The Rough Guide to Amsterdam

This guide covers the conventional sights - canals, architecture, museums - and sets them against the life of the modern city and includes listings of the city's bars, restaurants and night spots. There's a chapter on the places to visit around Amsterdam and an account of the city's politics.

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This third edition covers the conventional sights - the canals, the architecture, the museums - and sets them against the life of the modern city. Alongside the guide are the listings of the city's bars, restaurants and night spots. There's a chapter on the best places to visit around Amsterdam, and an account of the city's radical politics. The guide utilizes native researchers for specialists listings, such as jazz bars, women's cafes and gay bars and it includes an enlarged chapter on cities around Amsterdam.