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Top 20 shops in Netherlands

20 shops worth a visit in Netherlands, from grand department stores and markets to historic specialists and local makers.

20 shops

  1. 1
    Department store

    De Bijenkorf Amsterdam

    Amsterdam

    Flagship of the Dutch luxury department store chain, facing the Royal Palace on Dam Square.

  2. 2
    Market

    Markthal

    Rotterdam

    Horseshoe-shaped market hall of 2014 with food stalls beneath a vast painted arch of apartments.

  3. 3
    Market

    Albert Cuypmarkt

    Amsterdam

    The city's best-known daily street market, stretching along a long street in De Pijp.

  4. 4
    Shopping street & arcade

    De Negen Straatjes

    Amsterdam

    Nine small streets crossing the western canal belt, lined with independent boutiques and vintage shops.

  5. 5
    Books & music

    Boekhandel Dominicanen

    Maastricht

    Bookshop installed inside a thirteenth-century Gothic Dominican church.

  6. 6
    Crafts & makers

    Royal Delft

    Delft

    The last remaining seventeenth-century Delftware factory, still hand-painting blue-and-white pottery.

  7. 7
    Market

    Alkmaar Cheese Market

    Alkmaar

    Traditional cheese market held on the Waagplein with porters carrying cheeses on wooden barrows.

  8. 8
    Shopping street & arcade

    De Passage

    The Hague

    Glass-roofed shopping arcade of 1885, the oldest surviving covered arcade in the Netherlands.

  9. 9
    Market

    Bloemenmarkt

    Amsterdam

    Floating flower market on the Singel canal selling bulbs and cut flowers since the nineteenth century.

  10. 10
    Shopping street & arcade

    Magna Plaza

    Amsterdam

    Shopping centre inside the neo-Gothic former main post office behind the Royal Palace.

  11. 11
    Shopping street & arcade

    Lijnbaan

    Rotterdam

    Pioneering post-war shopping promenade of 1953, one of Europe's first purpose-built pedestrian streets.

  12. 12
    Antiques & vintage

    Spiegelkwartier

    Amsterdam

    Quarter around the Nieuwe Spiegelstraat near the Rijksmuseum packed with antique dealers and galleries.

  13. 13
    Antiques & vintage

    Waterlooplein Market

    Amsterdam

    Long-running flea market selling second-hand clothes, curiosities and bric-a-brac near the Stopera.

  14. 14
    Market

    Noordermarkt

    Amsterdam

    Jordaan square hosting a Saturday organic farmers' market and a Monday textiles and flea market.

  15. 15
    Food & drink

    Wynand Fockink

    Amsterdam

    Seventeenth-century tasting house and distillery serving jenever and liqueurs in an alley off Dam Square.

  16. 16
    Market

    Gouda Cheese Market

    Gouda

    Seasonal traditional cheese market held in front of the 1668 Waag weigh house.

  17. 17
    Crafts & makers

    Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum

    Makkum

    Centuries-old family pottery and tile works in Friesland, producing traditional and designer ceramics.

  18. 18
    Food & drink

    Bisschopsmolen

    Maastricht

    Working watermill bakery producing spelt bread and Limburg vlaai with stone-ground flour.

  19. 19
    Books & music

    Athenaeum Boekhandel

    Amsterdam

    Renowned independent bookshop and newsagent on the Spui, a gathering place for Amsterdam readers.

  20. 20
    Food & drink

    Puccini Bomboni

    Amsterdam

    Artisan chocolatier known for handmade bonbons with unusual flavour combinations.

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