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Red Light District Amsterdam
23 Reviews In the summer this place is heaving with tourists and where there are lots of tourists there are lots of undesirables such as heroin junkies, aggressive beggars, pickpockets and some real ugly looking...
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Dom church and tower Utrecht
1 Review Again a picture of the Domkerk. This church is the biggest in the Netherlands. It was seriously damaged by a hurricane a long time ago and now the tower is no loger linked to the rest of the...
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Coffee Shops Amsterdam
30 Reviews I must say I didn't feel trapped by any coffeeshop I visited, and my goal was to visit as many coffeeshops as I could in two weeks. I got to 33, some of them more than once. I have to say that I...
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Tricks & Scams Amsterdam
20 Reviews I've been to Amsterdam the past week and like every tourist I wanted to bring some tulip bulbs. In Bloemenmarkt (on Singel between Muntplein and Koningsplein) I saw many shops selling big quantities...
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Canal Boat Tours Amsterdam
13 Reviews You can throw things if you want, but I think the canal cruises you get by Centraal station are a disappointment. Especially the ones on closed boats where you sit crammed in with 30 other tourists,...
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Eating and Drinking Amsterdam
26 Reviews These places are everywhere, you can see them all over because they have the same menus and the same signs. Avoid them!!! The food might appear cheap, but really, you get less than what you pay for....
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Main Streets Amsterdam
12 Reviews Perhaps con men is bit harsh, but these people were very annoying. As we stepped off of the train in Amsterdam central, we were bombarded by people trying to 'help' us find a hotel/transportation,...
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Wooden Shoes Amsterdam
11 Reviews I think every tourist to Amsterdam gets trapped in one of these! Very kitschy, but good for a laugh nonetheless. There are a number of these in front of souvenir shops around the city. Get to...
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Souvenirs Amsterdam
9 Reviews I used to work in a souvenir shop on Damrak (the street just off central station) so let me share you a bit on one of the tricks those guys have. In many of these shops there is a display full of...
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Anne Frank House Amsterdam
11 Reviews Anna Frank House is one of the most famous attractions in Amsterdam and because of this the place is one of the crowded places. Sometimes the line is so big you can see people stand from the house to...
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Other Museums Amsterdam
23 Reviews Entrance: 15 euros (in 2010) What you get: A lot of Heineken advertising, a childish attraction in which you are a virtual bottle, and three beers along the "experience". As a souvenir you can keep...
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Diamonds Amsterdam
4 Reviews You will be able to go into so-called diamond factory tours to see the processing of diamonds in Amsterdam. The one I went to was around Van Gogh Museum area. I wouldn't say they are scams, but it...
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Transportation Amsterdam
14 Reviews Beware if you want to travel by bus or trams, the system is a rip off, one has to put the pre paid tkt next to the detector each time your on and off the tram or bus , if you forget once , your tkt is...
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I feel a little uneasy about calling the Anne Frank Huis a 'tourist trap' but it attracts huge amounts of people. All of the times I have passed by the place, there were huge queues outside the doors. If you really want to visit the place, make sure you have time on your hands.
If you want to experience a Dutch town, do NOT go to Volendam. Packed to the brim with tour buses and tourists, the harbour area really doen't have much to offer besides a multitude of gift shops and places where you can dress up in traditional costume for a photo. If you want to see a 'quaint' town, explore Edam, just down the road, which is much less busy and more attractive.
There are several 'Cheese farms' and 'Klompen Makers' in Katwoude, but take this into consideration: Their gift shops are bigger than the accessible portions of their factories! Skip them if possible!
The small village of Giethorn is a tourist trap and can be packed with people, but it really is a beautiful place. The small village's roads are its canals. Wooden bridges connect the walks to the houses. You can take a boat trip or rent a canoe and take a look around this quaint village from the water.
As a citizen who is proud of her country, I beg you, don't just visit Amsterdam! I know, Amsterdam is fun, lively, breathtaking, multicultural and all that. But please explore the width and heigth of this small country where the longest distance that you can drive is only 3 hours.How about:-our famous waterworks in the province Zeeland (Neeltje Jans) -the St. Jan cathedral in 's Hertogenbosch which is of the well known French grandeur, style and size -national park Hoge Veluwe where you can get free bikes to cycle round and visit St. Hubertus hunting lodge, an example of world famous architecture by Berlage- one of the world's best zoo's in Emmen (called Noorderdierenpark)- the typical flat landscape in the province Friesland of true postcard beauty- little seaside towns like Middelburg, Hellevoetsluis, Brielle, Scheveningen, Zandvoort, Staveren, Harlingen... - Groninger museum in...
Just some advice. . . buy a tram pass at a tobacco shop. It's cheaper and easier than shelling out three guilders each time you want to board a tram (or trolley, you may call them).Tobacco shops are the unlikey source for purchase of these and almost any other kind of ticket, from professional soccer to music events. They're usually holed away, in between other shops, without much signage. But every major street has a few!Watch for trams and bikes - it is their city! It's almost like Frogger your first few days - figuring out which is the sidewalk, which is the bike path, from which direction, which is for cars and trams. .. since they're all brick usually! So just be aware that friendly little bells are really bicycles bearing down on you. And trams ring their bells before they start moving - no other warning.
The 'Red Light District' - it's fun to see once, but I think a lot of people don't get much past this general area, and leave thinking that Amsterdam is all like this. Get a decent map and walk around the inner canals, and explore places like the Jordaan area, where real people live!
Amsterdam does house some rather dodgy people and typically you could well get approached by 'a helper' as i like to call them. I arrived at central station at about four in the morning and it was freezing (dont go in winter)and was approached by a scruffy little chap, he was pretty polite and asked me if i needed to find a hotel and as it happens I did. I had pre-booked but I didnt have a clue where the place was, anyway, we walked about 300 yards and there i was. I took him for a coffee for his help but it was plainly obvious he was a 'H' addict and on the scrounge.
Yep, it is pretty cool to have biked the 'afsluitdijk', the thing that connects 'Noord-Holland' with 'Friesland'. But it is also booooring like hell.This thing goes on for about 30 km. No real protection against wind or rain. Nothing realy except for the lake on the southside (you can't even see the sea, because the road is not on top of the dam).Yep, we have done it.... 30 km head wind and heavy rain. Now let's go home...
When you visite very busy places like markets and things like that, you have to be carefull with you things. Especially your money. Put it far away or make sure you have it on a save place.We went to Madurodam and the place is crowded with people even when the weather is not so nice. There are all kind of people overthere and when you want to see something that you like you will forget about your purse or bag. So take care of it (always !!)
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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