Amsterdam and its edge at Diemen and Duivendrecht, nearly 24,000 places, for travelers who want the brown café, the bakery and the late pharmacy locals use.
The Netherlands is flat, dense and small enough that its cities feel like districts of one another, and Num's depth is in the capital: 23,763 places across Amsterdam and its municipal edges at Diemen and Duivendrecht. Restaurants make up 2,804, cafés 1,372, bars 1,020 and hotels 1,050, with 1,342 shops, which matches a city where the café and the bar are often the same wooden-floored room.
Ask Num for a bruin café in the Jordaan with a terrace on the water, a place for rijsttafel tonight, a bakery open at 07:00 in De Pijp, the nearest apotheek with a night rota, a swimming spot in the city for a hot day, or a café where a table for one is normal. It maps step-free ways around canals with steep bridges and can tell you which market is running on which morning. Message in any language; the reply comes in yours with one real place, open now.
Every destination Num covers here, with how many places it holds in each. Open one for the full picture.
| Currency | Euro (EUR) |
|---|---|
| Languages | Dutch; English spoken fluently by almost everyone in Amsterdam |
| Plugs | Types C, F · 230 V |
| Emergency | 112 general · 0900-8844 police non-emergency |
| Tipping | Not expected; rounding up or 5–10% for good service in restaurants is common |
Many Dutch shops and supermarkets accept debit cards and contactless but not credit cards, and some places are card-only with no cash. A debit card with contactless is the safest single thing to carry.
Cycle lanes are red-brown and cyclists move fast and expect you to stay off them. Look both ways before stepping off any curb, and hire a bike only if you are confident in traffic.
Tap in and out with a contactless bank card or OV-chipkaart on trams, buses, metro and trains, including when you change. Forgetting to check out charges the maximum fare.
A coffeeshop sells cannabis; a café or koffiehuis sells coffee. Smoking cannabis in the street is banned in the old center and fined.
The Anne Frank House sells timed tickets online only and weeks ahead; the Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum also sell by time slot. Turning up on the day usually fails for the first two.
Message Num the way you would message a friend who lives here, in any language. It answers with one real place that fits, open now, and how to get there. It is free for travelers. Businesses list free and pay only when Num completes a booking for them, so nothing here is ranked by who paid.
Yes. The main risks are pickpocketing in Centraal station and on tram 2 and 12, bicycle collisions with pedestrians, and being sold fake drugs by street dealers. The canals claim a few late-night drinkers each year, so keep away from the edge after a long evening.
Yes, and in Dutch or any other language. Text Num as you would a local friend and it answers in your language with one real place in Amsterdam that fits and is open now.
The train to Amsterdam Centraal runs several times an hour, day and night, from directly beneath the terminal, and takes about 15 to 20 minutes. Tap in with a contactless card at the gates or buy a ticket from the machines.