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We've compiled the best of the best in Oud-Zuid - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
At this award-winning perfumery you'll find niche perfumes and premium cosmetics and skin care by brands such as BDK Parfums, ByTerry, Lorenzo Villoresi, and Aromatherapy Associates. There are also signature treatments in the in-house city spa using the organic skincare brand Tata Harper and luxurious Italian products by Santa Maria Novella.
Most department stores and toy shops in the Netherlands carry this iconic Dutch children's brand, which you may know as Miffy, but here, at the only dedicated Miffy store in the country, you'll find every imaginable Nijntje product—clothes, books, toys, night-lights, toothbrushes, and more.
With more than 400 cheeses, all aged in the shop’s very own cheese cave, this is easily one of the best cheese shops in the Netherlands—and, some say, in all of Europe. There’s also an interesting selection of oils from Provence-based Château d’Estoublon, as well as charcuterie and crackers.
Founded in 2007 by Myon Veenendaal and Barbara Hilbrink, this fashion and lifestyle brand celebrates "enduring style" and a "seasonless wardrobe" over trends that come and go. The brand's flagship store offers a good selection of its European-produced mid-range women's fashion basics and some homewares.
Chocoholics, take note: this Oud-Zuid institution not only sells handmade bonbons in sophisticated flavors like Earl Grey, cranberry-caramel, and black sesame-lychee, but will also custom-design just about anything you can imagine in chocolate. Several options are available for those with lactose, gluten, or cacao allergies. There is also a shop on Molsteeg 11, offering ArtiChoc's most famous in-house specialty, Hemelse Stenen or ''Heavenly Stones," meltingly soft chocolate squares with nuts.
Women inspired by the betwixt-beach-and-bar look of Ibiza should sashay their suede ankle boots here for brands such as Isabel Marant Étoile, Paul & Joe, Antik Batik, Ganni, Masscob, and Joseph.
