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== Must have == | |||
* Vodafone BloX Zorgeloos Internet - Get a prepaid sim-card to get Internet access | |||
** Purchase at a AH supermarket or Vondafone shop, put in SIM, unlock, send the SMS message "zorgeloos internet aan" to number 4000 to activate 30 day unlimited Internet for 9.50 EUR, APN: live.vodafone.nl, username: vodafone, password: vodafone | |||
** Use a jailbroken iPad with MyWi as an access point to offer access to friends | |||
== Places == | == Places == | ||
* Magere Brug - One of the older bridges, 300 years old [http://wikitravel.org/en/Amsterdam] | * Magere Brug - One of the older bridges, 300 years old [http://wikitravel.org/en/Amsterdam] | ||
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== Eat == | == Eat == | ||
* [http://www.pancake.nl/ The Pancake Bakery] - Crepes and pancakes, huge menu | * [http://www.pancake.nl/ The Pancake Bakery] - Crepes and pancakes, huge menu | ||
* Try: bitterballen, a kind of fried meatball, the kroketten (the same, but shaped like a cylinder), a traditional herring or a broodje haring (herring sandwich) served with onions and pickles, a good place is at Koningsplein near the Flower Market, also oliebollen, round blobs of sweet fried dough embedded with raisins (sultanas) and powdered sugar | |||
=== Breakfast === | |||
* Studio 2 - Middle of the Flower Market | |||
Revision as of 23:00, 7 January 2011
Must have
- Vodafone BloX Zorgeloos Internet - Get a prepaid sim-card to get Internet access
- Purchase at a AH supermarket or Vondafone shop, put in SIM, unlock, send the SMS message "zorgeloos internet aan" to number 4000 to activate 30 day unlimited Internet for 9.50 EUR, APN: live.vodafone.nl, username: vodafone, password: vodafone
- Use a jailbroken iPad with MyWi as an access point to offer access to friends
Places
- Magere Brug - One of the older bridges, 300 years old [1]
- Central Station - Big building from 1889
- Amsterdam Dungeon - Horror tour with live actors
- House of tattoos - Claudia is supposed to be the best artist [2]
- Red Light District - Just a quick look of course, between Damrak and De Wallen
- De Poezenboot - Boat dedicated as a refuge for cats, city centre
- Main streets
- Central Station to the Leidseplein: Nieuwendijk, Kalverstraat, Heiligeweg, Leidsestraat. Around 2 Km long, thus lots of various types of shops
- Haarlemmerstraat / Haarlemmerdijk, Utrechtsestraat, Spiegelstraat, and around Nieuwmarkt
- Interesting little shops located in the side streets of the main canals, Prinsengracht / Keizersgracht / Herengracht, espesially around the Jordaan rectangle
- Second Jordaan around De Pijp, Ferdinand Bolstraat and Sarphatipark
- Jordaan - Centre for artisans, artists and creatives
- Nieuwmarkt - Marked in the middle of old city centre
- The Nine Streets - Narrow streets between the main canals from the Prinsengracht to the Singel, Boutiques, specialist shops, galleries and restaurants
- Albert Cuyp Marked - Supposed the largest in Amsterdam, get some good cheese - Albert Cuypstraat 217, Amsterdam
- China Town - Dubbed so, Zeedijk in Nieuwmarkt
Eat
- The Pancake Bakery - Crepes and pancakes, huge menu
- Try: bitterballen, a kind of fried meatball, the kroketten (the same, but shaped like a cylinder), a traditional herring or a broodje haring (herring sandwich) served with onions and pickles, a good place is at Koningsplein near the Flower Market, also oliebollen, round blobs of sweet fried dough embedded with raisins (sultanas) and powdered sugar
Breakfast
- Studio 2 - Middle of the Flower Market
