Country Info
- Amsterdam
- Capital
- Euro (EUR)
- Currency
- 15,981,472
- Population
- NL
- Country Code
Amsterdam Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam Happenings
This is a top pick! ... in May/June there is a great exhibit of press photos sponsored by World Press Photo. Since its foundation in the Netherlands in 1955, World Press Photo has evolved into an independent platform of photojournalism with its main aim to support and promote ...
Amsterdam Jewish Sites and windmills
This is a top pick! ... a memorial. It includes a wall listing the 6,700 family names (including Susan's maiden name) of the 104,000 Jews from The Netherlands who were murdered in the war. Chris and I had known that a theater had been used in this way, but we ...
Where have all the blog entries gone?
This is a top pick! By now most of you have noticed that the frequency of our blog entries has dramatically reduced from the early days, seven years ago, when entries were fast and furious. What, you may ask, has happened? Well, a number of things, actually. 1) ...
The Shelter
This is a top pick! ... way of travelling. For Munich and Vienna, I have 4 bed dorms with ensuites so that will provide a welcome retreat from Amsterdam's accommodation. By the way, the showers are hideous. Tip... bring flip flops if you're going to backpack. The weather ...
Sex, Drugs and, um, Goth
This is a top pick! ... I needed a coffee shop, and where else to go but Bulldog, the original? The next day I went to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam's biggest art and history museum with many works from its most famous artists. It charges a bruising €10 for admission ...
Back to Amsterdam
This is a top pick! ... ) to fly London-Amsterdam. This budget airline has really impressed me... on time and friendly hostesses. So here I am in Amsterdam... for round 2. I'm pretty much still getting over the huge flight so will keep the nightlife to a minimum tonight. But ...
Week 1 including Easter weekend
This is a top pick! ... found a place quickly that is fun and close. We had our first pancake dinner this week. There are many pancake houses all over Amsterdam where they make a large, thin-ish pancake (about 15 inches in diameter, about twice as thick as a crepe) and put all ...
Melanie's Mom's visit
This is a top pick! ... the wall ends a bank of high tech windmills can be seen. The sea wall ends in the newest province of The Netherlands, Flevoland. The landmass of Flevoland was reclaimed in the 1950s and became the 12th province of the Netherlands. It's pretty dull ...
Back in Amsterdam
This is a top pick! This is just a placeholder entry to make the map pins work out ...
Polder Survival
This is a top pick! After a week in Chicago, Melanie's first day back at the office ended in a company outing that could only be Dutch. The whole department went to the countryside to traipse across fields of reclaimed land (a polder) dotted with cow patties bigger than ...
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This is a top pick! ... to five grams of marijuana at any given time. Contrary to many beliefs, smoking marijuana is still illegal, but just tolerated in Amsterdam. Magic mushrooms are also legal, but it must be fresh. Mushrooms are very potent here and can get you into trouble ...
End of an Era
This is a top pick! After more than 8 years living in Amsterdam, our European adventure is coming to an end. Melanie has resigned from TCS effective August 31 and on Sept 1 we will move back to the U.S. What comes next is a bit of a mystery, even to us. We have ...
Cathedrals and Prostitutes
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March in Amsterdam
This is a top pick! ... Shakespeare - a comedy that covers very reduced versions of all of William Shakespeare's plays in 90 minutes! Also went to the Bimhuis - Amsterdam's new jazz venue where we saw the Chris Potter band (really good!). We also saw Crosby and Nash (no Stills, ...
Starbucks With A Kick
This is a top pick! ... gave up and went to a restaurant and had a beer instead. The farther we ventured into the "Entertainment District" of Amsterdam, the more "coffee shops" we began to see. We soon discovered that places where you could buy and smoke marijuana were in ...
Amsterdam - Canals.
This is a top pick! On the bus at a reasonably civilized 8.00pm we travelled all day through France, Belgium and the Netherlands arriving in Amsterdam around 5.00pm. With Busabout we have a tour guide who tells us a little about the place we are arriving for example where to ...
There's always another story...
This is a top pick! ... Anglia, while I have to wait for the bus to Sheffield. But, drawing in the Purple Haze of the canals and coffee shops of Amsterdam was as perfect a way as any to round off the last 28 months. I traipsed about the red light district, just to pass the ...
The Heineken Experience
This is a top pick! ... but also a disappointment at the same time. At the beginning of the museum there are wax figures depicting life in early Amsterdam and a massive figure that comes out of the roof and talks to you. An asian man and his two daughters went in at ...
Sex, Drugs and.. Jews..
This is a top pick! <Brian's loooong chronological list of "highlights" (and of whinging)... > - Arrived in Amsterdam... the transit people aren't as helpful as you would think and give very vague non-useful directions. We eventually catch a tram to ...
Amsterdam
This is a top pick! ... homeless guy was driven out of the carriage by a couple of Austrian backpacker I ended up getting a pretty decent sleep. Arrived in Amsterdam late morning and was surprised at how beautiful the place was. After lots of people had told me it wasn't really ...
Amsterdam again
This is a top pick! I went to Amsterdam to celebrate my birthday in the best and only way to do it. At the Heineken brewery, but it was shut That is all I have to say about ...
A Wholesome Experience..
This is a top pick! ... , there was no lineup so we went straight in. The first few rooms were interesting, covering the history of the Netherlands, and then following on, there were displays of doll houses, which were ornately decorated. It was very interesting to find out that ...
Art and more in Amsterdam
This is a top pick! ... set than included some our favourites, 'Freddy's Dead', 'I like to hide behind my glasses', 'Servitude' and 'Everyday Sunshine'. Amsterdam draws a wide array of tourists that made people watching fun. The infamous Red Light district draws them all and ...
Cooling off
This is a top pick! ... I spent the morning catching up on emails and trying to find accommodation in Belgium so as not to repeat our 'first night in Amsterdam disaster'. We didn't get out of the apartment until midday and then didn't get into town until 1pm. Our first tour was ...
Netherlands again
This is a top pick! ... we had been once before and we know the tours are crappy but the money goes to charity and it is the best Heineken in Amsterdam. Now I was steaming whilst Lucy was happy. The next step was to continue with our glass collection as we had been collecting ...
Last Entry on the Road
This is a top pick! ... and South America... but for shorter durations and with a higher budget. I'll probably do tours through South America. Amsterdam itself is a real hoot... the Red Light District is beyond belief. Girls hidden behind glass doors are available for ...