MikeR
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 12:52 PM |
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Help - things to do in Amsterdam
Right, off to Amsterdam for a few days. Anyone got any suggestion of things to do (and i'm taking a girl with me so no suggestions involving
ladies and a red light!).
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UncleFista
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 12:58 PM |
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Coffee shop ? 8)
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 12:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
(and i'm taking a girl with me so no suggestions involving ladies and a red light!).
In that case I'm struggling. Sorry!
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graememk
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 01:03 PM |
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i hear the mushrooms are very nice there.
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Agriv8
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 01:07 PM |
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There is the
vangogh gallery and another gallery there.
Anne franks house.
hineken musiem
Sex musium is reasnobaly Tame
Nice Markets are worth a look
You have to go for a walk through the red light area as its intresting ( I walked through with the MRS with no bother )
Ones to be avoided
bannana Bar 
Teasers ( The ones I remember ! )
A Lot of others from my stag weekend that I can't )
regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 01:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
Right, off to Amsterdam for a few days. Anyone got any suggestion of things to do (and i'm taking a girl with me so no suggestions involving
ladies and a red light!).
make a deal, if you can have fun then so can she 
[Edited on 14/2/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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iank
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 01:10 PM |
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Dog's egg capital of Europe, enjoy
You can play 'spot the brit on his stag night throwing up' most days.
On a more helpful note
this
should help.
Sex museum is amusing if she has a broad mind and a sense of humour nudge nudge 
--
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 01:14 PM |
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I'll have to go some day friends say it's fab 
I wonder if I'll get in trouble posting this but one friend drove down for a holiday and when he came back I noticed that his cars rear
suspension looked like it had collapsed, hmm so I asked him how that happened. Turned out the car was fine, the boot was totally loaded up with porn
mags that he then sold on and made a tidy sum from his effort. I of course did not buy any of the filth...
[Edited on 14/2/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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02GF74
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 01:19 PM |
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tulips
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Aico
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 01:32 PM |
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There is also some Boedist temple somewhere across the Chinese restaurants. You will see lots of bikes parked of the side of the road, they are free
to use for everyone. If you're unable to free the lock just ask a local and give him 10 Euro's.
[Edited on 14/2/08 by Aico]
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saigonij
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 01:48 PM |
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Go to the nemo center - its for kids but you can go and put on a white coat and blow things up - great!
The Zoo is pretty good too.
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Pants On Fire
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 02:02 PM |
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I lived there for 2 years, loads to do even avoiding the sex and drug industry.
Rijks Museum
Anne Franks House - queues can be horrific
Kinder Dyke - outside of the city
Zaandvort - 15 minutes on a tram and a lovely beach to boot as is Haarlem
Some great restaurants as well especially if you like Indo Chinese
20 minutes away is Den Haag a beautiful city way nicer than Amsterdam.
Happy to give you some restaurant tips.
Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
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Memphis Twin
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 02:18 PM |
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If you need to ask, do you really think you should be going....?
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MikeR
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 02:34 PM |
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My dear boy, the lady in question has a degree in fine art - one wishes to make sure she is suitably entertained & i therefore reap the rewards of
a fun weekend and lots of brownie point to be spent later in the year!
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coozer
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 02:42 PM |
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Space cakes??
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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r1_pete
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 03:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
My dear boy, the lady in question has a degree in fine art - one wishes to make sure she is suitably entertained & i therefore reap the rewards of
a fun weekend and lots of brownie point to be spent later in the year!
I understand some of the shop window displays are quite errrmmmm artistic....
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pewe
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 03:21 PM |
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We went at this time of year and it was bl**dy cold so top of the list would be to take the thermals (no kid).
Canal trip around the sites first - saves walking and helps with the layout
Bus trip from the centre took in the Flower Market (no tulips at this time of year), Delft for porcelain and a quick whip around the Hague.
Find a Javanese restaurant (area to the South of the Centre) for very spicey but delicious food e.g. Mackerel cooked in Banana leaves with a scorchio
sauce.
The Botanical Gardens (indoors) kept the better half happy and watching Six Nations in an Irish pub was memorable.
Enjoy.
Cheers, Pewe.
[Edited on 14/2/08 by pewe]
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Memphis Twin
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 05:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
My dear boy, the lady in question has a degree in fine art - one wishes to make sure she is suitably entertained & i therefore reap the rewards of
a fun weekend and lots of brownie point to be spent later in the year!
At 49 years old I don't get called a "Dear Boy" very often...well only by my Dad (who's 72 and rides a Cagiva Raptor).
When I was studying for my degree in Fine Art in the early 80s, we went there on a college trip for a week of "artistic enlightenment". I
can assure you that the "ladies" on my course were willing to experience EVERYTHING that Amsterdam had to offer . Some even joined
in...
Crikey, that explains why there were so many smacked-up, single mother Fine Art graduates that year...
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tjoh84
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 05:58 PM |
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grass hopper is a good place only name i can remember lol rest is a blurrrr
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Bouldy
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 06:11 PM |
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Leave her in the Hotel and go and have some fun!!!
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 06:25 PM |
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Me and the Mrs are off there at the end of next week - also to look round the galleries (she also has a fine art degree!)....
Pants on fire - some restaurant recommendations would be great (going to Paris after 4 days in Amsterdam, so nothing French!!)
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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welshboy
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 08:06 PM |
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theres a nice small place called vollendam its about half hour by bus its very dutch, windmills and clogs its right by the coast you can get a bus
right out side central station and a ticket in the tourist info center really cheap and a good day out if her in doors is with you . and like the rest
said sex museum is really good but the erotic museum is rubbish
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 08:46 PM |
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We went into the Rijks Museum when we visited Amsterdam - I was totally gobsmacked by the quality of the Dutch portraits by the masters.
Also, as a Terry Pratchett fan, I wanted to see The Night Watch painting. Well worth seeing, 'cos it's huge, and beautifully painted.
Didn't see Nobby giving a V-sign though... (obscure Pratchett reference).
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major
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 05:47 AM |
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Amsterdam is overrated...
If the misses wants to have some fun take her to the P.C. hooftstraat or the Kalverstraat. You might see some serious hardware on wheels your self.
Most of the other things are very touristic. (but then again you prob. are!!) There is however a part called the "jordaan". This it a part
of Amsterdam filled with little pubs / restaurants where there is dutch live music. (that part is nice in the evening) .
If you want my advice:
Take a train to Rotterdam (1/2 hour) or Breda (1 hour). and take a city tour or a water cab, shop in the center and go to "oude
haven"..
marcel.
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MikeR
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| posted on 23/2/08 at 10:00 AM |
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Got back tuesday night.
Had a fab time. Walked loads and seemed to see everything. The Rijks Museum was excellent and inspired me a little with my photography. Went from
there to the Bol's experience - if you like cocktails its worth the 10 euro entrance for the free drink at the end. Unfortunately that set the
tone for rest of the day/evening and we rolled into the hotel a number of cocktails later.
Anne Franks museum was interesting.
Took us two days to find the red light district - in England it would have brown tourist board signs!
Oh food - fantastic, amazed how many Argentinian steak houses there where, but they know how to cook a lump of beef.
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