Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat

In Amsterdam, there aren´t many large shopping centres to go and buy everything that one needs to dress up in the latest fashion. On the contrary, the best brands are found in the street, in certain addresses and that´s where the tourists buy their gifts.

 

Pieter Cornelisz Hoofstraat is one of these shopping streets in the city of Amsterdam and it´s known in its surroundings for the quality of the shops that it has and the good predisposition of that people that attend to you in every one of the shops.

 

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft lived in the 16th and 17th century and was a Dutch historian, as well as a playwright and a poet. He´s very well-known and loved by the Dutch people and that´s why a street in Amsterdam has its name.

 

All the foreigners who visit the city know that they have to go to Pieter Cornelisz Hoofstraat (or simply Hoofstraat) to buy what they want the most. Also because it´s a nice walk and because it´s part of the city´s folklore.

 

Rent apartments in Amsterdam grab a map of the city and go and see it, its museums, its monuments and it´s shopping streets, and then feel Dutch for a day.