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Coffee Shops / Drugs Amsterdam
54 Reviews The weed and hash menu is displayed openly for people to see. Look and decide what you want to purchase, or not. It is a CHOICE. Even though they are not really known for their weed, I have heard...
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Carnaval Maastricht
6 Reviews it afternoon in town and the town hall is full of crowds. With an invitation you can get in and see the ‘ sleutel-overdracht’ ( handover the key of the city). It is always celbrated they saterday...
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Art, music other culture Eindhoven
11 Reviews address: Leenderweg 65, Eindhoven All kind of culturalactivities like special non-commercial movies and theateracts as well as movies in the open air in the square in front of the building...
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Canals Utrecht
4 Reviews Whilst the banks of the Oudegracht (Old Canal) are lined with atmospheric cafes and restaurants on the former waterside wharves and warehouses the Nieuwgracht is a more traditionally-built canal whose...
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Royal tomb Delft
6 Reviews On the Market square of Delft stands tall the high tower of the Niewe Kerk. It is one of the highest in The Netherlands and inside the church are the graves of the Orange-family (royal) of The...
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Urinating Amsterdam
26 Reviews There are 2 different kinds of pissoirs in Amsterdam----this is the one where basically you are pissing on your shoes in public behind a round metal guard-----placed regularly around Amsterdam for the...
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Dialect Maastricht
11 Reviews Because of its location and diverse modern history Maastrichters have developed a dialect unique to the city which is heavily influence by Belgian and German and even has some French and Spanish minor...
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Design Academy Eindhoven. Eindhoven
2 Reviews Eindhoven plays a very important role in the world of desing. Young desingers from home and abroad come here to study at the famous Design Academy. Their final projects can be seen every year in the...
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Museums Utrecht
2 Reviews The 'MUSEUM KWARTIER' will be a pleasant diiscovery for you! You will find the largest Museums here, morover it is the historic heart of the City of Utrecht, a collection of Monumental buildings,...
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Inside Nieuwe Kerk Delft
8 Reviews According to my brochure this organ was built by the Utrecht organ builder Bätz betwen 1837-1839. It has 3 keyboards, 48 registers and a free foot keyboard (pedals). And more than 3000 pipes. I've not...
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ATM / Money Exchange / Tipping Amsterdam
19 Reviews Netherlands was the first country (of 33) I have visited, that we had lots of problems with ATM:s. Outside Amsterdam most of them didn´t exept foreign cards! In AMsterdam there was also some witch...
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3 kisses on da cheek Eindhoven
2 Reviews Thats how we greet our loved ones, as well as friends:-) I dont really like it, one good kiss should be enough i think, but hey its custom so... Hospitality is were the "brabander" is famous for....
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Museum Van Speelklok tot Pierement Utrecht
2 Reviews On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the National Museum From Musical Clock to Street Organ in Utrecht, the Netherlands, presents the international exhibition ‘Royal Music Machines’. Having...
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Nieuwe Kerk Delft
2 Reviews As usual I cannot resist to make a close up of the tower. An added bonus is always if there are bells to be seen from the outside, although the true campanological treasures usually remain hidden...
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Eating and Drinking Amsterdam
44 Reviews Dinner in Holland starts at about 6 o'clock in the evening. The old-fashioned Dutch dinner consists of one simple course: beans or potatoes, meat and vegetables. Traditionally potatoes with a large...
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Philipsstadion Eindhoven
3 Reviews The Philipsstadion at Eindhoven. U can get a tour if you like, its the stadion of my very favourite footballteam PSV. http://www.psv.nl The VVV (the Dutch Tourist Information Office) has set out a...
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Dom church and tower Utrecht
2 Reviews After you have visited the Dom church and on leaving it, don t walk straight to the statue in front of you, but make a turn to the left. Then you will see a gate, just enter there and oh! the piece...
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Language Amsterdam
33 Reviews As a woman who lives in Amsterdam, I will give you the most used words: ** thanks = bedankt / dank u ** if you give something (even if you pay) you say: alstublieft ** if you ask to do something for...
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Cycling Eindhoven
1 Review Dutch LOVE their bike! They use it all the time, traveling within the city. One of the nicest memories I have is seeing a little girl, smiling,sitting on the luggage rack on the back wheel as her...
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Red Light District Amsterdam
16 Reviews The RLD is a lot to take in at first. Women stand or sit behind glass doors, signaling for men to come in. They are typically wearing just underwear and a bra though some get a little more “elaborate”...
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Dierenambulance (Pets-rescue-ambulance) Eindhoven
1 Review At Eindhoven we have a special equiped ambulance to pick-up sick- or lost- or dead animals at Eindhoven and region. This service is mostly runned by volunteers who will either handle the calls or...
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Eating - Fast Food Amsterdam
9 Reviews Favourite by Dutch students: "patatje oorlog" (chips "war" with mayonaise and peanut-sause). Also favourite: "patatje speciaal" (chips with mayonaise, onions and ketchup- or tomatosaus). Eat it on the...
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TO call the US (AT&T... Eindhoven
1 Review TO call the US (AT&T Direct): Dial 0800-022-9111 Then at the voice prompt dial area code + number At the tone, dial your AT&T Calling Card number or credit card # To Call Canada (Canada Direct): Dial...
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Architecture Amsterdam
16 Reviews The Amsterdam gables hide many things of beauty. Take time to explore the walls of the houses. The gablestones are being protected by the "Vereniging Vrienden van Amsterdamse Gevelstenen".
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Tattooshop Dragon Eindhoven
1 Review My son has a Klingon sign, my daughter a lions head and i have 2 small tibetan signs(female & fire). Tattoo Dragon is safe shop, with nice staff, not too expensive. If u wanna have a tattoo u can...
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The wooden shoes!Hmmm I bet it is not so comfortable to walk with, neither the sound and noise when it touch the ground! LOLand they don't exist anymore, I mean no one use them, but it was a day *history* when Dutch people use to walk with hee hee!now it is just tradition and typical local thing, tourists and visitors adore it, they just love to buy souvenires like this!
On arrival at Schipol airport the first thing I noticed was that practically all the signs were in English. This was rather useful as I had only a word or two of Dutch (learned from my guide-book) but also disappointing as when arrviving in a foreign country I always enjoy being lost for a while. Those few words of Dutch I had learned were quickly forgotten over the next few days as we didn't need them at all. Everyone here speaks English. Normally when abroad, I feel it is customary to speak some of the local language, but in Netherlands it just wasn't necessary. In shops, on the streets of Amsterdam, in the pubs, and even in the smaller towns outside Amsterdam, the locals recognised us as tourists and would speak English to us before we even started conversation. I don't know why it is that the people here have adopted a second language so well but it's extremely impressive!
This is one of the typical Dutch dishes. Not my favorite though, but some people really enjoy it, with a lot of onions of course. In Holland, you can find herring all year round, but if you want to have a really good one then the season is in May. Once the ships come back from the sea and bring herring to the markets Dutch rush to buy it (as much as possible)
Would you like to know more about Dutch and their culture? The Undutchables is a wonderful book, it is easy to read, and it is written in a very humorous way.After living in the Netherlands for a while I can say that pretty much eveything that the book describes is true. Usually, tourists who come to Holland for a week or so simply don't have enough time to get properly acquainted with all the cultural values and traditions. Try to read the book before you actually visit the country, you'll be amazed how much fun you'll have when you get there ;-)
LOL It was the idea of CarinThanks a lot for making me taste this wonderful very old traditional kind of Dutch dessert:*Advokaat*, it is an uncooked egg, fresh one, with alcohole and it is sweet, Ali told me the new generation of Dutch people don't like it, and it is about to be extinct, well if so I was lucky to try it, and shall say it would be a pitty if one day it will disappear!
Thos Cuban ciggars, Hmmmmm!As a Dentist my typical traditional point is to fight all kinds of smoking, but Gosh those were really great Ciggars, LOLUhm uhm, well never mind, remember well my friend, nothing could be worse than smoking but hating!
Amsterdam is a cosmopolitan city, with lots of tolerance for different people from different parts of the world, different faces and colors and religions, it is wonderful to know such places does exists on Earth, and to know Peace flag is always at place...
New years Eve.... the end of another year. But we don't just end the year in Holland; we end it with a big BANG! At 12 o'clock at night we toast with champagne and wish each other a happy new year. Only minutes later everyone goes outside to start the fireworks. Everyone has plenty of fireworks with him and sets it off outside of their house. There are loud bangers, or beautiful firework that lite up the sky. And don't think it is just one or two little pieces of firework... it is FIREWORK! After that the real celebrations can begin. I always wish all my neighbours a happy new year and have a drink at their place. Later in the night we mostly go to the pub, and just party on all night long. Early in the morning, when the sun is thinking about rising again, we go home..... what a year it has been......
Christmas I don't think I need to say a lot about Christmas. We celebrate it two days, but don't really do a lot with Christmas Eve. Although it has never been the tradition, more and more people tend to give each other gifts during Christmas.These two days are all about going to church, visit the family, and eating a lot. But there is also a growing group of people, like me, that are hardly ever at home during these days.
As you can see there are lovely sculptures and statues every where in Amsterdam,every one has its own sharm, some of them are modern and others ancient, it is up to you to admire the ones you prefer!
Seven Bridges Hotel Amsterdam
4 Reviews and 488 Opinions We almost stayed here. Looked like a charming hotel, although we didn’t see the rooms. It’s in a...
The Manhattan Hotel Rotterdam Rotterdam
6 Reviews and 138 Opinions Right opposite Rotterdam Centraal train station on Weena, is the imposing 5 star Westin hotel. It...
Novotel Maastricht Maastricht
4 Reviews and 178 Opinions It's great to see and witness that the hotel has a heated outdoor swimming pool, which you can use...
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Q: A couple of years since I've been back. Nothing stays the same. So, is the old strippenkaart system finally over? I can read...
A: chippenkaartenmarken ;-)
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