• A short walk from Centraal, on the Oosterdok island just east of Amsterdam Centraal station, so it fits before or after a train
• Seventh-floor restaurant with a south-facing terrace, an easy lunch stop without leaving the building
• Rotating exhibitions on design, art and books, open to every visitor

The city's central library fills 10 floors of a 2007 building by architect Jo Coenen, a short walk east of Amsterdam Centraal. Kids get a dedicated children's book section, and the building has 1,200 seats, rotating exhibitions on design, art and books, and a Library Museum.

The seventh-floor restaurant has a south-facing terrace.