Hi! I’m going to Stockholm, London, and Amsterdam. I’ll be in Stockholm for 2 days, London for 2 days, and Amsterdam for 4 days.
Anyone have any advise for places to go see and great places to eat?
I’ve been to London once, and I tried pub food, and my past experience wasn’t too great. I had a pretty good meal at a Chinese restaurant, but other then that, we weren’t too lucky.
So if anyone especially knows of any great pubs in London, please let me know.
AND if you happen to know of any great parks, or things to go see, or things to STAY AWAY from, that would be helpful.
Thanks everyone for all of your help!
London is full of noodle houses and Indian places… some of the best. I love wagamamas and since yelp is on the iphone
I’m going to Sweden in a week and a half, so I may have some answers to there for you soon, lol.
As far as Amsterdam, there’s a LOT of different stuff, depending on your interests. There’s a number of museums, the Anne Frank house, boat tours, the red light district (though frankly I felt quite awkward walking down streets with scantily clad women in windows)… it really depends on what you like.
the anne frank house was AMAZING! I cried a lot, but it was so incredible to see the house I read [and reread and reread] about and to see the actual diary of hers….amazing. worth the trip if nothing else was there. but the van gogh museum was great, too, and the red light district was alright, too, bu tno cameras! =]
as for London, I was there from Sept-Jan, and it was amazing. Brick lane has lots of great Indian places, one of my favorites was pappadums, and….oh there was another great place I will try to get the name of, amazing Pakistani restaurant in the brick lane area. as for pubs, anglesea arms was great, and the Olde explorer right off of oxford street, I think. =] amazing fish and chips. oh! and go to Nando’s!
Wok to Walk is a good place to eat.
KEUKENVAN 1870 is cheap and SMITS COFFEEHOUSE just outside Centraal station is a good place.
When in Amsterdam take the train to Koog Zaandijk and see Zanse Schans.
Amsterdam is a wonderful city.
In Stockholm, go to the Vasa and Nobel Museums. They are hands down two fo the coolest museums I have EVER been to. I could have spent the whole day just wandering in each of them. Go to the palace and if you’re a student, ask for the student discount. When I went it was less than a dollar for admission. It was totally worth it too. I LOVE Stockholm. Just wander around there, it’s such a beautiful city you’ll probably just want to spend lots of time staring at it and being amazed.
For London, I used to live there and could write a novel about the cool things you can see and do there. It’s hands down my very favourite city. For good pubs, I always ahd a good time at the Old Blue Last just off Old street in Hackney (I think). It’s a younger crowd, but I enjoyed it. For good foor, Pizza express can be found anywhere in the city and it’s decent enough. Be sure to eat Indian Food there too. I used to like getting my curry on Brick Lane (while there, check out the bagel bakery.I can’t remember the name, but it’s SO GOOD). My very favourite ice cream place in the city (well, gelato technically) is a little place on Charing Cross Rd. called Ciao! Gelateria. It has a giant ice cream cone outside and it’s right by Leicester Square. It’s easy enough to miss, but if you hapepn to see it, go inside. It’s totally worth it.
One of our “splurge” dinners in Amsterdam was at Kantjil & de Tijger. We had the Kantjil Rijsttafel and enjoyed all of it.
I absolutely loved the British Museum (one of the few museums we went to that allowed photography), the British Library and Highgate Cemetery (there’s a lovely park right next to it) in London. Rijksmuseum and walking along the canals in Amsterdam. I’d say skip Madame Tussaud’s in both cities.