About this tour
A 14-stop walking food tour of Amsterdam — herring at the Haarlemmersluis, apple pie at a 1642 Catholic brown café, 400 cheeses in the Nine Streets, stroopwafels since 1908, bitterballen at a 1670 proeflokaal, Flemish fries, the 1945 broodje kroket, a colonial rijsttafel, hand-made chocolates, the VOC spice headquarters, and a jenever in a distillery from 1679.
Itinerary
14 guided stops on this route
Stubbe's Haring — A Nation Built on a Fish
Order: 'Hollandse Nieuwe' or a 'broodje haring'. Eat standing up at the counter. Traditional Amsterdam service: chopped herring + raw onion + pickle + tiny Dut…
Café 't Papeneiland — A Brown Café from 1642
Building from 1642 — same decade Rembrandt painted the Night Watch. Licensed as Café De Blauwe Druif in 1896; renamed Café 't Papeneiland in 1956 after a gable…
Winkel 43 — The Contested Best Apple Pie in Amsterdam
Order: 'appeltaart met slagroom' — one slice is enough for two. Founded 1983. Sells hundreds of slices a day. Baked fresh daily in the Noordermarkt kitchen; re…
Het Oud-Hollandsch Snoepwinkeltje — A Thousand Kinds of Licorice
Ask for: 'zoute drop' (salty), 'zoet' (sweet), 'dubbelzout' (extra-strong), or 'Amsterdam drop' (soft centre). The Dutch eat ~2 kg of drop per person per year,…
De Kaaskamer — 400 Cheeses in One Shop
Ask to taste: Oud Amsterdam (3+ yr), jonge Gouda (2 months), Boerenkaas (EU-protected farmhouse), Leidse kaas (with cumin), or Kaas met Brandnetels. Gouda alon…
Lanskroon — Stroopwafels Since 1908
Order: king-size stroopwafel (plain, honey, or coffee-caramel). From about €2.50. Lanskroon has baked on the Singel since 1908, now fourth-generation Dunselman…
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