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It's me by the way :P

I'll be in your lovely city on March 23rd to 25th. This time I have an itinerary and hopefully won't get lost :P

Any recommendations for places to see or restaurants to eat at or bars/pubs to go? :D
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You're lucky I see this, as I do not frequent MP that often anymore.

Now, tips!
Traditional Dutch good food: http://www.haesjeclaes.nl/?language=en_EN
I cannot recommend this place enough, their food is excellent and not too expensive.
I have taken several foreign friends here and it's always been great.

Other than that, places to see:
I can recommend that you get a ticket for Amsterdam's Hop on Hop Off: http://www.citysightseeingamsterdam.nl/en_GB/

Of course our museums, Heineken Experience if you like beer, the square behind the experience also has a couple of good places to eat and there's the Albert Cuyp Market a little further.
And Artis Zoo, if you like zoos.
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Sweet, I'll add that restaurant to my list.

I did the hop on hop off bus last time, more interested in staying for the whole tour this time round.

There's a couple of museums I missed last time though I did visit the cat museum :D I visited a market, the flower one, think it's a different one. Not really one for zoos but since I didn't go last time I might do this time. Cheers :D
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I SO recommend the Rinks museum and the vanGogh museum.

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Those are the two I missed out on last time (along with Anne Frank museum) so they're on my list this time :D

I don't intend on taking any kind of drugs other than alcohol and caffeine :P
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Sugami wrote:I don't intend on taking any kind of drugs other than alcohol and caffeine :P
Good!
Because these:
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Are not some "Meanwhile in Amsterdam" joke by Imgur or 9Gag unfortunately, but hard reality, very hard reality...
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Yeah I noticed those signs, I also had two people try to sell me drugs :oops: Not like there's not enough legal drugs in Amsterdam to do anyways, I don't see why people would feel the need to purchase illegal and very dangerous drugs *sigh*

Well I had fun, accomplished what I had set out to do (mostly) but failed on the food and drink front :P I took a list of 5 restaurants and 5 bars to visit, didn't get to visit any, though I did visit the House of Bols, which I loved :D I tried finding Le Garage on the first day, got lost and when I finally found it they had closed for lunch :( So after that I just decided I'd go to the most convenient place to save time. Got lost trying to find the Temple Bar Irish Pub, twice in two days :P Couldn't find the Penis Fountain in the RLD, I'm sure it's no longer there now!

Anyway if you're interested in seeing some of the crappy photos I took:

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Looks like you had fun.

By the way, that church across Central Station is the Saint Nicholas church.
Your hotel wasn't too far from where I live by the way.
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Oh you live near the NH Schiller? That's pretty central, it's a pretty sweet spot to base your holiday around :D I might stay there next time, overall quite happy with the place :)
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I don't quite live around the corner but a 15 minute walk is pretty close for me.
I live on the edge of the city center myself, close enough to where everything happens but not in the middle of all the noise.
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Probably closer then the last hotel I stayed at :P, though wasn't too bad. Hotel Pein or something in the Museum Quarter, kinda down an alley than ran parallel to the small part of the park.

Heck I don't even live a 15 minute walk away from my town center, more like an hour's walk or a 10 minute car ride :lol:
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Who's got two thumbs and going to Amsterdam again in October? This guy! :2thumb: :lol:
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Haha, nice.
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Yup found out there's actually loads more musuems than originally thought so still plenty to do and doubt will be able to see all of them too :D
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yeah, tell me about it.
I live in Amsterdam and I haven't seen or even found all of them! Sometimes I even go "They have a museum for that? In Amsterdam?!
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If you can think of it, Amsterdam has a museum for it :lol:
I saw the cat museum the first visit, obviously the best museum there is :P
1 week to go now :D
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Sugami wrote:cat museum
Why didn't I know about this?!
Recommendation: Amsterdam's very own CAT CAFE!
(You will need a reservation, I can help with that but send me a message as I don't read this forum every day.)
1 week to go now :D
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You didn't know about the Cat museum?! http://www.kattenkabinet.nl/

TBH it's not great but I got a free postcard with a cute kitty in cotton wall and there was a sleeping cat inside, catception!
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Pictures!

Day 1 - https://www.facebook.com/david.pike.712 ... 838&type=3
Day 2 - https://www.facebook.com/david.pike.712 ... 838&type=3
Day 3 - https://www.facebook.com/david.pike.712 ... 838&type=3

Cats were mostly lazy and looked to be sleeping most the time, one wasn't in the mood to be petted but he/she'd jump up on your lap briefly. I didn't have a lap cat for long sadly :(
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How was the cat cafe itself? I haven't gone there yet.
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It's pretty small, capacity is probably around 10-15. Can see a lot of the cat furnisher on the walls from the photos. They make good hot chocolate, I just had a croissant.

Turns out we have one as well next time you're in London, I'll have to find it myself :D

http://ladydinahs.com/
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I'll certainly look for that one when I hit London again.
I haven't been there for a while, it'll likely be some time next year when I go again though.
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