The best place to chill out early in the afternoon in true continental style. A grand café - with high ceilings to match its title - that is open all day as a café, bar and restaurant. Pick up one of the international papers and lazily drink your coffee with view on the canal. In the summer the terrace is open. Make a grand entrance by arriving by boat and hopping in for drinks.
Nieuwe Doelenstraat 20-22, 1012 CP Amsterdam;
tel: 20 62 55 771; nearest tram: Muntplein;
www.diningcity.com/ams/dejaren/index.htm