Scenic Views

A scenic view in Amsterdam can mean a canal lit blue at twilight, the IJ from a Noord rooftop, or the Vondelpark canopy from a second-floor café window. This archive collects the venues built around the view — rooftop bars and terraces, canalside dining rooms, hotel suites with the canal as the wallpaper, and the museum cafés (Eye Filmmuseum’s terrace across the IJ, NEMO Science Museum’s stepped rooftop, the Rijksmuseum’s garden) where the building’s location does as much work as the room itself. Each listing notes which side of the venue gives the best view and whether it’s accessible to all guests or restricted to certain tables.