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If variety is the spice of life... then Amsterdam is the spice merchant...

Our cultural and entertainment calendar is full, but not over crowded. There's a strong jazz scene, a variety of good music clubs, and enjoyable English-language shows at the little cabarets and theaters along the canals. The brown cafes "typical local Amsterdam pubs" have never been better.

Amsterdam loves to party and has some great dance clubs. This city is the capitol of House music. You'll also find a great mix of Reggae, Drum 'n' bass, Garage, Trance, Techno, Disco and Hip Hop. The Dutch are among the best DJ's in the world. Clubs like Escape near the Rembradtsplein have dress codes and charge about 25 guilders to get in, then they go all night. The red-light district offers places like Trans Buddha & the Winston to dance the night away. If you're looking for a drink during the long summer nights we recommend heading to the Leidseplein area and find one of our favorite places ROOKIES Bar Cannabis-Coffeeshop. The brown cafes "typical local Amsterdam pubs" have never been better.

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Our City and its Canals

Amsterdam canals fill a full quarter of the city's surface area. Amsterdam has 90 islands, 160 canals, over 1200 bridges, and a population of about 3/4 million. 700 years ago, almost all of what is Amsterdam today was under water.
Our delightfully intimate and vital waterways have always been part of daily life here and this reality continues to this day.
For residents and visitors alike ..Amsterdam without canals is just quite simply ..unthinkable.
Without canals in fact, Amsterdam's existence would never have occurred.

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..there's always the Movies

Theatre Tuschinski and The Movies are our favorites

Amsterdam is one of the few cities on the European continent where you can see first-run blockbuster hits from the United States with their English-language soundtracks still intact. And have a beer in a glass in a private box seat..for less money than you may think..

One of the two best places to watch a film we have ever found is Theatre Tuschinski a movie theater in Amsterdam, originally exploited by Abraham Icek Tuschinski, who had it built in 1921 at a cost of 4 million guilders, in a spectacular mix of styles, as designed by Hijman Louis de Jong; Amsterdam School, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau and Art Deco. The main auditorium is usually the one in which movies premiere in the Netherlands.

The façade, in its own style of Art Deco with oriental influences, was designed to help people get a feeling that they were being led into an illusion. The main auditorium was originally not designed just as a movie theatre and still has a stage and organ, on which performances are still given.

The theatre was not only special in terms of architecture and decoration, but also electrotechnically, with revolutionary heating and ventilation, which kept the temperature even throughout the building.

Now THIS is a Movie House!

"The Movies" on the Haarlemmerstraat near the Jordaan.
Nothing quite like it anywhere.. "an art deco, multiplex of small comfortable screening rooms, with a great restaurant, a full complement friendly bar, and showing current release popular films as well as art house gems to respectful audiences, all at reasonable prices in a friendly welcoming gezellig environment!"

An experience you will treasure and compel you return time after time...we do!..so see you at The Movies!

  The Movies has a good restaurant too.

Haarlemmerdijk 161 Amsterdam, +31 020 638 60 16

info@themovies.nl

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We love the intimate lounges and screening rooms..we know you will too!

Website in (Dutch) http://www.themovies.nl/over-de-movies

CAUTION: You may never want to watch a film anywhere else!

The Netherlands Film Museum Vondel Park 3 -

Amsterdam's film lovers cinema only screens classic films. (In Vondelpark - near the main park entrance at Stadhouderskade)

The experience of viewing a film here is a truly pleasurable event especially for film buffs.The cinema's are small in capacity but large in seating comfort. The sound system is superior.

The most outstanding ingredient is the predominance of a "respectful of others" audience.   ie.. Not much talking goes on during the film except for the emotional utterances encouraged by the film itself and a film buff obsession of, watching the credits ALL THE WAY TO THE END, is properly respected.

The Film museum also has a wonderful cafe' "Vertigo" with a sunny terrace in the afternoon, and yes good food.

The varied selection of marvelous films that the Film Museum brings back to our lives is much appreciated.

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For many visitors ...shopping is often the favorite part of the experience of Amsterdam. The city center is small enough that shops and other attractions are often right beside each other. Rather than going on shopping expeditions, it is normal for visitors as well as locals to simply drop into the nearest shops while you're involved in more weighty cultural or work matters. Whatever kind of shopping you prefer, you're sure to be impressed with the range of shopping possibilities Amsterdam offers. Wonder around the small brick path streets, and you will be astonished at the variety of unique shops at hand. Amsterdam is truly a paradise for shoppers

 

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