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Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:49 pm
by skell1ngton777
Genevieve wrote:Amsterdam isn't the Netherlands, though! It's not 'respect and tolerance' but pretend-respect and pretend-tolerance. The actual Dutch philosophy is 'talk to people different from you with a smile, but try to avoid them at all cost'. You should stick around the big cities like Amsterdam/Rotterdam/Utrecht/The Hague and mostly the centers. Those are the really international, multicultural and kinda bohemian and TOLERANT bits of NL. But most of the country is pretty backwards and really narrowminded and cultrually like behind 10 years compared to the rest of western Europe. I moved from the East to Utrecht some time ago and it's like I'm not even in the same country.
Flanders is a lot more chill and tolerant, culturally, than NL is. But if I had it my way, I'd live in Amsterdam and just visit Flanders a lot.
Not tryna shit in anybody's cereal though :p Amsterdam IS awesome. But other than the Randstad (all those big cities I mentioned) it's reaaally unrepresentative of NL as a whole.
Yeah, not trying to get anyone down about moving to NL but i lived there for like 2 years and this was more or less my experience. Maybe it was my own fault for having a bad time though..
I found many Dutch people i interacted with during this time to be quite cold and hostile towards me, at least they seemed that way, but maybe i am just taking it the wrong way. I got the impression that many of the people i interacted with saw my kindness and politeness as a weakness, or something to be mistrusted.
As in the UK, i think there is an increasing feeling of resentment towards immigrants(especially Arabic people) amongst the general population.
I guess in the end though you could probably say similar things of any country from the point of view of an immigrant, and i'm not trying to pass judgement on the Dutch people in any way. I did meet some lovely Dutch people who are kind and caring and i will be visiting them in the future
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 7:02 pm
by dreamizm
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:03 pm
by PinUp
Anyone else know of any other decent youth hostels apart from Bobs? Planning a trip with the Mrs and wouldn't mind looking at a few other places as well.
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 5:06 pm
by Liam92
PinUp wrote:Anyone else know of any other decent youth hostels apart from Bobs? Planning a trip with the Mrs and wouldn't mind looking at a few other places as well.
Heard good things about the Bulldog
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:24 am
by T_macabre
PinUp wrote:Anyone else know of any other decent youth hostels apart from Bobs? Planning a trip with the Mrs and wouldn't mind looking at a few other places as well.
Try and avoid touristy places (such as Bulldog) if you can...
Check out StayOkay, there's one near Vondelpark.. probs some more cloaser to central if you search... pretty good all round hostel sitchy
Or Winston, smack bang in the middle of it all...
http://www.winston.nl/hotel/hostel
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:01 pm
by PinUp
Gwarn T_! cheers for the heads up mate. Hopefully see you soon!!!
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:28 pm
by Sonika
Amsterdam? Yeah I live here
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:12 pm
by _v_
Will be heading back there on the 10th Feb.
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:47 pm
by Johnlenham
PinUp wrote:Gwarn T_! cheers for the heads up mate. Hopefully see you soon!!!
Aww man now Im trying to rememebr the one I stayed in. It was not far from the zoo and it was really cheap/nice and proper laid back. Also got breakfast included.
Ah here it is
http://www.hostelbookers.com/hotels/net ... rdam/4621/
If memory serves it was cheaper to book direct aswell.
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:50 pm
by Mojo
The Greenhouse is probably the best place to get your shmokables. Also, Distortion Records is a nice recordshop.
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:04 pm
by Genevieve
Johnlenham wrote:PinUp wrote:Gwarn T_! cheers for the heads up mate. Hopefully see you soon!!!
Aww man now Im trying to rememebr the one I stayed in. It was not far from the zoo and it was really cheap/nice and proper laid back. Also got breakfast included.
Ah here it is
http://www.hostelbookers.com/hotels/net ... rdam/4621/
If memory serves it was cheaper to book direct aswell.
Think I was there too! Was pretty decent yeah
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:02 pm
by skell1ngton777
greenhouse is a total tourist trap imo, they rip you off
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:07 pm
by Mojo
imami wrote:greenhouse is a total tourist trap imo, they rip you off
There you go. Touristtrap. I live in Holland and I'm aware of the price/quality/quantity stuff.
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:11 pm
by skell1ngton777
Lived in Amsterdam 2 years, all i know is Rokerij or dampkring have MUCH better prices on the same weed. Barneys is also a tourist trap imo.
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:28 pm
by PinUp
Johnlenham wrote:PinUp wrote:Gwarn T_! cheers for the heads up mate. Hopefully see you soon!!!
Aww man now Im trying to rememebr the one I stayed in. It was not far from the zoo and it was really cheap/nice and proper laid back. Also got breakfast included.
Ah here it is
http://www.hostelbookers.com/hotels/net ... rdam/4621/
If memory serves it was cheaper to book direct aswell.
Cheers mate, looks good!
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:59 pm
by Anjin
I'm going again on 8th - 11th feb with my mrs this time, but all i can really remember is Lost in Amsterdam, Bicycles and canals so this is a nice thread.
Summarizing the last 4 pages:
Clubs:
Melkweg, Trouw, OT301, Paradiso and Club up
Food:
Burger bar, Bazar, Toscana, Manneken Pis, Sea Palace
Smoking:
De Dampkring? Tweede Kamar, Green house
Site seeing
Bob youth hostel tour, Amsterdam zoo
Records shops:
Rush Hour Records ,Distortion, Killa Cutz, Concerto, Record
We'll wander round, get lost and find things, but is there anything else anyone would recommend?
Has anyone been to the Buddhist temple, Fo Guang Shan He Hua?
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:33 am
by Liam92
Gonna be there Thursday 18th to Monday 22nd April - any good nights or events on then?
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 12:51 pm
by AxeD
Liam92 wrote:Gonna be there Thursday 18th to Monday 22nd April - any good nights or events on then?
Bit early to tell, I'll get back to that. Weirdly enough I do have some stuff planned for May already
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 1:39 pm
by Liam92
AxeD wrote:Liam92 wrote:Gonna be there Thursday 18th to Monday 22nd April - any good nights or events on then?
Bit early to tell, I'll get back to that. Weirdly enough I do have some stuff planned for May already
Looks like Jack Sparrow's playing on the 21st
Re: Amsterdam
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 2:55 pm
by leeany
Liam92 wrote:AxeD wrote:Liam92 wrote:Gonna be there Thursday 18th to Monday 22nd April - any good nights or events on then?
Bit early to tell, I'll get back to that. Weirdly enough I do have some stuff planned for May already
Looks like Jack Sparrow's playing on the 21st
really? where?
