Rate This City: Day 46 - Amsterdam

[phcitywarrior]

8/10.

Probably one of the most unique cities in Europe. Has a small town feel and a very quaint charm.

You can ride your bike around 3am through Vondel Park like its nothing.

Pros:
1. GOAT biking infrastructure. You can bike around the whole city on dedicated bike lanes
2. The canals are very unique
3. Little noise pollution since a lot of people ride bikes instead of cars. Like you could go downtown and not hear any cars what so ever
4. Nightlife. It's Amsterdam so if you want access to it, you can get it. Women, weed and soft drugs.
5. Really chill and laid back atmosphere. Things aren't too hectic and its a cool place to just relax.
6. Nice museums and nice architecture
5. Good infrastructure. Good roads and great access to the rest of Europe with the train. Blazing up and then dipping into Noord Central to then take the train down to Paris is

Cons:
1. Nightlife. Because there's so much access to illicit materials, the city has a kind of "dirty" feel akin to Vegas being 'Sin City'. It's nothing to see people stoned out of their minds just laid out on the park grass.
2. Diversity. There really isn't much diversity in Amsterdam. Forget that we have brehs on the their national soccer team, this is still a blonde hair, blue eye city for the Jans and Lizzies of the world
3. Food. Nothing to write home about. Dutch food is mad bland. And unlike the Brits who got flavour from their former colonies, the Dutch didn't really incorporate it into their cuisine. British Indian Food > Dutch Indonesian Food.
4. Weather. A lot of grey weather and surroundings. Summer time is a nice time to visit but other than that. All the buildings are shades of gray and beige. Very little color.

Overall, one of my favorite places in Europe. I think it's good for 2-3 day bursts at a time. If you live in London, it's a good weekend trip in the same way NYC is a good weekend trip if you live in the North East. Anything more than that and I think it'd get ehhh.

 

[MikelArteta]

2. Diversity. There really isn't much diversity in Amsterdam. Forget that we have brehs on the their national soccer team, this is still a blonde hair, blue eye city for the Jans and Lizzies of the world

my uber driver was black told me you have to go the outskirts of the cities for where the black people are , but these areas are "dangerous" so to speak

also i do know around christmas they have that black pete

 

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[phcitywarrior]

my uber driver was black told me you have to go the outskirts of the cities for where the black people are , but these areas are "dangerous" so to speak

Yep. I biked out to what one would consider the "ghettos" of Amsterdam and that's where I saw the immigrant community of mainly Surinamese and Indonesians.

 

[MikelArteta]

is it true you can eat shrooms legally there?

anything goes breh

 

[MikelArteta]

Yep. I biked out to what one would consider the "ghettos" of Amsterdam and that's where I saw the immigrant community of mainly Surinamese and Indonesians.

yeah i laugh at what these euros consider ghetto

try biking in mushin

 

[chineebai]

It has its charms but if you do go spend like 2 days at most

 

[OGBIGBOY187]

I'll never forget the story my dad told me when he went back in early 2000s. He said he got super fukked up then hopped in a cab, he told the cav driver where to go and the driver was like "You know i can kill you right now" my dad was like. Come to find out the hotel was literally right around the corner from the weed shop

 

[Astroslik]

It has its charms but if you do go spend like 2 days at most

So its like the Vegas of Europe?

 

[Kliq_Souf]

Incredible art. Beautiful country. Very clean. Food is okay but nothing that blew me away.

Most racist place I've ever been to. Entire country full of tall, white Dutch and then I'm walking around with dark skin and an American accent. They hate Americans. They don't care for anyone with a drop of melanin. They spoke and looked at me like I was Trump's butler.

The natives are very arrogant and xenophobic

6/10

Wow forreal?
I didnt get that feeling at all.
The locals were nice as hell to me.

The one thing I didn’t like was all the damn bicycles.

 

[mortuus est]

my uber driver was black told me you have to go the outskirts of the cities for where the black people are , but these areas are "dangerous" so to speak

also i do know around christmas they have that black pete

bro my uber driver in dam was some Jamaican dread head , he had welcome to jamrock playing in the whip i kid you not

 

[mortuus est]

2. Diversity. There really isn't much diversity in Amsterdam. Forget that we have brehs on the their national soccer team, this is still a blonde hair, blue eye city for the Jans and Lizzies of the world
.

i never got that vibe when i was there, loads of white people but they came from all over the world , when i arrived i saw loads of blacks and lightskins, especially on the train to the city

 

[analog]

Great city for a fun, short getaway but not some place I can see myself living long term. 7.5/10.

Excellent transit infrastructure, everyone nice, and speaks English. I really enjoyed the food - I'm a crepe kind of guy, and they got them shyts on deck. I liked how everything is walkable in the core.
Oh, and I had some bomb edibles that resulted in the most incredible p*ssy. shyt had me feeling like my entire body was inside the p*ssy

 

[mannyrs13]

8/10.

Probably one of the most unique cities in Europe. Has a small town feel and a very quaint charm.

You can ride your bike around 3am through Vondel Park like its nothing.

Pros:
1. GOAT biking infrastructure. You can bike around the whole city on dedicated bike lanes
2. The canals are very unique
3. Little noise pollution since a lot of people ride bikes instead of cars. Like you could go downtown and not hear any cars what so ever
4. Nightlife. It's Amsterdam so if you want access to it, you can get it. Women, weed and soft drugs.
5. Really chill and laid back atmosphere. Things aren't too hectic and its a cool place to just relax.
6. Nice museums and nice architecture
5. Good infrastructure. Good roads and great access to the rest of Europe with the train. Blazing up and then dipping into Noord Central to then take the train down to Paris is

Cons:
1. Nightlife. Because there's so much access to illicit materials, the city has a kind of "dirty" feel akin to Vegas being 'Sin City'. It's nothing to see people stoned out of their minds just laid out on the park grass.
2. Diversity. There really isn't much diversity in Amsterdam. Forget that we have brehs on the their national soccer team, this is still a blonde hair, blue eye city for the Jans and Lizzies of the world
3. Food. Nothing to write home about. Dutch food is mad bland. And unlike the Brits who got flavour from their former colonies, the Dutch didn't really incorporate it into their cuisine. British Indian Food > Dutch Indonesian Food.
4. Weather. A lot of grey weather and surroundings. Summer time is a nice time to visit but other than that. All the buildings are shades of gray and beige. Very little color.

Overall, one of my favorite places in Europe. I think it's good for 2-3 day bursts at a time. If you live in London, it's a good weekend trip in the same way NYC is a good weekend trip if you live in the North East. Anything more than that and I think it'd get ehhh.

Thanks for the informative post.


I was gonna say "for weed smokers it must be paradise, but not sure about the rest of us"

But after seeing your post, I see its more than just smoking weed to do and see there.

 

[phcitywarrior]

i never got that vibe when i was there, loads of white people but they came from all over the world , when i arrived i saw loads of blacks and lightskins, especially on the train to the city

I had an AirBnb about 15 mins outside of Centrum. Place was homogeneous to the core. There was some diversity, but it ain't on the level of Paris or London.

anything goes breh

I went into this place. Never again in my life. This place was in the movie "Layer Cake" if you've ever seen it.

yeah i laugh at what these euros consider ghetto

try biking in mushin

They'll take your bike and slap you for trying such nonsense.

So its like the Vegas of Europe?

Pretty much, minus the gambling. At least Centruum proper. A lot of people from other European cities come to get high and party.

But after seeing your post, I see its more than just smoking weed to do and see there.

It's actually cool in that there's a little bit of everything for everyone. Sure, you can do the wild stuff, but you can also take a bike ride and just relax by one of the canals. Met this one dude from London and we were just chopping it up something serious