Amsterdam worth the trip?

[Gr8StonedDragon]

So i'll be visiting my girlfriend in Germany in March. She got a job out in the Frankfurt area. She suggested visiting Amsterdam since it's not that far cuz she knows i'm into weed smoking/growing etc.

So i've been super excited planning this trip and watching youtube videos of Germany and Amsterdam. I was planning on going down the Romantic Road to Munich for the Strong Beer Festival, seeing the castles, then coming back up and going to Amsterdam.

The thing is that I'll only be there for a week. We'll only be able to be in Amsterdam for 1 night, 1 day, and I fly out the next morning.

Looking at the prices for staying in Amsterdam, plus parking, bike rental, eating, weed, attractions and we wont even be there very long. I'm thinking about nixing the Amsterdam part of the trip.

Is it really that cool? I hear that a lot of the weed is about the same as weed we get here (USA) and you could get some not so good stuff. I grow Lifesaver and African Durban Poison. I get AK47 and Norhtern Lights from friends. It seems like the weed is good there but is it worth the cost of a trip for the novelty of being able to buy it in a store?

Another downside is my gf doesn't smoke because her job is in the legal field and they test randomly. So I don't know if she'll even be able to go into coffeeshops with me or what if it's real smoky.


Sooo is it something I should definitely not miss while being up there? Or would Frankfurt, Munich, Beer Fest, and castles be enough?


If it is really that good, I will go. I've already been researching coffeshops, sights, hotels, etc haha

 

[forehead]

Fuck yea its worth it!

 

[Sky-King]

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[buddah]

hey Bro ,

I am a local from german how travel every 2-3 Month from Nürnberg to Amsterdam....Yes u need to trip to Amsterdam......Is a difference world.....Amsterdam is so nice....
U will find some real potent stuff.....
I travele allways with the bus(eurolines..Touring) about 90€ round-trip ticket and without cops ;-)
We buy us ervery time a nice collection of A-Dam finest.....
The best stuff(potent and pricees are nice) u will find a the Damkring....there are 3 Dampkrings...theDampkring...Tweete Karma...Umma Gumma they got realy(expert knowledge from about 50trips) and allso the Barneys(quite expencive) and the GHSshops are a viste worth...but check out Umma Gumma the niceset shop....
If u need more infos or links just ask!!!

 

[Gr8StonedDragon]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Yeah the city does look really cool. I'm really big into food. That's my main form of exploration. It looks like they have all kinds of good international food there and street food.

I was just trying to justify the cost. I like the bus idea buddah! That sounds like a pretty good price. I looked at taking the train and it was wayyy more expensive than I expected. When I went to Korea we could take the train all day for like $5. A train ticket for an equivalent 1.5 hour drive was only $2 there.

We were planning on driving and parking on the outside of town for the 6euro/day at first. Then rent some bicycles.

Thanks for the hash tip Sky. I've never tried it so I guess I'll have to give it a shot. I don't even know what a good way to smoke it would be haha. Pipe with screen? I don't really smoke tobacco.

I was thinking of buying at Styx then stopping by Dampkring, Barney's, or whatever else I see to smoke and chill. Trying to get a good deal on the weed lol.


Looking forward to trying some good Indonesian food and street food. Gonna try to find a DimSum place. Probably go by that one food marketplace area.

Probably will check out Vondelpark. I want to see the Keukenhof and Van Gogh museum but I don't know if we'll have time.

You guys know how late the coffeeshops stay open?

I may check them the first night so I'll have time to see the sights the next day.

 

[BiG H3rB Tr3E]

I got to say,,, being a medical patient from CA and growing my own cannabis,, the quality in most coffesshops was FAR BELOW what I normally medicate on,,, not to mention with exchange rate and rising herb prices, I was paying $14-22 EURO per gram (($17-25 USD)). This was back in Nov.07 so im sure it has probaly leveled of a little better,, hopefully?

But its always a great trip,, lot of really cool people in that town and there is some great smoke if you can find it. If your going to be in Germany, it is worth the few hours to go there.

And some larger coffeeshops have air filtration,, and some are just never too smokey,, so im sure if your gurl wanted to,, you could both find a spot to hang out at without worrying about her consumption.

Enjoy the trip,, europe is a great place.

 

[titoon29]

Hey,

spending just a day in adam will be quite tiring, usually it takes me at least one day to get used to intense smoking ^^...
If you don't smoke much, i would reckon to choose really carefully the herb you buy, at least...Enjoy the haze choice, i would say at least try one like the amnesia,neville,OTm SSH or any good haze... It will help you riding your bike around and enjoying the city.

For me, imported hash is the most enjoyable part of the dam, so nice... dampkring or tweede karmer for the rifman hash, and look for the red lebanese... u can smoke it with a pipe with or without a screen, which u can borrow in most coffee shop. But you need to be quite a heavy smoker as it can be really intense Bubble hash can be worth it, or dry sieve, but really expensive (40E/g), overprice compared to some imported IMO.

I would say : Go to the tweede karmer, ask the dealer and explain to him that you want to try one hell of a tasty hash cause you never smoked some before, and enjoy the ride.. best choice in adam for hash.

If i remember well coffeeshops close at 1, and noway after u can buy anything, really strict policy.
Grey Area, Damprking, Greenhouse, Barneys, you ll have all the choice you need... So don t buy everything in the first you visit... Ask to smell and see, and maybe if the dealer has any really impressive batch, because stock quality seems to change from day to day...

hope it helps

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[PrinceOfPersia]

i loved it..

 

[Gr8StonedDragon]

I'm not too worried about the potency thingg. Durban blunts ya know.

Maybe with the hash though. I don't even know what that's like.

I was trying to find some good stuff for like 10euro a gram or so haha. Isn't there competition jeez. I saw someone got a gram of Jack Herer for 6euro. Sounds good to me

Probably try to find that good SSH everyone talks about. I heard the Oceans12 is good. Search for some Chocolope.

I really appreciate all the input guys. I think I'm gonna try to make the Amsterdam part work.

 

[forehead]

Dampkring has a bargain menu with jack ,Nycd and others for 6 euro.I bought the diesel several times as it was my second favorite smoke on that trip and def the best deal..well cured and great grapefruit flavor .their mexi haze was real good and dif from most adam hazes.

 

[kallenavndk]

yeah its worth it no doubt about it...if u are worrie about the weed and have effecktive it is then use the menu u can trust it...i say forget about the nuggets go smoke the hash Nuggets u always can grow and smoke but damn the hash yum yum yum yum

Semi stoner

stoner smoke

And the favorit shop very cool and lots of goods wibes

 

[Herbalistic]

Im with Kallen and suggest you go after hash. As mentioned above, you can always grow bad ass nuggets by yourself and they are probably better than Dam nug´s, but the hash you can score there is well worth of little search

 

[HeadyPete]

Absolutely go. You will soon forget the money it cost, but will always remember the experience!

As for what to smoke hash with...well, weed of course!

Germany and beers and sausage wagons sounds pretty damn fine too!

I am very jealous of you! :wink:

 

[esbe]

i love even the haag better. only 1 hour trip with train from adam. no turists and great coffeeshops, ppl and mood

 

[mushuthewhale]

gr8stoneddragon:

Personally I don't find amsterdam to be that special compared to the rest of the netherlands, in fact I personally prefer the more rural parts of the country. I can understand from your first post, that you only have one day to spend, and that you are going by plane, which makes amsterdam the ideal choice for your time frame. Though I would deffinately recommend going to some of the smaller cities/towns, the coutryside, the islands etc. instead of amsterdam,if you had the time. Of course that is a matter of preference, but I would personally prefer something with a bit more substance, than just visiting ten different coffee shops; so make sure that you also plan to see some museums etc. if your only spending one day (i assume the non-smoking girlfriend would concur ).

Regarding the smoke:
You can absolutely find some nice smoke, though I didn't personally find anything, that was extremely impressive compared to what I grow myself; it's just weed after all. I suppose what makes the difference is not only WHAT you smoke, but what you DO while/after smoking it - that is what counts in my book.

Hope you enjoy the trip

 

[Papulz]

personally, i was dissapointed with both the weed and the hash i found in amsterdam in may of last year. i have high standards though.. the weed was less disappointing than the hash though really. I did truly enjoy the quasi legality vibe and the ability to get some fresh shroomage.

honestly though, the entire time i was crawling the coffeeshops i did not find a single g of hash worth my time/money. (this was only one day just as your case)

and not only that, but i was treated just like a baboon by many of the house dealers.

i had a good experience in the anyday i think it was called

 

[titoon29]

I was a little disappointed with herb for my last visit, but you can definetly find some nice hash... I have pretty high standards so maybe that s why, my friends were all totally fucked up with some of those : SoGouda/Soma, Hawaiian Snow/Barney, Cheese/Homegrown Fantaseeds, Mexican Haze/Damprking.
And still, quality change so much from day to day that you never know, so you ASK...

I must say for me amsterdam is still worth it, this is such a nice city, with all this water and everything, and worth the visit at least once ! The countryside is amazing too, just not the same trip, longer....

 

[Rosy Cheeks]

It's been said before and I'll say it again. Amsterdam is the weed capital of the world, and you can find all types of good and shitty stuff there.

If you got the shitty stuff, it's because you went to the wrong place and bought the wrong weed/hash.

Amsterdam is a tourist hub, and much of the tourism is simply weekend or one week visitors who go there to get blitzed. The tourist tokers migrate towards the Red Light District like magnets on a fridge, that's where the bright neon lights and siliconed titties are, and also a large number of coffeeshops. Many of these coffeeshops are no different to the Kebab fastfood joint next door. They sell most of their weed to amateur smokers, sometimes so pissed they can't walk straight, so why waste quality on them? They get what they pay for. Or not.

Imagine that you go to Paris, eat only at fastfood joints, then when you go home you complain how bad French food is.

Or, imagine going to California, you trawl the beaches all weekend without success. Then - in pure desperation - you pay yourself a toothless, spaced out crack hooker that gives you a 2 1/2 minute gag job. When you go home, you complain how women suck in California.

Same thing.

The best thing with Amsterdam is not quality but diversity IMO. I go there to try stuff I haven't tried yet. Then, if I like it, I grow it myself.

"I wish they all could be California giiiirls..."

 

[forehead]

It's been said before and I'll say it again. Amsterdam is the weed capital of the world, and you can find all types of good and shitty stuff there.

If you got the shitty stuff, it's because you went to the wrong place and bought the wrong weed/hash.

Amsterdam is a tourist hub, and much of the tourism is simply weekend or one week visitors who go there to get blitzed. The tourist tokers migrate towards the Red Light District like magnets on a fridge, that's where the bright neon lights and siliconed titties are, and also a large number of coffeeshops. Many of these coffeeshops are no different to the Kebab fastfood joint next door. They sell most of their weed to amateur smokers, sometimes so pissed they can't walk straight, so why waste quality on them? They get what they pay for. Or not.

Imagine that you go to Paris, eat only at fastfood joints, then when you go home you complain how bad French food is.

Or, imagine going to California, you trawl the beaches all weekend without success. Then - in pure desperation - you pay yourself a toothless, spaced out crack hooker that gives you a 2 1/2 minute gag job. When you go home, you complain how women suck in California.

Same thing.

The best thing with Amsterdam is not quality but diversity IMO. I go there to try stuff I haven't tried yet. Then, if I like it, I grow it myself.

"I wish they all could be California giiiirls..."

you said it bro .right on the head

 

[Papulz]

Sadly, I wish it were that simple... but I think its a bit more than that at times..

Something that maybe you elude to: being in the know in the particular region you are visiting.. having an idea of places to visit through word of mouth perhaps.

I received poor customer service in a few well known and recommended coffee shops for example. I understand they have way too many tourists on their hands to treat like family but still a certain level of regard is customary.