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
Chef Owned Wine Led Seasonal
Toscanini Restaurant
Regional Italian Open Kitchen Institution
Balthazar's Keuken Restaurant
Set Menu Open Kitchen Chef Owned
De Belhamel Restaurant
Canal Side Art Nouveau Romantic
Bar
2 places
Café Papeneiland Bar
Brown Cafe Historic Canal Side
Café 't Smalle Bar
Brown Cafe Historic Canal Side
Cafe
2 places
Winkel 43 Cafe
Apple Pie Market Terrace
Toki Cafe
Specialty Coffee Design Led Calm
Gallery
1 place
Galerie Ron Mandos Gallery
Contemporary Art Installations International