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Weed pass in Amsterdam

admin — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:40:14 +0000

Amsterdam is preparing to introduce a new system for coffee shops. According to this law, after registration for an obligatory membership card, only inhabitants of Netherland will be able to buy soft drugs from coffeeshops. It may give rise to increase in illegal street sale of cannabis, as drug trading may again move to the streets. Besides this Dutch tourism industry’s capital here may also get suffer as many of the tourist come here to visit coffeeshops also. This might put an end to “drugs tourism”. Thus it will be difficult for tourists to buy soft drugs in the Dutch.

Yet the proposed law has not been approved but it is said that talk is on move and the tourist are still welcomed at coffee shops. Although many of the politicians are in the favor that Amsterdam should remain to have coffee shops for tourists also. But if the weed pass system is accepted it might get introduced from 2013.

Organizing long trains to beach due to hot weather

admin — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:57:03 +0000

As the weather in Amsterdam is expected much hot (above 30° c) this weekend, so it is expected that many of the people and visitors may reach the beach to overcome this. For the facility of visitors extra long trains are planned to be arranged on Saturday and Sunday by Dutch railways between Amsterdam and Zandvoort beach.
Zandvoort beach is the closest beach to Amsterdam and easiest to reach. Zandvoort station is reachable within 30 minutes form the central station and also the beach is just at a few minutes walking distance from here. At interval of every half hour direct train facility from central station is available from early morning till late evening. It has been announced to employ more of the staff for the safety purpose of elders as well as children.

Gay Pride Weekend in Amsterdam

admin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:57:57 +0000

One of the most special and biggest events of the year in Amsterdam is the Gay pride weekend. This busy and fun pride event brings a tide of joy in the city. In this weekend many of the major cultural as well as sportive activities as the exhibitions and various meetings followed by a series of party as street parties, club parties are also organized. But the main spotlight is the Gay pride Weekend. This year the weekend will be held on 6 August with some of the major events. So, Saturday (6th August) will be the day for the most exciting canal parade in Amsterdam. Every year a huge crowd of spectators get collected here to watch and enjoy this event.

The real entertainment will start during the last day where about 80 decorated boats along with a lot of music and number of boys and girls sails through Prinsengracht canal and Amstel River. The canal Parade will start at about 2 pm and will take about 3-4 hours to reach the end.

Floating Dutchman In Amsterdam

admin — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:24:40 +0000

After the hard work of years, eventually the floating Dutchman, a new attraction in Amsterdam is ready to entertain the visitors. This Floating Dutchman is actually an amphibious bus that conducts a splendid ‘splashing tour’ through the water in the canals. The tour initiates from the Schiphol Airport to the highway into Amsterdam’s city centre, from here it turns to the Amstel river near the science Centre NEMO and continue through Nieuwe Herengracht, the skinny bridge – ‘Magere Brug’, the Royal Theatre Carre, the Blauwburg and the Amsterdam City hall via the Oude Schans, Oosterdok, returns to NEMO and after exiting the canal comes back to Amsterdam Airport. In reality after getting into the water an electric engine drives the bus. The complete tour consumes about 2 hours and 45 minutes so to enjoy this tour one needs to have minimum of 4 hours of transfer time. During the ride one can’t get off, neither there is any stoppage. It has been especially planned for transferring passengers on airport of Amsterdam. It is an exciting opportunity for the visitors who have long layover at Amsterdam Airport or with a tight schedule to visit the sightseeing in “splashbus”. Many Trips are conducted daily after a short time interval.

Van Gogh Museum planned to be renovated

admin — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:59:37 +0000

According to the director of Van Gogh Museum of Amsterdam, the museum is going to be close for about six months in next year. This has been planned so that the work of renovation of the museum can take place. Looking forward for the safety of the visitors and betterment of the condition of building the reconstruction project has been felt essential. It is expected to get completed by the year 2013 when Van Gogh Museum will celebrate its 40th Anniversary and Van Gogh his 160th.

But visitors need not to get worried or depressed as the artist’s masterpieces along with a number of works on paper will get lurched to the Hermitage Amsterdam, which is located nearby, during this period. Art lovers will be allowed to visit and appreciate the collection in the Hermitage Amsterdam in the course of that tenure.

Amsterdam marks a decade of Lesbians marriage

admin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:12:20 +0000

Netherlands was the first country that legalized general marriage for same sex couple in 2001. Today 1st of April marks a decade of gay marriage for Netherlands. Helene Faasen and Anne- Marie was the first Dutch couple to enjoy first legally same sex marriage in 2001 and walk down into an historic moment. At that time several sex couples marriages were concluded before mayor Job Cohen at the city’s town hall. Since then the number of married lesbian couples has been increased to about 13,000.

Today a special wedding ceremony is going to be celebrated in Amsterdam in which many gay couples marriages will be concluded by current mayor Eberhard van der Laan. Mayor added “It is exactly 10 years ago today that the first same sex marriage was celebrated by my predecessor.” Many of the events have been organized in the city to mark the occasion. A photo exhibition has also been conducted at Amsterdam’s town hall to celebrate the event.

‘Waag Tower’ in Amsterdam

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:30:43 +0000

One of the oldest buildings of Amsterdam ‘The Waag’ on Amsterdam Nieuwmarkt square, which was built in the late middle age, is facing some problems in its foundation. The structure was erected in 15th century as the Eastern entry gateway to Amsterdam and now it houses a café. The east tower of the building is leaning towards the building as the main building is submerging but the east tower of the building is not going through the same course. This dilemma is causing cracks and other damages in the tower thus it was supported by a wooden structure last week. Although there is a need to replace the entire foundation yet for now the necessary measures to save the building has been taken up as the other option might consume many years.

View the main Amsterdam museums now online

admin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:29:38 +0000

Some of the world’s most renowned and acclaimed art museums can now be explored without rushing through the huge crowd. It has been made possible with the help of new services launched by Google through the website http://www.googleartproject.com. These services includes the street view for the museums along with another related details, work done by the artists as well as related You Tube videos. Now the famous Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum of Amsterdam can be visited online on Google art project. These two museums of Amsterdam have been placed in the list of top 17 museums that Google has put online. Through Google Streetview even the rooms of the museum can be viewed. Apart from this the details of top pieces of museums can be collected along with the clear photographs by zooming them. The famous painting exploring the famous piece opf art the ‘Nachtwacht’ (Nightwatch) by Rembrandt van Rijn and ‘De Slaapkamer’ (The Bedroom) from the Van Gogh Museum have been photographed in a high resolution. Other than these the Moma and Metropolitan of New York, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the State Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg, the National Gallery and the Tate Britain in London and the Palace of Versailles have also been included in the list.

Amsterdam Welcomes New Year – 2011

admin — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:58:49 +0000

Amsterdam welcomed New Year with great enthusiasm as it always been a matter of great occasion. As the church bell rang at midnight of 31st December, the firework flashed off with champagne corks pop. The magnetizing points were Museumplein, Leidseplein and Dam Square. Nieuwmarkt has always been the point of best firework and for parties Melkweg, Paradiso and Heineken Music Hall are the best options. Now the New Year dive is going to get start at Scheveningen, by several thousands of people with a dip into the North Sea. Although the water temperature is about 5° C but the traditional Erwtensoep’s steaming bowl is the encouraging reward for extraordinary valor. The moment can be enjoyed by being the spectators of the event while taking the pleasure of various dishes served by the cafes and restaurants at the seaside.

Amsterdam is ready to get warm up

admin — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:08:18 +0000

13th edition of the world famous international tango festival ‘Tangomagia’ has arrived again from Buenos Aires to warm up Amsterdam. Since 13 years it is scheduled to celebrate this famous festival for five days and nights every year in between the period of Christmas and New Year. At this time Amsterdam becomes the capital of Argentine Tango with free Tango café everyday in the afternoon and plenty of workshops related to various themes. This year the festivity is going to hit Amsterdam, after the celebration of pink Christmas, with a touch of heat of South America from 26 December to 30 December. In this festivity talented artist present their dancing concerts including Argentine Dance form along with picture screening, photography exhibitions and other events. Besides this the ‘Tango dancer’ from all over the world assembles here to witness and share the experience of this great occasion.