Is there more to Amsterdam than weed and prostitutes?

I took an overnight ferry from Newcastle to Amsterdam, giving me one day, well, about 6 hours to run around Amsterdam, the capital city of The Netherlands, to see what this famous city had to offer. Is Amsterdam just weed, prostitutes and bikes?Show more

I've never really wanted to come to Amsterdam as I'm not into weed, prostitutes or riding bikes, but when I tell people that, they always tell me that there's far more to see than what the city itself is famous for. Prostitution and weed are both legal in The Netherlands, so people, especially drunk Brits flock to Amsterdam to try out the local delicacies, pretty much ruining the place for other people. The ferry was about half-full, but that amount of drunk Brits is still hard to deal with. I know I've been one of them drunk Brits abroad on many occasions and I can see how annoying it is to be around them.

I ran around the city centre and the surrounding areas of Amsterdam in the limited time I had available before getting back on to the ferry to do another overnight cruise back to Newcastle. I'll be releasing a video about how that was next week.

From what I saw, Amsterdam is marketed heavily towards prostitution, weed and pancakes, as you'd expect. That's pretty much all I saw whilst I was there dodging bikes. The Dutch are class; every Dutch person I've ever met has been awesome, but wow, if you get in the way of somebody riding a bike, they'll let you know about it. I didn't, as I didn't go into any of the bike lanes, but I did hear A LOT of Dutch people shouting at tourists for being in their way whilst riding.

Originating as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important ports in the world. Amsterdam is also the cultural capital of the Netherlands. Amsterdam is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe, receiving more than 4.63 million international visitors annually, this is excluding the 16 million day-trippers visiting the city every year.[164] The number of visitors has been growing steadily over the past decade. This can be attributed to an increasing number of European visitors. Two-thirds of the hotels are located in the city's centre.

I took a short walk through the red light district, or de wallen as it's called to see what the fuss was about. Not going to lie, wasn't impressed, I thought it was extremely seedy and harsh on the women. I'll be releasing a video next week about my thoughts on the red light district and prostitution in general in Amsterdam.

De Wallen, also known as Walletjes or Rosse Buurt (Rose Burt), is a designated area for legalised prostitution and is Amsterdam's largest and most well known red-light district. This neighbourhood has become a famous attraction for tourists. It consists of a network of roads and alleys containing several hundred small, one-room apartments rented by sex workers who offer their services from behind a window or glass door, typically illuminated with red lights.

My view overall from this short trip to Amsterdam isn't a great one, it was dirty, it smelt bad, there didn't seem a lot to do in the centre apart from smoke weed and bang prostitutes or eat waffles. The waffles were great.

This hasn't changed my view on Dutch people, they're probably the best nationality in terms of personality that I've met on my travels - I've not yet met a Dutch person I didn't like.

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

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