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Shopping in Amsterdam

Amsterdam is old and beautiful town. There are not only channels, museums and coffeeshops; it is a wonderful place for a good Amsterdam shopping. This palce is famous for its antiques, souvenirs, known bookstores and diamonds. If you like to buy things and prowl round the shops and markets for hours, so you will fall in love with a capital of the Netherlands. Shopping in Amsterdam is started directly from the railway station; because one of the main shopping streets Nieuwedijk originates from the central station. You can begin your wonderful shopping trip from this very place.

The best time for shopping is on weekdays at the morning hours, because after the dinner, especially before the weekend there is an incredible amount of people in the big shopping streets, who create a crush and can spoil the fun of shopping in Amsterdam. Kalverstraat, Leidsestraat and Damrak Streets are full of clothing stores, shoes, souvenirs, second-hand and antique shops. By the way, there are a lot of antiques in Amsterdam and it is not a surprise that many collectors visit this town in order to buy the next rarity.

There are a lot of jewelry stores. Special attention deserves the Amsterdam Diamond Center. This is a paradise for women and girls who adore jewelry of different shapes and colors. You will find here the excellent items of gold and silver. If you have a sweet tooth, so you need to visit Madame Pompadour on Huidenstraat Street, it is a shop where only the chocolate is sold. You will be provided with the positive emotions for the whole day.

Those who like luxury and well-known brands can go on Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat Street; there are many expensive shops. Magna Plaza, De Amsterdamse Poort, De Bijenkorf and Kalvertoren are for those who prefer large department stores and shopping centers. The most attractive things you can find in small stores, but only the supermarkets, large department stores and separate laundry shops offer special discounts.

Shopping in Amsterdam is not limited by the indoors buildings, you can also take a walk along the town streets and visit the most famous market in Europe Albert Cuyp. This crowded market can be found in Pijp. There is a great selection of vegetables, fruits, fish and seafood, and what important is that you can find good clothes and shoes; prices will be much lower than around Amsterdam.

Many shops offer the large discounts at the end of December, the first half of January; some of them reach 80 percent, and sometimes on the designer clothes. In general, shopping in Amsterdam guarantees you lots of ways to please yourself, even without spending a large sum of money. You have a great opportunity to buy a huge number of qualitative and really nice things.

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