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Amsterdam.nl
A straight-forward, accessible site with advice
on living in, as well as visiting, Amsterdam. Thumbs up for the searchable maps. |
Amsterdam
Hotspots
An upbeat review-based site of, uh, Amsterdam's
hotspots. |
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Dutch
Tourist Board
Bright and easy-to-navigate site to essential
information and tourist attractions in Amsterdam and beyond. |
Holland
Museums
A site to delight all virtuality fans. View
rooms from the country's museums before creating your very own. Useful links
too. |
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The
Channels
Take a virtual taxi (complete with ticking
metre) or use the map to click your way through the city's streets and
waterways, encountering hotels and restaurants as you go. |
Shark
The alternative bi-weekly listings mag goes
webwise. Entertaining features and news to get your teeth into. |
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Amsterdamlive
Get a close look at the city's venues with the
webcam, or make use of the excellent links.
(Dutch only) |
The
Cannabis Seed Bank, Amsterdam
Order your
own cannabis seed and learn how to grow and harvest it from this award-winning
producing and distributing company.
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Flight :
You can arrive at Amsterdam by any European carrier like Lufthansa or Air France
connecting via Frankfurt or Paris from India. Jet airways can fly you to
Brussels from where you can take a connecting flight or take a train.
Emirates also offers flights to Amsterdam via Dubai.
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| Visa
: Traveler to Amsterdam must have a valid Schengen
visa. |
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| Dialling code + 31,
Currency Euros
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Take a train from the airport to Amsterdam
city, trains go to Centraal station. Tickets cost 3.80 Euro single /
6.40 Euro return same day. Local taxi's cost 40 Euro's. |
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| The I Amsterdam card
- There are a lot of great tourism deals out there but one of the best is the I
Amsterdam Card. With the little wonder you get free entry to many of
the top tourist attractions in the city. Along with the actual card is a
transport pass. This little grey ticket entitles you to free transport
on all trams, buses and metros, in and around the city. It's
definitely useful when you don't fancy the 45 minute walk to the Van Gogh
Museum from Dam Square. visit www.amsterdamtourist.nl
for more details.
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| Canal
Cruises with the free, I Amsterdam Card canal
cruises. With the card you can choose between the Holland International and
the Rederij Noord-Zuid cruises . These cruise options will definitely help you
to make sense of the 165 canals, 1281 bridges, 8 wooden draw bridges, 2500
canal boats and 120 water bikes that make this city so fantastic
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| Amsterdam tourist
attractions
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- Anne Frank's
House www.annefrank.org
- The Van Gogh Museum www.vangoghmuseum.nl
- The Pancake Bakery www.pancake.nl
- Red Light Religion
www.oudekerk.nl
- Rembrandt
www.rembrandthuis.nl
- Beer
www.heffer.nl
- The Attic Church
www.opsolder.nl.
- Cheap Eats
- Rijksmuseum
www.rijksmuseum.nl
- The Heineken Experience www.heinekenexperience.com
- De Hortus
http://www.hortus-botanicus.nl/
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| Hangouts :
Cafe Schiller at
Rembrandt square is a chill out place for a quiet drink before the night turns
noisy..
Diep at Niewezijds
Vorburgwal is a place where the beat goes on and on.. They also play live
music by Amsterdam's hippest bands.
The Tara ( at
85-89 Rokin ) is an Irish bar unlike any other and great snacks.
Also see events
in Amsterdam
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