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Local Customs: Rude? Naahh, just honest!
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  • The Dutch are very direct and especially in the west of the country always in a hurry. The people in Amsterdam are arrogant on top of that.

    However, if you get to know us slightly better, I think we are friendly, open minded, and helpful. So...don't feel offended if we are direct, or almost run you over on our bikes, we don't mean anything bad with it!

    Speaking of being run over by bikes...we have bike lanes. Ignorant tourists tend to use them as sidewalks which they are not, don't push us!

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  • I don't know what you (wanna-be) visitors are thinging, but I was shocked to find out that a group of Contiki tourists from the States, Canada and Oz, thought we Dutch went to see a sex shows like you might go to the theater. I was hanging myself laughing and these poor tourists were all of a sudden not too happy that they bought tickets for a live sex show that night. They thought they we're acting the like the locals....poor people.

    So: sex shows are for tourists and stag parties mainly, it's not our way of spending a Saturday night!

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    Comments for Gypsy_Saskia about Amsterdam
    Helenbb Sat Jun 7, 2008 12:21 UTC
     Great page. i hope i will be here soon. :)
    black_mimi99 Sun Feb 3, 2008 13:49 UTC
     nice page of ur amsterdam... ^_^
    luckyzen Sat Sep 30, 2006 08:13 UTC
     Wow! I can see why the kids love this place. It looks amazing! Thanks for sharing.
    nipper1 Wed Sep 27, 2006 07:48 UTC
     good infos, thank you for sharing
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