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Real Name: Barry
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Cycling: Lock your bike
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  • Written by barryg23 on Apr 12, 2003
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  • I've read that there are 500,000 bikes in Amsterdam and a million stolen every year. So on average each bike gets taken twice. Hence if you rent a bike make sure you get a good lock and check with the rental shop what their policy is on stolen bikes. (The guy we rented them from said there would be no charge if stolen provided we returned the lock keys?!)

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    Coffee shops and drugs: Smoking
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  • Updated by barryg23 on Jun 25, 2003
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  • After you've smoked a few, things are not always what they seem! I stuck to the light stuff, but even this had a bit of a kick.

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    Crossing the streets / Traffic: Watch the trams!
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  • Updated by barryg23 on Jun 25, 2003
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  • You could be walking along or crossing the street and next thing you know a tram comes along and almost knocks you over. This also happened to me when cycling though it's easier to escape them on a bike.

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    Comments for barryg23 about Amsterdam
    sue_stone Tue Feb 20, 2007 15:05 UTC
     LOL - love your nightlife tip!!
    jo104 Mon Aug 21, 2006 21:43 UTC
     Some nice tips on Amsterdam I love stroopwafflen - Love your comment about choosing the most expensive items on the menu when someone else pays :-) hope you enjoyed the Dam as much as I do I'm there on thursday
    Nemorino Wed Apr 19, 2006 15:36 UTC
     Glad you rented bikes. I want to do that, too. I'm going to Amsterdam in May for a few days -- really looking forward to it.
    VeronicaG Fri Dec 16, 2005 16:03 UTC
     Amsterdam is quite the unique place...
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