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White timber colonial buildings with red roofs and colonnaded verandas lining the Waterkant, Paramaribo's riverfront street, under a clear blue sky.

Paramaribo · Suriname

A guide to Paramaribo built on sources, not impressions.

Suriname is under-documented online, and much of what is written about it is out of date. This site is an attempt at the opposite: a small number of places and answers, each one checked against a named source, with the date we checked it printed on the page.

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  • Zus & Zo

    Food & drink · Combé

    Grand cafe and restaurant in a colonial-style building on Grote Combeweg near the Palmentuin in central Paramaribo, serving European, Caribbean and Surinamese dishes from breakfast through late evening, with a garden terrace.

  • Zeelandia Suites

    Accommodation · Centrum

    Small suite hotel on Kleine Waterstraat about 100 metres from Fort Zeelandia, with air-conditioned suites and free WiFi. The property also runs the 't Vat cafe and De Verdieping restaurant and event space.

  • Waterproof Tours Suriname

    Tour operator · Centrum

    Paramaribo-based destination management company and tour operator running day trips and multi-day tours in Suriname, including river trips, sea turtle tours and cultural excursions to Moengo. It also handles film and media logistics and expat services.

  • Warung Renah

    Food & drink

    A small Javanese warung on Josephine Samson Greenstraat in Blauwgrond, the district of northern Paramaribo where the city’s Javanese-Surinamese cooking is concentrated.

  • U.S. Bakery

    Food & drink

    Bakery in Paramaribo selling fresh bread, Surinamese pastries, savoury snacks and celebration cakes, and taking orders by WhatsApp.

  • Torarica Resort

    Accommodation · Centrum

    Riverside resort hotel in central Paramaribo operated by the Torarica Group, on the same grounds as Royal Torarica. Facilities include a swimming pool with a shallow children's area, a tropical garden, padel courts, a spa and several restaurants and bars.

The method

An absent field beats a filled-in guess. Where there is no source, the line is simply not there.

Every address, opening time and phone number on this site is stored with the source it came from and the date it was read. Nothing is written from memory, and nothing is written from another travel site.

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  • Practical

    Is Suriname safe and healthy to visit?

    Suriname was certified malaria-free by the WHO in June 2025 — a fact most travel writing has not caught up with. Here is what the current official sources actually say about health and safety, and what they do not.

    Updated 21 August 2026

  • Itinerary

    Three days in Paramaribo

    A workable three-day plan: the UNESCO inner city on foot, a day across the river in Commewijne, and a third day that depends on what you want from Suriname.

    Updated 21 August 2026

How this site works

  1. Sourced, and dated

    Each important fact — an address, opening hours, a phone number — is stored with the source it came from and the date it was read. Place pages show both.

  2. Sparse beats invented

    Where we have no source, the field is simply missing. There are no filler descriptions, no invented ratings and no reviews we did not collect.

  3. Paid placement is labelled

    Sponsorship never changes an editorial list. It appears in its own block with a disclosure label — read the policy.