DK Travel : Amsterdam : Shopping

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Kitsch Kitchen

Ample to spice up your kitchen and accessorize the cooks. Pop across the nearby Rozengracht to number 183, where “Kitsch Kitchen Kids” has a range for the little people.
Looiersmarkt

Burrow away to your heart’s content in this highly browsable and perpetually intriguing indoor warren of antiques and collectibles. When you’ve dug out some bargains, there’s also a café where you can put your weary feet up (see Looier Kunst en Antiekcentrum).
Magna Plaza

Built between 1895 and 1899, this magnificent building – once derisively dubbed “postoffice Gothic” by its critics – was designed by Cornelis Hendrik Peters (1874–1932) to house Amsterdam’s head post office. Now a shopping mall, around 40 diverse stores are located over its four floors. There are two cafés.
Marjan Sterk

An exquisite selection of antique, Art Deco and Art Nouveau jewellery, plus 18thand 19th-century Dutch silver.
Mechanisch Speelgoed

A fascinating, nostalgia-inducing collection of mechanical toys and good old-fashioned children’s playthings. Simply put: life before Gameboy.
Noordermarkt

There has been a market on this site since 1627 – a fact you can contemplate as you fight over the bargains with the die-hard clubbers who arrive here after a night out, or with the locals who come for a more civilized Monday-morning rummage. Unbeatable for second-hand clothes and accessories (see Noordermarkt).
Pasta Panini

A fabulous Italian deli. Great for freshly-filled ciabattas at lunchtime or hand-made pasta for supper. Plus a tantalizing range of cookies, soup, sauces and wine.
Pompadour

You can pile on the calories just staring at the window-display of this chique chocolaterie. Sadly, all you’ll burn here is a hole in your wallet. Try the famous homemade chocolates or exquisite tarts.
Pontifex

This tiny waxworks gives Madame Tussauds a run for their money, with a colourful range of candles of every type imaginable. Adjoining are the premises of the rather spooky doll doctor, Kramer.
Razzmatazz

A must for a designer collection ranging from Vivienne Westwood to Dexter Wong – plus accessories, and information on clubs and parties.