Difference between revisions of "Travel Feb 2011 Amsterdam"

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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, More details
- Use a jailbroken iPad with MyWi as an access point to offer access to friends
BVG.nl 72 hour ticket for 3 days for travel around the centre, NS.nl Weekend ticket from Schipol to Amsterdam Centraal

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 - 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
Dam Square - Considered the 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
IMAX Pathé - At the Bijlmer Arena - Program

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

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 * Amsterdam Dungeon - Horror tour with live actors
 * House of tattoos - Claudia is supposed to be the best artist [http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g188590-i60-k378552-Tattoo_shops_in_Amsterdam-Amsterdam_Noord_Holland.html]
-* Red Light District - Just a quick look of course, between Damrak and De Wallen
+* Red Light District - Quick look of course, between Damrak and De Wallen
 * De Poezenboot - Boat dedicated as a refuge for cats, city centre
 * Main streets
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 * Jordaan - Centre for artisans, artists and creatives
 * Nieuwmarkt - Marked in the middle of old city centre
+* Dam Square - Considered the centre
 * [http://www.theninestreets.com/ninestreetsguide.html 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 - [http://maps.google.com/maps?um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1227&bih=783&q=Albert+Cuyp,+amsterdam&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il Albert Cuypstraat 217, Amsterdam]