“Café De Koe is the best place for any musician to get any variation of gin&tonic you could ever wish for. Tip the bartender big and shout ‘BARTEK'” – BARTEK

“Bloemendaal aan Zee is the best place to stroll the beach. Nudity allowed! Make sure to visit the ‘Woodstock’ beach club, they usually have great local bands playing there.” – BARTEK

“White Label Coffee on the Jan Evertsen straat, order the V60 slow drip with Cajamarca Chirinos beans. Full westside hipster.” -BARTEK

“Try ‘Ari’, it’s a thrift shop on the Overtoom. The sign says LLEEEELLIJJK, which means ‘really ugly’ in Dutch” -BARTEK

“Concerto is great independent record store that has a wide variety in genres on CD and vinyl. Check out their amazing second hand vinyl section.” – Candy Dulfer

“Concerto is one of the biggest record stores with new and second hand vinyl. There also do small in-store acoustic concerts!” – EUT

“The best record store is Concerto – they sell all of our merch, too!” – Bartek

“Concerto is our favorite record store because Wesley, our guitarist, works there. Once in a while they have some live music in their store… mostly intimate, acoustic live sets. You can also go to Concerto for some nice coffee and cake!” – Tape Toy

“Our favorite fast food is FEBO. Try to pronounce ‘Diagonaaltje’, they’ll know.” – BARTEK

“First try any ‘Kapsalon’ as soon as possible, then order one at the Vegan Junk Food Bar, you’ll be surprised…” – BARTEK

“Karaoke bar ‘The End’ near the Zeedijk is great for amateur performances, it’s crowded every night.” – BARTEK

“Oedipus Taproom in the north of Amsterdam is the best brewery, they serve burgers and serve a mean chili pepper flavoured beer – Thai Thai. Our favourite.” – BARTEK

NDSM Werf (Wharf) is the best neighborhood to hang in, it’s an abandoned shipping yard across the IJ. Creative place, lot’s of artists and parties. Hop on the free ferry from Amsterdam Central.” -BARTEK

“Koningsdag is our favorite city-wide celebration. The Netherlands are a kingdom so we can’t leave out Willie. Carry something orange with you at all times.” – BARTEK

“Skatecafe is the place to go if you want a good night out with dancing, drinking and skating. This awesome cafe is located in Amsterdam Noord, quite far from the city center. Inside the cafe there’s a skate ramp which makes it very exciting.” – Tape Toy

“SKATECAFE in ‘Amsterdam Noord’ is our favorite local venue to see a show. They built a concrete pool dedicated to skaters, and have live bands performing in it. Ask for Colin – great guy.” – BARTEK