GO Amsterdamm!

User45701

Im in amsterdamm and after a few days of walking around i am amazded at the ammount of irish who come here on holidays and then just end up staying here.
Its a great place you should go to flying pig.

All the amercans here are 1/10th irish

ChipZilla

Why would you want to stay there? It's a bigger sh*thole than Dublin. Dirty. Expensive. Full of junkie scum. No thanks.

ferdi

i just think the dam is a bit too touristy, i'd ove to live somewhere like utrecht, its a beautiful town. if i moved to holland, i'd proably just veg for a few years then come home.

RE*AC*TOR

definetly too big a junkie presence - the constant smell of hash isn't particularily wonderful either. Interesting place to visit (some really good museums). But wouldn't want to live there. Now Prague on the other hand....

Kone

Amsterdam, like any major city, has it's nice scenic areas and it's dirty stinking touristy holes. I like the Spui area, Vondelpark and Museumplein but in and around Damrak is kinda sh!tty.

Rotterdam is the place to be, beautiful scenery and none of that touristy crap...

Nemici

I did indeed go, and stayed for two years,

in fact I think almost every day why did I come back to this crazy expensive smoke free Ireland.

Amsterdam is wonderful and if you can control yourself you can feel all the benifits of fixed rent, cheap food and beer, beautiful surroundings, friendly people and a lot of culture.

Bravo Amsterdam.

BuffyBot

All the amercans here are 1/10th irish

American of Irish descent..wow, that's rare!

MissS

ferdi wrote:

i just think the dam is a bit too touristy, i'd ove to live somewhere like utrecht, its a beautiful town. if i moved to holland, i'd proably just veg for a few years then come home.

That's where I live----> Utrecht

pickarooney

Nemici wrote:

I did indeed go, and stayed for two years,

in fact I think almost every day why did I come back to this crazy expensive smoke free Ireland.

Amsterdam is wonderful and if you can control yourself you can feel all the benifits of fixed rent, cheap food and beer, beautiful surroundings, friendly people and a lot of culture.

Bravo Amsterdam.

Fixed, incredibly high, rent in Ams With 7 year waiting lists though, no?
Not overly keen on the place to be honest. I rarely go there, though it's not too far away (from Eindhoven), but yeah, it is somewhat prettier to look at.

X-Dawg

ChipZilla wrote:

Why would you want to stay there? It's a bigger sh*thole than Dublin. Dirty. Expensive. Full of junkie scum. No thanks.

Agreed. Been there - had a blast but I was glad to leave.
But you can tell the guy only started the topic to let people know he's a mad toker. Just look at his 3rd poll option....

simu

I have been there, like the place but I'd only move there if I had learnt Dutch and found a real job. I imagine many foreigners live there but without ever learning the local customs and getting to know the local people properly but I couldn't live like that.

Dutchboy

Well im dutch living in Ireland most of my life, and i usually go back to holland 3 times a year. Do most irish people think that amsterdam is really the be all and end all of holland? Whenever i am talking to new people, once they find out im dutch, which isnt hard since im a 6'4' blonde guy, its always about amsterdam!
Utrecht is a great city as is arnhem and even smaller places like leiden and den haag is great craic! Leave the city alone , check what the rest of the country has too offer!

Oh yeah, sorry to be goin off topic but does anyone here have an opinion on the little quarter pints, the small glasses they use in holland? the beer is much better there but i think there should be something like that here!
only here beer is too expensive for that!
The publicans would doubtlessly see the potential profits.....b****rds.

Proost(cheers)
Grolsch= king of beers

[Preacher]

RE*AC*TOR wrote:

the constant smell of hash isn't particularily wonderful either.

Nor is the smell of stale beer and piss. (which is the only smell you get in dublin city with the obvious exception of petrol fumes and raw sewage in the form of the Liffey)

As for the argument that its full of "junkies"? I'd prefer to meet Potty Stonerson down a dark lane rather than Drunky McAlcho. And there are far more Drunky McAlcho's in this country than anywhere else in the world so... stick that argument up your hole

chrismon

Dutchboy wrote:

Oh yeah, sorry to be goin off topic but does anyone here have an opinion on the little quarter pints, the small glasses they use in holland? the beer is much better there but i think there should be something like that here!

i agree 100%
i was in amsterdam during the summer drinking beer out of the small glass's. It was gorgeous! so much better than the p!ss u get here

[CALIBUR]

I hope going next year for my 21st

pickarooney

[Preacher] wrote:

Nor is the smell of stale beer and piss. (which is the only smell you get in dublin city with the obvious exception of petrol fumes and raw sewage in the form of the Liffey)

As for the argument that its full of "junkies"? I'd prefer to meet Potty Stonerson down a dark lane rather than Drunky McAlcho. And there are far more Drunky McAlcho's in this country than anywhere else in the world so... stick that argument up your hole

Amsterdam is full of junkies and freaks (as opposed to stoned tourists) though.

Juggalo

I'd rather meet a dutch junkie than an Irish one. I never once felt in danger when I was in Amsterdam. Any people comin up whispering "coke, ectasy" you just ignore. The police carry guns and are respected by the people, unlike this country.

The homeless people are friendly the i was on the 53 tram from my hotel to central station and a junkie was smokin crack. He then comes over tryin to sell me drugs, I just said no and it was no bother, he start givin me tips on the red light district, sayin watch your money they sometimes have accomplices walk in while your doin the business and rob whatever they can find in your pockets. Nice bloke.

Can't wait to go back over. The dutch are the best people in the world. Also my favourite bar EVER is Teasers, one word "LEGENDARY".

MissS

Juggalo wrote:

Also my favourite bar EVER is Teasers, one word "LEGENDARY".

Typical, 'men'.... :rolleyes:

T.G Catter

mmmm.... space cake.

Lex_Diamonds

Juggalo wrote:

The homeless people are friendly the i was on the 53 tram from my hotel to central station and a junkie was smokin crack.

Sounds delightful. :rolleyes:

And mr. dutchman from earlier in this thread. The only reason the Irish only mention Amsterdam is probably because its the only place they've heard of. With all the drugs etc Amsterdam is a paddy paradise.

Blub2k4

The Dam is a kip, if you are really into the whole smoking freedom thing then any dutch city will do, Leiden outside the Dam is a quieter spot.
I dunno who reckons the Dutch are cool, it's a pit of hard line right wingers in my experience, I lived 6 years in Germany on the Border with North Holland.

pickarooney

Amsterdam is an elaborate PR stunt for the Dutch - make a show of being friendly, tolerant, open-minded, adventurous, when the exact opposite is true.

Miaooww!

Winters

Id rather live in other places in the Netherlands like Rotterdam or so. Amsterdam is just very touristy and fun for a few days, just not the place you could live in.

spyro_2001ie

Bit off topic, but is it possible to get a train Charleroi, brussels to amsterdam. If so how much est. and where?

pickarooney

Bus from outside Charelroi airport to the train Station is about a euro, from whence trains are available in all directions. You can also get the Ryanair bus to Brussels and get the Thalys from there direct to Amsterdam (probably the quickest wayat less than 3 hours, shouldn't cost more than €75 return).

There's actually a special offer fro two people for €65 AMS-BRU at the moment, on the Dutch railway site.

And the Belgians are undercutting them by €3 for this week only