Restaurant De Fortuna

The place

De Fortuna is the restaurant of the hotel of the same name, in five merchants' houses in the centre of Edam with a garden terrace over the water between them, facing a small historic shipyard. It is open Wednesday to Sunday for breakfast and lunch, à la carte, until six in the evening. There is a vegetarian menu that changes every day and the kitchen takes allergies and diets into account.

When to go

It is the place for an unhurried meal after the Wednesday cheese market, or on Sunday, when the rest of the village is quieter. In good weather, ask for a garden table. On Mondays and Tuesdays it is not open to the public from outside the hotel.

How to get there

It is on the Spuistraat, two minutes on foot from the Damplein and about ten from the Amsterdam bus stop. If you come by car, leave it in one of the free long-stay car parks outside the centre: in the centre, the blue zone only allows an hour and a half.