Been there | Tips http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. Five Days Off Festival http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19563
This year’s highlights were Justice and Erol Alkan. Awesome performances!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19563 When the heat is on: head for the Southeast http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18156
On summer weekends there is the Kwakoe Afro-Caribbean festival, which makes Notting Hill look like a family picnic. Football, food and kaseko and no multicultural pretensions.

When you get really hot and even the ginger beer don't work, take a dive in the sparkling clear waters of the Gaasperplas.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18156 Soundgarden http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16638 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16638 Concertgebouw concert hall http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14209 www.concertgebouw.nl]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14209 Coffee & Jazz http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14140
Very, very good Indonesian food.

The owner is an eccentric and the jazz is cool. It's super-small: there's only like five tables. But only for you I recommend it. Don't tell anyone else, otherwise I can't get in any more, because it's too full, you know? Just between you and me.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14140 Gregorian Vespers at St Nicholas Church http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14081
The service starts at 5pm, is open to all and free to attend. Having filled the soul, an easy two-minute stroll will take you to the Bird cafe on Zeedijk 77. Why is this tiny Thai snack bar always frantically busy ? Sit down and try the food. Then you'll understand.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14081 Paradiso http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1735 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1735 Melkweg http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1482 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1482 The Sandwich shop and the CD shop in De Negen Straatjes http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4456
For the best (and slowest) sandwiches go to the little deli on Reestraat. The menu's massive. And for a masterclass in sandwich making and almost offensive amounts of filling, try the Espagnol.

Then wander two streets down to the yellow CD shop on Runstraat. An extensive range in every genre, anally cared for: reviews are cut out and stuck on most releases. A great place to find new music. And you rent them all. Amazing.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4456