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| Cafe Karpershoek |
 The oldest café of Amsterdam. It was built directly at the harbour of Amsterdam in 1606 and used to be an inn for sailors and tradesmen. Nowadays, Café Karpershoek is a “bruine kroeg” (brown pub). Here you can have a drink in a real Amsterdam atmosphere. Have the innkeeper pour you a Heineken while you have a conversation with a local customer.Though the harbour has gone now, Café Karpershoek has never changed. The dark walls are still covered with old quotes, proverbs and countless old prints and images. A beautiful detail is the thin layer of sand on the wooden floor. Once, the sand was supposed to make it easier to clean the floor after a party in the night time hours. The chewing tobacco of customers used to be very sticky. Nowadays, the sand has become symbolic of the survival of the preserved ancient atmosphere in Café Karpershoek. This café is a place where tourists and regulars come to have a drink. It’s always crowded, and a café where conversation is important, so no music is played. Café Karpershoek is the ideal place to meet and have a conversation with the locals. Order a drink at the bar and have a true innkeeper serve your beverage. The man who pours your drink, has worked at Café Karpershoek for about twenty years now. Looking for a good story? Ask him. Café Karpershoek offers you the possibility to have a drink and a snack in an authentic Amsterdam building, but you can also use the terrace. The café is situated in a corner house surrounded by a terrace. A part of the terrace borders on the Martelaarsgracht. The Martelaarsgracht (martyrs canal) used to be the street where Amsterdam criminals were trialed. The canal has been filled up now. The only thing that is left now is a crowded and enjoyable street sight. Café Karpershoek is a well visited place. You will not experience Amsterdam as purely and intimately anywhere else. Would you like to be able to tell others you have experienced the real Amsterdam? Visit Café Karpershoek and you can. |