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General warnings: Construction season
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  • Construction works at the East side
  • of the station
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  • Around the Central Train Station works are in progress.
    A new busstation will be build at the North side of the building with a pedestrian area at ground level and a motorway underneath.
    Furthermore new metro and (high speed) train tracks are under construction.
    The metro works needs digging and the train works need overpasses to be build.

    At times expect heavy construction works going on. It's is well planned, but may confilct with your plans at times.

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    General warnings: Long Lines
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  • Anne Frank
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  • The Anne Frank House is the most popular tourist attraction of Amsterdam.
    No wonder, that during the day long waiting lines grow at the entrance.

    So, get up early and be there at 9AM sharp (or visit in the early evening hours).

    BTW Anne Frank's real house before her family moved to the Achterhuis hideout is located at the Merwedeplein.

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    Website: http://www.annefrankhuis.nl/content.asp?pid=1&lid=1&setlanguage=2
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    Crossing the streets / Traffic: Bicycles
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  • There are separate bicycle roads; these are NO WALKWAYS. On the other hand, Bikes will be everywhere on the walkways.

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    Website: http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/cycle-list.html
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    Cycling: More FIETSPAD
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  • Most of the smaller interconnecting streets are dedicated to bicycles! Please walk on the sidewalks.

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    Crossing the streets / Traffic: TRAMS (they kill too!)
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  • The Amsterdam Trams (public transport streetcars) are great to use, but they travel through some narrow crowded streets too (Leidsestraat, Reguliers Breestraat). So, get customized to look out for tracks and fast trams crossing (when you are crossing the street).

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    Pick Pocketing / Street crime: PICKPOCKETS
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  • There are Pickpockets! (also in the public transportation).

    In the main shopping streets you are warned (see picture).

    The top 5 pickpocket trics:

    1) Cover. You will be surrounded by a group to cover the crime, using newspapers, coats etc. to cover the actual happening.

    2) Broken glasses. Somebody drops glasses on the ground and steps on it. You will be accused and in the events that follow you will be pick-pocketed.

    3) Back-to-Back. Very popular in Hamburger restaurants. While your coat is hanging on your chair and you finally start enjoying your food, the person that sits back-to-back with you starts his search.

    4) Stain. Somebody stains your coat and offers to clean it. The moment you give your coat away..... well you get the picture.

    5) Peeking at the ATM. Cover the keyboard when you punch in your pincode.

    Besides these 5 there were cases people personating as fake policeman and asking for pasports and more.

    Be aware!

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    Phone: 112 (Alarm) or 0900-8844
    Website: http://www.politie-amsterdam-amstelland.nl/frameset/
    Other Contact: Crime report line: 0800-7000
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    Police / Parking: DE WIELKLEM (a thing of the past)
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  • Amsterdam has a strict and expensive parking control. If you haven't payed your ticket or have parked your car at the wrong spot, you end up with DE WIELKLEM. Removing cost a lot of money and retrieving your car once it has been towed away cost even more!

    2008 Update: From January 1, 2009 the parking police will not use the "wielklem" anymore. It was not friendly enough for foreign visitors.

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    Website: http://www.naaramsterdam.nl/engels/
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    Coffee shops and drugs: Pills, Pills, Pills
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  • In Amsterdam you can buy "vitamin"-pills, smoke hash, go into the RLD, get drunk and more.....

    It's up to you; I rather stay healthy.

    For your information: the next list indicaties the likelyhood of trouble vs. cause:

    1 - Spacecake (Many tourist confuse this with "normal" cake)
    2 - Mushrooms (The strong [negative] effects are not well-known to many)
    3 - Cannabis/Soft drugs (Overdosis is a likely cause of trouble)
    4 - GHB/XTC (Pills are related to dance parties, but sometimes they are used to seduce victims. Keep an eye on your drink in an unfamiliar place!)
    5 - Cocaine/Heroine (only in the illegal circuit and always good for trouble)
    6 - Alcohol (Dutch beers contain more alcohol than US ones and drinking too much ...)

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    Website: http://www.gaylinc.nl/index.php/general-info/12-general-info/34-drugs
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    Dam Square Pigeons and more ..: Pigeons
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  • The Amsterdam pigeons are quiet impudent. The moment you leave your food unattented count for a pigeon attack.

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    Police / Parking: Oom Agent
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  • If you get in trouble despite all the WARNINGS I gave you, look for Oom Agent (Uncle Policeman). This one is guarding the Dam Square.

    And don't cycle at pedestrain areas or walkways!

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    Phone: 0900-8844
    Website: http://www.politie-amsterdam-amstelland.nl/frameset/get.cfm?id=2017
    Other Contact: 112 for emergencies only
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    Comments for pieter_jan_v about Amsterdam
    jimmy2526 Wed Oct 28, 2009 15:49 UTC
     i went 3 years ago and it was nice.went again last week and the service was terrible,the worst service ive had anywhere.the food wasn,t that nice and it was very over priced.will defintley be my last time there
    LoriPori Sun Oct 25, 2009 16:35 UTC
     A "Lingerie" tip PJ. Very interesting indeed.
    stevebrink Fri Sep 4, 2009 17:26 UTC
     botel web is not in english.unable to book
    sal_77793 Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:58 UTC
     I loved the tulip museum, the owner was so helpful and knowledgable. He picked bulbs and colours out for us and was happy to chat for ages. I stayed for ages and bought loads!!!
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