Café-Restaurant Amsterdam

On December 20, 1996, Café-restaurant Amsterdam, situated in the old engine room, opened its doors to the public. The remaining space has been converted into offices and a gym. When the new occupants moved in, they encountered an engine room so well-maintained by its former employees that not even the fish decoration over the water fountain needed repainting. Although old control panels and three pumps did have to make way for a kitchen, bars, tables and chairs, everything else was left intact. Of the two majestic diesel engines, one found a new home at the Energetica Museum. Its companion still stands where it has for the past sixty-odd years, waiting to be admired in all its glory by those who visit café-restaurant Amsterdam. Lighting is provided by twenty two original floodlights from Amsterdam’s two legendary soccer stadiums: the old Ajax-stadium and the Olympic Stadium.