Greg W
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Registered: 6th Oct 04
Location: Wigan, Lancashire
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lookin to go for my birthday end of this month, what kind of last minute things do people book?
best places to go etc?
lookin to go with ma mates a fair few lads so 5 star is not essential, just a decent place to kip!
cheers
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Ellis
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Registered: 11th Sep 07
Location: Aberdeenshire
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My mates always do hostels over there for going to Awakenings festival, supposedly quite good...
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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I just rocked up there with some mates one weekend in the car and found a hostel to stay in while we were there. We went to see the Heineken factory, the red light district and the cafés. I'm sure there is lots more to see, but we were only there for a short time.
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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Amstel Botel is ace 
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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The place I stayed was called Hotel Rooms. No joke.
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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cant remember where i stayed but it really doesnt matter mate - awesome place
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Hammer
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Registered: 11th Feb 04
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
The place I stayed was called Hotel Rooms. No joke.
Typical stoners, couldn't be fucked making up a name for it 
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Greg W
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Registered: 6th Oct 04
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right nice one lads!
any other info appreciated!
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Just remember this mantra, when in rome.
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smack
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Registered: 7th Jul 04
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im going in second week of oct 
the henikan experiance does not reopen till 20th oct
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smack
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Registered: 7th Jul 04
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also dont go walking round with ur wallet,camera,phone etc out at night, u will get mugged
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will_ainsworth
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Registered: 8th Jun 07
Location: London, UK
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my mates tag teamed on a hooker lol! its a great place, the weed is v strong and so much cheeper than booze over there
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Tarrantino
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Registered: 29th Sep 04
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going at the end of this month aswell!
just sort a hotel out once there, there are plenty to choose from. i deally you want to be near dam square.
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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heineken factory
sex museum
live sex shows
red lights
cafe's
i never found a brothel as such, but the lanes are just like a large open air brothel anyway, so it makes no odds.
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Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
Location: Jimmy Bennett's la la land.
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Its the only place ive ever have enjoyed window shopping. Asking a fit blonde "how much for anal" without getting slapped,and actually getting a price back is
[Edited on 03-09-2008 by Carl]
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by smack
also dont go walking round with ur wallet,camera,phone etc out at night, u will get mugged
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Rubbish
Been there 7 years in a row and never had a single ounce of trouble, ever. Thats going in groups of blokes, couples, couple and blokes.
HIGHLY recommend getting a houseboat.
www.lovingamsterdam.com
is who we usually use, but theres a lot cheaper available, just expect what you pay for. I won't ever stay in a hostel again, bitten by bed bugs all f-ing night, and the bed fealt like it was moving. Horrible place. I'd rather pay more and have somewhere nice to stay.
Don't be put off by the sex show people the doors, they hurl abuse if you dont go in, just ignore them.
Never buy any "cocaine" from the black looky looky men. Just walk past, ignore them, they will leave you alone.
I can highly recommend quite a few coffee shops. There are some that sell crap gear, othes that sell great gear.
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smack
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Registered: 7th Jul 04
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its not rubbis at all, someone tryed to mug me last year. the rld at night is dodgy as fuck. be warned
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Daimo B
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Must be your character
But still, i've never seen any trouble ever. Only those looking for trouble (which is actually any football fan )...
Seriously though, never seen anything at all, summer or winter.
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Hammer
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Registered: 11th Feb 04
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If there's people there willing to punt you illegal drugs down back streets to make a quick buck then you can bet they'd be willing to steal your wallet should the opportunity arise.
That's common sense.
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ed
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Recently there have been warnings that would lead me to believe that you can get yourself in trouble there if you aren't careful. But then it's the same in most cities.
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smack
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yeh im far from the football fan out for trouble. it was just me and my mate, terribley stonned stumbeling around the rld, i was checking my phone, next thing i know there was a gang of kids (about 8 of them) 15-18 looking demanding my phone, i ran away like a little girl
they dident get anything
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Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
Location: Jimmy Bennett's la la land.
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Yes agreed, be careful around the RLD, We had some tramp talking to us, when we didn't give us anything he told us to "watch we dont get stabbed". We also had 2 lads cause trouble with us, 5 of us which resulted in a scuffle, in which they kept getting flawed but still getting up and coming back for more (without +3 helping, daftest kids ever one of the lads they started on is a right unit.)
And a colleugue at the time has had a knife pulled on him in McD's and money taken off of him when he went a month or so later.
As Hammer said, with quite a few down and out crack heads about these things are more likely to happen.
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mk4_astra
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Registered: 15th Oct 03
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pretty much what vxr said, although i would reccomend staying away from the rld after 2pm on your own otherwise you might get a knife pulled on you like i did down an alleyway only wide enough for 1 person lol.
i have been twice and stayed near vonel park and then in the alborg hotel right next to park 118 (google it if your unsure)
its not all about staying 2 mins from dam square etc, amsterdam is a lovely city and where the 3rd and smallest red light district is some awsome cafes, also leidsplein(spelling) and i think it was remblatplein(again spelling) had good cafes, bars and clubs and atmosphere aswell.
also if you want the best smoke check out http://www.coffeeshop.freeuk.com
helped me find some ace coffee shops over there 
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smack
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Registered: 7th Jul 04
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leidsplien is where we stayed last time we went. there are some well good coffeeshops around there, stay away from the touristy one's i reccomend. or you will just get ripped off and get shit bud.
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Daimo B
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Like the Grasshopper.
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