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Certainly among the best (can't beat Hollandse nieuwe in my opinion, or snert when I come to think about it), although one a year is probably sufficient for anyone who wants to survive into old age...

Most of my Amsterdam friends are true Amsterdammers, even longer in the tooth than me, and have lived there for many decades. I know at least one that gets his own back and derives enormous fun from cycling at speed up and down Zeedijk and other similar narrow streets, dinging his bell furiously...

Years ago an ex-colleague moved into the bible belt (more of a bible sash if you look at it on a map). He was British, so unaware. Early on he decided one Sunday morning to wash his car. Didn't make that mistake again... Got spat at, I believe.

The problem Amsterdam has is that, especially since the advent of Airbnb, it gets far more tourists than the infrastructure can handle. Lest we forget, it is only 1/10 the size of a London or Paris. I can completely understand why the mayor wants to reduce the numbers and filter out the...

Impressive feat of engineering it may be, but it looks shit i.m.o. Not in the top 100 of Amsterdam's prettiest bridges, and not worth a detour...

If money's really that tight, you can get the Flixbus from Brussels to Amsterdam for €7.99...