The Low Down On Amsterdam Escorts.

AMSTERDAM — OK, travel bugs, here’s a Rorschach of sorts: What is the main attraction of this city below sea level? Canals? Tulips? The Van Gogh Museum, full of masterpieces by the tortured artist who left behind his pastor father and his own failed attempt as an evangelist to find joie de vivre in Paris?
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Comments » 10 May 9, 2012 5:40 a.m. Suggest removal Reply to this post Jasper_Neville writes: Amsterdam is one great city- I love the view from my favorite hotel, Hotel Victoria. The Old Church remains vivid in my memory, spiking over the low buildings like a sky scraper. Vondel Park is a lovely park near the city center, also near the Dutch Royal Palace. I look Dutch and often the locals begin speaking to me in Dutch; they are a very warm, and intelligent society. I also love the Hague, beautiful town, and Delft, and Gouda. What separates Dutch communities from any city in America is the level of intelligence and the common se …

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Amsterdam is a place of contradictions. On the one hand, its tranquil canals and grand houses have changed little since the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century. On the other, its known as a progressive city, famed for tolerance and all the vices that go with it.
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With miles of dedicated lanes, Amsterdam is ideal for cycling. Mac Bike is one of a number of firms that lease out bicycles (day hire from £8). Central Amsterdam is served by trams, with buses and the Metro serving the suburbs (day tickets £6).
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Amsterdam can be visited year round. A highlight of the spring is Koninginnedag on 30 April, celebrating the Dutch queens birthday with flea markets and patriotic street parties.
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Amsterdam Schiphol has flights from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City on BA (from £95) and a dozen other cities in the UK with KLM (from £95). Direct trains run from the airport to Amsterdam Centraal (from £3). Eurostar also serves Amsterdam via Brussels (from £100).

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AMSTERDAM (AP) – This country of canals and tulips is also famous for “coffee shops” where joints and cappuccinos share the menu. Now, the Netherlands’ famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke.
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Therese Ariaans of the Dutch tourism board said it was hard to judge the effect on tourism – it could reduce visits from people wanting to smoke pot but increase tourists previously kept away by Amsterdam’s seedy side.
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Amsterdam argues that the reasons coffee shops were first tolerated decades ago are still relevant today – they are well-regulated havens where people can buy soft drugs without coming into contact with dealers of hard drugs like heroin and cocaine.
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“Amsterdam will also have to enforce this policy,” said Job van de Sande, a spokesman for the Ministry of Security and Justice.
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Back in Amsterdam, Leigh hoped the weed pass was a marketing stunt to drum up business.

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Is Amsterdam Still The Top Marijuana Tourist Destination? Published on May 6th, 2012 Written by: Ninja Smoker
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For a while already there have been rumors about a new law that would make it illegal for foreigners to visit those coffee shops in Amsterdam and the rest of the Netherlands. The new policy states that only residents of the Netherlands can register for a so called “weed pass”, giving them the right to visit the coffee shop of their choice once per day and allowing them to buy 3 grams of cannabis a day. Coffee shops can only give this registration out to 2000 clients per establishment so it might be that the shop of your choice will not even be able to give you access if you are not one of the “lucky” 2000.
Many people in the Netherlands, but also outside of that country, thought that this would never happen because Amsterdam without cannabis is just unimaginable and isn’t the Netherlands that open-minded country where things like cannabis and prostitution are fully accepted in society? Well apparently everybody was wrong as from the 1

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Amsterdam is one of the hippest cities in Europe. Energetic and laid-back in equal measure, the city is famous for its open-minded citizens and beautiful architecture.
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Amsterdam boasts a rich and diverse cultural scene, with classical concerts held frequently at Concertgebouw and jazz at Bimhuis, while Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ is a cultural melting pot holding different shows every day.
Built around a 17th century canal network with Unesco status, Amsterdam boasts a fascinating mix of architecture; the works of Dutch architect Berlage and the Amsterdam School architectural movement contrast wonderfully with innovative new projects The Zuidas district and the Eastern Docklands.
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Surprisingly, the Red Light District is also fantastic for shopping. Just a stone’s throw away from the ‘working girls’ is an assembly of young and talented designers based at Red Light Fashion, along the Oudezijds Achterburgwal.

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AMSTERDAM — A Dutch court on Friday upheld a new law that will prevent foreigners from buying marijuana in coffee shops across the Netherlands, potentially ending decades of “pot tourism” for which this city and others became universally known.
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Among the slanted Dutch houses of Amsterdam’s infamous red-light district, Michael Veling, 56, owner of the 420 Cafe that offers an extensive menu of legal marijuana, said he was outraged by the court’s decision. Mr. Veling, who is also chairman of the Dutch Union of Cannabis Retailers, said coffee shop owners in the city of Masstricht, where the law takes effect next week, were preparing to disobey the law and were “ready to be arrested.”
“This is not good for Amsterdam because we are not prone to the kind of criminal activities around coffee shops that are going on in the south of Holland,” he said.

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AMSTERDAM — A Dutch court yesterday upheld a new law barring foreigners from buying marijuana in coffee shops — potentially ending decades of “pot tourism” to Amsterdam and other Dutch cities.
Coffee-shop owners had challenged the plan, which was launched after southern cities complained of a rise in drug-related crimes.
Coffee shops in the south must stop selling pot to foreigners by next Tuesday but may be allowed to introduce a “weed pass” for Dutch citizens. Other cities, including Amsterdam, must comply by next year.
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In Amsterdam’s infamous red-light district, Michael Veling, 56, owner of the 420 Cafe, which offers an extensive menu of legal marijuana, and chairman of the Dutch Union of Cannabis Retailers, said coffee-shop owners in the city of Masstricht were preparing to disobey “this ridiculous law” and were “ready to be arrested.”

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By MIKE CORDER and TOBY STERLINGAssociated Press
AMSTERDAM (AP) – This country of canals and tulips is also famous for “coffee shops” where joints and cappuccinos share the menu. Now, the Netherlands’ famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke.
A judge on Friday upheld a government plan to ban foreign tourists from buying marijuana by introducing a “weed pass” available only to Dutch citizens and permanent residents.
The new regulation reins in one of the country’s most cherished symbols of tolerance – its laissez-faire attitude toward soft drugs – and reflects the drift away from a long-held view of the Netherlands as a free-wheeling utopia.
For many tourists visiting Amsterdam the image endures, and smoking a joint in a canal-side coffee shop ranks high on their to-do lists, along with visiting cultural highlights like the Van Gog …

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AMSTERDAM – A Dutch court on Friday, April 27, upheld a new law that will prevent foreigners from buying marijuana in coffee shops across the Netherlands, potentially ending decades of “pot tourism” for which this city and others became universally known.
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A Dutch judge in the Hague on Friday, however, ruled that the new law was legal because of increased criminality linked to the Dutch drug trade. The move to ban foreigners from buying marijuana, however, is being fiercely fought by the city of Amsterdam, where the cannabis cafes are a major tourism draw and where myriad coffee shop owners have vowed to ignore the law after it takes effect.
Among the slanted Dutch houses of Amsterdam’s infamous red light district, Michael Veling, 56, owner of the 420 Cafe that offers an extensive menu of legal marijuana, said he was outraged by the court’s decision. Veling, who also is chairman of the Dutch Union of Cannabis Retailers, said coffee shop owners in the city of Masstricht, where the law takes effect next week, were preparing to disobey “this ridiculous law” and were “ready to be arrested.”

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Seeking to shake off the disgrace of a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service late Friday tightened conduct rules for its agents to prohibit them from drinking excessively, visiting disreputable establishments while…
By MIKE CORDER and TOBY STERLINGAssociated Press
AMSTERDAM (AP) – This country of canals and tulips is also famous for “coffee shops” where joints and cappuccinos share the menu. Now, the Netherlands’ famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke.
A judge on Friday upheld a government plan to ban foreign tourists from buying marijuana by introducing a “weed pass” available only to Dutch citizens and permanent residents.
The new regulation reins in one of the country’s most cherished symbols of tolerance – its laissez-faire attitude toward soft drugs – and reflects the drift away from a long-held view of the Netherlands as a free-wheeling utopia.
For many tourists visiting Amsterdam the image endures, and smoking a joint in a canal-side coffee shop ranks high on their to-do lists, along with v …

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