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Amsterdam in the Shortlist Guide series from Time Out; exploring a range of international destinations in a handy, pocket-sized format designed to introduce visitors to the best nightlife, entertainment & local attractions in the city. Expert local writers provide an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city, ensuring that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. Each guide opens with a ‘ Don’t Miss’ section profiling recommendations by the author & accompanied by detailed commentary. An Itineraries chapter provides inspiration for travellers with a series of thematic walks around the city. The main section explores the city by region, with each area divided into sights & museums, eating & drinking, shopping, nightlife & arts & leisure. Contact details, addresses, opening times & prices for each establishment are also given where relevant.A further section on Essentials provides listings of hotels by area, accompanied by a description & with details of opening times, addresses, directions & outline room prices. Further information on getting to the city & around is also provided. There is also a Resources index, with practical guidance on accidents & emergencies, credit card loss, customs, dental emergencies, disabled visitors, embassies & consulates, left luggage, opening hours, smoking, telephones, tickets, visas & what’s on where. ...

Amsterdam in the Shortlist Guide series from Time Out; exploring a range of international destinations in a handy, pocket-sized format designed to introduce visitors to the best nightlife, entertainment & local attractions in the city. Expert local writers provide an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city, ensuring that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. Each guide opens with a ...

Amsterdam in the AA Spiral Guides series; comprising a selection of titles exploring a wide range of cities, regions & countries in a handy, spiral loose-leaf format. Fold-out flaps at the front & back of each title give an overview of the main regions covered, with page numbers so visitors can locate their destination easily. Each guide explores the destination geographically by region or area & provides the essential information for the main sites & attractions in addition to a recommended tour of each area by car. An introductory section - ...

J. H. F. Gronloh was a successful Dutch businessman, executive of the Holl&-Bombay Trading Company & father of four, with a secret life: under the pseudonym Nescio (Latin for ”I don`t know”), he wrote a series of short stories that went unrecognized at the time but that are now widely considered the best prose ever written in Dutch. Nescio`s stories look back on the enthusiasms of youth with an achingly beautiful melancholy comparable to the work of Alain-Fournier & F. Scott Fitzgerald. He writes of young dreams from the perspective of adult resignation, but reinhabits youthful ambition & adventure so fully that the later perspective is the one thrown into doubt-and with language as fresh as when it was written a century ago. His last long story, written & set during World War II, is a remarkable evocation of the Netherlands in wartime & a hymn to our capacity to take refuge in memory & imagination. This is great literature-capturing the Dutch landscape & scenes of Amsterdam with a remarkable poetry, & expressing the spirit of the country of businessmen & van Gogh, merchants & visionaries. ...

Amsterdam is famed for its pretty canals, world-class galleries & edgy night life, but, as with any major city, a new generation is busy establishing design studios, cafes, clothing stores & creative spaces
- breathing new life into former industrial areas & quiet neighbourhood streets. Monique van den Heuvel`s Amsterdam Style Guide is a refreshing alternative to traditional travel guides: shining a light on small businesses run by people who love what they do. Monique`s favourite places to eat, sleep & shop, as well as insider tips from local business owners, will help you make the most of your visit. This Amsterdam is best travelled by bike or canal boat, at a pace that allows for plenty of diversions; whether that`s lunch & a smoothie at a health-food cafe, shopping for vintage treasures with a latte in h&, or enjoying an evening cocktail by the water.. .inspiration lies around every corner.
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In this volume Paul Vincent presents a compelling collection of prose fiction, memoirs & anecdotes centring on Amsterdam from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century. His selection offers a rare insight into the history & culture of the city. The subjects range from Rembrandt to the persecution of the Jews in World War 2, from barricades in a working-class district during the Depression to a writer`s unhealthy obsession with a massage parlour. These eighteen newly-translated tales give the reader, & the traveller, a tantalizing glimpse of the Amsterdam that lies beyond the tourist guidebooks. ...

Amsterdam in the City & Regions series from Time Out; comprehensive guides to a range of cities & their surrounding regions & including some of the most detailed listings & directories of places to eat & drink & things to do & see. Time Out guides are strongly focussed on local entertainment & nightlife, in addition to principal sights & attractions, with expert local writers providing an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city. This unique quality has ensured that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. The surrounding region is also incorporated in some guides, with information on the principal attractions, sites, landscapes & the best way of exploring them. Each of the Time Out city & region guides has a similar layout, allowing visitors to explore their destination easily. An ...

Amsterdam is renowned as an anything-goes city. But it helps to know where to go. This guide provides the lowdown on local culture as well as directions to the many freshly rejuvenated art museums
- notably the Rijksmuseum
- the ever-evolving alternative scene, the ins-&-outs of gay nightlife, & how to negotiate the city`s coffee shops. Time Out Amsterdam continues to chart the ups & downs of this cosy but dynamic city. With the help of local journalists, writers & experts, the Time Out Amsterdam Guide takes you beyond the superficial
- into the places where locals work, play & imbibe, sampling the full extent of its museums & galleries, the best of its eating, shopping & carousing, the most interesting sights, excursions
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- cycling routes. The Amsterdam city guide highlights: full colour & illustrated throughout with exclusive photography, using original imagery to give a real sense of the place; handy pull-out Amsterdam map; extensive area guides not only cover the sightseeing in Amsterdam, but also restaurants, bars & shops
- all plotted on maps handily located within the chapter; top 20 list of the must-see highlights; Itineraries to help you plan your visit; Critic`s choices pick out the best Amsterdam sights, experiences & cultural highlights
- at a glance; all Amsterdam restaurants, pubs & bars have been visited & reviewed anonymously by critics who pay their own way; & Amsterdam hotels independently reviewed. The revamped Time Out Guides retain the independence & local expertise that the series is known for, while adding more features to help the visitor navigate the city. Whether you have an action-packed 24 hours or a leisurely week in which to take it all in, these guides are more essential than ever. Time Out Guides is rated top guidebook brand by Which? Survey, for level of detail, photography, quality of maps, ease of finding information & value for your money.






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