Brouw. I shop at the 9 little streets and Haarlemmerstraat, great coffee places of there as well!
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Apple Pie is very famous in Amsterdam. We ate it at the Villa Zeezicht and it was amazing. Nice little cafe - also the ciabattas and other stuff was very good. So, now you've got something for the afternoon ;)
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