Coffee and cakes

Amsterdam-Oost is the district where you’ll find a whole host of Turkish bakeries, Surinamese grocery stores and trendy cafés.

One such place is Rum Baba Coffee Roasters & Bakery, where the aroma of great coffee and cake fills the neighbourhood.

“At Rum Baba Coffee Roasters & Bakery they bake their own cakes and roast their own coffee beans.”

Rum Baba Coffee Roasters & Bakery can be found on in two locations on Pretoriusstraat, one being a café and the other a bakery and roasting house where they bake cakes and roast coffee beans. Housed in a lovely corner building and boasting a striking turquoise-painted floor, the café is the place to spend time at one of the tables, enjoying coffee and cake while watching as the whole neighbourhood wanders in and out.

Hey, did you know?

In the Oost (east) district, you’ll come across the Oosterpark and the adjoining Tropenmuseum. This museum about people tells the story of universal human themes such as mourning, celebrating, ornamentation, prayer and conflict.