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And once you've bought some for later, why not pop into Café Gollem to try a couple on tap and maybe a Kaasplank (literally a plank with cheese & bread on it). Very satisfying. There's also a second branch of Café Gollem right by the Albert Cuyp Market in the Pijp district.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18748 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18747 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18747 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18601 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18601 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 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18155 Friday: Amsterdamse Poort
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Work off breakfast by exploring the canals, visiting the floating Singel flower market and buying tulip bulbs for green-fingered friends and family. Take in some culture at the Van Gogh museum; alternatively, if the sun is shining, head south for a picnic in Vondelpark.

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There is also a small local supermarket, so you can buy food that doesn't cost a small fortune. Keep your eyes open for the local coffee chain Bagels & Beans - they sell a good-sized, reasonably-priced cup of coffee.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14113 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14044
It’s definitely an early start to your day (best to arrive before 9am), but well worth it. This auction house is a vast place where most of the world’s cut flowers get sold off every day - it's a great insight into where your bouquet of flowers might have started off!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14044 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14042 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14042 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14019 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14019 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7258 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7258 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4435
Noordermarkt: on Mondays the Noordermarkt in the Jordaan, one of Amsterdam’s most authentic areas, is filled with stalls selling vintage clothes and accessories like bags, shoes, belts and jewellery from the sixties, seventies and eighties.
Noordermarkt; tram 6, 7 or 10

Waterlooplein: More vintage shopping at the Waterlooplein, a ten minute walk from the Rembrandtplein, bustling with merchants six days a week. Definitely the place to go when you’re looking for leather jackets, fur coats, jeans, or home ware from grandma’s era.
Waterlooplein; metro 51, 53, 54 or tram 9

Zipper: If you’re more into indoor than outdoor shopping, one of the best places for fashionable vintage is Zipper. The checked blouses and oversized baseball shirts are men’s favourites, women like everything at Zipper.
Zipper; Huidenstraat 7, 1016 ER Amsterdam (0031-20-6237302) and Nieuwe Hoogstraat 10, 1011 HE Amsterdam (20 623 70353)

Laura Dols: A no-go area for men, but women will love this shop. You’ll enjoy browsing the dresses and skirts they sell at Laura Dols. From the thirties all the way up to the eighties; if Marilyn Monroe were still alive, she would be shopping here.
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