It's Small but Effective by RPW
Amsterdam is such a diverse city - you will certainly meet plenty of different nationalities, and be allowed to do things that may be forbidden or frowned upon in most other major cities.It is a large city, however most of the action is centred in or around a fairly small area, the visitor attractions like musuems are away a bit from the red light area - well there are a couple of museums there too, but they aint dedicated to Rembrandt or Van Gogh !!!I am paricularly fond of a liitle bar almost on Dam Square - it's proper title is Cafe de Dam - also known as Louis Bar, just as you enter Damstraat from Dam Square. It has a sign saying it is one of Amsterdams Smallest Bars - no doubt about that, but it is full of life, nice staff and it gives you a chance to see the colours of your favourite football team. Although it slightly favours Newcastle and Liverpool it has a scarf from just about every British football team and lots of the main European ones also. Serves excellent bier and an assortment of everything else from coffee through all spirits, even has a little terrace for warmer afternoons & evenings. You can even get a chance to leave your mark in the pub, sign your name on the back of a beer mat, then try to find somewhere firm to secure it to the wall - but beware, if it falls off - it goes in the bin !!!
Makes a good meeting point and there is always someone to talk to.
