Café De Prins

amsterdam has developed one of europe's more discerning specialty coffee scenes over the past decade, with neighbourhoods along the canal belt quietly accumulating places that take the work seriously. café de prins sits on prinsengracht 124, one of the city's oldest and most walked canals, where the foot traffic is constant but the crowd that stops here tends to know what it's looking for. if you're moving through the jordaan or the nine streets area, this is the kind of stop that locals have folded into their weekly routines for good reason. the address alone puts you in a part of amsterdam where the buildings lean and the light off the water changes all afternoon, and that setting makes a well-pulled espresso feel like a reasonable excuse to stay longer than you planned.