Weekend inspiration for February 5, 6 & 7
YES: it’s weekend again! Especially for chocolate lovers I have something fun. This weekend you can go to the Chocoa Festival in Amsterdam! And of course there’s much to taste as well! Also nice: a day trip to the Beukenplein in Amsterdam East. Here you will find no less than 7 food & drink hotspots! And do you want to make this a real foodie weekend? Check our blog with restaurants in Amsterdam where you must have dinner once. Further more on my to do list: visiting a nice exhibition! Go for example to the newly opened exhibition Amsterdamse Parken at Stadsarchief Amsterdam or go to Foam to see an overview of Francesca Woodman.
PS: looking for some travel inspiration this weekend? Check our #bucketlist video where I go Whale watching in Boston! >> Happy Weekend!
PS: you can listen to the Amsterdam Weekend Guide on Amsterdam FM every Friday around 11:45!
– Three lists to make the weekend even more fun:
>> 14 x restaurants in Amsterdam North
>> 6 x salad bars in Amsterdam
>> 18 x budget restaurants in Amsterdam
– If you love chocolate you need to go to the Chocoa Festival this weekend at the Beurs van Berlage! On 6 and 7 February, cocoa and chocolate experts from around the world come to Amsterdam to tell us all about cocoa and chocolate. And of course you can taste everything! Buy your ticket here.
– So many great restaurants in Amsterdam, don’t you think? Check our blog with must visit restaurants in Amsterdam and have dinner at one of these places this weekend!
– Looking for a spot where you can have dinner around midnight? Go to one of these late night dining restaurants in Amsterdam!
– This Saturday, Gustafson hosts a winter BBQ!
– Have you been to Thuskomme yet? Here you eat what’s being cooked that day: and that for a very fair price. For only 10 euros you have a great meal!
– Weekends are great for pizza. Check out Sugo where they serve real Roman pizza’s.
– Fancy an Asian meal this weekend? Go to Chang-I! Also perfect for a date-night.
– Hard to keep up with your healthy intentions for the new year? Maybe YAY can help: they organise a Detox Weekend with yoga classes, raw food en detox teas.
– Planning on having dinner with friends or you love? Check these 12 new restaurants in Amsterdam!
– We love these places for Friday afterwork drinks!:
* Check our list with 10 Friday afterwork drinks spots in Amsterdam!
* Pllek is always a good idea for Feeling Friday.
* SoSo Lobi at Waterkant is highly recommended for summer vibes, beer and roti!
These spots just opened!:
* Restaurant DS
* Eastside
* Wrap ‘n’ Rolling
* Baut Zuidas
Some foodie proof lists to make your life easier :-)
* 30 restaurants in the city center
* 19 nicest breakfast spots in town
* 14 healthy hotspots we love
* 47 great coffee bars in Amsterdam
* 24 cocktail bars in Amsterdam
Check the blog for more lists! >>
– Visit The Lloyd Hotel for a special Japanese stock market: Mono Japan. Where everything is dedicated to authentic Japanese craft in the form of food, design and fashion.
– Do you like to go to live performances? Check these 11 spots in Amsterdam with live music!
– Ever been to GO Gallery? Thé street art gallery in Amsterdam.
– Looking for an inspirational Sunday? Read here all about fun stuff in Amsterdam.
– Want to ice skate at a pretty cool location? Ice Amsterdam has an ice skating rink at the Museumplein! Another good place for ice skating: Jaap Eden!
– Who goes shopping in The Pijp must go to Mevrouw Bouwers! An must visit experience store on the Stadhouderskade!
– Decorating your workspot at home? Misc Store is the place to shop beautiful stationary!
– On a budget? Go shopping at flea market IJ-hallen!
– There are much more cool shops in Amsterdam! Check them here >> >>
– Shopping at the Utrechtsestraat & De Pijp? Check this video with our favourite spots:
– Until March 5 the Eduard Planting Gallery presents a unique collection of photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Taken by the famous photographers Milton Greene and Douglas Kirkland.
– Stadsarchief Amsterdam pronounced a new expo: Amsterdamse Parken (Amsterdam parks). All these great parks in Amsterdam, but what do people do there? Photographer Jeroen Hofman shows you.
– A must visit expo at Tassenmuseum Hendrikje: Street Couture. At this exhibition it’s all about mix and match: high end fashion is combined with street fashion, sports and pop culture.
– Let’s go back to the 60s! At the Tropenmuseum with the The Sixties expo! Fashion, design, music, architecture and photographs from the 60’s are exposed.
– At Foam you can now see a great overview with black and white photo’s of the American photographer Francesca Woodman. Woodman explored themes such as gender, representation, sexuality and body.
– Also fun: this list of 6 museums with nice restaurants close by.
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– Completely sold out, but you háve to go to Disclosure at the Heineken Music Hall. So, check ticketswap and maybe you’re lucky!
– This weekend Thuishaven hosts twee parties! This Saturday we can go to the Carnaval’s party De Raad van 11. And Sunday it’s time for another Wintercircus.
– Want to go clubbing this weekend? Get to know the 13 clubs in Amsterdam where you must go dancing.
– Feel like dancing but not in the mood for clubbing? On Saturday Pllek is thé place to be! DJs wil play some of the best records at dinner time and late into the night. After dinner the tables will be set aside so you can dance! See you at Beatroots!
– Up for some good weekend music? Every month we make a new playlist on Spotify! Check our playlists here >>
– Feel like clubbing this weekend? This is where you need to be: The Warehouse, Club Closure, De School and Radion. They have great parties every week!
