http://www.livingamsterdam.info A field guide to getting lost in Amsterdam Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:20:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi people, if you are vegetarian or vegan, you like healthy food and simple and cozy alternative places, then you would like eating at "De Vliegende Schotel", which in english means "The Flying Dish" . The restaurant is run by nice people which try to use just organic food in a lot ... http://www.livingamsterdam.info/de-vlighende-schotel-restaurant/ Hi there, since Herb rediscovered the pleasure of a good joint some times, in this pages you will get also some tips about it. Last week I was looking for good black hash and De Tweede Kamer seems to be one of the most recommended places in Amsterdam. Open since 20 years they ... http://www.livingamsterdam.info/de-tweede-kamer/ Located on the northern banks of the IJ,  NDSM - Werf is an old shipyard transformed in an underground cultural center at the end of the 90's, when a group of artists, theater people, skaters ... http://www.livingamsterdam.info/ndsm-werf/ Waterlooplein Flea Market is one of the oldest market in Amsterdam. It has been opened in 1893 as a Jewish Market who has been closed in 1941 with the  Jews persecutions. Reopened like a general bazaar after the War, during the ‘60 become an important node for the hippy’s scene and ... http://www.livingamsterdam.info/waterlooplein-flea-market/ Tired of spending lots of money in junk food? Are you fed up with kebabs or vlaamse frites? Do you want to socialize with nice people? So, all you need is a VoKu. VoKu stands for Volks Küche, a German expression that means ‘People’s Kitchen’. A VoKu is a place where you ... http://www.livingamsterdam.info/eat-at-voku/ Who lives in Amsterdam knows how useful is to have a bike. If you want to buy a new bike, you could pay up to 600 euro. Stolen bikes (also known as Junkie Bikes) cost between 5 and 25 Euros, but it is not so politically correct to support the black market ... http://www.livingamsterdam.info/new-bikes-stolen-bikes-recycled-bikes/ Hi there, if you like LP’s records,  I suggest a visit to this shop where you can find every music genre and a collection of 20 thousands vinyl records. Cheap prices and nice atmosphere, you can spent few hours listening records and looking for good bargain. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHbHPFkXopA Second Life Music is located ... http://www.livingamsterdam.info/second-life-music/ If you arrive in Amsterdam and the sun is shining you should consider yourself a very very lucky person. Hence forget that you are a tourist and act as an Amsterdammer. How? Just enjoy every sunny second! A good way of doing it is relaxing in the parks: The famous and ... http://www.livingamsterdam.info/city-parks/ At last, after a long sound sleep, the 11th edition of DamoClash is a fact! The comeback is as it should be: on a huge squatted terrain, away from the hectic city-life. After several festivals at a.o. Afrika, OT301 and the Stubnitz, DamoClash got back together with some old friends to ... http://www.livingamsterdam.info/damoclash-event/ The Movies is the oldest movie theater in use in the Netherlands and one of the oldest in the world.The first film presentation was given, in fact, in October 11th 1912 when the cinema was called the “Tavenu”, one screen with more then 200 seats. It was closed just two ... http://www.livingamsterdam.info/arthouse-cinema-%e2%80%9cthe-movies%e2%80%9d/