Shops in the Dam - McCarthy's

Part two in my "shops in the Dam" series. McCarthy's is open late, it's right beside Central Station and consists of both a collectors wine and spirits store AND a tobacco store. Martin the co-owner comes from Dublin so I'm not the only Dub in the Dam...www.mccarthys.nl

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• McCarthy's
• Amsterdam
• wine and spirits
• cigars
• pipe smoking
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[cacrow]

Thanks for the tour, mate. It seems unlikely that I'll ever make it to Amsterdam, so this is the next best thing for me.

Cheers,

Crow

[dubinthedam]

well crow, I know many people are too married or too employed to make such a visit, so that's why it's nice to see these video's so you get a good idea of the place...glad you enjoyed the vid.

[fat862]

How much is tax on tobacco in Amsterdam?

[dubinthedam]

Tax in the Dam is lower than most EEC countries, retail price is €7-8 for a 50 grm pouch, €10-12 for a 50grm tin.

The UK is about €15-18, Sweden/Norway about €20-25 for a 50grm tin, Spain and Switzerland are some of the cheapest at around €8 for a tin.

[Flieger671]

I'm stunned! Shops like that don't exist in Sweden. ALL liquer, wine and beer has to be sold in special, government owned shops... closed on sundays.

Very good series, Dub!

Cheers,

Mike

[dubinthedam]

Sweden's policy is frankly bizarre and counter productive in actually dealing with alcohol as a social or health problem. IMO. Both these shops are open on Sundays. In general alcohol is very cheap here in shops and supermarkets. You can buy a 1.5L of Scotch for €24! Or a crate of 24 beers for €12.

[TlGBC]

do they sell dutch master cigars and lucky strikes?

[ppsalfonso]

Thank you very much for doing this for us ! I love looking at great Tobacconist I wish more people would do this all over the world .

Thank you again !!!

[Shanniquitie]

there are some places where EVERYTHING closes on a sunday. so yeah.....count your lucky stars :P

(i'll butt out now)

[highwayonestrat]

fantastic!

thanks!

[NWPipeSmoker]

Quite an enjoyable video! Thanks for sharing your world with us all - it enlarges us!

-Tom

[OneManSmoke]

Wow! Another fine shop Dub thanks for sharing this with us...

Salam

[TheEndlessObsession]

A place with a selection like that could make a man weak in the knees. Great series so far.

[psuedofakerable]

great video, if i moved to amsterdam i probably wouldn't move back

cheers mate!

[Laughter1099]

Great tour, Dub! A wonderful introduction to the great shops (at least for our crowd!) in your neck of the woods. Thank you very much for the time and effort in making these fine presentations.

[jhansen1441]

Dub, very cool series.Your mate Martin seems like a real cool Cat...Great job...Lovin it.