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| Page Views: 1,212 Last Visit to Amsterdam: 2007 | Dutch Arts and History. by breughel - last update: Jul 8, 2007 |
Three different types of tourism. | Rembrandtplein - Statues of the Night Watch. |
There are three different types of tourism in Amsterdam:
1° A general type tourism with the classical tour of the town, canals, monuments and main museums.
2° A cultural tourism mainly interested in Dutch arts and history.
3° A "weed" tourism.
I am incompetent for this third type of tourism; my visits to Amsterdam were limited to the two first ones.
Maybe I will change?.
Hereafter some comments about the museums I liked.
Il y a trois sortes de tourismes officiellement recensés à Amsterdam:
1° Un tourisme de type général qui fera le tour classique de la ville, les monuments, canaux, maisons aux bords des quais, les principaux musées.
2° Un tourisme culturel qui s'intéressera particulièrement à l'art et à l'histoire.
3° Un tourisme drogues, en principe douces.
Etant incompétent pour ce dernier type de tourisme, mes visites à Amsterdam se sont limitées aux deux premiers types. (Peut être que mes goûts changeront?).
Ci-après quelques commentaires à propos des musées que j'ai aimés. |
| Dancing Tango at the Leidseplein. |
|  | Dutch Cultural Identity. Something that stuck me in Amsterdam was that less and less people speak Dutch! The many foreign workers don't speak Dutch or do it very badly. Most often they speak English to understand each other.
I also find that in Amsterdam the Dutch cultural identity is getting lost. The so typical Dutch cleanliness disappeared in Amsterdam; litter and graffiti over the place!
A great moment for me in Amsterdam: a genuine Amsterdammer on a bicycle asked me the way!
We had a good laugh when I told him in Dutch (with a little Flemish accent) that I would be pleased to show him the way in Brussels but not really in Amsterdam.
I was pleased to visit Haarlem, at 20 minutes by train, were I found again Holland like it was on my first visits a quarter century ago.
Identité Culturelle Hollandaise.
Mes amis néerlandais, la lecture régulière de la presse néerlandaise, m'avaient fait constater des éléments de crise d'identité culturelle auprès de la population "autochtone".
C'est le plus visible à Amsterdam, pas pour le touriste étranger qui se trouve soudain plongé dans le bouillonnement de cette ville multiculturelle, mais bien pour celui qui pratique les Pays-Bas depuis un quart de siècle ou plus.
L'identité culturelle si typique des Pays-Bas disparaît, même la langue Néerlandaise est en difficulté. La typique propreté Hollandaise n'est plus de mise à Amsterdam.
La politique du laisser faire a aussi des côtés négatifs!
En prenant le train (20 minutes) pour Haarlem j'ai retrouvé avec plaisir la Hollande telle que je l'ai connue il y a un quart de siècle. |
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pieter_jan_v Mon Apr 28, 2008 20:37 UTC
Eddy, 't is bijna Koninginnedag hier, dus een beetje Oranje mag wel. 't Was n.a.v. een misc. forum posting van mij over voetbal. Het fottotje is van de vorige Ek. PJ | Nemorino Sun Feb 24, 2008 21:29 UTC
Fine tips on the Amsterdam museums and bicycles! By the way, there are two more types of tourism in Amsterdam besides the three on your list: 4. Bicycle tourism. 5. Opera tourism. | Valeggua Fri Nov 2, 2007 12:27 UTC
Woa, what a nice Amsterdam page, and also informative tips for the travelers:) Good job! | Bushman23 Fri Oct 12, 2007 14:25 UTC
You have fantastic page about a wonderful city! interesting info about the mushrooms, did notice them on sale in several shops. I also ate at the Rancho, excellent! :-) |
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