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Ha! I m not the tourist...
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  • nighthawk
  • By nighthawk on September 12, 2002
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  • Haarlem Tourist Traps
    by nighthawk
    Ha! I m not the tourist trap....it is the big hotels and casino's at the boulevard close to the sea that are the trap: you pay far too much for having the chance to have a good view of the beach. We stayed in the dunes and we had a good time even though we had to walk half a kilometre to get to the beach.

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    Hmm traps that's hard. Well,...
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  • sandravdp
  • By sandravdp on September 8, 2002
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    by sandravdp
    Hmm traps that's hard. Well, when you are in a big departmentstore do watch out. Keep your wallet close to you or you might lose it by a pickpocket. Also be careful for pushy youngsters at Grotehoutstreet. They are always near the departmentstore and Mc Donalds and sometimes are looking for trouble. The police keeps an eye on them, but often that is not good enough.

    The youngster on the picture maybe dressed a bit aggressive, but he was very nice ;)

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    The Dutch Railways
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  • Alice-Kees
  • Updated By Alice-Kees on September 11, 2003
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  • One of the worst run companies in the country with too many losers in both the management as well among their rail staff... More than 20% of all trains run late.

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    Pickpockets are known to be...
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  • lvdpiet
  • By lvdpiet on August 25, 2002
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    by lvdpiet
    Pickpockets are known to be active at the trainstation and the market.
    Use the Dutch currency. It is the guilder. When using foreign currencies everybody will calculate in his own favor.... In jan 2002 the currency will be the EURO in every country of the EMU.

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    Though much more subdued then...
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  • richiecdisc
  • Updated By richiecdisc on August 25, 2002
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  • Haarlem Tourist Traps
    by richiecdisc
    Though much more subdued then Amsterdam's, Haarlem does have a Red Light District. Though it is legal, I have never felt all that comfortable even walking around these areas let along utilizing them.

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    Haarlem Tourist Traps Tip (Untitled)
    avdb1948
  • By avdb1948 on September 2, 2002
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    The wooden shoe trap
    pieter_jan_v
  • By pieter_jan_v on April 29, 2003
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  • Trapped again! - Haarlem
    Trapped again!
    by pieter_jan_v
    After being trapped four times at Amsterdam, I immediately was trapped in the first wooden shoe I encountered in Haarlem.

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    Dutch clogs
    barryg23
  • Updated By barryg23 on January 29, 2005
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  • I'm laughing at you, not with you... - Haarlem
    I'm laughing at you, not
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    by barryg23
    These clogs are in all the souvenir shops and come in all different sizes. Even the tiny pairs are way too expensive.

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