For fun activities, Bijltjespad is located a short distance from the centre of Amsterdam. Nevertheless, there are plenty of fun activities in the neighbourhood of Bijltjespad. For instance, you are less than 10 minutes away from The National Maritime Museum and in 15 minutes you are at ARTIS Royal Zoo.
For grocery shopping you can go to the Spar (Rapenburg 91) and Albert Heijn (Kleine Wittenburgerstraat 18).