Amsterdam - 10 Things You Need To Know

Find out the best way to get around the canals in Amsterdam, its best museums and more with Hostelworld.com's Colm Hanratty.

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Travel & Events

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• amsterdam
• holland
• guide
• attractions
• sights
• red light district
• sightseeing
• anne frank house
• leidseplein
• canals
• vondelpark
• coffeeshops
• coffee shops
• hermitage amsterdam
• febo
• dam square
• brown cafes
• van gogh museum

[IeneMieneMutte10]

Dear Tourist, one major advice on renting a bike: Please rent a bike WITH logo. For your own safety and ours. If we see (either on bike or in car) that you are a tourist, we can and will take that into account and ride more safely around you.

To master your way on a bike through downtown Amsterdam takes some experience. Thanks! See ya soon ;D

[matrags]

man, That pair of jeans has been all around the world. Hope he washes them!!

[Jimlead]

@carlshatred Balls can grow. Money can't!

[carlshatred]

@Jimlead Easy fix to your problems bud, grow some fucking balls.

[Jimlead]

I am not a pothead and I hate drugs and alcohol. I have a serious issue about all these harmful things. Can I be in Amsterdam without having any issue ? Because the last time I was in Amsterdam, all the smoke of the coffeshops was present in the streets and made me dizzy. I hate pot, can I spend some time in Amsterdam even so ?

[laladieladada]

@xaxie1

the dutch government is changing the marijuana laws for the last 20 year.

the set of laws has so many holes in it that it will never work good.

(untill this legalise marijuana growth)

the only reason why the government is doing this anti-tourist sales law. is because the countrys around holland do not want us to sell it. so we have to act like we try to stop that but in reality it's all just a show. we don't want to stop selling to tourists.

[MsDDiddy]

@suckityoudongo your comment just restored my faith in amsterdam.....not that i'm a pothead or anything.

[xaxie1]

@suckityoudongo

No I was saying they are changings the laws to keep Cannabis haha

[suckityoudongo]

@xaxie1 they say that every year but weed brings so many tourists to amsterdam, it would be a ghost town without the tourists going there to get high. they will NOT stop selling weed in the coffeeshops, far too much money gets brought into holland for it to happen.

[Thebassjunk]

@FailAtGame Veel delen van Amsterdam vind ik aardig pittoresk ja.

[FailAtGame]

@Thebassjunk

ik vind Amsterdam niet bepaald pittoresk, jij weld an?