For a cheery lunch just off the Herengracht Canal, choose from the jazzy cafe-all-day style menu: grilled octopus, Nordic cod, a simple lemon-meets-olives-meets-garlic roasted chicken. There's also a friendly, good-looking waitstaff (pointing out the obvious). Post-meal, wander a few blocks to the Nines Streets and hit all the chic, high-rent shops.

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