amsterdam

madmal_1 · 26-12-2007, 17:50

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

Stanleymad · 26-12-2007, 17:54

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

]. would like to go back the architecture & canals was brilliant. The people were really nice & genuinely friendly

cashman · 26-12-2007, 18:55

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.

p.s. and what your looking for.

Tin Monkey · 26-12-2007, 19:46

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.

Tealeaf · 26-12-2007, 19:56

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.

lancsdave · 26-12-2007, 20:28

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

madmal_1 · 26-12-2007, 21:09

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Originally Posted by Stanleymad

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

]. would like to go back the architecture & canals was brilliant. The people were really nice & genuinely friendly

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

Stanleymad · 26-12-2007, 22:05

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Originally Posted by madmal_1

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

LOL & a lot of chained up cycles - never seen so many cycles in my life

quite a commodity there for them tho.

jackyalex · 26-12-2007, 23:17

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Originally Posted by Tin Monkey

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.

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

madmal_1 · 26-12-2007, 23:44

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Originally Posted by Stanleymad

LOL & a lot of chained up cycles - never seen so many cycles in my life

quite a commodity there for them tho.

the bikes want chaining cyclists are loonys lol

blazey · 28-12-2007, 16:38

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.

lancsdave · 28-12-2007, 16:51

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Originally Posted by blazey

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.

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