Hutspot

We returned to Amsterdam again, mainly because one of my grandma’s celebrates her birthday turning 80. Last time we were here we were so eager to see all of our friends that we hardly had any time together let alone had a nice walk through our old neighborhood like we used to do on Saturdays. This time the plan was to only stay for a couple of days and not let people know we were back. This first Saturday we really want to spend like we were used to, even in the three months we’ve left there are so many cool new places in the area.

We start off our day having coffee with my sister and her family in a brand new and very cool place called Hutspot on the Rozengracht. They already have another location in Amsterdam, but recently opened this one, because of the big hit the other place is. It started out as a place for young creatives to be able to sell their stuff, it now is a mishmash were you can either buy fancy looking sunglasses, a vintage cabinet or a stuffed parrot. In the back is a nice café were you can chill out , have coffee and pancakes while your kid plays in their teepee or plug in your laptop, order a ginger & licorice water and work for a couple of hours.

It really is a nice place to relax, if you don’t have any children under two. We manage to keep them sitting down for about half an hour by feeding them pancakes with blueberries and maple syrup, but after that there just are too many interesting things to discover. That is just a bit too much for our nerves with all the glasses, bugs, bottles and stuffed animals standing around.

Later this week I returned with just my mum and our oldest and then having coffee and lemonade on one of their couches is just perfect.

Not the very best pictures by the way, have a look on their site to get a real impression.