Best snacks & treats

The ultimate Dutch street-food experience: tender, lightly cured herring served fresh with chopped onions and pickles at traditional stalls across Amsterdam

A cheerful market stall serving warm, fluffy poffertjes straight from the griddle, generously finished with melting butter and powdered sugar.

A beloved family-run market stall serving warm, freshly baked stroopwafels made with an original Gouda recipe since 1978.

An accidental success that became a Dutch food icon: HEMA’s hot smoked sausage, traditionally eaten straight from the hand with mustard.

Amsterdam’s cult cookie shop sells just one creation: a warm dark-chocolate cookie with crisp edges, a gooey centre and melted white chocolate inside

Luxury French-inspired viennoiserie and coffee boutique renowned for exceptional croissants, creative pastries and elegant interiors.

Cult-favourite artisan bakery renowned for exceptional sourdough bread, buttery croissants, freshly made sandwiches and creative weekend specials.

Award-winning pastry shop renowned for exquisite cakes, handmade chocolates and some of Amsterdam's finest brownies.

Historic Amsterdam pastry shop renowned for classic Dutch pastries, chocolates and its legendary shrimp croquettes.

Discover one of Amsterdam’s last traditional Jewish pickle shops, where generations-old family recipes transform cucumbers, onions, vegetables and herring into exceptional sweet-and-sour delicacies.

Legendary Jordaan café famous for serving what many consider Amsterdam's best apple pie.

Historic Amsterdam bakery famous for its giant handmade stroopwafels and traditional Dutch pastries.

Award-winning French bakery and patisserie known for exceptional croissants, pastries and handcrafted viennoiserie.

An Amsterdam fast-food institution where hot croquettes, burgers and other Dutch snacks are served from the city’s most famous wall of vending windows.

Legendary fries shop serving homemade Belgian-style fries with more than 25 signature sauces in the heart of Amsterdam.

A legendary Amsterdam pastry shop serving just one unforgettable ice-cream flavour: exceptionally light, creamy and almost like frozen whipped cream.