Have you ever been to Amsterdam?

Jess16 · 07-01-2012 11:52PM

What happens in Amsterdam, stays in Amsterdam !

senorwipesalot · 07-01-2012 11:57PM

Great destination for a weekend break.My wife brought me there for my birthday.Did the Heineken museum,Anne Frank,Van gogh,coffee shops.The red light is a real eyeopener.
It turns into a different city after dark.Very seedy and not the kind of place to leave your guard down.

johnny_cash · 08-01-2012 12:02AM

I went out there with 11 other lads 3 year ago.It's was savage

The prostitutes are stunning.We done nothing only drink and go to the red light district for the whole week.

annie.t · 08-01-2012 12:03AM

Jess16 wrote: »

What happens in Amsterdam, stays in Amsterdam !

you wish

johnny_cash · 08-01-2012 12:05AM

I forgot to post did anybody see the guy with the football.He was class, he looked like a homeless guy but he was the unreal with a soccer ball.He was even climbing up a lampost while heading and soloing the ball.

batistuta9 · 08-01-2012 12:10AM

johnny_cash wrote: »

I forgot to post did anybody see the guy with the football.He was class, he looked like a homeless guy but he was the unreal with a soccer ball.He was even climbing up a lampost while heading and soloing the ball.

yeah i seen him climbing the pole too - mental.

seen him another night and he was pissed, he was giving the ball to people and seeing if they could do anything like him, think he was piss off cause they didn't give him money.

don't know if he's homeless but he could be, he looks like he could be brazilian

starbelgrade · 08-01-2012 12:18AM

Amsterdam is one of the coolest cities in Europe. True, there's a lot of tourists on the drugs n' hooker trails, but it has a hell of a lot more than that to offer.

Some people say the place is seedy, but if you stay out of the red light district, it's quite a cosy & welcoming city.

ringadingding · 08-01-2012 12:20AM

I once collected a mate from the airport , he'd been in the dam Partying for 3 days non stop, he was coming down big time and was starving, so we stopped in a chipper.

The poor guy was in bits, and shaking n shivering waiting for his burger.
Some kid about 5 was watching him closely and asked his mum loudly ' mum why is that man shaking' and the whole place turned their eyes to him...... He nearly melted, nearly cried and nearly vomited.
The kid still waiting for an answer was staring him down, my mate stuttered loudly' I'm just back from amaterdam' and ran out of the chipper.

I often wonder if that scenario will affect any part of the kids life in the future....

For the record, everyone I know has done drugs and gone to hookers there, almost all get too high to actually **** the hookers and end up talking nonsense to them and getting ripped off by them.

bradolf pittler · 08-01-2012 12:21AM

was there twice,didnt partake in any durty stuff but did take a "special" cake on the 1st night.didnt feel anything so decided to take 4 the night after.....was last seen dribbling in a corner of 1 of the irish bars there.
ahhh the memories.

Thatnastyboy · 08-01-2012 12:25AM

Been there heaps of times, everyone should visit the Dam at some stage, even if you don't wish to venture to a coffeeshop or the RLD.

There's a lot more to the place than weed & hookers.

Yes & Yes, (at least im honest, most of the fellas that are saying no about the red light girls are lying, until you've experienced it you cannot explain how incredibly sexy many of them are :P )

Tis the greatest city in the world imo , its been cleaned up no end in recent times too.

not many of the "charlie coca coca" boys whispering in your ear anymore thank feck,

a lot of the beggars have disappeared too, which is kind of a pity because some of them were hilarious.

I also visited Utrecht, Eindhoven and Rotterdam and lots of other small towns, love the country as a whole, plenty to see and do, the Dutch are incredibly nice and helpful in my experience many of them will go well out of their way to help you out, and everywhere is flat so you can cycle all day without getting tired!

Oh and the quality of weed & hookers over there is next to none,

now off i go to the aerlingus website, god damn AH reminding me of the 'Dam.

Micky Dolenz · 08-01-2012 12:26AM

Been to Amsterdam a few times, really liked it. Nice city to walk around, good vibe.Loads of history which I enjoy.

First time I went was surprised with how many people were on bicycles.
I saw a couple in their 20's on a bike, he was cycling and she was on the back. It looked liked the most natural thing in the world. It was nice and showed a difference between my culture and theirs.

Getting shit faced and going to great clubs is something I have come to expect in any capital city.

K-9 · 08-01-2012 12:32AM

Did not partake in the first to be different, availed of the second to be a sheep.*

May have got choices mixed up. Amsterdam isn't as liberal as you think.

Seriously, what's the attraction? Its not not as if as you can't get both in Ireland.

Frank Black · 08-01-2012 12:38AM

I like Amsterdam, got to keep an eye out for bikes as you cross the road while stoned though.

The number of time I was nearly cycled over...

Senna · 08-01-2012 12:54AM

I proposed to the missus in Amsterdam, she didn't know i was going to do it, so after dinner i wanted us to take a romantic walk (so i could pop the question) but all she wanted to do was go see the red light district and try some hash.

eire.man · 08-01-2012 01:29AM

2009 cannabis cup, oct/nov 2011 and yes to all of the above, great place and can't wait to take up residence in the Netherlands again asap, go and see it, feel it, smoke it and eat it i always say

face1990 · 08-01-2012 01:32AM

black francis wrote: »

I like Amsterdam, got to keep an eye out for bikes as you cross the road while stoned though.

The number of time I was nearly cycled over...

I came back with an irrational fear of bicycles.

Brain Stroking · 08-01-2012 01:52AM

batistuta9 wrote: »

this is what i was replying to

i even quoted it in the post, she said you could do those things here and i replied the the weed is crap & the hookers are ulgy

to make it clear weed in ireland & hookers in ireland are crap + ugly compared to weed & hookers in amsterdam

Incorrect

manlad · 08-01-2012 01:53AM

Went in transition year when I was 16. Smoked cannabis, drank pints of beer for 30c, got a bj of a prostitute for €30.

Best School trip ever, except one of my friends got caught by a teacher while he was off his face on smoke.

Mr Keek · 08-01-2012 01:53AM

Been there 3 times, smoked blem all weekend, and loved it.

Was in RDL and we we got caught in the middle of a Feynorde Vs Ajax mini riot, police took no crap and riot teams had everything under control in 10mins. Very wierd toking a joint and about 70 police are right in front of you.

The women in the windows were absolutly sensational, very very tempting, if I wasn't in a relationship I deffo would have got the wallet out! God knows what the feck you'd catch off them though, I'm a hypochondriac at the best of times, I'd be a nervous wreck if I paid the RDL girls a visit.

Plenty to see and do, best year was in October, the Whole of Dam Square was a Christmas market with a Carnival and Chairoplanes.......Stoned on a Chairoplane with an aerial view of the entire city going around in circles is a very scary place to be if you get the whole paranoia buzz.

The Van Geogh museum, after a joint, and The XX and all the remixes playing on your headphones has to be one of the most relaxing experiences of my life.

Dutch dance music and the way they dance is mental, like Riverdance on Steroids and Cocaine and the same time, we were like, WTF:eek:

newbee22 · 08-01-2012 01:57AM

I went there last year and as other posters have mentioned I now have a fear of bicycles! :eek:
We smoked while there, ended up on a boat trip, I have a huge fear of boats but was happy out!

Red Hand · 08-01-2012 02:15AM

Does anybody else raise an eyebrow when they hear someone say "Oh yeah, went to Bangkok/Amsterdam/Midgetsexshopville, had a ball.:D

Logical Fallacy · 08-01-2012 02:16AM

I loved Amsterdam. Wake up in the morning, nice breakfast and a fat joint, off to see some Rembrandt's and Van Gogh's, into Vondelpark for a picnic and more doobage. Stroll around the city for the evening before hitting the clubs for the night.

Do it all again the next day.

Very nice spot, lovely people, some wicked museums and architecture. Generally nice vibes.

saa · 08-01-2012 02:44AM

My fella did and still hasn't told me much about his trip :pac:

I would love to go, preferably not to Eidenhoven first but what can ya do.

Cookie_Monster · 08-01-2012 03:00AM

Alan_H_1991 wrote: »

When you were there did you ever use the services of a prostitute or smoke or take drugs?

Been twice, never bothered with the above.

One of my absolute favourite places, it's an amazing city

saywhatyousee · 08-01-2012 03:12AM

Been to Amsterdam 9 times i have done everything over there from coke to hooker's and everything in between

08-01-2012 03:19AM

3 times under the age of 6...with my parents. My Dad likes the er...scenery. There we are!

Then I was there about 3 years ago with my (ex) boyfriend. It was fun. We stayed in a hotel that had rooms that changed different colours. And went to museums and did other non-drugs related stuff, amazingly. Amsterdam is a really nice city, people should explore it more!

3rdDegree · 08-01-2012 03:27AM

Yes, was there on business many times. Never used the services of a prostitute or took drugs. Did see Anne Frank's house though. Don't see how the Nazi's could have missed it really: There's a big sign outside and they have tours. Very obvious.

elefant · 08-01-2012 03:47AM

saa wrote: »

My fella did and still hasn't told me much about his trip :pac:

I would love to go, preferably not to Eidenhoven first but what can ya do.

Well you could fly into Schipol with Aer Lingus, and if you book a reasonable time in advance it shouldn't be too expensive.

Eric Cartman · 08-01-2012 04:39AM

Greatest holiday i dont remember , but seriously im going back , everything there is magical

RachaelVO · 08-01-2012 04:43AM

Only live 1.5 hour train journey away, and just cannot be arsed with the place, been there loadsa time, go drinking and come back here (EINDHOVEN, which is also a kip, but with exactly the same sh1t as a'dam).

When ya see all this sh1te in the cold light of day it's same ol, same ol and really not to bothering with.. I"d rather go to London for a weekend on the batter!

Have you ever been to Amsterdam?

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