Het Papeneiland

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  • Address
    Prinsengracht 2, Jordaan
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  • Phone
    624 19 89

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Lonely Planet review

You won't be the only tourist visiting this café, but that doesn't make it any less worthwhile. It's a 1642 gem with Delft-blue tiles and a central stove. The name, 'Papists' Island', goes back to the Reformation when there was a clandestine Catholic church on the north side of the canal. By some accounts you got there via a secret tunnel from the top of the stairs.