Common Tourist Scams in De Pijp, Amsterdam (and How to Avoid Them)

By The Kakapo Editorial Team · Last updated 2026-05-29 · Part of the De Pijp, Amsterdam safety guide

Albert Cuyp market and the daytime pickpocket spike

The market: 260+ stalls on Albert Cuypstraat, Monday-Saturday 09:30-18:00. Food, clothes, flowers, fabrics; popular with locals and tourists.
The crowd: dense, especially weekends; one of Amsterdam's most-visited markets.
The pickpocket pattern: organised teams work the stall-crush; front pocket, bag in front, hands on zips.
The market food: stroopwafels, herring, kibbeling, falafel — the safer street food in Amsterdam.
After-market evening: by 18:30 the stalls pack up; the street becomes a calm evening route through restaurant-and-bar territory.
Bag and phone discipline: passport in hotel; cash split between pockets; phone in front pocket.

Scores are the Kakapo Safety Index — compiled from government travel advisories and public crime, health and transit data. All data sources.