Amsterdam

[dankman]

So this is really far into the future but me and my buddies are planning on saving up money and going to Amsterdam in the summer of '08 We then will be 18 and I was wondering

Are they dicks to american people?

When is the Cannabis Cup?

and Which is the best place to go to, too get some buds?

dankman Reviewed by dankman on 02-10-2007. Amsterdam So this is really far into the future but me and my buddies are planning on saving up money and going to Amsterdam in the summer of '08 We then will be 18 and I was wondering Are they dicks to american people? When is the Cannabis Cup? and Which is the best place to go to, too get some buds? Rating: 5

[poiuyt]

Dude, you have so much time! Quit thinking about it now. You might ruin your expectations!

I've heard that they are quite rude to tourists because they think that tourists are only there for the coffee shops. At least that's what my history teacher said when she went last summer. Yeah, she's cool like that. She swears in class from time to time, told us she smoked in Amsterdam, and she's pretty hot too.:smokin:

[Sir Bliss]

I've actually heard that the people in Amsterdam are fairly friendly to Americans (assuming you're in a tourist-y place).

The Cannabis Cup takes place in November, I believe. Either that or late October.

As for places to visit, try this--http://www.amsterdam.info/coffeeshops/

I'm planning on going this winter. Probably sometime around early December. We have a good month off from school (Oh, the joys of college) so I'd be looking to stay a good two weeks minimum! I cannot wait. It's going to be amazing.

[iPot]

Watch out, some of the coffeeshops will sell you shit if you have a foreign accent. I reccomend Zappa's bar as a first stop, or Cafe42 its now called. Some people will be rude to you in Amsterdam, but most people are friendly you'll find.

[RaoulDuke45]

cannabis cup takes place over thanksgiving, and i think a ticket costs around $200

[suede_fillet]

I'm from Brooklyn and I've been to Amsterdam a few times. It has to be the most layed back place on earth. I have yet to encounter anyone there being mean on the basis of being a foreiner or otherwise. All we did was hang out with locals get high and go to underground hip hop spots. If been to many places in my travels but I would have to say that Amsterdam is top 3 on my list of chillest places to hang out.... Go for New Years, its a blast.

[Podge_Boro]

iv been told that bulldog is the best in amsterdam
got no more information for ya tho

[bklynbenz]

ive been there a few times and heres a few of my observations...

everyone hates americans yet they listen to american music, try to dress like americans, talk like americans. all the locals we ran into that werent in coffee shops (and some in certain shops like dutch flower, basjoe) always looked at us like we had ten heads when we walked in with boxes of phillys and each started rolling 2 gram blunts of the nelsons with some carmella and smoked them to the head. if we asked for directions or advice most of the time we were ignored, told 'ney' or a few times called farkin arsholes.

big brother is everywhere. videos cameras in all the streets, in all the alleys, on all the corners. not as many uniformed cops as say nyc but we learned most of the cops that are on duty are undercover with cameras on their necks. also on the highways they have those cameras on the signs that monitor your speed between signs and if you get to a sign quicker than you should you can expect to get a ticket in the mail.

that we get the same or even better weed in nyc except that its 10 times as expensive and theres not always as big of a selection. we also dont get anywhere as near the variety and amount of hash here. its too risky here, if youre gonna sell hash you might as well sell coke.

one thing i did not like was all the shady looking al qaeda terrorist looking people in the coffee shops smoking hash out of a hookah in the corner or selling donuts and pastries in the bakeries. wasnt sure if they were plotting their next move in the coffee shops over some hash or that buying donuts and shit we were helping support those motherfukers.

all the street peddlers trying to sell us coke, e, h, crystal, etc., everytime we walked past them stopped after my boy knocked one of them out when he wouldnt get out of his face, lol.

the hotel tried telling us we couldnt smoke the murdas in the hotel and actually put us in the no-cigarette smoking section of the hotel. didnt matter to us, we still puffed in the hotel and each time they knocked on our door we asked them if they honestly thought that 4 guys from nyc werent going to smoke in amsterdam as we continued to blaze.

tv sucks over there. they have a bunch of corny ass stupid US sitcoms that they re-run with i guess dutch subtitles. pretty interesting how you can just sms a hooker to your room from the commercials on tv.

heres my favorites list in no particular order:

coffeeshops:
1> barneys
2> grey area
3> hill street blues
4> baba
5> abraxas
6> greenhouse
7> amnesia
8> dutch flower

murdas:
1> willie nelsons from barneys
2> arjanâ??s ultra haze #2 from greenhouse
3> nyc diesel from nes
4> nevilles haze from hunters
5> grey haze from grey area
6> sweet tooth from bluebird

hash:
1> carmella cream from barneys
2> nevilles haze hash from greenhouse
3> abraxas special from abraxas
4> skuff from pink floyd
5> iceolator from barneys

shrooms:
1> azurescens (worlds strongest shrooms)
2> thai

[bklynbenz]

also grab a copy of the smokers guide when you first get there, you can cop at all the souvenir type spots it has a list of all the shops with addresses and a map

heres the site...

A Smokers Guide to Amsterdam, marijuana, cannabis and drug guide.