Comments on: Things to do in Amsterdam: Heineken Experience http://dreamalittledream.ca/things-to-do-in-amsterdam-heineken-experience/ How far can dreams travel? Follow two Canadians as they travel around the world to find out! Tue, 08 May 2012 00:09:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Scott http://dreamalittledream.ca/things-to-do-in-amsterdam-heineken-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-2618 Scott Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:38:15 +0000 http://dreamalittledream.ca/?p=1456#comment-2618 To be fair I don't think I've ever heard of Amsterdam as a hip family friendly town, at least in Canada. It's certainly more known as a party city with an edge, but I can see how it wouldn't be that great with kids. Especially near the red light district. Though it is all pretty well contained and the city is clean, if not a bit dangerous with the bicycles going 40km everywhere. Thanks for the thoughts! To be fair I don’t think I’ve ever heard of Amsterdam as a hip family friendly town, at least in Canada. It’s certainly more known as a party city with an edge, but I can see how it wouldn’t be that great with kids. Especially near the red light district. Though it is all pretty well contained and the city is clean, if not a bit dangerous with the bicycles going 40km everywhere.

Thanks for the thoughts!

]]> By: Earl http://dreamalittledream.ca/things-to-do-in-amsterdam-heineken-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-2597 Earl Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:41:18 +0000 http://dreamalittledream.ca/?p=1456#comment-2597 We travelled there with our three daughters. We found all informations on <a href="http://www.amstetdam.info" rel="nofollow">amsterdam.info</a>. Amsterdam it is a very beautiful town and the museums are great. But with the exchange rate as it is, we found it very expensive. Some museums were closed for refurbishment, but the views of the canals and hi-lights such as the Anne Frank House and the Artis Zoo (an old-fashioned place with a great array of animals kept in somewhat cramped conditions) are very memorable. The food is awful unless you want to spend a great deal of money and there is a cynical attitude to tourists that is very out of date (e.g. tapas marinaded pork was one slice of fried bacon on 1/2 a bread roll). We stayed in the serviceable but expensive Singel Hotel which was okay but its close proximity to a red light area made going out with the children awkward and there really was nothing charming or liberated about hurrying past the ladies in the windows. The same is true of the legal dope selling 'coffee houses'. The whole bicycle thing is interesting. It is almost, but not quite, the eco-city of the future. Some cyclists are quite anarchic and we spent a fair bit of time dodging pavement mounted bad-tempered riders. Overall verdict was we were glad we'd been but wouldn't go again as it feels over priced, out of date and sleazy - not the cutting edge hip family friendly town it's sold as. We travelled there with our three daughters. We found all informations on amsterdam.info. Amsterdam it is a very beautiful town and the museums are great. But with the exchange rate as it is, we found it very expensive. Some museums were closed for refurbishment, but the views of the canals and hi-lights such as the Anne Frank House and the Artis Zoo (an old-fashioned place with a great array of animals kept in somewhat cramped conditions) are very memorable. The food is awful unless you want to spend a great deal of money and there is a cynical attitude to tourists that is very out of date (e.g. tapas marinaded pork was one slice of fried bacon on 1/2 a bread roll). We stayed in the serviceable but expensive Singel Hotel which was okay but its close proximity to a red light area made going out with the children awkward and there really was nothing charming or liberated about hurrying past the ladies in the windows. The same is true of the legal dope selling ‘coffee houses’. The whole bicycle thing is interesting. It is almost, but not quite, the eco-city of the future. Some cyclists are quite anarchic and we spent a fair bit of time dodging pavement mounted bad-tempered riders. Overall verdict was we were glad we’d been but wouldn’t go again as it feels over priced, out of date and sleazy – not the cutting edge hip family friendly town it’s sold as.

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