Memento

Top choice in Jordaan & the West


Levitating lamps and vases (using magnets), retro flipping clocks, Delft-style porcelain with contemporary designs such as cyclists and tilting canal houses, gable-shaped chopping boards, wine coolers made from leather offcuts, Dutch flower-scented perfumes, tulip- and green parrot-printed boxer shorts, and Van Gogh–printed scarves are just some of the ingenious items by Amsterdam designers at this original boutique.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Jordaan & the West attractions

1. Houseboat Museum

0.15 MILES

This quirky museum, a 23m-long sailing barge from 1914, offers a good sense of how gezellig (cosy) life can be on the water. The actual displays are…

2. Johnny Jordaanplein

0.15 MILES

This shady little square is named for Johnny Jordaan (the pseudonym of Johannes Hendricus van Musscher), a popular musician in the mid-1900s who sang the…

3. Westerkerk Bell Tower

0.16 MILES

The bell tower of the Westerkerk is famously topped by the blue imperial crown that Habsburg emperor Maximilian I bestowed on the city for its coat of…

4. Westerkerk

0.16 MILES

The main gathering place for Amsterdam's Dutch Reformed community, this church was built for rich Protestants to a 1620 design by Hendrick de Keyser. The…

5. Homomonument

0.17 MILES

Behind the Westerkerk, this 1987-installed cluster of three 10m by 10m by 10m granite triangles recalls persecution by the Nazis, who forced gay men to…

6. Bloemgracht

0.18 MILES

In the 17th century the 'Herengracht of the Jordaan', as the Bloemgracht was called, was home to paint and sugar factories, and a large number of fine…

7. De Drie Hendricken

0.19 MILES

One of the most striking houses on the 17th-century Bloemgracht, De Drie Hendricken was built in a sober Renaissance style. The gable stones above the…

8. Anne Frank Huis

0.2 MILES

Visiting the Anne Frank Huis is one of Amsterdam's most profound experiences. Tragically, of the 107,000 Jewish adults and children deported from the…