Best English Speaking Bookstore in Europe and other Amsterdam, Netherlands Shopping Tips

Name of Shop: The American Book Center

This bookstore claims to be the finest English speaking or at least American bookstore in Europe. Having travels throughtout Europe, I have to agree with that claim. There are more titles available here than any other bookstore that I have dropped into in Europe. If you forgot to bring along a book to read while either staying in Amsterdam or to keep you company while traveling through Europe, well then this is a place to go.

What To Buy: Books. A wide variety of title available. It is particularly strong in non-fiction books especially history.


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Theme: Books
Phone: 020-535-25-73
Address: 185 Kalverstraat, 1012 XC Amsterdam
Directions: Kavlerstraat is the main pedestrian street mall in Amsterdam.
Website: www.abc.nl

Name of Shop: Waterlooplein / Fleamarkets

The Waterlooplein Fleamarket is the main fleamarket of Amsterdam. Like all fleamarkets there is something here for everyone from antiques to just plain junk. Mostly there is secondhand clothing, jewellary, rare books and decorative assessories to spruce up your household. There are also lots of musical intsruments from places all over the globe. Personally I found the place very atmospheric.
The fleamarket is located in Waterlooplein in what was at onetime the Jewish Quarter. It was the location of a very tragic episode in Amsterdam's history for it was here that the Nazi's rounded up the local Jewish population before deporting them to their concentration camps. Prior to the Second World War, Waterlooplein had been the home of the local Jewish market. The fleamarket was a revival in some ways of this original market.
The market is open six days a week and is closed on Sundays.


What To Pay: Prices vary according to whatever you want to buy.

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Directions: Waterlooplein