Saira K.
Yelp
De Pijp, pronounced The Pipe, is a neighborhood of Amsterdam located south of the city center. Find streets named for Jan Steen, Frans Hals, Ruysdael and Vincent van Gogh. Here you will find the Albert Cuyp Market and the former Heineken brewery. If you want to experience a more relaxed, real Amsterdam, minus the frat boy, hen party, sex-starved, and stoned crowd, which is mostly tourists anyways, this area is a good option to stay at. To me, it's a lot more pleasant than the areas more popular with tourists.