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How Amsterdam's Fight Against Pot and Sex Tourism Is Changing the City 

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@paulg3012
@paulg3012 Год назад
Funny how all the bad behaviour described is directly a result of drinking, not smoking weed, the woman decries bad behaviour and "drugs" yet makes no suggestion to ban liquor and close all the bars, straight hypocrisy.
@James-hb2mm
@James-hb2mm Год назад
drinking in public is also illigal.
@mathewvanostin7118
@mathewvanostin7118 Год назад
Weed is more harmfull because it cause damage to the brain that is difficult for the body to counter it Alcohol we humans are equiped to deal with it. Cause it you ate any old fruit. It contains a bit of alcohol. We have pancreas and liver to help us deal with alcohol But human were never meant to burn some leaves and breathe it
@danidejaneiro8378
@danidejaneiro8378 Год назад
@@James-hb2mm- but nobody suggested prohibiting tourists from buying alcohol derp
@MissMoontree
@MissMoontree Год назад
Trust me, high tourists can be annoying too. If they don't sit inside it is a trafic hazard. Most people drinking and smoking weed that are local behave well. It is just the weed smokers and alcohol drinkers that think the place is lawless. Stoned or drunk, if you go outside and make it someone else their problem, you are a PoS.
@noahboat580
@noahboat580 11 месяцев назад
​@@MissMoontreethat doesnt really apply to all smokers, heck if theyre drinking *and* smoking it wont ever spin well. And this is coming from someone who smokes weed everyday but is a lightweight on alcohol. Ngl without all of the party areas of Amsterdam itll be like any other mid-sized european town: fairly boring.
@markkaroo
@markkaroo Год назад
Lets be real here the British tourists are the problem. Ive been to Amsterdam and it was only British tourists acting a fool must other visitors behaved.
@ikmarchini
@ikmarchini Год назад
Exactly.
@Tweetsoftheweek
@Tweetsoftheweek Год назад
I agree to this.The only time I was there I met these two guys from Britain.They were doing cocaine in the open in streets.Not a thing in the world they worried about.
@lordgemini2376
@lordgemini2376 Год назад
Only the Brits can have bad tourists, no other country is capable of it isn't that right. Let's only blame Brits!
@lukebowler7946
@lukebowler7946 Год назад
​@@anisben9775us brits like our drinks... but they dont like us
@anisben9775
@anisben9775 Год назад
@@lukebowler7946 I'm from very touristic city in tunisia Sousse and we get a lot of british...they are so .much fun...they go to the beach and swimming pool and be drinking all day cracking jokes with locals and getting tanned ( most of them be so red from the sun..) and they tip so so well. . We can't marginalize a whole people because of few.
@_b_u_l_l_s_h_a_r_k_
@_b_u_l_l_s_h_a_r_k_ Год назад
Outlaw weed and sex tourism? Can’t wait for the video begging tourists to return.
@زفتموفت
@زفتموفت Год назад
Lol
@Hhhh22222-w
@Hhhh22222-w Год назад
Amsterdam has enough tourist attarctions, 90% of those who visit dont come for weed or sex, most people aren't degenerates
@chillout914
@chillout914 Год назад
u are funny do you think Netherlands economy is based on tourism ... Netherlands is an industrial and agriculture powerhouse , toursim is just nothing because most of the tourists are poor
@TheThink5op
@TheThink5op Год назад
Amsterdam has sooo much more to offer : open mindness, world class cycling infrastructure, charming canals, nice parks, chill terraces, interesting museums... and so on... you feel so relaxed in Amsterdam
@smearpipe
@smearpipe Год назад
😂😂😂 open mindness!!! GTFOH. Amsterdam is woke horror city.
@SCHRUBBE1966
@SCHRUBBE1966 Год назад
I can stay and see old Declan guys n museums in my own country
@SCHRUBBE1966
@SCHRUBBE1966 Год назад
I’ll except a £100 fine for a joint
@I000I
@I000I Год назад
@@smearpipe why, may i ask? 😁
@lbarna66
@lbarna66 Год назад
@@I000I That's what he was told at the MAGA club.
@dannymullins4356
@dannymullins4356 Год назад
Most of these issues have more to do with the over consumption of alcohol than cannabis.
@noahboat580
@noahboat580 11 месяцев назад
To be fair both dont mix particularly well, heck i rather have anyone smoke a few joints then a few brews
@frankmuller6834
@frankmuller6834 9 месяцев назад
As a famous Dutch saying sounds: "een cannabisroker is geen onruststoker."
@bane2886
@bane2886 8 месяцев назад
@frankmuller 👍😊
@spamrobban
@spamrobban 7 месяцев назад
@@noahboat580 right. again, alcohol is the problem. not weed. NO alcohol + weed = no problem. alcohol + weed = problem.
@FoevaYgnBtfl
@FoevaYgnBtfl 3 месяца назад
They want to get rid of legal drug party consumption not alcohol.
@LA_Unconfidential
@LA_Unconfidential Год назад
An unpopular opinion here. Most people go to Amsterdam because of it's party scene; Soft drugs, alcohol, red light district ECT. Take that all away and Amsterdam isn't special at all. Minus all those things and Amsterdam becomes just like any other mid-sized European city. BORING.
@DWTravel
@DWTravel Год назад
Good point.
@hendo337
@hendo337 9 месяцев назад
Not unpopular at all, the only reason I went there 20 years ago was for the party. I wouldn't waste a penny other wise when South America and S.E. Asia exist. You get 4-10x your money's worth in those places and the women aren't 6' behemoths or just foreign hookers.
@vrsimulo1234
@vrsimulo1234 8 месяцев назад
Yup!!
@roxstar5088
@roxstar5088 Год назад
As a dutchy, I am sad to see the red light district go. It is a cultural hotspot a very unique "old amsterdam" atmosphere with loads of nice pubs and such. (pro tip: go in the lesser visited alleys without all the windows and sexshops.) But being known only for your drugs, alcohol and sex policies is kinda bleh. Whenever I say I am Dutch to a foreigner, I always get the responds like "yheh, I smoked weed yesterday." Many people and especially tourists just can't handle the "freedom" and go way over their own and social limits. So then the government must put strict limitations in place.
@jeanpaulfelix4095
@jeanpaulfelix4095 Год назад
I spent 8 days in your lovely city and did not see a single instance of " going overboard". Busy yes, but thats the price when you are at the top.
@shadow.banned
@shadow.banned Год назад
I don't even consider weed a drug anymore. Weed and legal prostitution is pretty tame all things considered. I'm surprised the city is trying to tame it.
@frankmuller6834
@frankmuller6834 9 месяцев назад
@@shadow.bannedThey can't They will just go underground. And then we have even more crime etc.
@janisladigs7825
@janisladigs7825 9 месяцев назад
I'm not dutch, but I feel complete ban for tourists would impact tourism industry too much. I can see a compromise be some sort of a Tourist Weed Card you buy for let's say...50 eur which could be invalidated if a visitor breaks rules
@jinxedpenguin
@jinxedpenguin 9 месяцев назад
Honestly, I really wish Europe would follow in the direction of North America when it comes to Marijuana legalization. I'm American, it really hasn't changed anything. I think it sucks there are still so many areas here where weed is illegal, and I'm not even a huge stoner. It's mind boggling to me, even in the state I'm from (Georgia, where weed is still illegal) that most people see The Netherlands this way. Most people still smoke weed where it's illegal in the US and it's always been pretty readily available, even before CO and CA legalized it. If you got caught, it was a pretty minor offense as long as it was a small amount. It sucks your country is known for that. I get prostitution, Nevada is also known to be 'seedy' because of gambling and prostitution. Weed/drugs? Silly. Anyway, I'd love to visit your country! Most North Americans want to visit because of the urbanism and transit/bike culture in NL lol, not the drugs.
@MrMusicalgenius121
@MrMusicalgenius121 Год назад
Good video, but it was very one sided. It would have been nice to have residents that are against the new rules introduced ( there are many, I have spoken to them).
@DWTravel
@DWTravel Год назад
Yes, that's true! Unfortunately we had problems to get a statement from that side.
@Hhhh22222-w
@Hhhh22222-w Год назад
Less prostitute and drugged/drunkards is always good
@rahulramteke3338
@rahulramteke3338 Год назад
@@DWTravel >Unfortunately we had problems to get a statement from that side. >we had problems Can you explain these problems? If you dont you are simply pushing a bias narrative
@pepeokatze
@pepeokatze Год назад
​@@rahulramteke3338the problem is simply that their statements wont help our narrative, ooops said too much🤭🤭🤭
@MissMoontree
@MissMoontree Год назад
If tourist were more responsible paddo's wouldn't be banned in the Netherlands. Sure, many people don't like these rules, but the amount of annoying tourists, better known as kuttoeristen, is too damm high.
@SVUE-jj9jc
@SVUE-jj9jc 8 месяцев назад
With those changes I’m more likely to visit now. I love culture, arts and history. But never felt the need to visit because it reminded me of Las Vegas and I’m not much of a fan.
@RubbishGimpy
@RubbishGimpy 7 месяцев назад
Its a great place. I viewed the weed, sex streets as just a curiosity to look at when I visited. Like statues in a gallery.
@garrygalloway5043
@garrygalloway5043 Год назад
I agree with the lady. Amsterdam is attracting too many undesirables and it's embarrassing. You know the type, they haven't had a good time unless they throw up or end up in hospital getting their stomach pumped from too many different drugs or end up fighting 5 club bouncers.I stopped visiting Amsterdam for the some of the reasons that she pointed out. When I socialize, I do not want to feel like if I'm living in the gutter.
@robertoceferino1456
@robertoceferino1456 Год назад
They should just ban the English from Amsterdam. It would solve 99% of the problems.
@paulg3012
@paulg3012 Год назад
Yet I hear nothing about banning booze and closing all the bars.
@garrygalloway5043
@garrygalloway5043 Год назад
@paulg3012 Why would they ban alcohol? It is the misuse of alcohol by a minority which causes a problem. It's a problem when people drink beyond excess like if it's a competition.
@Hazokny
@Hazokny Год назад
It makes no sense to me to only allow pot to Dutch citizens. It would change the entire identity of the city and weed tourism would vanish overnight. There’s like 5 places in the entire world where you can just walk in and smoke so I think it would be a big hit to their tourism in a country that has already declared they’re in a recession. It’s up to them but weed tourism alone accounts for at least 10% of their GDP 😂
@garrygalloway5043
@garrygalloway5043 Год назад
@Hazokny The economy of Amsterdam is dependent on tourism. Cannabis only plays a minor part in the overall GDP. The social problems encountered in Amsterdam is not because of cannabis. The restriction is in the Red Light District not Amsterdam. By the way there is more to Amsterdam than the Red Light District or getting high and excessively drunk.
@raufsat8261
@raufsat8261 Год назад
Some groups are more than a nuisance: I've seen a group with one urinating through the door's post box. That's someone's home he urinated in. Late at night. Nuisance is one thing, but this sort of behaviour is something else.
@frankreynolds9418
@frankreynolds9418 6 месяцев назад
😂😂😂😂
@SoraTheProducer
@SoraTheProducer Год назад
Sex & drugs is literally the selling point for tourism in Amsterdam…
@koenkeep
@koenkeep 5 месяцев назад
For you. Not everyone.
@SoraTheProducer
@SoraTheProducer 5 месяцев назад
@@koenkeep Nope, everywhere where I go, somethjng about weed and hookers is the first thing that I hear when I say ‘I am from Amsterdam’. It’s literally where Amsterdam is known for by most foreigners.
@koenkeep
@koenkeep 5 месяцев назад
@@SoraTheProducer It's like saying america is a place where everybody eats burgers. You'd have to be a special kind of stupid to actually believe that's all there is. I rest my case.
@mrussell8566
@mrussell8566 Год назад
The main thing Amsterdam had going for it was being the sole place to enjoy cannabis quasi-legally. Now that Thailand, Canada and most of the USA is legal, their tourism is going to drop significantly.
@MissMoontree
@MissMoontree Год назад
If that is the main thing for you, and you won't visit now, it is working :) More space for people that actually want to live in the city or want to enjoy the things that make the city unique.
@acidFreak420
@acidFreak420 Год назад
I love Amsterdam. I have been there 5 times. It is a safe haven for a pothead like me. I love smoking, eating food and walking around this beautiful city. No place in world can give me a good vibe like Amsterdam.
@Siranoxz
@Siranoxz Год назад
As long as you behave and don´t cause trouble.
@ronaldminnaard
@ronaldminnaard Год назад
Amsterdam is not just trying to get rid of a certain type of tourist, but a certain type of resident as well: the people who made it such a desirable place to live in or visit in the first place. They have to go, being replaced by yuppies and expats who want their peace and quiet, even in the heart of the city. The tourists they are trying to get rid of are the people I regularly have conversations with in bars and coffeeshops, and they are to be replaced by the type of tourists that only stay in expensive hotels, buy diamonds and maybe visit a museum without ever speaking to a local.
@joexavier4070
@joexavier4070 Год назад
Drugs and sex...this is the secret recipe😏
@phnix6242
@phnix6242 Год назад
gentrification yeah every time same circle.
@garysquarepants898
@garysquarepants898 Год назад
I am afraid, i am afraid because what you are saying feels so right. Ef the youngsters, give us fat families and lovers like everywhere else. They can use the powers of the lord of marketing how much they want, but the truth is transparent.
@othellox1064
@othellox1064 Год назад
@@phnix6242 that's a good thing
@jeanlundi2141
@jeanlundi2141 Год назад
I'm not usually very reactionary towards anything in our culture..........but this gentrification is a freaking plague. It's happening here in Portugal too and I'm genuinely losing the feel and interest in the bigger cities, all of which, I really digged and felt were cool places to hang out. The problem with gentrification it's that it's using some historical buildings for it's own purposes........so actual history is being lost as well! And that is something you can't go back on.
@danidejaneiro8378
@danidejaneiro8378 Год назад
The weed smokers are not being rowdy and shitting on the street. They are sitting comfortably in a warm coffee shop vibing to chill music and having deep and meaningful conversations about the nature of existence.
@DWTravel
@DWTravel Год назад
🙃
@Methodsaimon
@Methodsaimon 9 месяцев назад
very cute! but stoners don't function that way but yeah they are chill most of them but dead boring i'd rather use ecstasty!
@danidejaneiro8378
@danidejaneiro8378 9 месяцев назад
@@Methodsaimon - ok derp lol
@kelvinkelvo83
@kelvinkelvo83 Год назад
Please come to Amsterdam you can still smoke in the redlight district because the government hasn't enough staff to do regular checks
@exeuropean
@exeuropean Год назад
As a Dutch citizen and former resident of Amsterdam I would welcome restrictions on cheap tourism. So no more air b'nb and 29 euro flights. No more drunks and drug users. Amsterdam is a beautiful city. My family is from there ( from the 1600's) , lets keep it nice and beautiful. I would keep the RLD but just make sure people behave. Drunks should go to jail to get sober and pay a fine on the spot.
@sliduyzamnoyu
@sliduyzamnoyu Год назад
Stop the sex bars you forgot 😂 stop that nonsense
@lexburen5932
@lexburen5932 Год назад
Exactly
@MSAROEHE
@MSAROEHE Год назад
Yess!!! Some tourist are so cheap
@noone4474
@noone4474 Год назад
You think your city is culturally more important than the supply and demand of a free market economy- you’re a nitwit. Enjoy your failing city when the old folks age out. 😂
@bigzclipz5104
@bigzclipz5104 Год назад
Just say you don’t want people from 3rd world countries and blacks
@ahmedabdi5980
@ahmedabdi5980 Год назад
As a Dutch person who grew up outside Amsterdam. I used to love love Amsterdam. The Amsterdam of today is hardly recognisable for most Dutch people, even Amsterdammers themselves. Netherlands has many more gems outside of Amsterdam. Of the big cities in Randstad my favourite city is probably the Hague because it has the old historical architecture as well as the Scheveningen beach. I can't believe im saying that because back in the days I used to dislike the Hague & loved Amsterdam & now it's vice versa. If you really want a unique experience go to Middelburg, beaches of Zeeland, Maasstricht, Arnhem, etc. So many other unique gems in Netherlands outside of Randstad
@GreetingsFromBlackwoodFarm
@GreetingsFromBlackwoodFarm Год назад
And they all have coffeeshops, too!
@richardhltrp1791
@richardhltrp1791 Год назад
O O Den Haag ...LOL
@dl5329
@dl5329 Год назад
Been living in Amsterdam for 2.5 years now, and I'm trying to love it and stick around, but the poor behaved tourists are a major challenge. I really hope that this will change.
@cooltigermusic
@cooltigermusic Год назад
just move to a non touristic area
@Hiermoeteenusernamestaan
@Hiermoeteenusernamestaan Год назад
Why live in the most overrated and most expensive city in the netherlands?
@dl5329
@dl5329 Год назад
@@cooltigermusic I don't want to move just because many tourists come and ruin the local charm. In that vein, I might as well leave planet Earth all together and move to Mars or smth lol.
@dl5329
@dl5329 Год назад
@@Hiermoeteenusernamestaan My hope is that Amsterdam regains its genuine charm. In that case, it wouldn't be overrated anymore.
@jeanpaulfelix4095
@jeanpaulfelix4095 Год назад
I just visited your city for the first time a few weeks ago. You should be very proud. An amazing society, super fit, tolerant, little to no crime visible. You have obviuisly invested in your infrastructure. It was the most amazing city I have ever seen and I am a well travelled. Whatever your doing, keep doing it.
@SabineWald_NowHere
@SabineWald_NowHere Год назад
Amsterdam will no longer be my tourist destination since they had a dude with the thing winning female beauty contest.
@ashleyambrose1216
@ashleyambrose1216 Год назад
Honestly I'm planning to go to Amsterdam next year for my 30th birthday but if they got rid of the legal soft drugs I truly would never care about going there They're out of touch to think we don't go there for the sex workers and soft drugs lmfao Tourism will tank
@larifari7876
@larifari7876 Год назад
Same bro . I also planed to go to Amsterdam at my 30th in about 2 years and I do love my Dutch brothers but honestly I would rather visit a landside spot or a village at the sea to enjoy the Dutch culture instead of visiting a modern multi culture Western European city but since they are offering these kind of stuff which you mention I wanna visit it ( the prices I saw a hilarious though … I could also do a holiday in a Turkish luxury hotel instead of a air bnb room at Amsterdam ) I really don’t wanna offend anybody and i believe Amsterdam has a lot of awesome historical culture but it is what is It’s by far the most liberated/ free spot at west Europe and I hope it will remain like this !
@shadow.banned
@shadow.banned Год назад
Perhaps don't destroy your tourism economy, and maybe incentivize good behavior. Good manners. The windows are Amsterdam's thing though.
@rahimkisoor7004
@rahimkisoor7004 Год назад
As a Dutch guy born and raised in Amsterdam....now living in Los Angeles...these people who complain are not from Amsterdam. They now can some how afford to live there and want to destroy what Amsterdam is about. Geerte Udo is from Leiden and hates Amsterdam with her 3000 followers. It is sad to see how they do it, destroying the culture she has never been part off.
@AnantyaV
@AnantyaV 10 месяцев назад
A lot of Amsterdam citizens complain and move away, they hate the sound of the suitcase wheels on the cobblestones. It's really not just "outsiders". The city is already quite some time not anymore what it was
@rahimkisoor7004
@rahimkisoor7004 10 месяцев назад
@@AnantyaV city center is not only Amsterdam regarding the stones. De Pijp is/was the best neighborhood when I lived there, and a city always is noisy... no gobble stones there. But the ones complaining always outsiders.
@ohhi5237
@ohhi5237 6 месяцев назад
100% all haters
@ohhi5237
@ohhi5237 6 месяцев назад
name me one, cmon im from there, name some, THEY DONT EXIST @@AnantyaV
@richthomas9170
@richthomas9170 Год назад
What Amsterdam has to offer? Not Much. High Prices Small Rooms Rude People. I remember when they wanted Tourists now it's to much. After they made enough money to fix City Streets and services. Now come and see our Museum's, sorry but your Expensive Museum's is a one trip experience. Amsterdam is overrated overpriced. Prague is better.
@baconpancakes8899
@baconpancakes8899 Год назад
5:19 Look how excited the German is
@BlueLionsTVNiiNiiFC
@BlueLionsTVNiiNiiFC Год назад
I really don’t blame the Dutch for enforcing restrictions It’s a disgrace and it seems to attract the lowest common denominator tourists Especially in the UK, not only is the culture very entitled here, most act like they own wherever they visit when they travel abroad. I think Amsterdam is too cool and culturally rich to have this type of tourist ruining everything I don’t get my British culture sometimes, is it because we don’t properly condition teens to respect alcohol and other vices? Cultural nature is always copying what was enabled before you Still, on the other hand, feels like the restrictions are a bit too mad, it’s slowly becoming another city for the rich and wealthy, who only want peace and quiet and the illusions and artifacts of culture around Them Londons become a very tier listed, elitest city now, seems Amsterdam is heading in this direction and pricing out the ppl that created its reputation to begin with
@liamraeck1896
@liamraeck1896 Год назад
I’ve been twice now and going this month I like a smoke as much as the next person but to think people are paying hundreds of £€$ to smoke weed is ridiculous when it’s so accessible in your own country it’s the RLD because lots of customers will need the Dutch courage
@gdf_6c
@gdf_6c Год назад
If anything, Amsterdam has just gotten more attractive now
@SerginhoLandulpho
@SerginhoLandulpho Год назад
I'm glad to visit Amsterdam a month ago, I will love to tell my grandsons one day in Brazil that I enjoyed the last month of the old Amsterdam Hahaha.
@vincentglibert7282
@vincentglibert7282 Год назад
Não precisavs ter vindo a Amsterdã por isso. Vc podia ficar em Cracolandia em SP!
@coisasbostas1648
@coisasbostas1648 Год назад
@@vincentglibert7282 KKKKKKKK
@coisasbostas1648
@coisasbostas1648 Год назад
tava semana passada la heheh
@gringoholandes
@gringoholandes Год назад
@@vincentglibert7282kkkkk
@gringoholandes
@gringoholandes Год назад
Bem vindo sempre ❤
@lucyfrye6723
@lucyfrye6723 Год назад
20 million visitors, let's assume they stay for two days on average for a total of 40 million visitor-days a year, divided by 365 days and rounding it down, that makes 100,000 tourists there on average, every...single....day. The city isn't big enough for that.
@ohhi5237
@ohhi5237 6 месяцев назад
dw is lyinggggg
@ohhi5237
@ohhi5237 6 месяцев назад
its about 1-2mil a year, which still doubles the cities population
@hobocyclist
@hobocyclist Год назад
They have these same rules in other countries & people don’t obey them either! 😂
@marcy-d4598
@marcy-d4598 11 месяцев назад
I wasn't expecting for her to say "they shit on the porches of people" he was trying to contain his laughter 😂
@gigigiugio5952
@gigigiugio5952 Год назад
they are going to loose 77% of Netherlands gdp.
@peterbushby9009
@peterbushby9009 Год назад
You can always visit anne frank house or ajax .
@jeffreyhawthornegoines8727
@jeffreyhawthornegoines8727 Год назад
When I was growing up, Amsterdam was a beacon of freedom. It is obviously not anymore, when smoking becomes restricted (I dont smoke), the red light district disappears, and from the responses of the people interviewed, the mentality is not so open and accepting anymore. Indeed there are tourist problems, but the way in which they are addressed smell of progressively coming authoritarianism. This is the case in all Europe, skillfull and very smart change is on the way. There remain the museums, and, of course, the bicycles
@ohhi5237
@ohhi5237 6 месяцев назад
its better than ever if you ignore the parking issue
@bluecafe509
@bluecafe509 Год назад
I wouldn't want smut tourism in my town either.
@lchaney
@lchaney Год назад
I'm sure your town sucks 👍
@hendo337
@hendo337 9 месяцев назад
Plan and simple, Amsterdam is a place to make money, it's a business, the people complaining can go live elsewhere and make room for people who see an opportunity rather than a nuscuance.
@maily8388
@maily8388 Год назад
I was in Amsterdam last month which left such a good memory with canals, people, red light district. Don’t get me wrong I didn’t smoke Weeds. Just ate the kebabs that’s all, since there’s many Turkish fast food restaurants in Amsterdam.
@vgshwk
@vgshwk Год назад
So will Amsterdam lower its hotel prices when tourism goes down?
@DWTravel
@DWTravel Год назад
Perhaps tourism will not become less, just different..
@edterryberry255
@edterryberry255 Год назад
Good question, the sleazy hostels are a rip off since it's a party area and high demand
@Manus_0813
@Manus_0813 Год назад
@@DWTravelet’s stop lying to ourselves, people go to Amsterdam to party, yes there are lot of great things there but when night comes all people want to do is party.
@DWTravel
@DWTravel Год назад
@@Manus_0813 If you can believe the comments here, there are also people who would like to visit Amsterdam, but feel rather deterred by the current situation with the party tourists... What this means for tourism in concrete terms, one can only speculate about it
@Hhhh22222-w
@Hhhh22222-w Год назад
​@@Manus_0813that's not even 10% of the what tourists who come to Amsterdam for, those areas that cater to such tourism isnt even 5% of Amsterdam
@MegaBaconParty
@MegaBaconParty Год назад
This is why is dislike Amsterdam as a dutchman. I feel like a foreigner in my own country, the amount of people in the city centre when its summer is just insane. Sometimes in shops or restaurants they speak English to me first instead of dutch, probably not even knowing any dutch. I would not be suprised if 80% or more of the revenue from most if not all coffeeshops and prostitutes are from foreign tourists. For anyone watching and planning a trip to the Netherlands: go to Utrecht, Leiden, Den Haag (The Hague), Rotterdam, or other cities instead, which are no far from Schiphol Airport, and have yourself an actual good dutch experience with no mass tourism and no coffeeshops, prostitutes and souvenirshops around every corner of the street.
@DWTravel
@DWTravel Год назад
Thanks for your tips!
@ICdedppl666
@ICdedppl666 Год назад
So which is it, you can't smoke in the street in the red light district or everywhere in the city? The reporter switches between "can't smoke in the street" and "can't smoke in the street in the red light district" It's confusing.
@DWTravel
@DWTravel Год назад
Cannabis may no longer be smoked on streets, squares and canals around the red light district. In the rest of the city, smoking pot is still allowed.
@ICdedppl666
@ICdedppl666 Год назад
@@DWTravel thanks , it was very ambiguous in the video.
@treeherder2201
@treeherder2201 9 месяцев назад
That's all Amsterdam HAS! Getting rid of pot and sex tourism will completely end the city.
@bornwanderer1
@bornwanderer1 Год назад
We've been to Amsterdam twice not for Smoke and girls it's to see the beauty of the city ! ❤
@Mac-po1sr
@Mac-po1sr Год назад
I have been there twice also. It was for the beauty of the city but also for the smoke and girls.
@kingbambam
@kingbambam Год назад
I missed out 😂 dang what's another great party city?
@Dan-jg7zl
@Dan-jg7zl Год назад
good for you. I went for Girls, smoke and the beauty.
@nexstbob6911
@nexstbob6911 Год назад
🧢
@hectoriouslazarous7038
@hectoriouslazarous7038 Год назад
Took a day trip and found it to be a beautiful city. I'd recommend anyone going for the 1st time to take a bike and canal tour of the city. While the red light district was crowded I didnt witness any disorderly conduct.
@ederluna2500
@ederluna2500 Год назад
They wanted tourism in the early 2000s and then they got it. Now they’re saying it’s too much. I agree people should be responsible, mature and respectful when travelling anywhere. It’s a shame the Brits have ruined it for the rest of the world. I think it’s a good opportunity for other European cities to catch the tourists that won’t be visiting this old gem.
@uuhhhmicrotone2435
@uuhhhmicrotone2435 Год назад
Got a good laugh for that brit bashing, thanks.
@shadow.banned
@shadow.banned Год назад
And here I thought Americans were loud and obnoxious. Turns out it were the British hooligans all along.
@ohhi5237
@ohhi5237 6 месяцев назад
amsterdam had tourism for the past 500 years, i think you need to wake up
@cultureclique2173
@cultureclique2173 Год назад
Great, finally.
@yepyepyepyep4602
@yepyepyepyep4602 Год назад
its part of the city, all of the residents who live there knew upfront its a busy-, crazy-, getting wasted-, sex area, as it this area has been like this for over 400 years.. people who live there and complain doesn't really make sense as it has always been like this
@Hhhh22222-w
@Hhhh22222-w Год назад
It doesnt matter, improvement is improvement. Amsterdam isnt the dangerous former slums that it used to be
@yepyepyepyep4602
@yepyepyepyep4602 Год назад
@@Hhhh22222-w not talking about safety or poverty here.Just what this part always was and is from a historical point of view
@ducomaritiem7160
@ducomaritiem7160 Год назад
I'm Dutch and was born in the centre of Amsterdam in 1963. I saw it change from a normal city into the drugs, tourist and prostitution abomination it is right now. Expats getting all the houses, the cheap houses in the outskirts going to the immigrants- no I'm not a racist, just happened to work a year CV installtion business there... It was a nice place to live back then. Now I live in Alkmaar, far more better there. I hate that stupid drugs tourism.
@Methodsaimon
@Methodsaimon 9 месяцев назад
alkmaar is a great city still not the same type of chaos!
@GUTOMOFFICIAL
@GUTOMOFFICIAL Год назад
Didn't know about the new laws. Bad tourists spoiling the party!
@ohhi5237
@ohhi5237 6 месяцев назад
dw = lies there is no new law
@shandonsahm3343
@shandonsahm3343 Год назад
Actually it's just after a certain Time rd light district..on weekends n just go outside city center sit on a bench no one will bother go to Vondal Park.... it's still awesome 💯..they won't ban it.. they'll just move it around..
@sunnysparkles4729
@sunnysparkles4729 Год назад
From Newcastle, with a bum bag.. first trip out of tyneside is my guess.
@mickbeeee
@mickbeeee Год назад
RIP Amsterdam - Up until the late 90s early 2k Amsterdam was a brilliant place - like many places in the shitty world - THEY RUINED IT
@Millienfilm81
@Millienfilm81 8 месяцев назад
I have been to Amsterdam many times, if the red light district is moved, there is NO reason to return.
@puffingtonsmythe8690
@puffingtonsmythe8690 Год назад
Contrary to popular belief Germany has better laws than Holland. Prostitution is legal with a license and you can walk around with up to 5 grams of cannabis.
@Al_Biruni_008
@Al_Biruni_008 Год назад
Center of Europe got me cracking 😂😂
@d12icryptics58
@d12icryptics58 Год назад
I don’t wanna drink and be a nuisance I just want to go and enjoy my time in the coffee shops and trying nice food and seeing what Amsterdam has to offer. It’s a very beautiful place and I can’t wait to visit again
@wetflannel6343
@wetflannel6343 Год назад
Im going at the end of the year to get a break and to smoke looked up the laws before hand its a different culture with different rules show respect to the people who call amsterdam home
@red1948
@red1948 Год назад
Don't care about drugs but leave the sex workers alone. They pay their taxes and work like anybody else
@Hhhh22222-w
@Hhhh22222-w Год назад
Sex workers are often only in that situation because they have no other option, majority of them in Amsterdan are Russian immigrants, ask them if they rather do something else that contributes to the Dutch society and 99% will say "YES"
@StGeorge305
@StGeorge305 Год назад
I just went for my 30th in august and had a lovely time. I thought it was really chilled out and I barely saw anyone on the piss. Smoked a fortune of gange and loved every minute. Didn't bother me that I couldn't walk around with it there were plenty of spots to chill and smoke. Awesome city full of awesome people.
@rockeee
@rockeee 2 дня назад
At the end of the day, it's their city. Potential future rules must be obeyed.
@quivop7759
@quivop7759 Год назад
In the Netherlans there are a lot of laws that nobody applies. Years ago it was ruled motorcycles couldn't be on the bike roads and guess what? The police controlled it 1 week. Applying a law in the Netherlands? It doesn't exist. I live in Amsterdam and drunk drugged British people are a huge issue( and I don't even live in The Red LightDistrict, I live in the Grachten). They throw bikes on the canals, get into fights constantly, pee everywhere, sing in front of your door at 3 am, etc. But as the guy on the interview said, I haven't seen 1 policeman stopping anyone for smoking, as they don't stop anyone for driving motorcycles in the bike roads. Law in the Netherlands doesn't exist, specially in Amsterdam.
@lordgemini2376
@lordgemini2376 Год назад
Ah yes, only the British, no other tourists from different countries. Always the European scapegoat 👍
@Speederzzz
@Speederzzz Год назад
Being on the phone on the bike. One week police were around to check, now I see teens on their phones crossing roads and biking near the centre of the road like its the most normal thing in the world
@mancityfan45
@mancityfan45 Год назад
Tourists and visitors to a place need to be respectful, for way too long, a significant number misbehave. I live in Barcelona, and I absolutely love the place and am passionate when I come across decent tourists and visitors. However, the ones that don't respect are a surge on the city. Finding it funny vomit on a tight street is out of order.
@chrisbutler152
@chrisbutler152 11 месяцев назад
They either want the tourism or they do not want it. They are known for their weed and adult entertainment. Take that away and your tourism goes with it. Do you want that revenue? Or do you want your piece and quiet and for the entire world to forget who you are? Thats really your only option. And yes, it is that simple.
@gabrieledalbianco8913
@gabrieledalbianco8913 6 месяцев назад
From my view: Tourist go to Amsterdam think is the "Paese dei Balocchi" were everything is okay, but the real reason the European feel Actractive the Dutch is for the people, the art and the science and for the reason if you smoking a Joint (in the right environment) anyone can't say nothing.
@Rammaras
@Rammaras 10 месяцев назад
Stop the weed and there will be no reason to go to Amsterdam. The amount of money you get from tourism will go down by a lot. But no worries Germany will hopefully take the reigns
@shandonsahm3343
@shandonsahm3343 14 дней назад
Always be respectful... that's the key..throw your trash away n treat your fellow man n lady's w respect.. respect for the neighborhood too
@mildomcduff
@mildomcduff 9 месяцев назад
Why is anyone surprised that lots of Brits visit Amsterdam? It’s one of the UK’s closest neighbours. Plenty of airlines offer cheap flights 7 days a week, the city is beautiful, the beer is tasty and there’s the weed n’ women. Shut down the coffee shops and brothels if you’re serious about cleaning up the city. Don’t just blame the Brits, I’ve seen plenty of assh@les there from many other nations.
@Hiermoeteenusernamestaan
@Hiermoeteenusernamestaan Год назад
Amsterdam is ruined already, the original born Amsterdamers arent living in this city anymore and left to all the cities and villages around Amsterdam. The city centre hasn’t anything to do with The Netherlands anymore with all those coffeshops, waffle shops and bubble tea garbage. If you want to see the real “Netherlands” go far away from Amsterdam. It will save you money on tourist traps aswel!
@harukrentz435
@harukrentz435 Год назад
No public drinking in amsterdam? Funny i remember many western european countries lost their sh^t just because Qatar didnt sell beer inside stadium during the world cup.
@Pressplay_Media_EU
@Pressplay_Media_EU Год назад
well if you don't like tourists you better ban cheese, beer, sprinter trains, cool traditional and modern architecture, cuz not everybody does drugs lol not everyone who does drugs does it all the time.. I can think of 1000000 non-intoxicating reasons to return.
@dademurphy1732
@dademurphy1732 11 месяцев назад
the city will become a 2 days and done for most people and they will never return because other than buildings or historical things that you can cover rather quickly it's pretty fucking boring... Been 6 or 7 times and only smoke and never really seen anyone causing issues near or in the cafes, every single time iv seen something kick off or issues whilst iv been there it's been drunks. Alcohol is the problem here and till dam do something about that they will always have these problems. Changing the restrictions wont work either as every time the amsterdam government have tried the coffee shops refuse to stand by the change as to do so would cause 90 percent of them to close. What about all the shit shops too? They all sell mainly weed pariphenalia so what are they gunna sell? Telling you now there not staying in business with dohnuts and clogs. If the governents that bothered they could walk some of the streets at night and clean up all the illegal drug dealers hissing and whistling at people, limit alchohol sales in certain areas and move red light indoors (more for the girls sake, horrible to watch dickheads trying to record or take pictures of them or harassing the women in the windows).
@JamieWhite-z2b
@JamieWhite-z2b 4 месяца назад
Amsterdam is the safest city in the world the UK needs to legalize cannabis we need coffie shops maybe the crime will go down in all major city's across the uk
@O.G.SPOOK1
@O.G.SPOOK1 Год назад
so the money will be less and shops will suffer....their mayor is just a woman with funny thougts out of this MONEY world...😂
@sedecim
@sedecim 9 месяцев назад
We who live in city areas are tired of tourists! Cities have lost their local culture - often the main reasons for why to many people come to visit. It is the shitty tourist industry all to often politicians too with bad ideas and greedy interest. The prices to live in the centers are too expensive to have to be the country's little amusement parks for foreigners- meaning the local people do not even get to enjoy their own towns . These problems are global.
@Ludydobry
@Ludydobry 10 месяцев назад
Ive been 8 times in Amsterdam, always to have a good time, smoke weed and drink, I probably wouldnt go more than once if it wasnt the weed capital of Europe.
@lowstaar
@lowstaar 8 месяцев назад
To be honest, not only I smoked weed sitting next to the canal but had a couple of craft beers too (they looked like soda lmao). I had zero issues because I was just chilling by myself.
@gianlucabevilacqua2350
@gianlucabevilacqua2350 Год назад
they could have just said “no more British tourists”
@AndrewL31413
@AndrewL31413 Год назад
I don’t get why it’s fine to smoke cigarettes and vape but cannabis is not ok? I also don’t like cigarettes and vapes but I don’t see how we can ban outdoor
@VenusEvan_1885
@VenusEvan_1885 6 месяцев назад
And now im Germany people can smoke cannabis in public, that's very good , the pinnacle of freedom.
@MrBrownnn696
@MrBrownnn696 Год назад
I agree it’s a good thing
@jumior
@jumior Год назад
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
@Latvians
@Latvians 11 месяцев назад
ive never been to amsterdam or netherlands.... i wanted to go and probably will go some day, but this rule is just fine.... as long as its still legal to smoke weed at your own place, its like that in tenerife... you can have/use weed at your own place, but in public its illegal... the law is actually really good even for someone like me who likes to break the rules a little, mainly because well theres alot of kids ofcourse out and about... and them seeing weed,cigarettes being smoked in open all the time or alcohol getting drunk would influence them badly for the future, i dont really use alcohol or drugs, but i remember when i was a kid and walked past the alcohol section in stores... it kinda looked like candy to me, like all shiny and different colors... and alot of other people here had the same, there should def be alcohol only shops too in europe, kinda bad that stores sell alcohol and cigarettes for all the kids to see on display.
@jerrimenard3092
@jerrimenard3092 8 месяцев назад
Peter, Bjorn and John must have taken that smoke boat when they wrote that song Amsterdam. Now I have to go hear it. Thanks for the earworm.😊
@cronsabout
@cronsabout 11 месяцев назад
They clearly got too comfortable with the money
@jawadarif5676
@jawadarif5676 Год назад
I would love to visit Amsterdam with my family but have not due to drug and sex worker
@MsRichycon
@MsRichycon Год назад
How can you stop sumone smoking on the street its inhuman its like trying to tell an adults how to wash his hands ✋ 🤔
@michaelhoran407
@michaelhoran407 Год назад
Big improvement. Fine them 100 Euros and make them wash streets.
@HanZie82
@HanZie82 Год назад
Rather have the 2 interviewed removed from Amsterdam then the tourists. I bet these ppl just recently started living there. I lived here for 30+ years. Yes the tourists act bad, but no its not the problem of weed or whores. Big group of residents that lived here for long time want better police response. And not just ticketing, that's just a cheap money grab. They should punish the aggression way more then a ticket. Put them fighting bastards in jail for month or some. All i see here is ppl complaining that not know how Amsterdam really is. ps. weed isnt the problem btw. Its alcohol.
@DWTravel
@DWTravel Год назад
Thanks for sharing your view as a local!
@shunaras
@shunaras Год назад
I have visited Amsterdam numerous times, every time I stayed at a hostel because it is very expensive. I was attending conferences and couldn't afford to pay for a hotel room. My last employer was a British Dutch Indian nightmare. I didn't meet many British tourists but met young German women (very kind to lend me some clothes after my suitcase was stolen at the railway station) and young Italians looking for drugs and party
@DWTravel
@DWTravel 11 месяцев назад
That sounds quite exciting and intense.
@shunaras
@shunaras 11 месяцев назад
@DWTravel I have also traveled to Dublin for conferences and no luggage stolen, staff at airport offered guidance on public transport, hotel offered free bus tour of the city, all in all a very different experience. The German men were badly behaved, they brought their girlfriends (or companions, often well dressed ladies from CEE countries) everywhere, slammed doors in my face and made rude remarks to the Nigerian taxi drivers. On a positive note, slamming a door in my face is not the worst thing a German man has done to me, so I am not going to judge anyone for it
@acbc3543
@acbc3543 Год назад
I really don’t care about smoking weed at all . I just want to visit Amsterdam for what it is : a beautiful place
@Joey-ct8bm
@Joey-ct8bm Год назад
These are definitely the elites complaining. Nobody who lives in Amsterdam is poor. One floor of a house in the center Amsterdam cost a million Euro's at minimum.
@union8200
@union8200 Год назад
As a person secure enough in his identity that he doesn't need to preface a RU-vid comment with it, I just wanted to say that most of us don't require drugs to enjoy Amsterdam.
@toolazy4aname24
@toolazy4aname24 Год назад
Get off ya high horse
@Hhhh22222-w
@Hhhh22222-w Год назад
100%
@aidanmccarthy9249
@aidanmccarthy9249 Год назад
Renting a bike and getting lost in the city is what made me enjoy it. I did 36km in one day. If I wanted to smoke weed, which I don't because it gives me anxiety, I can do that at home in Canada because it's more legal here than in the Netherlands.
@Kloud5280
@Kloud5280 Год назад
Its not going to stop the bad tourism. Get real guards and real sentences. Keep the fun
@jeanlundi2141
@jeanlundi2141 Год назад
I built a bit of expectation around Amsterdam over the years. i had travelled extensively throughout Europe to many, many places. I was sure I'd love Amsterdam. I dont smoke weed (smoked a few times in my life, but never regularly) but the one thing that caused the biggest impact when I finally arrived there to visit...........was the smell! The street smelled of pot in many places. It might have been cool in theory but it really left a bad taste in my mouth. It was also super crowded....I never felt relaxed enough to be able to take the city in. I think I prefered Rotterdam. For whatever reason those days I spent in Amsterdam were really not that great. I'm very open minded and like to travel to all sorts of places...modern...derilict.......all sorts of cultures......but Amsterdam......I dunno.........I wanted to like it, but it wasn't a relaxing experience.
@asidorov43
@asidorov43 Год назад
It’s not the same anymore,I miss the old Amsterdam that wasn’t that overcrowded.Sure always was a full living city with a lot of people but it became insane.2020 was a beutiful year while tourism stopped.Felt like a city on its own again,not a tourist attraction.
@BenCG
@BenCG Год назад
I'd like to visit Amsterdam, but the sex and drugs tourism puts me off. I want to come for the atmosphere and a relaxing break instead. These curbs the residents are asking for are very, very reasonable. If I was in charge, I would have a bus service at Schipol airport to ship these people off to a man-made island where they can do whatever they want, but the private sectors operating businesses there are in charge of cleaning it up and maintaining it as part of their contracts.
@Margriet101
@Margriet101 Год назад
I think that people try at festivals and some creative free places like Ruigoord. How ever sex and drugs have real life consequenties. I heard for example from someone that in a psytrance festival in Hungary they have ambulance pandeling all day long. An other example is the legalisation off drugs in Origon USA. You see people destroy them selfs with hard drugs in public. Not everybody has your best interests 😅
@ikmarchini
@ikmarchini Год назад
Do visit, it's a beautiful, wonderful city. Simply avoid the Red Light district, the rest is fine.
@onomatopoetisk
@onomatopoetisk Год назад
I’ve been here for a day and it is definitely a relaxing atmosphere and plenty of things to do without sex and drugs. With that said, there are coffee shops on like every corner and you can feel the weed smell very often when you pass by so it’s hard to miss.
@hasafienda
@hasafienda Год назад
As a foreigner, I completely support this. I'd hate for my home to be known as just a haven of whores and drugs.
@UseroneGaming
@UseroneGaming 7 месяцев назад
I don’t see the red light district going anywhere. It is iconic, and “too many customers” is a problem of crime, solved with better regulation.
@ryhol5417
@ryhol5417 9 месяцев назад
I agree. I was there. The drunks (mostly British when I was there) on red light district were horrible. See the sights, grab your shawarma and fries, smoke and buy, go to your room. They we’re falling into canals outside my room
@ClarkKent-bi7oq
@ClarkKent-bi7oq 3 месяца назад
Don't ruin Amsterdam tourism tradition.😤
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