If anything in Amsterdam is "off the beaten path", Jordaan is one of them. Although the Anne Frankhuis and the Westerkerk church are located at the edge of the neighbourhood, but there is more to Jordaan. There are quite a few not so well known museums and other things such as the Theo Thijssen museum, house boat museum, Pianolamuseum, the Nooderkerk (Northernchurch).
The Northernchurch was built in the beginning of the 17th century. It was the 2nd Protestant church in the country. It was built in the form of a cross with equal arms, with a large central space. http://noorderkerk.org
Houseboatmuseum is located in a houseboat (of course!). You can see all small inconveniences and large advantages of living on water. http://www.houseboatmuseum.nl/
Pianolamuseum is one of the smallest museums in the city and it houses a collection of automatic pianos and related objects. Monthly concerts all year around (except July & August). http://www.pianola.nl/
There are plenty of tiny restaurants, cafes, coffee shops and bars in Jordaan. It is not big for clubbing though. Almost every corner of the world is represented including Suriname, China, The Netherlands, Italy..
There are a lot of galleries, very fashionable hair salons, beauty salons and nail studios, small and more personal shops and boutiques specialising in more "alternative" fashion, jewelry, Oriental art, printed T-shirts, books, gift items, furniture, furnishings, CDs and vinyls, antiques, tiles and mosaic, race and sportbikes, second hand clothes etc. There are also a few bakeries, butchers and other shops selling daily groceries such as cheese and ecological meat as well as many markets selling fresh groceries, clothes, ecological and organic products, 2nd hand articles, small animals (e.g. birds and rodents), antiques and art.
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