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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Amsterdam Restaurant Week!!!



Ok kids, here it is... a three course meal in the BEST restaurants of Amsterdam for a fixed price of... are you ready??? 25 EUROS!!!  I'm very excited that Restaurant Week phenomenon is also in Amsterdam.  In NYC it's wildly popular because it gives us mare mortals to go out there for a week and check out the bestest and the greatests and the most expensive restaurants in the city for ...

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Amsterdam Calendar: August 3rd-5th – Gay Pride


Amsterdam has been a beacon for gay people since 1811, with its de-criminalization of homosexuality. The first gay bar is believed to have opened here around 1927 and shortly followed by, at the time, the largest gay dance hall in the world, The DOK, in 1952. The tolerant and liberal attitude of the city paved the way for the first recognised same-sex marriage in 2001, while Westerkerk, already famous with ...

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

Amsterdam - Getting Around


Amsterdam is one of the few cities of the world that can be all things to all people. It’s a rich melting pot of culture, history, beauty and hedonism that never fails to surprise and, it’s this variety and spirit that keeps bringing people from all over the world again and again. From most European countries you can be in Amsterdam within a couple of hours by plane, and from ...

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Amsterdam Calendar: April 30th - Queens Day


If you’re planning a trip to Amsterdam and you like to party, then make sure you’re there for April 30th because that’s the biggest party of them all. Queens Day. Or, Koninginnedag (pronounced Ko-ning-in-ne-dach). Queens Day is the Dutch answer to Carnival, and particularly so in the nations capital. For a full day and night the streets flood with people happy and wild and…orange in celebrating the Queens birthday. Orange ...