Amsterdam

blue note · 19-12-2014 02:06PM #1

Folks, what's the story with smoking in Amsterdam these days? I hear tourists are no longer allowed to buy weed, but is that a rule they actually follow?

Also, has anyone ever gone to a live sex show? Any fun?

x43r0 · 19-12-2014 02:07PM

I was there in August and smoked away grand so don't worry

Birneybau · 19-12-2014 02:10PM

At a live sex show starring Batman und (sic) his sexy girlfriend Sammy Jo.

Batman stood on a revolving platform while Sammy Jo inched along on her knees, eh, blowing his trumpet. Inadvertently hilarious.

bodice ripper · 19-12-2014 02:11PM

That rule collapsed when the tried to bring it to Amsterdam. You may need id, depending on how young you look.

Five grams max, and it is poor form to buy one pre rolled joint and sit in with it. Get a coffee/tea/biscuit.

bodice ripper · 19-12-2014 02:12PM

Birneybau wrote: »

At a live sex show starring Batman und (sic) his sexy girlfriend Sammy Jo.

Batman stood on a revolving platform while Sammy Jo inched along on her knees, eh, blowing his trumpet. Inadvertently hilarious.

Und is German, and is en in Dutch.

bodice ripper · 19-12-2014 02:13PM

The sex shows are depressing. Go to La Vie behind Warmoesstraat, amazing lap dance bar. Don't haggle, a dance is a tenner.

mikom · 19-12-2014 02:14PM

blue note wrote: »

Folks, what's the story with smoking in Amsterdam these days? I hear tourists are no longer allowed to buy weed, but is that a rule they actually follow?

Also, has anyone ever gone to a live sex show? Any fun?

You can smoke away over there.
They forgot what side their bread was buttered on for a while, but soon wised up.

Birneybau · 19-12-2014 02:15PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

Und is German, and is en in Dutch.

You see the (sic)? I knew it was wrong but that's what was said.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic

Beaner1 · 19-12-2014 02:15PM

Go to a different city in Holland.

dont bother · 19-12-2014 02:17PM

Go to Barcelona.
They have coffeeshops, and it's not as expensive, or cold.

Rubberchikken · 19-12-2014 02:19PM

go to Paris, cultural and you'll raise your iq:rolleyes:

bodice ripper · 19-12-2014 02:19PM

mikom wrote: »

You can smoke away over there.
They forgot what side their bread was buttered on for a while, but soon wised up.

Given how ****e Dutch butter is, it would be hard to care...

The ruling would have gone through but for Amsterdam, and even here the coffeeshops are getting squeezed out slowly. They have this Project 1012, which aims to get rid of "trash tourism" by closing down windows, coffeeshops, phone shops and head shops. They want it replaced by small private art galleries and bistros, you know, so that can't possibly compete with Paris, Berlin, Prague etc. it's quite sad.

mikom · 19-12-2014 02:20PM

Rubberchikken wrote: »

go to Paris, cultural and you'll raise your iq:rolleyes:

Urggh, Paris.

blue note · 19-12-2014 02:20PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

That rule collapsed when the tried to bring it to Amsterdam. You may need id, depending on how young you look.

Five grams max, and it is poor form to buy one pre rolled joint and sit in with it. Get a coffee/tea/biscuit.

Sadly, I don't think I'll need ID

syngindub · 19-12-2014 02:20PM

can have your bulldogs & grasshoppers.

Personal favourite shop/bar is defo "420 Cafe (de Kuil)"
Absolutely love that place, cant wait to get back

bodice ripper · 19-12-2014 02:20PM

Birneybau wrote: »

You see the (sic)? I knew it was wrong but that's what was said.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic

I know what sic means, thought perhaps you misheard.

Mesrine65 · 19-12-2014 02:22PM

mikom wrote: »

Urggh, Paris.

Chien merde capitale du monde.

Beaner1 · 19-12-2014 02:23PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

Given how ****e Dutch butter is, it would be hard to care...

The ruling would have gone through but for Amsterdam, and even here the coffeeshops are getting squeezed out slowly. They have this Project 1012, which aims to get rid of "trash tourism" by closing down windows, coffeeshops, phone shops and head shops. They want it replaced by small private art galleries and bistros, you know, so that can't possibly compete with Paris, Berlin, Prague etc. it's quite sad.

Scummy tourists are the worst thing about Amsterdam.

Mesrine65 · 19-12-2014 02:23PM

syngindub wrote: »

can have your bulldogs & grasshoppers.

Personal favourite shop/bar is defo "420 Cafe (de Kuil)"
Absolutely love that place, cant wait to get back

Had some great times in Hill Street Blues

mikom · 19-12-2014 02:24PM

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Chien merde capitale du monde.

High class dog shit though......

Specialun · 19-12-2014 02:24PM

Get onto larry Murphy..Id say he would know a few good spots

syngindub · 19-12-2014 02:25PM

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Had some great times in Hill Street Blues

why can't we just legalize for christ sake. lifes to short !!

blue note · 19-12-2014 02:26PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

The sex shows are depressing. Go to La Vie behind Warmoesstraat, amazing lap dance bar. Don't haggle, a dance is a tenner.

Maybe. Would it be weird going to a lap dance bar with a girl? And who would haggle for a tenner!?

I went to a lap dance club in Dublin and it was crap, I suppose they might be different over there. But I wonder what a sex show would actually be like, I'd probably pop my head in!

deco nate · 19-12-2014 02:26PM

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Had some great times in Hill Street Blues

Yep, loved Hill Street blues my self!

Also liked the grasshopper

bodice ripper · 19-12-2014 02:26PM

Beaner1 wrote: »

Scummy tourists are the worst thing about Amsterdam.

Could well be. But IMHO vastly preferable to another European wasteland of twee bistros, filled with just another kind of tourist scum.

faceman · 19-12-2014 02:26PM

The best things about Amsterdam are all outside of the red light district.

Live sex shows... Yeah coz that's where we like to go with friends. :rolleyes:

Micky Dolenz · 19-12-2014 02:26PM

My top tip for Amsterdam,

Buy yourself a bike bell, ring it in highly populated areas. Think Moses and the parting of the red sea. It is practical and good criac.

Birneybau · 19-12-2014 02:27PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

I know what sic means, thought perhaps you misheard.

Then why would I have put the (sic) there?

bodice ripper · 19-12-2014 02:29PM

blue note wrote: »

Maybe. Would it be weird going to a lap dance bar with a girl? And who would haggle for a tenner!?

I went to a lap dance club in Dublin and it was crap, I suppose they might be different over there. But I wonder what a sex show would actually be like, I'd probably pop my head in!

I am a girl, had a great time. The staff certainly don't think it is weird, but she will get dirty, insecure looks from punters from the Indian subcontinent.

And it was Irish guys I saw haggling. Jesus wept. It's a great spot, but buying a drink is compulsory.

bodice ripper · 19-12-2014 02:30PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Then why would I have put the (sic) there?

I thought because it was dropping in and out of English...

Micky Dolenz · 19-12-2014 02:32PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

I am a girl, had a great time. The staff certainly don't think it is weird, but she will get dirty, insecure looks from punters from the Indian subcontinent.

And it was Irish guys I saw haggling. Jesus wept. It's a great spot, but buying a drink is compulsory.

What's wrong with haggling?

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