Amsterdam : Shopping
Amsterdam is no fashion capital like Paris or Düsseldorf. It is more of a place to hunt for bargains and feel comfortable in what ever you wear. Amsterdam has much to offer the avid shopper. On the one hand, there are international fashion labels, books, arts and antiques, while on the other, there are local specialties to buy, such as tulip bulbs, chocolates, cumin cheese, stoneware bottles of jenever (Dutch gin), blue Delft china and diamonds. In general, shop-opening hours are 1-6pm on Mondays and 9/10am-6pm Tuesday to Friday. Most have late night shopping on Tuesday until 9pm, and close earlier on Saturdays, at 5pm. Some supermarkets, like Albert Heijn stay open until 8 or 10 pm.
Amsterdam's main shopping areas are the Leidsestraat between the Leidseplein and Spui, and the Kalverstraat and Nieuwendijk, leading from the Munt Tower via the Dam to near the Central Station. Supermarkets are open all over Amsterdam till 20:00 during the week, and are closed on Sundays. The supermarkets in the Centrum are open till 22:00 daily and are also open Sundays but only till 20:00.
Under Museumplein across the street from the Concertgebow (concert building) is an underground Albert Hein supermarket. You can join the folks on this sensible subterranean enterprise's "grass roof" and have your lunch or lay in the sun on our / Dutch hillside
Dutch family shopping night on Thursdays till 21:00 . There are large stores near the Munt Tower, Vroon&Dreesman and Hema, and at the Dam is DeBijenkorf and behind the Palace is Magna Plaza. The Super center "Albert Hein" also behind the Palace at the Dam. The Jordaan and the 9 little streets "the 9's" around it contain many small interesting individual shops. The PC Hooftstraat and the district east of Vondel Park, near the main museums, contains many of the more chic shops...Kalvin Kline, Hugo Boss, Tommy Hillfigger, to name just a few of our favorites.
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