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!).
Coffee shop ? 8)
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Originally posted by MikeR
(and i'm taking a girl with me so no suggestions involving ladies and a red light!).
i hear the mushrooms are very nice there.
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
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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!).
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
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should help.
Sex museum is amusing if she has a broad mind and a sense of humour nudge nudge 
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...
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tulips
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.
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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.
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.
If you need to ask, do you really think you should be going....?
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!
Space cakes??
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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!
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.
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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!
grass hopper is a good place only name i can remember lol rest is a blurrrr
Leave her in the Hotel and go and have some fun!!!
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
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
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).
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.
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.