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West Coast, Holland |
| Climate: |
Temperatures similar to
southern UK, but generally
sunnier |
| Currency: |
EURO |
| Time Difference: |
GMT +1 hr |
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Amsterdam's Schipol airport
is around 20-30 minutes from
the city centre |
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An old city of tree-lined canals, cobbled streets, and gabled 17th Century
houses, Amsterdam is magnificently beautiful. Renowned for its progressive
social policies, Holland's famously liberal first city is one of Europe's great
cultural treasures. The city has several stunning museums, with Rembrandt
and Van Gogh among the great artists on display. The grand
Rijksmuseum, with its superb examples of Dutch masters and Delftware
porcelain, is a must, as is the Anne Frank House, the famous dwelling
that served as the teenage diarist's hiding place from the Nazis during WWII.
Amsterdam also has shrines to its less refined culture, with both the Hemp
Museum and the Sex Museum being popular stops on the tourist circuit.
The city's famous coffee houses can be found virtually
everywhere. Each has a unique ambience and style, with some serving liquor,
others food, and still others only coffee, tea and soft drinks. All have a
variety of marijuana available for purchase from a menu and offer a comfortable
setting and the necessary paraphernalia to enjoy it openly. The city's so-called
smart shops take the coffee-shop idea one step further, selling 'natural'
psychedelics and stimulants, from mushrooms to herbal ecstasy to Red Bull.
Of course, no visit to Amsterdam would be complete without a night-time
visit to the famous Red Light District. One of the oldest and most
beautiful parts of the city, the narrow, cobbled streets of this quarter fill
with hordes of tourists on weekends and holidays. All come to gawk at the
surreal display of scantily clad women who pose in the purply-red glow of their
black-lit shop windows. Not unlike a bizarre zoo, the Red Light District is an
unmissable experience, as attested by the packs of roving young men, couples
holding hands, groups
of women, and busloads of Japanese tourists toting cameras. Spectacle
notwithstanding, real business is done here at a steady pace, and those seeking
a slightly more authentic experience should head for the area on a weeknight.
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