Amsterdam's Best Terrace Cafés

Check out where Amsterdam locals and visitors go sitting on a café terrace, people-watching and enjoying fair weather. Some of the most idyllic café terraces in the centre of Amsterdam are:

Canal Belt area
Prinsengracht 653 Het Molenpad - café-galery-eetcafé with a canalside terrace	Prinsengracht 2 Cafe het Papeneiland - Amsterdam's oldest cafe	Keizersgracht 449 Walem - early designer bar with excellent (veg.) quiches
Leliegracht 60 Spanjer & van Twist - outdoor seating at the beautiful Leliegracht	Paleisstraat 16 Café Het Paleis - outdoor terrace on the Singel	Amstelveld 12 Nel Amstelveld - sit under century-old trees
Torensteeg 8 Café van Zuylen - plenty of outdoor seating at an old bridge
Jordaan area
Egelantiersgracht 12 't Smalle - the most charming terrace of Amsterdam	Prinsenstraat 30 De Vergulde Gaper
Old Centre area
Nieuwmarkt 32 't Loosje - outside terrace with a good view of the Nieuwmarkt square	Rapenburgerplein 83 De Druif - one of Amsterdam's oldest pubs	Nieuwmarkt 4 In de Waag - sitting in front of a medieval building
Nieuwe Doelenstraat 20 Café de Jaren - offers riverside seating	Stationsplein 10 Smits Koffiehuis - quiet waterside terrace in front of central station	Jodenbreestraat 1 Café de Sluyswacht - offers great views
De Pijp area
Gerard Douplein 14 De Pilsvogel - eetcafé, close to the Albert Cuyp Market, good atmosphere.	Ferdinand Bolstraat 180 Gambrinus - nice sunny terrace in the afternoon
Oud-Zuid area
Vondelpark 3 Vertigo - terrace seats under Vondelpark's tall trees	Vondelpark 5 't Blauwe Theehuis - Vondelpark. Modernistic pavilion with huge terrace.
Amsterdam-Noord
Nieuwendammerdijk 297 Cafe 't Sluisje