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Jordaan
Intimate, low-rise, characterful

Jordaan

An intimate former artisans' quarter of narrow canals, brown cafés and courtyard almshouses.

The Jordaan began as a poor artisans' and immigrants' quarter on narrow canals west of the centre, and its tight grid of small streets and bridges still gives it an intimacy the grander canal belt lacks. Today it holds brown cafés, hidden courtyard almshouses, the Noordermarkt on market mornings and a slow trade in small galleries and antiques. The scale is human: low houses, narrow water, geraniums on the sills. Walk it without a plan and let the side streets pull you off course.

Highlights

Noordermarkt mornings Hidden hofjes almshouses Classic brown cafés Narrow canal bridges Small galleries and antiques
9 places
4 Categories

Restaurant

4 places

Café Parlotte Restaurant
Restaurant
Chef Owned Wine Led Seasonal

Chef-owned wine bistro on a quiet Jordaan corner

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Toscanini Restaurant
Toscanini - Restaurant in Jordaan, Amsterdam
Restaurant
Regional Italian Open Kitchen Institution
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Regional Italian institution on the Lindengracht since 1985

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Balthazar's Keuken Restaurant
Balthazar's Keuken - Restaurant in Jordaan, Amsterdam
Restaurant
Set Menu Open Kitchen Chef Owned

One weekly set menu in a former blacksmith's forge

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De Belhamel Restaurant
De Belhamel - Restaurant in Jordaan / Brouwersgracht, Amsterdam
Restaurant
Canal Side Art Nouveau Romantic

Art-nouveau canal corner where two gracht meet

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Bar

2 places

Café Papeneiland Bar
Café Papeneiland - Bar in Jordaan, Amsterdam
Bar
Brown Cafe Historic Canal Side

1642 brown café on the Brouwersgracht corner

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Café 't Smalle Bar
Café 't Smalle - Bar in Jordaan, Amsterdam
Bar
Brown Cafe Historic Canal Side

1786 tasting-room brown café on the Egelantiersgracht

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Cafe

2 places

Winkel 43 Cafe
Winkel 43 - Cafe in Jordaan, Amsterdam
Cafe
Apple Pie Market Terrace

The Noordermarkt corner café known for its apple pie

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Toki Cafe
Toki - Cafe in Jordaan, Amsterdam
Cafe
Specialty Coffee Design Led Calm
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Design-led Jordaan coffee bar pulling Berlin's Bonanza beans

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Gallery

1 place

Galerie Ron Mandos Gallery
Galerie Ron Mandos - Gallery in Jordaan / Canal gallery district, Amsterdam
Gallery
Contemporary Art Installations International

Leading contemporary gallery on the Prinsengracht

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