Amsterdam is one of the most beautifull cities in Europe and also a heaven for shopping, drug addicts, gays etc. But we are going to stick to shopping for now cause you have to be advised: either get an unlimited credit card or plan your expenses extra carefull.
In Amsterdam you can anything, from pleasure to tulips. There are numerous malls, some very old like De Bijenlorf, Maison de Bonneterie or Metz & Co (1740), and butiques and, except the gays, all the city is very shiny. All the fun lays in the Red Light District neighbourhood - the namber wanz Amsterdam attraction.
If you’re looking for bitches (too bad 90% of them are ex males) that’s the place. Sex shopping is very well developed in Amsterdam, it’s behind the tulip industry tough. These beautifull flowers are always associated with Holland, but they’re origins are in the Middle Orient. A visit to the flower market it’s well worth it…after Red Light District. Then you can go and buy some good stuff from the cafeterias, marijuana I say. For clothes, best deals are at Zara, Bershka, Espirit, Diesel or H&M.
From my own experience I would advise not to return home without souvenirs, be it wood shoes or traditional cheese.
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You can do almost anything within limits in Amsterdam as long as you have the money. The drugs and the girls are amazing (although I only peeped through the windows). The marijuana is a lot stronger than normally within the UK although I must warn you not to buy a pre-rolled joint, because it’s just tobacco.
The second subject (the prostitution) well, in the centre of the red light district the women are amazingly beautiful, although, you can spend anywhere from 50-200 Euros pure girl (depending on their fees and what positions you want and also how much time and what you can feel), I met a Scots lad that payed 100 Euros for a girl but turned down to pay 150 Euros (an extra fifty) to do her doggy style.
The beer, well, no chemicals and no pissing around mean that the cool fresh larger available in all bars will not leave you with a hangover in the morning. You can expect a half pint to be 3 Euros and a pint to be 4.5/5 Euros. Expensive, but Europe, there is however an Irish bar (near the old church in the red light district at the top of dam square) that serves 4 pints for ten Euros dur in their happy hour 3-4, Thursday - Sunday. Which, I may add is the best price in Amsterdam. Out of all of the bars I liked the best had to be Ziggy’s (directly across from the old church just into the red light district with girls in sight) the owner may appear rather scary and lumberish but if you talk to him he’s a nice guy. Also, if you want a beer and a joint may I recommend ‘Barney’s Bar’ next door to their coffee shop (nice relaxed chilled place)
The marijuana, you can pick up any sort you want (hash, resin, squijy, bush, skunk, sinsemilla, and mushrooms). I bought a nice gram of ‘Blubbery’ (8.5 Euros - laughing tackle if you take a tram ride home and miss your stop) from a small Scottish coffee shop in Dam square, I also had a puff of some ‘Grey haze’ from a Londoner sat in there (strong hitting taste that is sure to make your legs like jelly). Then, I also got a nice gram (more like 4 grams) of ‘Northern lights’ (14 Euros) from the very end ‘Bulldog’, ‘Bulldog Energy’ in leidseplain, the ‘Northern Lights’ was fruity and had a great taste that came with a kick and a mellow monging high that could make you fall over (especially if your sat in the ‘bulldog energy’(weird seating), but good stuff. The atmosphere in their is very ironically energetic and busy, the skunk is potent and strong and the Bulldog houses a variety for everyone (including varieties of mushrooms, hash, resin and energy drinks and pills). Last but not least of my tastes I bought a gram of ‘Dynamite’ (12 Euros) from an Indian bar, half way between the Central Station and Dam square, the ‘Dynamite’ is a product of the ‘Cheese’ range which is high in potency and strength (resembling AK47), I liked it. All of the weed in the world couldn’t resemble that to the stuff you can but in Amsterdam, but, the best I have to say was when I tried a joint of Nepalese Hash at the hotel (knocked me clean) and when I had a spliff of it in the ‘Barneys’ Bar with a Columbian we met out there. The Nepalese is by far the smoothest tasting marijuana I’ve ever tasted, the high is profoundly amazing and having a taste of Nepalese while already stoned or drunk is not a good idea, you need to let the high work its own magic first as it pummels the senses deep into an invigorating high that creeps up and down over a period of 3 - 4 hours. For some of this stuff head off toward ‘Barney’s’ left from central station (here you will find the best weed in Amsterdam) apart from the Nepalese (16 euro a gram) you can also pick up other competition winners such as AK47, G-13 and everything else. The marijuana overall in Amsterdam is brilliant and a complete different high from anything within the UK, and, also, a different high comes with every different strain, amazing.
If the drugs and sex scene isn’t your game then there are tons of museums and activities you can get up to while you’re there. There is some amazing scenery as it’s not to forget that Amsterdam is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and the food (if Dutch is your thing), you can pay a hefty price to eat and sleep in Amsterdam ranging anywhere from 20-160 Euros a night for accommodation and a good 30/40 Euros on food.
All in all as long as you keep yourself to yourself, watch your back and don’t bother anyone then no one will bother you, you will see some new things, some strange things and frankly too much to take in within four days, but, I must admit, a lot of the sights and the experience as a whole can only be reached ‘in Amsterdam’.
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