Where to sleep in Amsterdam — the neighborhoods and the picks, siesta side to fiesta side.
Jordaan — the storybook
Narrow gables, hofjes and brown cafés on quiet canals — the classic wish-list base.
De Pijp — the local buzz
Albert Cuyp market, young terraces, ten minutes' cycle from everything.
Canal Ring — postcard central
Sleeping inside the UNESCO crescent — book canal-view rooms early.
Amsterdam Noord — ferry-ride cool
Free ferries cross to the old shipyards' street food and studios.