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Hey there!
I'm gonna travel to Netherlands this Friday and stay there till Monday, I was wondering if you can give me any tips on what to see, what to do and what most definitely to not miss!
The house I'm staying in is situated in Rotterdam, but we will most likely spend at least two days in Amterdam.
The place where I'll be staying is near Troelstralaan metro station, any tips on good pubs/restaurants nearby? (
Also, is there an easier way how to get from Eindhoven airport to Rotterdam metro other than bus+train+train? 
Oh, and I don't smoke pot, so cofee shops are kinda out of question 
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go bike diving in amsterdam, you're bound to find something in the waters there!
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Might as well post about going to a bar and asking for tips for non drinkers =p
for amd, the reijk museum and the van gogh are sweet. anne frank's house is a long wait and money to walk thru and see vids you probably read about a million times over. the dutch don't really have any specific cuisine that appears in restaurants, or at least not any around there. it's not like going to spain or italy in that sense.
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On March 15 2011 06:44 ondik wrote:Oh, and I don't smoke pot, so cofee shops are kinda out of question
do it anyway
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* Smoke a lot of weed!
* Go to the sex museum
* Go to the weed museum
* Visit vondelpark!
* Walk through the red light district @ night. Good fun! ^_^
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On March 15 2011 06:55 Zeburial wrote:
* Smoke a lot of weed!
* Go to the sex museum
* Go to the weed museum
* Visit vondelpark!
* Walk through the red light district @ night. Good fun! ^_^
That sounds like exactly what I'd do if I went to the Netherlands. Listen to this man
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It always bothers me that if you go to Italy you can visit Florence and Rome, with just about the most cultural heritage in the world, yet for the Netherlands people advise to go to seedy things such as the red light district and coffeeshops.
You could actually visit the zoo in Amsterdam: Artis. It's easy to find, quite close to the station and you can take a route through all the nice big avenues (don't really know the right translation, but it's marked on the maps).
I remember when I was 17 I won a trip to Artis, so I took the train there, visited the zoo and when returning I took a wrong turn and ended up in the red light district. I didn't notice at first, but then I looked through a window to the left of me and saw a naked girl signaling me. I'm still traumatized. :o
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On March 15 2011 07:22 Grumbels wrote:
It always bothers me that if you go to Italy you can visit Florence and Rome, with just about the most cultural heritage in the world, yet for the Netherlands people advise to go to seedy things such as the red light district and coffeeshops.
You could actually visit the zoo in Amsterdam: Artis. It's easy to find, quite close to the station and you can take a route through all the nice big avenues (don't really know the right translation, but it's marked on the maps).
I remember when I was 17 I won a trip to Artis, so I took the train there, visited the zoo and when returning I took a wrong turn and ended up in the red light district. I didn't notice at first, but then I looked through a window to the left of me and saw a naked girl signaling me. I'm still traumatized. :o
You could say that your attractions are in the present not the past
Also: Your fleet was bigger.
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It's a pity you're going to Amsterdam. If you want to go to a nice Dutch city go to Utrecht ^^. I've never been to Rotterdam, so I don't really know what you can do there. I really don't like Amsterdam though, too many foreigners, it's very not-dutch. Actually, when I tried to ask direction there (in Dutch) most people gave me a weird look because they couldn't understand it -.-'.
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the sex museums are really cool but some of it is pretty... well imagine 4chan but worse... there was one room where they gave you a special warning not to go in if you are nervous and these are these panels on the wall and a description of what its showing at the bottom. after seeing a picture of a woman with her arm inside a goat i made sure i looked at the description before the pictures... but they are really fun apart from that and actually very interesting too.
i couldn't really recommend any particular restaurant but the breakfast stuff is usually pretty awesome, lots of extremely unhealthy pastry things smothered in chocolate :D The bars are pretty good too, lots of really nice rareish beers everywhere and lots of friendly people. the beer choice isn't as good as belgium but you should try some new ones! I didn't really do it when i was there but i think the clubs are meant to be some of the best in europe too.
i'm kind of guessing thats the kind of trip you're going for anyway but otherwise the anne frank museum is in amsterdam and its also just a very beautiful city to walk around, one of the prettiest cities i've been to in europe really.
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Try a few heavy drugs you have not tried before, that should knock you out for about four days.
Other then that, the Netherlands does not offer that much to do/see. Amsterdam is a beautiful city though and I'm sure it's full of places that is worth a visit. Check in at the local tourist agency and see what they can recommend.
If you have the time, go watch some speedskating (longtrack). If you could mail me an autograph from Sven Kramer I'll be your bitchslave for a long, long time.
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In Rotterdam you can go climb the Euromast for a beautiful view over the city and take a tour by boat through the harbor (several options. Just google "harbor tour Rotterdam"). Both are things I really enjoyed. Rotterdam also has some of the best authentic Chinese restaurants I've been to due to it's large Chinese population as a result of the harbor.
If you want to visit a museum go visit the Boymans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. Or go visit the zoo if you're into that. Diergaarde Blijdorp is fun to do if you like those things.
For other options on what to do in Rotterdam go visit the Rotterdam Tourist Board
Don't go to Amsterdam if you are not interested in hookers/weed. It's almost all it has to offer except for some good musea. Imo it's an overrated dump.
ps. Also listen to Liveon. I live in Utrecht and it truly is the best city of the Netherlands.
pps. Bus+Train+Train is the best you can do as far as I was able to find out. And then you still have to take the Metro. 
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On March 15 2011 07:41 Stenstyren wrote:
Try a few heavy drugs you have not tried before, that should knock you out for about four days.
Other then that, the Netherlands does not offer that much to do/see. Amsterdam is a beautiful city though and I'm sure it's full of places that is worth a visit. Check in at the local tourist agency and see what they can recommend.
If you have the time, go watch some speedskating (longtrack). If you could mail me an autograph from Sven Kramer I'll be your bitchslave for a long, long time.
Dude, Sven trains in Heerenveen, that's the other side of the country (and how small the Netherlands is, you'll be traveling about three hours to get there ).
Next to that, As Golden Ghost and I have said before:
- Amsterdam's not interesting *at all*.
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Help us to find mountains.
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meh, too bad I'm really not interested in two things people are suggesting the most - drugs and sex museums (i've seen a lot on internet )
but thanks for all the advices, I'll definitely think about going to Utrecht if Amsterdam is not that good!
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There is a really cool Zoo called Apenheul in a small town called Appledoorn. (some) Monkeys run free and it is seriously some cool cool stuff.
check this link for some pictures of the place.
here are some more, and visitor reviews.
It is huuuge and again, very cool. Here is their website: http://www.apenheul.com/
Have fun
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On March 15 2011 08:07 Johnny Yen wrote:There is a really cool Zoo called Apenheul in a small town called Appledoorn. (some) Monkeys run free and it is seriously some cool cool stuff. It is huuuge and again, very cool. Here is their website: http://www.apenheul.com/Have fun
"Apenheul is now closed. In 2011 we will be open every day from March 30"
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On March 15 2011 08:07 Johnny Yen wrote:There is a really cool Zoo called Apenheul in a small town called Appledoorn. (some) Monkeys run free and it is seriously some cool cool stuff. check this link for some pictures of the place. here are some more, and visitor reviews. It is huuuge and again, very cool. Here is their website: http://www.apenheul.com/Have fun
It's Apeldoorn, no apple association there. It's a cool place, I think even there was some primate studies done on the apes there with books being written about it and documentaries that were made of it (a lot of fun).
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Oops, sorry about that. To think, all those "cools" were wasted!
I really enjoyed the day I spent in Utrecht and wish I had spent more time there. It is a university town and it won't be flooded with tourists. The two restaurants we ate at were really tasty. The city had some very cool design aspects that appealed to me, good bars as well.
Honestly if I were going again I would try to check out some speedskating. I didn't realize it was big for their culture when I was there. I've always liked it as a sport, so I missed out.
edit: Oh damnit, I consciously meant to spell it Apeldoorn... How did I miss it?
Also, to Saechiis: I did find some hills in some place called "tripoint". Spectacular! :D
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