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i spent all day in amsterdam whent to 5 cafe,s before i found one to have a drink all the others was chocka with weed smoke they all looked miseble and it was realy thick with it i think it,s a big let down for amsterdam:mad:

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We spent a lovely day in Amsterdam walking round seeing the sights, getting lost seeing more sights, amazing how many sights we saw in a day. I enjoyed it tho we didnt spend time in cafes as aware of the wacky baccy also avoided the red light [no interest to see my own sex:p]. would like to go back the architecture & canals was brilliant. The people were really nice & genuinely friendly:D

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its like anything,it depends where you go, theres good n bad in most citys, have visited Amsterdam 3/4 times once stayed 1 month, its a great city,lovely people,much to see, like i said depends where you go.:rolleyes:p.s. and what your looking for.

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Must say that when I was in Amsterdam I hardly saw any evidence of those types of cafes. I knew they were there, but found it no problem to avoid them.
Like others have said, I found Amsterdam a great place to visit, with loads to see and some really unusual architecture. Highly recommend it for a short city break.

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Among the list of "50 things to do before you die", is not spending a weekend in an Amsterdam prison one of them? Or is it a weekend in a Mexican prison and a weekend in an Amsterdam house of ill repute? Or is it a Nigerian brothel? I do know that seeing Accy stanley play is on that list, somewhere. Once you've done so many, you start to get confused.

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I think the 'cafes' are one of the main reasons a lot of people go to Amsterdam. Can't even smoke normal fags in ours never mind those 'novelty' ones :D

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hi, dont get me wrong the people wur very nice the city is nice a lot of building going on

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LOL & a lot of chained up cycles - never seen so many cycles in my life:eek::D quite a commodity there for them tho.

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im with you on that tin monkey, we spent 2 days in amsterdam and we only seen one of those type of cafe's, lots of pubs too spend your time in and lots to see do and get lost around ( cant say how many times we ended up in china town ), along with the ding ding of the bikes, i almost got run over a few times, fantastic place and i would go back

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the bikes want chaining cyclists are loonys lol

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I would've thought they had tourist guides (paper ones or people!) to advise you where to go for your tastes so you could avoid cafes that were for smoking cannabis in.

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I think the tourists guides in Amsterdam are more likely to tell you where the cafes are than not. It's part of the tourist trade :)

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Well if you know which ones they are then you then know not to go inside!

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Which is the reason why the original poster didn't go in :rolleyes:

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Yes it is Willow. Although I don't partake myself the Dutch government have a policy of allowing adults to make up their minds, unlike here where we are told when to breathe in and out :mad:

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I think I would just sit in one and breathe in deeply :D

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Ah it made him/her sound like they went in when they said it was 'chocka with weed smoke'. One would assume you'd have to go in to know that kind of thing. After all, I assume weed smoke looks very similar to normal tobacco smoke.

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Eric is the expert - I await his response :)

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I was 13 when i went to amsterdam with the school and they took us in the coach for a day out - coach driver drove round for about an hour looking for somewhere to drop us off to explore, anyway he gave up and said this is ok for dropping you off room for the coach to park up ....... bang in the middle of the red light district!!! lol The teachers cracked up laughing when they realised where we was and wouldnt let us off the coach, coach driver was embarrassed didnt know where to look..... anyway he dropped us off elsewhere and eventually most of us found our way back into the red light district anyway. Havent been back since tho.

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its a bit heavier i would say, but it sure as hell smells differant.:D

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I would have thought people who know someone who smokes it should know what it stinks like. maybe they just used to it........i havent a clue, though i have been told it reeks:D

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Has a different effect too
OK I don't tell lies ... I DID inhale
My excuse .... I am an old hippy child of the 60's
Waiting patiently for NHS approval for use by arthritics :D

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when i opened the cafe door it all puffed out at me it smelt awful so we dident go in next time il call fire briggade and see what happens lol

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All smoke smells awful, the smell I hate most is the smell of fog machine 'smoke', thats horrible.

I am just glad I am not a smoker, any type of smoke is disgusting.

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Now there is a subtle statement, a perfect opportunity to have a real dig at smokers, I can't decide if you missed it, or made a point of wording it correctly, either way, I am impressed.

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What are you on about? I dont mind smokers, its the smoke I dont like. If its not in my face then I dont particularly care whether people want to kill themselves, but the smoke going into my own lungs isn't wanted! Though young girls who smoke makes me feel queazy, it doesnt look nice and I imagine they'd have trouble finding a boyfriend smelling like an ashtray!