Somewhere at some point on trippist, someone must have recommended that you go to see the wonders of Amsterdam Noord.

Thats a pretty vague recommendation as Noord is huge, and hopping on the ferries, you could end up in a whole series of different places.

However if you're me, and luckily for you you're not, but still.. I very often end up taking the ferry to the destination with all the letters... NDSM or something to that effect. (it is the ferry furthest to the left when you're facing the north.)





So you take that ferry, which is free, and in about 10 minutes, you arrive at a little dock complete with Greenpeace ships, a German party boat, the pancake restaurant boat, and a former Soviet submarine turned squat. As if that weren't already enough reason to visit, you also have the Ij Kantine, which I want to recommend to you today.

The IK is a big brown circa 1940's box. And they've managed to park a very hip and spacious café-restaurant in it. And while the menu isn't dirt cheap, you could definitely afford a drink and a snack. Plus you've made it all the way to Noord... why not splurge and eat a gourmet meal?