Amsterdam Jordaan apartments

The Jordaan boasts many interesting places to explore during your visit. Many people are enthralled by the pretty houseboats on the canals in the area. If you have any questions about life on the water then pay a visit to the House Boat Museum at 296K Prinsengracht. Visitors can climb aboard a pretty House Boat called the Hendrika Maria and find out what it really feels like inside. You will be surprised how spacious and comfortable it really is.

Look out for the interesting stone tablets on the facades of many of the buildings in the area. They denote the professions or the family name of the original inhabitants, some of them dating back to the 16th century. You may notice a carving of a pair of scissors, meaning a tailor or perhaps a pig for a butcher’s establishment. Some of them have been beautifully restored and painted.

On the very edge of the Jordaan you will find the Netherland’s most visited museum, the Anne Frank House Museum at 263 Prinsengracht. Anne, her family and friends lived in secret at the very top of this warehouse building in hiding from the Nazi regime during the war until their unfortunate discovery. Arrive as early as possible in order to avoid the extremely long queues that occur particularly in the summer months.

1. Delicious authentic Tapas at La Oliva restaurant
2. Outstanding Dutch, French and Italian cuisine at Bordewijk restaurant.
3. Organic produce from the Farmer’s market at the Noordemarkt on Saturdays
4. A delicious ‘Prins Burger’ at Café de Prins
5. Apple pie at café Winkel
6. Italian dinner at Toscanini
7. Ice cream at Monte Polmo
8. Dutch candy at Oudhollandsche Snoepwinkel

1. A ‘gezellig’ frothy coffee and cake at Café de Reiger
2. Bitterballen and smoothies at Café Daalder
3. Hot Chocolate at Paradox coffeeshop
4. High Tea at Vesper Bar.
5. Afternoon drinks at Café Finch
6. Jordaan café’s: Café Nol, Twee Zwaanjes, Rooie Nelis

1. Step back in time at I Love Vintage
2. Hire bicycles at Bike City
3. Overdose on denim at Tenue de Nîmes
4. Sample the Cheese Testing Rooms at Reypenaer
5.Marcel Wander’s creative house
6. Vintage market Monday morning
7. T-shirt designs: Your cup of T

1. The informative Cheese Museum
2. The enlightening Museum of Fluorescent Art
3. The magical Pianola Museum
4. The moving Anne Frank House Museum
5. The floating House Boat Museum