Albert Cuypmarket is a famous day market in
Amsterdam spreading over the Albert Cuyp Street. This famous
market bears its name to one of the celebrated Landscape painters
of all time, Albert Cuyp (1602 - 1691) and enjoys a perfect
location near the Heineken Brewery between the Van Woustraat
and the Ferdinand Bolstraat. This renowned market began trading
in 1904 and has over 300 stalls uniformly aligned on both sides
of the street in the close vicinity of De Pip. Fruit, vegetables,
cheese, fish and spices to clothes, cosmetics and bedding everything
are available here at the cheapest price. Nations from all over
the world come here to this 110-year-old market that allows
the pedestrians to survey the market with great ease forbidding
entry of cars, here.
Albert Cuypmarket is known to be one of the
two frequently visited flee markets of Amsterdam. Most of the
vendors perpetuate merchandise on the pavement of the street
while some have specially appointed stalls for their goods.
Flower and plant retailers along with clothing merchants have
their business distributed all over the market area together
with various cheap restaurants and cafes. A PPS site visit in
2002 February, however, raised an eye towards the increasing
number of clothing vendors and the decreasing number of food
vendors.
The Albert Cuyp street have numerous shops
enjoying good trade on computers, pets, furniture, haircuts,
and many more on its backside. Stretching over half a mile over
the street the stall sells everything from veggies, cheese and
fish to cosmetics, clothes and bedding and enjoys 20,000 potential
buyers. This small wonder of the world is the most assiduous
outdoor market of the whole of Europe with a huge array of clients.
You cannot claim to have visited Amsterdam without having come
to Albert Cuypmarket.
The Albert Cuypmarket enjoys an ideal location
on Albert Cuypstraat between Van Woustraat and Ferdinand Bolstraat.
The renowned Heineken Brewery is in the close quarters of the
market. Here transportation is made easy by the network of tram
lines spreading all over the place. This street used to be a
canal previously and was called the Zaagmolensloot - the Lumber
Mill Canal. Lumber mills enjoyed their position on the banks
of this canal in the beginning of the 20th-century. Houses and
the markets were constructed on filling up the canal to cater
to the daily needs of the inhabitants as well as the tourists.
Tram 3, 12, 16, 24 or 25 stop at the junction
of Ferdinand Bolstraat and Albert Cuypstraat (Stopaage Albert
Cuypstraat)
Tram 9 to Linnaeusstraat/ Wijttenbachstraat stop
Tram 3 to Ceintuurbaan / Ferdinand Bolstraat stop (from there
a 5 minutes walk).
Tram 16, 24 or 25 from Dam Square to Albert Cuyp Market (7 stops).
Parking facility
Parking facility is provided outside the market area since
cars are not allowed to enter the place. Bike riders can leave
their bikes on the bike racks available at the curb of the
market and start walking down the market.
Timings
Monday – Saturday: 9.30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Virtual
Tour
This wonderful outdoor market stretching
over an area of half a mile down the Albert Cuypstraat sell
fabrics and bedding, cheese, veggies and fish, as well as
cosmetics. The crowded market is house to numerous charismatic
shops that trades on furniture, computers, haircuts and many
more. Bike riders can leave their bikes on the bike racks
available at the curb of the market and start walking.
The eastern extremity of the market has various fashionable
shops selling clothes, house wares, toys, spices and lots
more. Fabrics with multicultural designs attract the attention
of the tourists who can avail these trendsetting goods at
lucrative price. It is desirable to buy textile rather than
clothing in this renowned market.
The middle and the western part of Albert Cuypmarket make
room for shops that are famous for selling the most beautiful
vegetables, fruits, fresh meat and fish, cheese, chocolates
and nuts. This well known market has fish stalls where a quick
meal can be enjoyed with deep-fried roll, usually with some
kind of mayonaise sauce and chopped onions. The aroma around
the spice store along Albert Cuyp is reminiscent of the Dutch
East India Company that ruled the world of trade and made
fourtunes from it.
Albert Cuypmarkt has a shoarma shop at about one block north
of Albert Cuypstraat where the street splits on Ferdinand
Bolstraat.
At the back of the market stands one can find numerous small
shops where allowing great bargains to the people. They may
or may not be affiliated with the stand that sits at the front.
Fresh and vibrant flowers in different hues and fragrance
are found here. Foods and herbs market is spread over a vital
portion of the area, which are mainly run by the non-Dutch
Amsterdam community.
The Albert Cuyp adds to the essence of authentic multi-cultural
Amsterdam streetlife. Kurds, Serbs and Cambodians are seen
selling and buying here in this world famous market. Cafes
and restaurants are dotted all around the De Pijp region offering
delicious cuisine from different nationalities to the guests.
Tourists from all over the world come to this widely spread
market in the Eastern Canal Ring area of Amsterdam with a
desire to grab the best quality goods at reasonable rates.
Restaurants and Coffee Shops
The tourists as well as the locals can get themselves refreshed
at the nearby restaurants in the famous De Pijp area. Exquisite
Surinamese food and delicious ‘roti kip’ (chicken
curry, flaky roti bread, potatoes, egg and cabbage) mark the
speciality of these food courts. People can enjoy relaxing
drinks between their walks around the market at the charming
bars in the vicinity. Coffee shops are, however, very popular
in this area making shopping in this place all the more attractive
and delightful. Some of the numerous coffee shops of the region
are:
Bom Shankar Chai Shop
This is a chess player’s coffee shop originally famous
as a Milk Bar. You can find chessboards and clocks all over
the place adding to the décor of the shop. The nice
and cordial staff serves coffee in big cups here. Enchanting
music supplements the romantic ambience of the chai shop where
you can witness a variety of panoramic photographs and paintings
while enjoying your cup.
De Graal
This is one of the finest coffee shops of the city with a
varied choice of nutritious food along with a pool table,
a music studio and cheap Internet within it. Chess and backgammon
can also be played here. The locality has a number of exquisite
restaurants from different nationalities like India, Japan,England
and
Conclusion
The Albert Cuyp, situated near the famous
former Heineken brewery, is Amsterdam's busiest and largest
outdoor market. Local shoppers are found to cluster around
the area more than even the tourists from Mondays to Saturdays.
Fresh fish, fresh fruit; fabric, footwear, delicious traditional
Dutch herring with onions and pickles, you can find every
single object of your desire here in this enormous market.
Exotic foods and herbs are also available here stocked by
and for the non-Dutch Amsterdam community. One can enjoy great
value for money on purchasing goods from Albert Cuypmarkt.
The laws of the market are set in a way that the stall of
the market are not automatically handed over from parents
to their children. The shops do not enjoy the provision of
inheritance. This is the reason why some of the shopkeepers
continue to come to the market even after their retirement,
and, thus, safeguarding their stalls for their children and
grandchildren. The vendors of these stalls are famous for
their typical Amsterdam humour. Your visit to Amsterdam holds
no value if you miss the opportunity to come to the extensive
Albert Cuyp market.
