Indische Buurt: Javastraat to the gin in the park
A food street end to end, a cinema in an old school, and a distillery in a pumping station. Walked and written by the editor.

1. Javastraat, west end
Pick up the *Javastraat* at the Muiderpoort end and walk it east. This is the *Indische Buurt*'s spine — Turkish bakeries, Moroccan grocers, Surinamese counters and newer cafés, shoulder to shoulder. Don't plan; just buy what smells right.

2. Studio/K
A cinema, café and stage in an old craft school just off the street on the *Timorplein*, run by students since 2007. Worth a detour for a coffee even if nothing's screening; the courtyard is where the neighbourhood actually meets.

3. Javaplein
The square the street builds toward — market days, terraces, the public-art end of the *Javastraat*. A good place to stop before the long green stretch; from here it's all park.

4. Flevopark, west edge
Enter where the meadows open. On your left, behind the trees, is the *Joodse Begraafplaats Zeeburg* — the Ashkenazi cemetery consecrated in 1714 and closed for a century, left to grow wild. Walk the long grass; the park was planted around the graves on purpose.

5. Distilleerderij 't Nieuwe Diep
Gin and *jenever* made in an 1880s steam pumping station inside the park, with a tasting room called, accurately, the Pumping Station. Hours are seasonal and weather-dependent — check before you bank on it — but a glass by the water here is the whole point of the afternoon.

6. Flevopark, tram terminus
The 14 turns around at the park's edge, so the easiest day ends exactly where you're standing. Sit by the water until the light goes, then step onto the tram.

Indische Buurt: Javastraat to the gin in the park