Hostel: Downtown

Name: Giacomo Vaccari

Job function: Cleaning and night reception

Favourite restaurant: Wingkee, an authentic Chinese restaurant, cheap, well located and they actually speak Chinese J

Favourite bar: ‘t Paardje, because of the blond girls, good atmosphere, chic but still relaxed.

Favourite club: Paradiso, very multicultural place and lots of different events.

Favourite coffee shop: The Dolphin, very tranquil, good place to talk to each other. It has 2 floors.

Favourite attraction in Amsterdam: Begijnhof, very quiet compared to the rest of Amsterdam. It’s old fashioned and has a beautiful history.

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Hostel: Downtown

Name: Pauline Kors

Job function: Reception and bar

Favourite restaurant: Vennington, just around the corner of Flying Pig Downtown, it’s a cheap restaurant and the food is very delicious. Very few people know this place.

Favourite bar:

Barca, good music, atmosphere and beautiful men.

Canvas on the 7th floor has great food and a fantastic view!

Favourite club: Paradiso is amazing! Always nice music and strange things can happen You will never have a dull evening when you are there.

Favourite coffee shop: I don’t smoke

Favourite attraction in Amsterdam: A walk in the evening along the canals with all the lights is really nice.

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Hostel: Downtown

Name: Eefje Bijdevaate

Job function: Reception

Favourite restaurant: Caramba, nice atmosphere, with great music and not expensive. In the summer you can sit outside.

Favourite bar: Noorderlicht, they play live music. It’s located next to the water, so the location is very beautiful. Very cosy atmosphere, nice people and lounge pillows.

Favourite club: Melkweg, the bands playing there are really good, not too expensive and the location is great!

Favourite coffee shop: I don’t smoke.

Favourite attraction in Amsterdam: The FOAM Museum, the building is really beautiful and the exhibitions are really good and changes often.

Westerpark. This park is smaller than the Vondelpark, so it’s nice to get away from the busy city.

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Hostel: Downtown

Name: Snowy Dopheide

Job function: Maintenance

Favourite restaurant: Abyssinia, an Ethiopian restaurant, with really good food. The beer is served in a coconut and you get one big plate that you share with your friends at the table.

Favourite bar: Belqique, it’s a nice place with different kinds of beer. It’s kind of small but they have live music.

Favourite club: The Sugar Factory, very cool music and it’s not too hardcore like the hard style music that the Dutchies tend to like somehow.

Favourite coffee shop: Betty Boop, very cheap hash and it’s right around the corner from the Downtown Pig.

Favourite attraction in Amsterdam: I like to go to the Amsterdams forest where there are have sport fields surrounded by beautiful trees and ideal for playing frisbee and soccer.

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Hostel: Downtown
Name: Maaike de Bruijn
Job function: Assistant manager

Favourite restaurant: De Koe, here you can eat ostrich, it’s small but has a good atmosphere. It has a special menu and the kitchen is right in the middle of the restaurant with a nice bar attached.

Favourite bar: I never go to a bar in Amsterdam.

Favourite club: The Bitterzoet, because of the great parties, especially on Sunday with live music.

The Sugar Factory is also very good, because of the music they play.

Favourite coffee shop: I don’t smoke.

Favourite attraction in Amsterdam: FOAM, the photography is very interesting and there are always nice exhibitions. Different from others!

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