Amsterdam has reputation of being the city of antiques, books, diamonds, and curiosities. Most of the shops remain open throughout the month except on Sundays. However, some popular shops yet remain open in the city center Kalverstraat, Damrak and Leidsestraat. One interesting thing about shopping in Amsterdam is that at its center it is closed for   cars so it makes experience of shopping a pleasurable one for one and all. More adding to the shopping experience in the city, there are several shopping corridors in the city and there each has their own charm and specialties.

•    Markets in Amsterdam: In Amsterdam you can have many lively and different markets as some of them are for food and general goods, where other are  specialized in other kind of things like interested in starting from biological food and antiques. All the major market is Amsterdam are situated around the walking distance from the centre of the city.  Amsterdam markets for a day of the week remain open for hour and a location. The first place to worth visiting in the centre is: Nieuwedijk-Kalverstraat that is about a one Km long pedestrian stretch full of shops. This particular pedestrian area remain full a good number of shoppers prominently consisting tourists, student, scholars, excursionists and locals. The Nieuwedijk is quite close to Central Station and is devoted to clothing, sportswear, music and gift shops with that special Amsterdam vibe. This street straight goes to Dam Square at this square you can found out the Royal Palace, the Nieuwe Kerk and Madame Tussaud’s.

There on the next side of the square is located  Kalverstraat that is more famous for  shoes, clothing, bags, gift shops, cards, perfume, and the occasional coffee shop, fast food restaurant and ice cream salon. There you will get all primary brand names having one or more store on this road. Parallel to the Nieuwedijk-Kalverstraat is a Damrak and Rokin which is a normal road and is filled with restaurants, hotels and exchange offices.

•    Art Galleries: Amsterdam is one of the most modern and experimental art centers in North of Europe that has a good number of remarkable art galleries in Amsterdam. De Stedelijk, (The Municipal museum) after the year of rebuilding finally opened on 2010. Amsterdam art galleries present artists from all over the world and is focused on abstract and experimental art as well as photography. In the museum there are held many realistic paintings as from New Dutch Realism movement, as well as realistic paintings from Italy, Spain, UK and the US are always on offer.

•    Shopping streets in Amsterdam: If we look at shops in Amsterdam it is observed that entire city is divided into different quarters and each of quarter there has a special character and public. Shopping streets in Amsterdam do also vary, depending on their situation malls and shops are located in the city. As city is not as big and huge one can walk through the shopping streets of the city in just one or two days.

•    Duty free shopping at Airport: The international airport at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is nice place for shopping. For purpose of shopping a commercial and communication center called as Schiphol Plaza close to airport  sells goods and items like luggage, consumer electronics, bookshops and fashion shops that interests other persons a lot.  Due to its location and having type of merchandise in it. There at the Departure lounge of airport one can have a good number of duty free shops and many other brands and goods.

•    Bookshops: Amsterdam too is town for book lovers that have unique book collection at its store from entire world. Most of the bookstores in Amsterdam are situated around in closeness to Spuiplein and many other book stores are located on the Leliegracht. The biggest bookshop in Amsterdam is Scheltema that has four big floors full of books and having majority of books in English language.

•    Department stores and Malls: There a good number of shopping Malls and departmental stores are situated in Amsterdam as they offer unique choice of products as imported from Asia, Latin America and Africa. The best of the malls is De Bijenkorf (The Bee Hive) that is situated at Dam square.  There you can compare actual choice and prices within the hours. Shopping in Amsterdam does save persons time and effort. The shopping malls in Amsterdam are Magna Plaza on the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal or the Kalvertoren.

•    Antique Shopping in Amsterdam: Apart from shops for cloths and fashion items Amsterdam is too rich in antique shops in city that are primarily situated around Spiegelgracht and Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, that is a small street going towards the center of the old city from the Rijksmuseum. There are around 70 antique shops and fine art galleries are situated along this street or its direct neighborhood known to Spiegelkwartier (Mirror Quarter). The market also has many non collectable items which even can fascinate to a person who himself is not a collector. One can have Old Dutch Master Paintings which are well represented around. More you can see Delftware, ceramics, oriental and African Art as well as shop with old clocks, pewter, instrument and furniture.