Alkmaar

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Alkmaar is a city in the Netherlands.

Contents 1 Understand 2 Get in 3 See 4 Do 5 Eat 6 Drink 7 Sleep 7.1 Budget 7.2 Mid-range 7.3 Splurge 8 Get out 9 External links

Understand

Get in

See

• The traditional cheesemarket. Open every friday from 10AM to 12.30PM (spring and summer only)

Do

Eat

Almost all bars serve food and the town offers a wide range of restaurants, varying from Dutch to Thai. You'll enjoy Alkmaar if you enjoy food!

Most restaurants are open from around 5PM to 11.30PM. Bars offer food from around 9AM to 10PM, while small stores selling shoarma and kebabs have longer hours, operating from 3PM to 3.30AM.

Alkmaar has two MacDonalds, a Subway and a Burger King.

Restaurants

• De Koperen Pot - Bistro, Luttik Oudorp 59, 1811 MV Alkmaar. Tel. 072-5114742. Serves Dutch/French food and grills.

• Grand Café 't Gulden Vlies, Koorstraat 30, 1811 GP Alkmaar. Tel. 072-5122442. Fax 072-5159020. Serves Dutch food.

• Mexicaans Restaurant Rose's Cantina, Fnidsen 107, 1811 NE Alkmaar. Tel. 072-5152606. Fax 072-5111634. Serves Mexican food.

• Restaurant Australian Dining & Wining, Ridderstraat 17, 1811 EX Alkmaar. Tel. 072-5122879.

• Schots Restaurant Hielander, Ridderstraat 15, 1811 EX Alkmaar, Tel. 072-5120015.

• Sonneveld Eten & Drinken, Canadaplein 2, 1811 KE Alkmaar. Tel. 072-5489898 - located within theater De Vest, a good spot if you'd like to combine a play with a meal.

Drink

Alkmaar has many bars, which are mostly centered around the Waagplein and Platte Stenen Brug. Bars are open until 2AM on weekdays and until 2.30AM or 3AM on Fridays and Saturdays.

• Café de Lindeboom, Verdronkenoord 114, 1811 BH Alkmaar. Tel. 072-5121743.

• Café De Tramps, Verdronkenoord 108, 1811 BH Alkmaar. Tel. 072-5156216.

• Café Joey's, Houttil 26, 1811 JN Alkmaar. Tel. 072-5208878.

Sleep

Budget

Mid-range

Splurge

Get out

External links

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