Where to stay: Amsterdam

Amsterdam is a unique city in the fact that there are a lot of unique places to spend the night. For instance... a houseboat. Not many people can sleep on a boat which sits on a canal inside of a major city... in Europe! You could also rent out an apartment and feel like you truely live there. Renting apartments can sometimes be far cheaper than getting a hotel room especially if you are with 2 or more people. If you look around you can find alot of people renting out apartments and houseboats on the web for pretty cheap. You can sleep on a very nice one made for two or get a nice relaxing one for larger groups of 4-6 people. Some can even accomadate ever larger groups. There would be nothing quite amazing as walking out of your apartment or houseboat walking into a coffeeshop that is only 5 minutes away and smoking a spliff of Amsterdam's finest.

Google: Amsterdam Houseboats

Google: Amsterdam Apartments

High Times Cannabis Cup 2006 Results

19th High Times Cannabis Cup Results

Cannabis Cup
1st - Greenhouse / Arjan’s Ultra Haze
2nd - Barney’s / G13 Haze
3rd – Grey Area / Martian Mean Green

Indica Cup
1st – Big Buddha Seeds / Big Buddha Cheese
2nd - Ceres Seeds / Fruity Thai
3rd – Barney’s / Night Shade

Sativa Cup
1st – Kiwi Seeds / Mako Haze
2nd – Paradise Seeds / Opium
3rd – Big Buddha Seeds / Blue Cheese

Import Hash Cup
1st – Barney’s / Carmello Cream
2nd – Greenhouse / Carmello Royal
3rd – Dampkring / Rifman’s Nore

Dutch Hash Cup
1st – Barney’s / Barney Rubble
2nd – Dampkring / Waterworks
3rd – Greenhouse / Masterkush Isolator

Product Cup
1st – Super Vapezilla / Super Vapezilla
2nd – Vortex – The Gravity Bong
3rd – Aleda – rolling papers

Best Booth
1st – Barney’s
2nd – Greenhouse
3rd – Wickid Roots

Glass Cup
1st – DNA – Lux Glass
2nd - …
3rd – Green Devil / Rubin


Source

Links!

Yes it is time for me to post some links!

Forums
Virtual 'Dam
Amsterdam Coffeeshop Directory's Forum
Channels.nl

Coffeeshopping
Amsterdam Coffeeshop Directory
Amsterdam Coffeeshop Crawl HQ
Willie Wortel's (coffeeshop chain in Haarlem)
Amsterdam Coffeeshop Menus (awesome website!)
Smoker's Guide to Amsterdam (nice layout, info, and pictures *drool*)
Amsterdam Coffee shop Map by Nemisis (interactive site with coffee shops and smart shops listed)

Hotels/Hostels/Accommodations
Hotels.nl (best place for cheap, no commission deals)
Flying Pig (best hostel to stay at in Amsterdam)
Hotel Asterisk (never stayed there but I hear good things)
Speciality of Amsterdam Houseboats (houseboat rental listings)
Kooyk Hotel (cheap, but very nice looking)

Red Light District
Amsterdam XXX - All Things Amsterdam (basic site on Amsterdam with a focus on the RLD)

Internet Cafes
Amsterdam Internet Cafes listing
The MAD Processor (gaming Internet cafe with games like World of Warcraft, Counter-Strike, etc...)

Music
Future Research (drum and bass music listing for the Netherlands)
Melkweg (big music venue in Amsterdam)

Eating
Wok to Walk (cheap stir fry located @ various places in town)
Restaurants in Amsterdam (great search function)
Nam Kee (chinese restauraunt that is very cheap from what I hear)

Transportation
Amsterdam Tram Track Map (the name says it all)



I am going to post a lot more links soon! I have tons and tons of them. So, check back soon.

First post

Hello all! This is the first post of my blog: "Essential Amsterdam." I am starting this blog so I can have a place to link, post, and provide content about Amsterdam and surrounding Netherlands areas. I will be visiting Amsterdam soon and will have a day by day coverage of my trip posted right here! So, check back soon for more info.