Amsterdam

Pickled Human Flesh at Amsterdam’s Tattoo Museum

Traditional Tattoo Sketch © (((o.kvlt))) Amsterdam is home to a variety of museums. There are two sex museums, a marijuana museum, and of course the more mainstream Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum. But earlier this year the city added another museum to its collection, The Tattoo Museum. The Tattoo Museum is the result of three [...]

101 Other Things to Do in Holland

Amsterdam ©AMagill U.S. comedian Mark Malkoff stars in a tongue-in-cheek video series proving that the city made (in?)famous by its liberal marijuana laws has much more to offer tourists. Malkoff’s Amsterdam to-do list runs the gamut from #65 visiting the bathrooms at the Rijks Museum to #21 feeding the pigeons in Dam Square. In one [...]

Cheap Flights Allow for Prostitution at Amsterdam Airport

A large number of budget flights from Eastern Europe and other parts of the world to the Netherlands has created a ring of prostitution at Amsterdam airport, giving a new meaning to the word layover. Prostitutes are flying into Schiphol Airport and using the hotels in the international transit area to meet with clients without [...]

Reviving the Ghosts of Amsterdam

Ghosts of Amsterdam © Jo Teeuwisse From historical consultant, Jo Teeuwisse, comes one of the cleverest photography concepts I’ve seen in some time: After discovering some negatives at a flea market and scanning them onto her computer, Teeuwisse then went to each of these Amsterdam locations to take more recent shots. She then merged the [...]

Photo of the Moment: Suikerspin, Amsterdam

Photo of the Moment: Rijn Kanaal Bike Path, Amsterdam

Signspotting: Alien Men’s Room at the Science Fiction Museum, Seattle

Photo of the Moment: Camels in Amsterdam

Amsterdam’s Narrowest Bike Path

The Incredible Shrinking Dollar: Amsterdam Turning Away U.S. Currency

If you wanted a reality check about the actual state of the beleaguered U.S. dollar, you might want to head to Amsterdam where small currency exchange firms are turning away dollars. The US currency has fallen badly against the Euro with one Euro currently worth roughly $1.58. Tourists looking to exchange their dollars have to [...]

And Now: A Hotel for Deep Thinkers

Socrates would have loved the new Hotel de Filosoof in Amsterdam. Dedicated to deep thinkers and philosophers, this 38 room boutique hotel has been inspired by the great minds of history. Each room features a particular philosophical theme, inspired by greats like Plato and Goethe, and the theme is reflected in the murals, framed quotations [...]

White Washing Amsterdam’s Red Light District

© wili hybrid Amsterdam is all set to clean up its red light district. No need to worry though. They don’t plan to shut the whole thing down. Worried about abuse, trafficking and money laundering, the city simply plans to put better checks in place. According to Mayor Job Cohen, the city will clamp down [...]

Marijuana and Hookers? Fine, But Please Don’t Eat the Mushrooms

The Netherlands has a pretty easygoing stance on sin. You can buy a woman sitting in her undies in a shop window; go on a marijuana binge culminating in your eating a shipping container of Doritos; and take your bikini top off any damned well where you please. But the local constabulary would like you [...]

1 Gallon of Dutch Disconnect, Please

MightyGirl tries to order a latte in Amsterdam. The US/metric-system debate rears its ugly head. Coffee shop hilarity ensues.

News You Might Have Missed: The Yin-Yang of Amsterdam

Amsterdam is a city of contradictions … Nah, too cliche. Amsterdam – the hazy Paris of the East … Nope. Paris of the [fill-in-the-blank] has been done to death. Plus, I think there might already be a city in Europe called Paris. Amsterdam – goddamn, they love drugs! Not exactly creative. And perhaps not altogether [...]