Forget the Schuyt, you need to be on the Overtoom

What is stated above is a lie of course. Park me in the Cormelis Schuytstraat and I will be happy. In the Utrechtsestraat by the way too and on the Willemsparkweg you will hear me purring. By the way, this is all in Amsterdam. I always hated those Amsterdammers who act like the world outside the ring stops, and now I also assume that everyone knows that these streets are in Amsterdam. Anyway.

But because it is our job to sniff out new emerging neighborhoods and present them to you if approved, I still want to rub the Amsterdam Overtoom under your noses. Because while it was always a bit of a mediocre street with a varying aesthetic presence, it suddenly, damn it, if it's not true, starts to be incredibly fun there. Don't go there to shop for clothes, but for good food, nice concept stores, better olive oil, and WINE, the Overtoom is just the best.

1. Eginstill

Actually still the Amstelveenseweg, but you can already see the Overtoom, so I’ll take it with me. A beautiful design lab where you need to be if you want to have a kitchen designed. Amstelveenseweg 39

2. MOER

If you love vegetarian food and a terrace with a view of a bustling spot, you must be at MOER. For lunch and dinner. Amstelveenseweg 7

3. Sticky Fingers

Bites, coffee, treats…. At Sticky Fingers you can also hold baby showers or gender reveal parties. They make the most beautiful cakes anyway. Amstelveenseweg 3

4. Rayleigh & Ramsay

Unpretentious wine bar with snacks, lunch, and dinner options. What we like is that you can order a glass per two sips, a half glass, and a full glass. You can vary nicely. Zocherstraat 2 (but it’s just the Overtoom, the door is just in the Zocherstraat)

5. Olivity

Ideal address to buy a nice gift. Beautiful oil, tea, honey, and you can also eat a salad, wrap, soup, or other small snacks.

The owner is the Greek Carina, who was a translator and writer in a previous life but listened to the call of the kitchen. Overtoom 239

6. Umami

Oriental kitchen bar. Umami is scientifically considered the fifth taste alongside salty, sour, sweet, and bitter. In Japanese, it is also translated as ‘delicious’, and it is. Ideal before you go to the movies to eat something small here. Overtoom 31hs

7. VondelGym

The nicest gym on the Overtoom. This is where it all started. Overtoom 143

8. Beauty by Megan

Really a nice place for a facial treatment or a mani or pedi. Megan is a sweetheart and dogs are welcome. Overtoom 250

9. The travel bookstore

Just for that reason alone, that such a store exists. The best, most special, extensive travel bookstore you can imagine. The Travel Book Shop from Notting Hill can't even tie the laces of this ship, it is so big and extensive. With also the cutest travel gadgets and funny gifts. Overtoom 135-137

10. Marqt, Stach, Cocomat, Kaasdomijn, Doodeman vegetables and fruit and butcher Bastiaan Res, the Hollandsche Manege (also so nice to get married)… The Overtoom, people, that’s where you need to be.