Amsterdam · Netherlands · Kosher-friendly, in the Jewish quarter
Staying in Buitenveldert or Amstelveen, not the old quarter
Where Jewish Amsterdam actually lives — six shuls, three schools and nearly all the kosher shops, about fifteen minutes south of the centre by tram.
No kosher kitchen — listed for where it stands, not for its food.
- This is the correction most Amsterdam trips need. The Jewish Cultural Quarter in the centre — the Esnoga, the Jewish Museum — is where the history is; Buitenveldert and Amstelveen are where the community is. Roughly half the Jews in the Netherlands live in these two suburbs.
- Staying here means the kosher shops and a choice of shuls are local and the sightseeing is a short tram ride. Staying in the centre reverses that, and the reverse is worse.
- It is ordinary residential Amsterdam — hotels are fewer out here than in the centre, and apartment lets are common.
- Beth Haim at Ouderkerk, listed on this site, is fifteen minutes further south from here rather than a trek out from the middle of town.
Distances measured from Buitenveldert, Amsterdam-Zuid, not from the building itself.