As I've mentioned in my previous blog post, I spent two weeks in May between Paris, The Hague and Amsterdam, and thought I would post a mini recommendations list on here. I've only now got around to doing it because, well, you all know me... If you're interested in checking out my list for Paris, you can find it
here.
I hit The Hague first, spent two days there and then two days in Amsterdam. I've got to admit, there isn't
much to do there if you aren't a student or a UN diplomat. On the first day, we walked all through the downtown area and visited Leiden University, had lunch at a cute Italian place (which I forgot the name of, unfortunately) and then went to my friend's friends' place for pre-drinks before a party that night (I had massive food poisoning so couldn't make the party but heard it was great fun).
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| Downtown The Hague (I think). I'm quite proud of this picture, I personally think it's amazing! |
The second day was also spent browsing around town followed by lunch at
Easie, which is a "fast food" chain that serves everything from noodles to salads to soups. I would highly recommend going there as it's quite cheap and delicious. We also went shopping for a picnic on the beach, which was fantastic (albeit slightly freezing). We really wanted to ride the Ferris wheel there but alas, it was closed. If it's open while you're there, you should definitely ride it- I heard the view was beautiful.
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| Scheveningen Beach |
Amsterdam was more action-packed than the Hague: We visited a few museums, chilled at Vondel Park (if you read my Paris Diaries then you know I love me a good park), and did a Canal Tour. I would recommend finding a boat that's roofless because it just feels nicer than an enclosed one.
As for food, boy oh boy did we brunch!
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| Bakers and Roasters |
My cousin made me a whole Google My Maps of places to see/restaurants to eat in in Amsterdam, and one of those (which looked amazing on the website) was
Staring at Jacob. I talked about it so much to my friends that it was the first place we went to when we got there. However, it turned out it was closed due to restorations. The people there led us to
Bakers & Roasters, which is another hip must-go to brunch place in Amsterdam. We actually had to wait quite a bit because it was so full and we were starving, but by god did the food not disappoint.
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| Pancakes Amsterdam |
Another place we went to for brunch was
Pancakes Amsterdam, a small restaurant situated at a two minute walk from the station, which was very convenient for us as we were commuting from The Hague. This place serves a multitude of traditional dutch pancakes- something you have to try while you're in the Netherlands. I opted for salmon and cream cheese with a side of bacon (as I did every time during this trip because cholesterol is a myth, right?) and it was very good. If you're going to check it out, remember to take your card with you because they don't take cash.
One last recommendation if you're ever in the Netherlands is to go to Albert Hejn (the local supermarket chain) and get their 75 cents cookies. They're glorious, and did I mention they cost 75 cents?
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