Country astounding tolerance - Part 2

IN SEARCH OF DUTCH HARMONY (continued, part 2) Another major attraction for tourists is the abundance of marijuana. Surprisingly, storage and production of marijuana is a crime, so that the grass is under control. But you can not feel it because of the so-called "coffee shops" that dozens located along streets and canals of the city. Yes, and it serves coffee and pastries, but the main menu item is still "Weigh" marijuana, cigarettes, or even in one of the streets of Amsterdam in each establishment has a menu that lists all sorts of countries of origin, types of cigarettes, etc . You must order a drink, but then you can park in a tiny cafe with a smoky light and Nakuru crazy. You could also buy "Space Cake" is a pastry (usually chocolate cake or a piece of cake) instead of filling in his bag marijuana. It sells fruit smoothies and other kinds of food with marijuana, but it is very hard to see exactly how much marijuana they contain. This can be dangerous, since the effect occurs only after an hour or two, it is very easy to overdo it and get an overdose. There could not have done without marijuana city authorities are trying to free the center of the coffee shops and reduce the number of windows (many of which have been overbought by the city authorities and is now lined with advertising). So if you want to get the real experience of staying in Amsterdam, and hurry to buy your tickets now. The city set a goal to clean up their streets for the period from 2013 to 2015 .. Municipal officials want to attract more mature, more affluent tourists (read: smart) instead of young, poor backpackers-addicts, who now fill the city. If inhalation of smoke and shooting eyed prostitute is not your style (and not my!), Then the city has yet to see. And yet it was strange to see older couples and young families with children in the city, whose name became a household word and is associated with hedonism, drugs and sex. But I believe that all these people came here to do something else, though, like myself. Store condoms in the house of Anne Frank Museum (the famous Jewish girl, the author of The Diary of Anne Frank ", approx. Perevi.) You can visit the secret annexe where Anne and her family hid during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Museum visitors will literally squeeze into the secret doorway, disguised as a bookcase, and a very narrow stairs to climb to the attic. If you can ignore the annoying high school crowd, then you, like me, enjoy this place. Anne Frank House, I have not had enough time to visit the other museums. For example, a beer museum, Heineken Ekspirienz (former brewery in the heart of Amsterdam in 1988 was turned into a museum and exhibition center, approx. Perevi.) Museum of marijuana and hemp, several famous art museums, the Museum of tulips, Torture Museum, the Museum of the Dutch resistance (organized resistance to German occupation of Holland during World War II, ca. Perevi.). You can easily spend a few days (and hundreds of euros), just hanging in museums. Start material: Completion of material: