Neighborhood 48H guide
De Pijp: Where to Stay & What to Do in 48 Hours
The Albert Cuyp Market and a café on every corner.
De Pijp is a lively 19th-century neighbourhood south of the canal belt, built around the Albert Cuyp street market and the old Heineken brewery.
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Photo: eric molina · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ank Kumar · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Why stay here
Market, cafés and bars, ten minutes’ walk from the museums.
Who it's for: Food lovers and young travellers.
Pros
- Food
- Local life
- Near the museums
Cons
- Few hotels
- Busy weekends
- Outside the canals
48H in De Pijp
Market, brewery.
11:00 – Albert Cuyp Market
Stroopwafels and herring; closed Sundays.
15:00 – Heineken Experience
Tour in the 1867 brewery; book online.
Named recommendations
Real places with links to their official site or a Maps place page. We do not invent hours, prices, or ratings.
Eat
Eat
Albert Cuyp Market
Albert Cuypstraat
The city’s best-known street market, Monday to Saturday.
Photo: eric molina · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →
See / do
See / do
Heineken Experience
Stadhouderskade 78
Self-guided tour in the old Heineken brewery.
Photo: Ank Kumar · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →
Where to stay
Specific named properties—not vague city-wide searches. Expedia stays use tracked Creator links; others open the hotel's official site.
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Hotel · Expedia
Hotel Okura Amsterdam
Ferdinand Bolstraat 333
Five-star tower hotel with Michelin-starred restaurants, a pool and city views.
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Vacation rentals
Prefer an apartment or whole home in this neighborhood? Browse Vrbo listings for De Pijp.
Amsterdam holiday rentals need a city permit and a registration number shown on every listing. Hosts must live in the home, may host at most 4 guests, and may rent it out for up to 30 nights a year (15 in parts of Centrum and De Pijp). Book only listings that show a registration number.
Browse vacation rentals in De Pijp on Vrbo →Other ways to spend 48 hours in Amsterdam
- Centrum & Dam Square — The Royal Palace and the oldest streets.
- Jordaan & the Nine Streets — Anne Frank House, small shops and brown cafés.
- Canal Belt (Grachtengordel) — The UNESCO canal ring and its merchant houses.
- Museumplein & Oud-Zuid — Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh and the Concertgebouw.
- Oud-West & Vondelpark — The city’s favourite park and a tram-depot food hall.
- Amsterdam Noord — A free ferry to the Eye and the A’DAM Lookout.
- Eastern Docklands & Oosterdok — The maritime museum, NEMO and new waterfront.
- Plantage & Oost — Artis zoo, the Wereldmuseum and the Oosterpark.