That place looks sick, awesome menu and looks like a very chill environment. Going to have to make a stop there as well hehe.
Seeing the "space cakes" on the menu definitely got me EXCITED!
going to indulge in plenty of those.
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Seeing the "space cakes" on the menu definitely got me EXCITED!
going to indulge in plenty of those.
Sativied
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These aren't necessarily the ones with the best stuff, some are merely, imo, must-visits for tourists.
- 2e Kamer (my favorite, really small, if full, take about 20 steps towards towards the small bridge, still in same alley, on the corner, there is a coffeeshop called Dutch Flower that has a fine oldskool bio Kush).
- Dampkring (the first, original Dampkring) is very close to the above. Used to be in the top 3, maybe even the best. Lost a lot of it's charm after new interior and new owner but well, it's very popular amongst tourists, large menu of hash and weed.
- Jolly Joker ('behind' the red light district from the central station's perspective, I usually buy the Bio Amnesia).
- Barney's (Farm) Coffeeshop (expensive weed, expensive drinks, but a Volcano vaporizer on every table, a modern shop)
- Kadinsky (3 or more of them, they have quality stuff for a fair price, unlike many others)
- Bulldog (small one in the red light district is the oldest, not so great stuff)
- Stix (been a while since I been there, used to have high quality stuff from smaller growers rather than the commercial larger ones)
- Abraxas (near the Dam) - Ok stuff, upstairs is classic coffeeshop.
- Mellow Yellow (first coffeeshop, original owner started first grow shop, first grow guide etc)
Coffeeshops I won't visit again: 420 Cafe and GHS. And the Grasshopper neither (rip off prices to finance that awesome building).
Here's a good map: http://www.coffeeshop.freeuk.com/Map.html
Tip: when you come from Central Station, do not go over the Damrak like pretty much everyone else does (you can do that on the way back), but instead go to your right (e.g. to Barney's Coffeeshop). Multiple shops in that street where you can zombify, and then walk over the Prinsen/Keizer/Herengracht (one of the best spots to see the canals as they 'were' before shops etc. Anne Frank's house is somewhere along that path as well.) towards the Leliegracht (from where you can go to the Dam or continue towards Kadinsky or de 2e kamer. )
If the weather is ok (coldest summer since supposedly 200 years...) the best places to smoke outside for visitors/tourists are imo Rembrandtplein (Rembrandt Qquare) and the Vondelpark.
Have fun!
These aren't necessarily the ones with the best stuff, some are merely, imo, must-visits for tourists.
- 2e Kamer (my favorite, really small, if full, take about 20 steps towards towards the small bridge, still in same alley, on the corner, there is a coffeeshop called Dutch Flower that has a fine oldskool bio Kush).
- Dampkring (the first, original Dampkring) is very close to the above. Used to be in the top 3, maybe even the best. Lost a lot of it's charm after new interior and new owner but well, it's very popular amongst tourists, large menu of hash and weed.
- Jolly Joker ('behind' the red light district from the central station's perspective, I usually buy the Bio Amnesia).
- Barney's (Farm) Coffeeshop (expensive weed, expensive drinks, but a Volcano vaporizer on every table, a modern shop)
- Kadinsky (3 or more of them, they have quality stuff for a fair price, unlike many others)
- Bulldog (small one in the red light district is the oldest, not so great stuff)
- Stix (been a while since I been there, used to have high quality stuff from smaller growers rather than the commercial larger ones)
- Abraxas (near the Dam) - Ok stuff, upstairs is classic coffeeshop.
- Mellow Yellow (first coffeeshop, original owner started first grow shop, first grow guide etc)
Coffeeshops I won't visit again: 420 Cafe and GHS. And the Grasshopper neither (rip off prices to finance that awesome building).
Here's a good map: http://www.coffeeshop.freeuk.com/Map.html
Tip: when you come from Central Station, do not go over the Damrak like pretty much everyone else does (you can do that on the way back), but instead go to your right (e.g. to Barney's Coffeeshop). Multiple shops in that street where you can zombify, and then walk over the Prinsen/Keizer/Herengracht (one of the best spots to see the canals as they 'were' before shops etc. Anne Frank's house is somewhere along that path as well.) towards the Leliegracht (from where you can go to the Dam or continue towards Kadinsky or de 2e kamer. )
If the weather is ok (coldest summer since supposedly 200 years...) the best places to smoke outside for visitors/tourists are imo Rembrandtplein (Rembrandt Qquare) and the Vondelpark.
Have fun!
I will definitely be checking out those 9 coffee shops, minus barneys, hmm maybe just to get a few seeds since i grew their stuff out before.
GHS is more thn likely off my list as well, since just about everything i grew from them became a hermy, never had a problem with any other breeder.
I will also be making a stop at the Anne Frank's house, since its part of my history being from Europe and all.
Vondel park seems like a pretty legit place to meet the locals and maybe spark one up with them.
Thanks for all the info.
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
anne franks house was pretty cool sutra.. tiny ass lil apt above a store.. hard to imagine walking through it that they had to walk around in that tiny space and not make a peep during business hours, not an easy feat after seeing the actual living spots.
I remember reading the book many years ago, definitely was a moving story.
Went to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland a few weeks ago, and it was definitely a completely different experience than anything you read in books or see on tv.
Especially when you do a tour of the gas chambers and crematories.
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
my sister is a teacher, and every so many years she has to go back to college for some more classes, and a few years ago she took a class about the holocaust.. she ended up going to parts of poland and going to some of the concentration camps as well.. sounds like you did the same sort of trip she did..
the first year she was supposed to go, about a week earlier they were in poland, and called ahead to isreal and found out the street the hotel was on got bombed, so they cancelled that part of the trip for that year. a few months later she got a chance to go back and loved it.. got to swim in the dead sea and all..
oh yeah, if you're taking a train to the dam, which it sounds like you're doing, i'd stop off at maastricht.. it's a smaller city, but it's where three countries come together, belgium, germany, and the netherlands.. pretty cool to be able to say that you were in three countries at one time, lol.. it was a pretty lil city, right on the water, and was my first coffee shop experience before going to amsterdam the next day from germany, which was a nice few hour train ride..
2rollingstoned
Well-Known Member
I went to Amsterdam in 2011 for my birthday and it was the best vacation ever! We rented an apartment on VRBO.
Voyagers has just been renovated a little, there are also rooms for rent upstairs but there are A LOT OF Stairs! But Highly Blessed is a cool guy and runs a decent place with good herb. Say hi to him and his Mrs. he has long blondish dread locks.
My favorite shop there was Basjoe's ran by the most amazing fellow named James with dreadlocks that drag the ground. Sadly James has moved on and this is a completely different shop. I really liked 420 Cafe - mellow vibe, classic rock music, nice bar area and cool place to hang.
Amnesia has amazing milkshakes! I had my birthday party at Siberie another cool laid back place with helpful budtenders and good music.
Grey Area is pretty dependable for always having some really good weed but its mostly a buy and fly (buy and smoke elsewhere).
If you plan to visit Ann Frank House go early there is always a long line.
Lots of great art and museums.
I am a huge fan of jazz legend Chet Baker so I had to go where he unfortunately fell out the window and died on the sidewalk below.
It's the most peaceful society I've ever experienced. I would get up in the morning and fire up a bowl of delicious chocolope while watching entire families commute to school and work on bikes. Kids stowed away in big baskets on the front of their bikes like soccer moms driving an SUV.
My favorite place in the world and I would love to go again!
Voyagers has just been renovated a little, there are also rooms for rent upstairs but there are A LOT OF Stairs! But Highly Blessed is a cool guy and runs a decent place with good herb. Say hi to him and his Mrs. he has long blondish dread locks.
My favorite shop there was Basjoe's ran by the most amazing fellow named James with dreadlocks that drag the ground. Sadly James has moved on and this is a completely different shop. I really liked 420 Cafe - mellow vibe, classic rock music, nice bar area and cool place to hang.
Amnesia has amazing milkshakes! I had my birthday party at Siberie another cool laid back place with helpful budtenders and good music.
Grey Area is pretty dependable for always having some really good weed but its mostly a buy and fly (buy and smoke elsewhere).
If you plan to visit Ann Frank House go early there is always a long line.
Lots of great art and museums.
I am a huge fan of jazz legend Chet Baker so I had to go where he unfortunately fell out the window and died on the sidewalk below.
It's the most peaceful society I've ever experienced. I would get up in the morning and fire up a bowl of delicious chocolope while watching entire families commute to school and work on bikes. Kids stowed away in big baskets on the front of their bikes like soccer moms driving an SUV.
My favorite place in the world and I would love to go again!
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
oh snap, this made me remember a good tip sutra.. i highly recommend renting a bike while you're there at east for a few hours and get around like the locals do.. never saw soo many people on bikes then i did when i was in amsterdam..
just be careful of what streets you ride them down as i almost got a ticket for riding mine down a business street that bikes were outlawed on.. cop was a complete douche as well, the only negative experience i had my entire time in amsterdam.. just my luck, smoke all the weed and hash i wanted to, and almost get arrested for riding a bicycle, lol.. too funny..
Im actually on a world trip i set off on in January, did the oceanic countrys, south east asian countries including Nepal, and now doing Europe.
Since I'm originally from here i got bunch of family in Poland thats letting me crash at there houses and its all pretty close to the historical places, so that worked out rather nicely hehe.
Im actually doing a fly over to Amsterdam, After spending 25hour on a bus from Bali to Jogjakarta, Java, in no mood to spend 21 hours on a bus again hehe.
I will definitely try to make a stop there on the way back tho, does sound pretty legit to say you've been in three places at once
.Just how expensive was Voyagers if you remember?
Also thanks for the great tips, im going to try to check out as many places as i possibly can in the week I'll be there
.I'm assuming all those place are in the Red Light district?
Haha oh man that sucks. Good thing you didnt get a international ticket tho, hehe then again might have been a funny souvenir.oh snap, this made me remember a good tip sutra.. i highly recommend renting a bike while you're there at east for a few hours and get around like the locals do.. never saw soo many people on bikes then i did when i was in amsterdam..
just be careful of what streets you ride them down as i almost got a ticket for riding mine down a business street that bikes were outlawed on.. cop was a complete douche as well, the only negative experience i had my entire time in amsterdam.. just my luck, smoke all the weed and hash i wanted to, and almost get arrested for riding a bicycle, lol.. too funny..
Its funny you mention bikes i just recently read a news article that Amsterdam has more bikes then people 800,000 people to 880,000 Bikes
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
damn, that's crazy, but i don't doubt it for a second.. the crazy thing is they're not like fancy bmx bikes or even fancier mountain bikes with disc brake setups and suspension forks, blah blah blah.. nooo, they're all like grand mom style bikes, lol, which just adds to the coolness factor imo..Haha oh man that sucks. Good thing you didnt get a international ticket tho, hehe then again might have been a funny souvenir.
Its funny you mention bikes i just recently read a news article that Amsterdam has more bikes then people 800,000 people to 880,000 Bikes
when i was in barclona, it seemed like everyone there got around on scooters, and in amsterdam, it was all bikes.. i love to see the alternative modes of transportation in other countries as the u.s are so obsessed with their cars, myself included.
and damn, i am super jealous, i wish i had the coin to do a 6 month travel gig across the globe sutra as i love traveling and can never get enough of it, but as of late, monies been tight so i've been stuck on the east coast..
Orithil
Well-Known Member
I don't really get to travel. I got to go to Mexico once when I was a teenager, but besides that just the bus hopping I did around the lower 48. I'd really love to get a chance to go to Europe or Asia, even the Caribbean, but plane tickets are insanely expensive to someone of my very modest means. Maybe I'll go ahead and get my passport anyway, just so I can at least take a trip to Canada, I think I could afford to go there.
The means of transportation is certainly different in every country, anything from scooters, to bikes, to animals, carts pulled by animals, weird tiny cars in nepal that I've never seen before. But it definitely all adds to the experiencedamn, that's crazy, but i don't doubt it for a second.. the crazy thing is they're not like fancy bmx bikes or even fancier mountain bikes with disc brake setups and suspension forks, blah blah blah.. nooo, they're all like grand mom style bikes, lol, which just adds to the coolness factor imo..
when i was in barclona, it seemed like everyone there got around on scooters, and in amsterdam, it was all bikes.. i love to see the alternative modes of transportation in other countries as the u.s are so obsessed with their cars, myself included.
and damn, i am super jealous, i wish i had the coin to do a 6 month travel gig across the globe sutra as i love traveling and can never get enough of it, but as of late, monies been tight so i've been stuck on the east coast..
Its a trip I've been planning for years, one day i just kinda sold everything I owned in cali, packed a 60L north face hiking bag up and left, got a close friend looking over my grows and just been seeing what else is there out there. Also trying to get a little taste of other countries bud/hash
I also did a tour for a little while around the 50 states, the states sure can get beautiful in certain places.
Planes tickets are only expensive to get out of the states, once your out its relatively cheap to fly just about any where else, my first stop was New Zealand that was my most expensive ticket since i was flying from the states then from there to get to Australia i only paid about 160$ then about 145$ to get to Bali, Indonesia from there. And about 30$ to get to Singapore from Indonesia, then once on main land just take the bus/train its pretty cheap.
Its always nice to have a passport on hand, take a few weeks to get one and relatively cheap. And you never know what can come up.
Sativied
Well-Known Member
Great tip. Maastricht is on the river the Maas, one of our main rivers and it sounds like you walked across the Sint Servaasbrug (bridge). It's indeed a smaller city compared to Amsterdam, but for Dutch standards it's one of the larger cities, it's the capital of the province Limburg
That said, Maastricht isn't a great place to go for stoners right now... how to keep this short... Foreigners can't buy weed there in coffeeshops, Maastricht is a controversial test case. Lots of people from France and Belgium go there to buy weed. Mayor is closing coffeeshops, which in turn sue etc. Not being able to buy from the coffeeshops isn't the issue, but because they/some are closed and aren't allowed to sell to foreigners there are a lot of street dealers that 'will' bother you. People also get searched randomly on the streets by undercover cops. Economically this is killing Maastricht (it's an ongoing issue since last year) because obviously many tourists don't go anymore. This is all exceptional and only in Maastricht, but definitely something to keep in mind (5gram max on you).
Bus rides are used primarily between small villages or inside cities, to travel from A'dam to Maastricht (or between any other city) people go by train (modern railroads 'everywhere', pricey though).
+10. As I mentioned in another topic here once, you can waste a lot of time in Amsterdam just walking back and forth. Let me put it this way, I go once every month or two to Amsterdam and whether I go by train or car, I usually still take my bike with me.
P.s. the thing you mentioned about the cab driver saying it's close, even though it was true in your case, it's a major issue with cabs in Amsterdam. Basically many of those cab spot have a waiting line of cabs, and when it's their turn they don't want to waste it on a short trip that pays too little.
Tip for a place to eat in Amsterdam: www.rongastrobar.nl It's from one of best chefs in NL, he had a 2 star (michelin) restaurant which he closed because he wanted to sell his food to regular folks too and not just rich people buying overpriced fancy food.
As for museums, de Scheepsvaart Museum (ship's and stuff), de Rijksmuseum (Rembrandt's Nachtwacht and stuff), Stedelijk Museum (City Museum, never been there), all had a major reconstruction/upgrade recently.
Meeting locals might be a challenge in Amsterdam
Don't bother picking up some holiday Dutch on the way there either. The only response you will get to it is "I don't speak Dutch" in nearly every possible language (people from over 180 different countries).There's one you might want to know: "dank je"
( thank you )If you go to the Vondelpark and go a couple of hundred yards further from the center, sort of 'behind' the Vondelpark entrance gate, you can walk through the PC Hoofdstraat. It's the most expensive shopping street in NL, where the (local) rich and famous buy their clothes.
Amsterdam is like a huge theme park, no way to take all the rides on a single day. I highly recommend planning a route throughout the city. It all seems a lot smaller on the map.
Sativied
Well-Known Member
It's a well known cliche here that in Amsterdam and other cities is that bikes are cheaper than the locks that protect them (which are actually meant for motorcycles and scooters). That's why they are cheap; an even bigger cliche is bikes getting stolen in Amsterdam. In most cities with canals they clean/drain them once a year to remove the 'thousands' of bikes that usually drunk people who temporarily 'borrow' a bike ditched there. My bike 'is' a fancy mountain bike and therefore is locked with 2 locks instead of one, else they simply rip out the wheels
So, if you rent a bike, make sure you lock it to something (canal bridge for example). I also suggest getting one with "hand breaks" (on a Dutch classic bike you basically cycle in reverse to break...).
They actually are called grandma bikes, also known as widows
(It's what girls here get instead of a pony)
These are 'hot' right now:
I frequently piss off the owners of such bikes because I can't help laughing out loud when I see one of them cruise by looking tough as if they are driving a low-rider.
Edit: just remembered the 'borrow-bikes' funded by the city. All white bikes, free to use for everyone. They ended up getting all stolen (and painted). Basically there's three ways to get a bike here, buy one, steal one, or buy a stolen one from a junkie.
Thanks for the heads up about Maastricht might be taking it off my list hehe, or maybe just make a quick stop there. I will definitely be renting a bike, pretty avid bike rider and nothing better than riding a bike while stoneGreat tip. Maastricht is on the river the Maas, one of our main rivers and it sounds like you walked across the Sint Servaasbrug (bridge). It's indeed a smaller city compared to Amsterdam, but for Dutch standards it's one of the larger cities, it's the capital of the province Limburg
That said, Maastricht isn't a great place to go for stoners right now... how to keep this short... Foreigners can't buy weed there in coffeeshops, Maastricht is a controversial test case. Lots of people from France and Belgium go there to buy weed. Mayor is closing coffeeshops, which in turn sue etc. Not being able to buy from the coffeeshops isn't the issue, but because they/some are closed and aren't allowed to sell to foreigners there are a lot of street dealers that 'will' bother you. People also get searched randomly on the streets by undercover cops. Economically this is killing Maastricht (it's an ongoing issue since last year) because obviously many tourists don't go anymore. This is all exceptional and only in Maastricht, but definitely something to keep in mind (5gram max on you).
Bus rides are used primarily between small villages or inside cities, to travel from A'dam to Maastricht (or between any other city) people go by train (modern railroads 'everywhere', pricey though).
+10. As I mentioned in another topic here once, you can waste a lot of time in Amsterdam just walking back and forth. Let me put it this way, I go once every month or two to Amsterdam and whether I go by train or car, I usually still take my bike with me.
P.s. the thing you mentioned about the cab driver saying it's close, even though it was true in your case, it's a major issue with cabs in Amsterdam. Basically many of those cab spot have a waiting line of cabs, and when it's their turn they don't want to waste it on a short trip that pays too little.
Tip for a place to eat in Amsterdam: www.rongastrobar.nl It's from one of best chefs in NL, he had a 2 star (michelin) restaurant which he closed because he wanted to sell his food to regular folks too and not just rich people buying overpriced fancy food.
As for museums, de Scheepsvaart Museum (ship's and stuff), de Rijksmuseum (Rembrandt's Nachtwacht and stuff), Stedelijk Museum (City Museum, never been there), all had a major reconstruction/upgrade recently.
Meeting locals might be a challenge in Amsterdam
There's one you might want to know: "dank je"
If you go to the Vondelpark and go a couple of hundred yards further from the center, sort of 'behind' the Vondelpark entrance gate, you can walk through the PC Hoofdstraat. It's the most expensive shopping street in NL, where the (local) rich and famous buy their clothes.
Amsterdam is like a huge theme park, no way to take all the rides on a single day. I highly recommend planning a route throughout the city. It all seems a lot smaller on the map.
I also look up the restaurant, hmm looks like some very interesting things on the menu, Ill lets ya know how it tasted once i get back
Hahaha i would so cruise on that high rolling pink bikeIt's a well known cliche here that in Amsterdam and other cities is that bikes are cheaper than the locks that protect them (which are actually meant for motorcycles and scooters). That's why they are cheap; an even bigger cliche is bikes getting stolen in Amsterdam. In most cities with canals they clean/drain them once a year to remove the 'thousands' of bikes that usually drunk people who temporarily 'borrow' a bike ditched there. My bike 'is' a fancy mountain bike and therefore is locked with 2 locks instead of one, else they simply rip out the wheels
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So, if you rent a bike, make sure you lock it to something (canal bridge for example). I also suggest getting one with "hand breaks" (on a Dutch classic bike you basically cycle in reverse to break...).
They actually are called grandma bikes, also known as widows
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These are 'hot' right now:
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I frequently piss off the owners of such bikes because I can't help laughing out loud when I see one of them cruise by looking tough as if they are driving a low-rider.
Edit: just remembered the 'borrow-bikes' funded by the city. All white bikes, free to use for everyone. They ended up getting all stolen (and painted). Basically there's three ways to get a bike here, buy one, steal one, or buy a stolen one from a junkie.
ANy idea about how much it is to rent/buy them over there?
Sativied
Well-Known Member
As for renting, honestly I have no idea. Probably differs a lot where (how close to CS for example) you get it and for how long and how many bikes. Probably worth doing a little research an find a reasonable priced one.
I just noticed this: "After renting your bike, follow any instructions the vendor might give you, and lock-up the bike in authorized locations only." Which shows again how often bikes get stolen. Not sure if they all have that rule and how many of those authorized locations there are.
As for buying a bike, used once go for as little as 50 euros (no idea if that's true in Amsterdam though), usually 100-250 or more for a used 'city bike' (includes anything not fancy). New bikes go for $200 to thousands depending on the brand and whether you want electric. A good city bike like a Gazelle or Batavus start at $700 new, those will last for decades. Hybrids (lighter than city bikes, usually 7 or more gears) start a couple of hundred bucks higher.
The "beach cruiser" rates differ a lot:
http://www.beach-cruiser.nl/beachcruiser-heren-men/beachcruiser-1-black-satin-men-electra $400
http://www.beach-cruiser.nl/beachcruiser-heren-men/beach-cruiser-heren/felt-cruiser-marpat-3sp $1300
Yes, electric bikes: http://www.gazelle.nl/collectie/elektrische-fietsen usually around $2000
And yeah, I know my bikes
Edit: www.iamsterdam.com Looks very useful for tourists, English option at top if it doesn't default to English.