The city of Amsterdam is knew for some of it vices. If I just want to resume it in this article I will talk about Coffee Shops, the Red District and the night life : music in Amsterdam.
First the huge reputation of the city : Coffee Shops
Coffee Shops are numerous in the city. Most of the young tourist are here for that : you can buy and smoke some marijuana in these bars.
Smoking marijuana is not really on the habits of Dutch people. It is most a tourist activity. Near Centraal station, the railway station where everybody arrive in Amsterdam, you can find a lot of these Coffee Shops, juste to catch tourist that wanted to smoke directly when they arrived.
Moreover, you can't smoke marijuana in the street, Dutch don't like it.
You also have famous Coffee Shops like the Dampking that is famous because a scene in Ocean Twelve with Brad Pitt. Other are famous because of their theme and design.
Then you can find in Amsterdam, near Centraal Station again, and in the heart of the city the Red District. A touristic attraction (or not), because it is a singular place in the world. You are walking in a common beautiful street in the city with a waterway in the middle, but you have prostitutes in windows on your both sides. Here the prostitution is regulated, and it seems to work good!
Finally, the night life in Amsterdam is very present. A lot of discos are open all week long. A lot of artist comes to Amsterdam to play in huge discos where thousands of people come to see theme.
A lot of people live in Amsterdam or near the city and moreover there is a lot of tourism, so discos and concert place are always full of people, some of theme more local people and sometimes people from all the world!
The most famous are the Paradisio, a concert place where you can hear very different kind of music, and its particularity is that is was a church! After you can find a lot of huge warehouse develop in discos, where most of the time you can listen electronic music, for example the Trouw, that was a newspaper local, the best disco for people, where we always can listen very good electronic Dj's. This kind of disco is the most widespread.
Amsterdam is kwew for its party at night to listen good music and also in the day because you can find a lot of open air when the sun is coming.
The only problem of parties in Amsterdam is that entrances are always expensive, night and day!
Trouw Amsterdam
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