HELLO September! Is it just us or did this summer go by so fast? Fingers crossed for a couple more days with sunny weather and long summer nights on the terrace with friends. The good news of a new season is that lots of new restaurants will open their doors ánd that we finally can shop for a new wardrobe. Wondering what fun things there are to do in the city this weekend? Check out all our tips in this new Amsterdam Weekend Guide for September 1, 2 & 3!
TIP: We just added new addresses to our Amsterdam City Guide app! With 700 of the best addresses we’ve collected during 5 years of Your Little Black Book our app will guide you to only the best places in town. From lunch spots to neighborhood guides, restaurants and a nearby map search so you can always find a spot close by. Available for iOS and Android, for only € 3,49. I really hope you like this new extension of Your Little Black Book!
- One of the foodie highlights this weekend is without a doubt the street food festival at DOK in Amsterdam West. On Saturday September 2 between 1 PM and 11 PM this is the right place for lots of good food and drinks. Free entrance! Check our blog for more info here.
- For those who prefer to have drinks with friends, there is also the terrace festival in the Oosterpark! On September 1, 2 & 3 you can go to the most fun terraces of our favourite hotspots, such as Cafe Panache and Terpentijn, but also classics like Cafe Nol and Finch. Which cafes participate? You can read it here!
- Feel like drinking and dancing after work on Friday? Then you want to go to the terrace festival on Friday, because on September 1 there will be the ‘Vrijmibodisco voor gevorderden‘!
- And there is more fun for the foodies in Amsterdam East! On Saturday September 2 there is the annual Food Night on the Javastraat and the Sumatrastraat. Always fun and lots of great food!
- That the terrace of PARK Café-Restaurant is really nice is not a secret anymore, but did you know that the renovated Hotel Arena officially reopened this week? We were invited to stay the night and you can read about this in our blog. TIP: On Facebook you can win a hotel stay for 2 persons!
- Do you want to get up to date in just a few minutes with all the new restaurant openings? Then check this list with 9 new hotspots.
- More a breakfast and lunch person? These are the 6 newest spots for the early birds and lunch lovers!
- Till September 2 you can go to island Pampus with the boat for a culinary surprise evening at pop-up restaurant Zomerlicht. No boat? No worries. You will be picked up with the motor clipper Sailboa at IJburg and you’ll arrive 30 minutes later at Pampus.
- Oeh-la-la so many great food places have opened their doors over the past few weeks. We are still very busy visiting them all for a full report, but have you been to these new hotspots yet?
- Do you tend to often hang out in your own neighbourhood during the weekend? We et you! But Amsterdam is so diverse that it’s nice to try to discover another part of the city too and that’s why we updated some of our favourite street blogs for you!
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- Do you want to know which restaurants will open soon? Keep an eye on our new ‘Coming Soon’ section! We just added new places to the blog.
- Do you want to eat healthy but not in the mood to cook? Order online, because we listed our 12 favourite spots where you can order a healthy breakfast and 17 favourite spots where you can order healthy things. But also our favourite places in Amsterdam West and Amsterdam Oost where you can order too.
- Tip: We have a lot more fun lists! Check them here >>
- Always fun: the Sunday Market at the Westergasterrein. Back this weekend on September 3 between 12 AM and 6 PM! For hand made goodies, but also for good food and drinks.
- Sunday September 3 between 1 PM and 10 PM, there is a ‘Stille Disco’ at PLLEK in Amsterdam North. Headphones costs € 10,- and there are only 200 so be there on time!
- Have you already been to the Amsterdamse Bostheater this year? The play Julius Caesar is still playing until September 9!
- Did you have an expensive holiday and need to watch your money? These 13 things in Amsterdam cost nothing and are actually fun to do at least once!
- In for a cultural afternoon? These are the best exhibitions in Amsterdam of this month!
- No idea what to do today? Check out our Amsterdam Bucketlist with 56 things you should have done at least once in your life in Amsterdam!
- Planning a movie date? These are the nicest movies to watch in cinema this month!
- SUMMER TIPS:
- There still are a few events at the outdoor cinemas in Amsterdam that are held in September. So check the blog for the latest movie nights!
- 12 x parks in Amsterdam where you áre allowed to barbecue. (For now!)
- This is thé big terrace hit-list with our favourite terraces in Amsterdam in every neighbourhood!
- These are the 20 x best terraces to anchor in Amsterdam!
- These are the 11 best addresses for picking up food when you’re sailing along the canals. You gotta love summer!
- 11 x the most fun and coolest rooftop bars in Amsterdam to go to with your best friends.
- TIP: last minute picnic in the park with friends? We’ve put our 11 favourite addresses to deliver food in the park in one list. Have fun!
- Have you been to these new concept stores that opened the doors in Amsterdam in August? Discover What is Hip, Gekaapt on the Kinkerstraat and Wen this weekend during your shopping spree.
- HELLO FALL FASHION! We listed our 8 favourite fall fashion trends that we spotted in New York. In this blog, we explain how we, without spending too much money, went on a shopping spree to Batavia Stad Fashion Outlet and tripled our budget by shopping with discounts up to 70% at shops such as: Scotch & Soda, Fred de la Bretonière, Summum Woman, Tommy Hilfiger, Denham, Calvin Klein, America Today, Shabbies Amsterdam, G-Star Raw and Samsonite. Check out all the brands at Batavia Stad Outlet via this link. Tip: From Amsterdam Central Station, a shopping shuttlebus runs to Batavia Stad Fashion Outlet every day.
- Love to go vintage shopping as much as we do? Check out this list with our 14 favourite vintage shops in Amsterdam!
- It’s FALL FASHION shopping time! Check the newest collections of our favourite online shops here: MANGO, ZALANDO, NET-A-PORTER, ASOS, SCOTCH & SODA en HUNKEMÖLLER.
- Not this weekend, but if you want to be here (and you do!), this is the time to score tickets for one of the shows. YES, the Amsterdam Fringe Festival will start again on September 7.
- Until September 23 you can go to Legends Passed at Eduard Planting Galerie, they give a tribute to legends that are no longer with us. Think of Prince, David Bowie, Muhammad Ali, Chuck Berry, Johan Cruijff and Roger Moore. Let yourself be enchanted by seeing nostalgic portraits of the legends that we still miss each day.
- Come to Streets of the World of Jeroen Swolfs until September 30. Streets of the World is a project by Dutch photojournalist Jeroen Swolfs. Over the last 7 years, the photographer traveled around the world to take pictures of street life in every capital of the world. 195 photos and 195 countries later, he wants to give the world a new, positive perspective of the world now that the negative images are spreading daily through the news. Make a trip through different countries and cities based on his special photos.
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- Go to the Tropenmuseum (until July 2018) for the exhibition Body Art where you learn everything about body decorations. From make-up and tattoos, to skin implants and surgical changes. Sounds cool right?
- Do you need more inspiration? Check out the other 16 exhibitions in Amsterdam of this month.
- Maybe one of the last festivals of this season! This weekend on Saturday September 2 you can dance at Pleinvrees Festival in the Twiske area.
- In the mood for an afterparty on Saturday September 2? Then you are at the right place at the Marktkantine for the afterparty of Zeezout Festival!
- Bar Broker is back and opened it’s doors last week! So if you feel like a couple of drinks and maybe some dancing after dinner? This is a great pick!
- Have you been to the newest club of Amsterdam yet? Read all about JACK here!
- 21 x the nicest clubs in Amsterdam to go to every weekend.
If you’d ask me, the weekend is the perfect moment to play your next trip. Did you already check out these travel/city guides on Your Little Black Book?
- We are currently in New York so follow @YOURLBB on Instagram to discover the newest hotspots!
- 10 x colourful cities you want to visit once in you life!
- Do you love rooftops, clubs and good food? Then check out our Tel Aviv Travel Guide!
- Secretly already planning a winter sun holiday? Consider Cabo Verde!
- 17 x hotspots in Los Angeles not to miss during your next trip.
TIP: discover more nice addresses and travel tips in my books DE AMSTERDAM CITY GUIDE & WANDERLUST!
WITH LOVE,
ANNE