Which cities to visit in the Netherlands

[Alfa]

This poll is for members who have visited several cities in the Netherlands and for those who are living in The Netherlands. Please vote, which cities you find the nicest for the drug oriented people. I expect Amsterdam to come out 1st as most who have visited the Netherlands will have visited Amsterdam as well.
IF YOU HAVE ONLY VISITED AMSTERDAM, THEN DO NOT VOTE.

[Alfa]

You can vote for 2 cities, not more.

[daeron]

^sorry, i was an idiot and didnt read that....anyho if i had to choose:
groningen-the only decent,civilized parties. some lets say decent psytrance and ebm events, ran into nice RC hippies too.
maastricht- cos of heaven 69!!

[Woodman]

Not that my opinion counts as I've never been there, but someday I'ld like to see the flood retention & oceaneering mechanisms. I think they're in Zanderfoot, or Zaantersoot or Zoonderzsat, ... something like that.

Oh hell, it's on the damned coast.

...not my fault the Dutch speak funny.

[Alfa]

I think it's about time for a map. Half of the Netherlands is on the coast. The Netherlands is less than 200 km / 125 miles wide. For the waterworks you'd have to go to Zeeland. (South-West)

[Psych0naut]

SWIMs vote goes for Leiden, as they have plenty of shops(14) and it isn't as touristic as Amsterdam.
SWIM lives 2 miles away from it, and realy likes the city where there are plenty other things then smoking as well.
It's a college city(which has one of the oldest colleges in the world) so there is a good nightlife with plenty of cafe's and some clubs.
There are also plenty of museums and some good restaurants, and the admosfere is IMO more friendly then in Amsterdam.

Ow and Alfa, the picture doesn't work.Here is one which shows where Zeeland lies.

[Fantasian]

Only ever been to Amsterdam, No votes from me,

[VincentVan]

I had to vote for ´dam and Maastricht but that´s because neither Hoorn nor Rotterdam figured in the pool. I had a good time in Hilversum too (forgive my spelling if it´s wrong); and what happened to Breda and more importantly to Eindhoven?

[Alfa]

The forum software allows a max of 10 options. Breda would have been good as an extra option. I have no idea, why you'd want to include Eindhoven. My impression of it is far from cozy.

[VincentVan]

As a matter of fact I have never been to Eindhoven ; I was surprised that it was not included just because it´s one of Holland´s major cities and, thanx to the PSV football club, one of the most known outside Holland.

[IHrtHalucingens]

SWIM has been wondering about the language situation in many of these cities. He assumes one can get by with english in amsterdam because of the high tourist traffic, but what about most of the other sities mentioned? SWIM would like to visit the netherlands some time, but not just the cliche amsterdam, he'd like to travel around for a little while. Could he get by with english and maybe a english to dutch dictionary or would he need to do some learning before hand? Swim would hate to be one of those stupid american tourists expecting to be catered to while on his voyage.

[D.U.M.B]

When SWIM lived there for four months out of the cities mentioned above he visited amsterdam, the hague, utrecht and leiden.

SWIM prefers the hague to them all. SWIM really liked it there

[Bajeda]

Originally Posted by D.U.M.B

When SWIM lived there for four months out of the cities mentioned above he visited amsterdam, the hague, utrecht and leiden.

SWIM prefers the hague to them all. SWIM really liked it there

Swim would have to agree. The Hague was one of his favourite places in the Netherlands. He loves Amsterdam, but finds it a bit crowded and touristy for his taste. The Hague didn't have as trendy clubs and coffeeships it seemed (the ones he went to at least) but they were very nice and pretty local oriented. He barely saw any foreigners in the places he went to. It was quite nice.

On a separate note, Rotterdam was pretty nice to hang around in and have a few beers. A pretty chill place. Hell, the whole country is chill!


Swim really wants to go back to Edam though and lay out in a field and take some shrooms or something. Or maybe he will just sit and stare at the windmill.

[Woodman]

psych0naut,

Many thanks for the map.
That is awesome!

I've NEVER seen the nl depicted in that proportion. It helps me to understand the country better in terms of regions.

[VincentVan]

Originally Posted by IHrtHalucingens

SWIM has been wondering about the language situation in many of these cities. He assumes one can get by with english in amsterdam because of the high tourist traffic, but what about most of the other sities mentioned? SWIM would like to visit the netherlands some time, but not just the cliche amsterdam, he'd like to travel around for a little while. Could he get by with english and maybe a english to dutch dictionary or would he need to do some learning before hand? Swim would hate to be one of those stupid american tourists expecting to be catered to while on his voyage.

No need to worry about that.
One of the things that never cease to surprise me when I´m in Holland is how excellent is everyone´s command of the english lingo .
I really mean everyone´s : farmers, fishermen, mechanics even journalism majors.
A big part of classes in dutch universities are teached in english and studied on english texts, in some cases even when the the professor is dutch ( which really makes me wonder why).
Ask any dutch and he (or she) will tell you that he considers english his second language, but if you will try to ask them why then you will receive a number of different answers and reasons.
Among the most common are the influence of movies and TV (which are never dubbed) and historical/economical ties.
The more intellectual minded will point out the importance of being able to read english since few books are translated in dutch because of the small market of dutch reading public, although I have never heard this point being made by a dane or a finn, whose combined numbers are a fraction of the dutch population.
To make a long story short: save the money of the dutch-english dictionary and instead invest it in some good dutch beer or some of the offerings of the justly famous coffee shops.
It won´t take long before you´ll find out that the last of your problems is how to be understood in the streets of a dutch town.

VV.

" Lá , tout n´est que ordre et beauté
Luxe, calme et volupté."

( Charles Baudelaire. "Invitation au voyage" . From " Les fleurs du mal" )

[Woodman]

I believe this event is held in different cities, usually in the Netherlands.

It's interesting, but if I were visiting Holland, I don't know if I would spend the effort traveling too far outside of Amsterdam just to see it.

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[Ch3ster]

For everyone goin to holland HIT UP LEEUWARDEN. Greaaat weed for nice prices...

[michael1]

Amstedam is the 1st best city in holland because it has over 300 coffeeshops and smart shops and a huge red light district and very good weed from the grey area and barneys coffeeshops.and it is also the capital then its the hauge it has a lot of coffeeshops but not as many as amsterdam they have call it the game/the greenhoue grand cafe cremers the hauge is also the seat of the dutch government so these are the two most crucial cities in holland.

[dangermouse]

you cant go far wrong with willie wortals (sorry i dont think thats the write spelling) if you ever visit haarlem and its write across from the train station.they also have a delivery service if you staying in or around haarlem.(a wee tip if you get the delivery service thers a deal where they give you 3 bags of weed for the price of 2,but youve gotta tell him cause he wont tell you.also thers a reggie bar/coffieshop in haarlem i cant remember the name (just ask anyone for the reggie bar everyone knows it)if any hardcore brits fancy a good old style boozer with weed then you gotta check this place out,its owned by a guy from england(this guy can get you brown sauce,buckfast,and all uk products for all you ex pats.

[neversummer]

Utrecht actually has more shops then a'dam. but if you want the real experience you need to get away from the tourists and go to other smaller cities like Emmen. If you ever in Emmen or Coevorden check out Ankara, they got something called Ankara mix which is really dank stuff. SWIM got some really nice stuff there.

[yaba]

For swim it is Leeuwarden and Amsterdam He is born in Leeuwarden and has easy access to Heroine, Crack, Benzos with little looking Xtc and Amfetamines isn't a problem either. He lived in Amsterdam for more than 4 years and had easy access to Yaba, Ketamine and all the usualls. He lives now away from the Netherlands in a place with little drugs, Its better for him!

[VincentVan]

Last time I was in Holland I spent a couple of nights in Rotterdam.
WOW. The place is totally changed in the last 3/4 years.
It´s become one of the most vibrant and innovative scenes this side of the pond.
Its skyline seen from the water makes one think of the one of Sanangeles in "Blade Runner"; its nightlife never stops and is far more enjoyable than London's, Berlin's and Milan's.
Its folks, opened since centuries to the influences of the outside world like only the burgers of a big harbour can be; seem to have applied their Calvinist thoroughness to to enjoy themselves and to use the weath of their city to make life , if not better, at least more interesting.
Go there.
It´s worth it.

VV

[Blower Bob]

I live in Maastricht and must say that the weed we got here is often better than
the weed in Amsterdam, But that is because Amsterdam is too dam commercial!!!
And there are large price differences between Maastricht and Amsterdam.

Bob

[libertalism]

From your list i chose Maastricht & Amsterdam. Why? It are the only 2 cities i've been to on your list.

2 More popular citys for most people from Belgium are Geleen & Eindhoven

libertalism added 2 Minutes and 20 Seconds later...

Originally Posted by Alfa

The forum software allows a max of 10 options. Breda would have been good as an extra option. I have no idea, why you'd want to include Eindhoven. My impression of it is far from cozy.

Eindhoven has alot of competition so the prices are lower then say Maastricht.