The Amsterdam Links Page
formerly the Amsterdam 2000 Page
...amid the fury of firecrackers, m-80's and every conceivable firework exploding on every side, we bathed in the green glow of the Grasshopper Palace floodlights on the Damrak, mushrooms coursing through our veins, pupils straining to see into the new millennium...
an explanation of this page
the amsterdam 2000 travelog
Jon's Amsterdam Coffeeshop Guide
Big props to jon for sheer volume of information and fast-loading simplicity. This guide has 24 amsterdam coffeeshops listed with links and brief, consise, opinionated writups for each. there's also a lot of writeups for other Netherlands coffeeshops in Den Haag, Haarlem and several others. Top that off with helpful hints for the traveler and you've got a page that's of real value to the new-to-Amsterdam traveler. Smoke 'em if you got 'em!
Party Update
Fresh updates on what appears to be the most frequently updated page for these things. Now: parties: Big Bang, Love Train, Milkweg, and more!
Travlang
"Your Travel And Language Supersite" is an interesting site where you can learn bits of Netherland-speak before you go to impress alla lay-dies. In truth, English is plenty in Amsterdam, but why not try?
wisdom
Since the Amsterdam 2000 page wasn't eating up quite enough of my company time, I present you with wisdom, a weblog with all my other links...
Stoners In The Haze
An extended travelogue by Andrew Looney that explores Amsterdam from the perspective of a non-doper come to explore cannabis culture in Amsterdam. Interesting.
Schiphol Airport
What you see is what you get- Amsterdam's Shiphol Airport site.
Lover's Amsterdam
A meal, some wine, the beautiful canals viewed from the warm, cosy interior of a canal boat. Oh baby, I'm getting HARD.
The Internet Guide to Amsterdam
A fact-filled practical guide to Amsterdam- intended for printing. Addresses such mundane but important topics as seasonal temperature, electricity, transport & communications.
The Amsterdam Stun
This odd little site answers the question "Are there sloppy drunks in Amsterdam too? The answer is, yes.
Lotsa Club Links
For alla those club kids- waste some time exploring the following Amsterdam club-related webpages: Chemistry, Melkweg, Paradiso, Sinners In Heaven, iT, Escape, Techno Online, Hemkade and Flyer Site. If you can't find a rave with these links, you've eaten too much e baby, too much e.
Please be advised that not all of the above sites are all-English.
The Hip Guide To Amsterdam
Ooh! Oooh! This site is so tasty! I'd like to roll it up into a little cone and use it as a suppository! Excellent pics, strong content, fast loading- all the things I love! Features a Quick Tour, Museums, Events, Cuisine, Coffeeshops, Red Light, Maps & Pics. Definitely hit this one!
Toke Of The Town
A Salon travelogue- she's not stoned... or is she?
Rokerij
Rokerij has 4 coffeeshops in Amsterdam that seem to be well-liked among most US travellers that I've read commentary from. Here's their site- attractive but lacking much content.
-James
Public Transport Amsterdam
Yep- info on the Trams, the Taxis, the Boats, the Bikes and Bus. Check out the tram map for amusement value. What tram will take me to Nieuwezijds Kolk? Can I get to Stadhouderskade from there? It's easier than it looks, though...
-James
 Essential Amsterdam Listening
Wandering from coffeeshop to coffieshop on a fine day in Amsterdam will bring a variety of tunes to your ears. Bob Marley seems to be all the places where you're not hearing dj or techno. Last time I was there, a friend brought Santana's Caravanserai and it was well worthy and fully diggable. Check out some of the suggestions at left- they come recomended by me, Contributing Editor to Pitchfork (and I get a couple of pennies if you order something).
Anne Frank House
First time I went to Amsterdam, I skipped this 'cause I didn't wanna be "bummed out." Second time, I went the The Museum Of Flourescent Art instead. This time I'm gonna go, and ENJOY being bummed! Thank you SIR, may I have another??
-James
The Bulldog
it's true, The Bulldogs are the most commercialized, touristy places to smoke in Amsterdam, but all I recall about it is that crazy nook in the back with currencies of all nations hanging from the ceiling. That place had terrible ventilation, we smoked, and smoked, and smoked, and none of the smoke left, just got recirculated back into our lungs . . . over and over . . . aahhhh
-James
Holland, Land of the Real Free
Yes, the Americans are suffering under the drug war. On This site, we are reminded of these facts, from the Holland perspective.
-James
Amsterdam Channels
Besides being a full-featured site including reviews on hotels, discos, coffeeshops, restaurants, museums, theatres and sex clubs (gulp!), Amsterdam Channels has a cool "tour through the city" feature where you navigate yourself on a map and it brings up photos corresponding to location. It also has chat, a knowledge base and an active BBS. Very worthwhile, I reckon.
-James
Bud's Guide
"The Home Of Coffeeshop Information On The Internet", Bud's Guide looks great and works right (updated yesterday, just hours after I issued the challenge to make it work- what a coincidence!). However, it's still lacking info on many of the shops listed. Content-light now, but keep an eye on it.
-James
Yahooka.com
This content-rich, quick-loading and easy-to-navigate site is packed like a qp baggie with stuff to check out regarding WEED. Sure, it's got almost nothing to do with Amsterdam per se, but I thought I'd share it with all youse guys anyway. I'm just like that. I see a good thing and I want to share it with everybody, spread the word, y'know.... if you like it, though, you really ought to check out DRC Net... it's sumfin!
-James
Amsterdam Coffeeshop Guide
Yep, another butt-ugly coffeeshop guide. I'm starting to wonder if it's not a requirement for coffeeshop reviewing: "Sec 1.09b - all coffeeshop reviews on the internet must be housed on an atrociously ugly site utilizing only the brightest, most painful colors.." However, it actually has some content, unlike many of their peers. Worth checking out if you're patient and wear sunglasses.
-James
Guapo's Smartshop
Another content-lite smartshop in Amsterdam.
-James
Coffeeshop Smokey
A decent site with a nice "welcome" section featuring plenty of quick-loading pics alongside a walk through Amsterdam.
-James
Elements Of Nature
Another content-light smart-shop site, this one with links to their affiliated erotic and hempseed shops. They might be great sites, but I can't tell- they're blocked where I work- usually a good sign. Check 'em out & let me know.
-James
Magic Mushroom Gallery
Currently under construction, this is anudder on a'those wacky "smart shops."
-James
Conscious Dreams
I admit it, I've gotten a little bored surfing for weed & coffeeshop linx. Conscious Dreams is a "smart-shop" in Amsterdam- which means it sells 'shrooms, peyote, and so on. I visited Conscious Dreams twice a day for the whole week I was there in March, and by the end of the week, the giant dude who had waited on me every time was no longer dour, only surly.
-James
coffeeshop-amsterdam.com
This fledgling site has a nice, clean look and is easy to navigate. Online paraphanalia store, amsterdam info and more. Woreth checking out.
-James
THC Coffeeshop Index
A long, long list of what appears to be ALL of the coffeeshops in Amsterdam. None are reviewed, but their addresses are provided and some have links to their homepages.
-James
Cannabis Information Network
A giant webring with extra guacamole and sour cream, I discovered Cannabis InfoNet thru a link on Grey Area. It lists links to cannabis resources of every variety. Smoke 'em if you got 'em!
-James
Dampkring
Another fat-ass coffeeshop site full of heady graphix and smokin' shit! Their front page is chock-full of other cannabis-related linx, click on them- IF YOU DARE! Check out their "Do's & Dont's", pix of inside the shop and history of the decriminalization of Amsterdam- IF YOU DARE! Grab my crotch- IF YOU DARE! Play their games- IF YOU DARE! Come to Amsterdam for the New Year- IF YOU DARE![Warning:Dampkring is a graphic-intensive site and may take a while to load, depending on your connection...]
-James
Amsterdam Coffeeshop Directory
This is the best (and most thorough) site I've seen indexing coffeeshops- it has a map, ratings by people of various nations, etc..
-James
Amsterdam Pix
Taken during my trip there with friends around Christmas '94. I'm the guy with the beard and ugly jacket.
The Canals, Ah, the canals.
Inside The Heineken Brewery
Like a Gingerbread Village!
I Saw The Signs, And They Opened Up My Eyes
"Packing a Can" Under Shady Bridge
On the steps of the Van Gogh Museum
The many bicycles of Amsterdam
The Cok City Hotel
-James
Grey Area
The Grey Area is know for it's . . . bong selection, mostly. A clearly American-minded coffeeshop of some noteriety, I peeked in there last March, and they do, indeed, have numerous bongs. They also have a beautiful, interesting website that gives me the wets. Cheque it owt!
-James
Global Chillage
I've read that this coffeeshop is tha bomb, and if their site is anything like it, I believe it! It is way cool- shockwave, weird graffix, etc. Chekkit out!
-James
Marijuana/Hash Prices
"Hm, let's see... if the Super Skunk costs 16 Euros a gram, and a Euro is equal to 2.2 Guilders, and 1 Dollar is approximately 2 Guilders, and I smoke about 5/8ths of it per day, will $200 be enough to keep me high for 10 days?" You figure it out. Also has an interesting legalization article at bottom.
-James
The S0MA Underground Guide To Amsterdam
Much less impressive than its title...
-James
Amsterdam Photos Galore!
For those of you who haven't yet been- take this photo trip thru Amsterdam. Lotsa pix, no porn.
-James
About.com Amsterdam Webguide
This is a multi-part guide covering all sorts of topics and full o'links. Your About.com guide is Durant Imboden, and I would like to say that his beret makes him look like a big wank! ERT!
-James
Coffeeshops
Reviews on 30+ coffeeshops.
-James
Amsterdam Homepage
This ugly site is, naturally, devoted to cannabis. There are ratings of specific types of Amsterdam Weed, as well as coffeshops. Apparently run by American stoners that got "caught" in Amsterdam.
-James
Amsterdam Hotspots
This site has got party-oriented Amsterdam links and information galore- including "smoke," "gay," "clubs," and "red light." The more I surf it, the more I like it. To date, the best site to be found on this page for the naughty stuff
-James
Visit Holland
Another tidy tourist site.
-James
Simply Amsterdam
Travel & tourism guide with a wide range of topics and features. I haven't checked it out, but you can!
As always, send me your Amsterdam Links to beef up this page and help make it a useful resource to all of us! I'll credit you and then you'll know- "my penis is hotter than a throbbing meat sausage!"
-James
Mapquest
If y'don't know exatly where in Amsterdam your hotel is or need to find an attraction- Mapquest should help. (See Also City Of Amsterdam site which has map searching capability).
-James
Visit Amsterdam
Another government-based tourism site- a little easier to use and more thorough than the "City Of" Site
As always, send me your Amsterdam Links to beef up this page and help make it a useful resource to all of us! I'll credit you and then you'll know- "my crotch is wetter than a slurpee on the sidewalk!"
-James
Amsterdam City Online
This is the "Official" Amsterdam Site- it has plenty of info on Museums, Maps, etc. A little dry, but good for looking for stuff OTHER than whores and coffeshops.
-James
Time Out Amsterdam
This site, by the makers of the famous Time Out alterna-traveler books, is a decent source of information on Amsterdam. Highlights: "This Month" (activities), a currency calculator and one-click weather news.
As always, send me your Amsterdam Links to beef up this page and help make it a useful resource to all of us! I'll credit you and then you'll know- "my crotch is hotter than a turkey pot pie!"
-James
the old links page can be found here
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