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Summary: A must for bachelors
Review: A rather slim book for the price, but it gives honest information about prostitution in Amsterdam. (It exists.) I tried the call girl service that it listed, with excellent results. There is also a chapter titled "Cannabis". Plus other chapters that make this a good buy.
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Summary: Honest Advice on Amsterdam: Thank you, Joe!
Review: After reading this book (the ONLY travel guidebook I've ever read cover to cover), I was so excited at the prospect of visiting Amsterdam that I'm back tonight to buy another copy for a friend. The author provides such straight-forward leads and advice for the adventurous, open-minded traveler that reading it felt just as if I were sitting at a cafe talking with a long-time resident... like getting the low down from a good friend.
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Summary: Attitude! ...but with an intellect.
Review: Amsterdam.Woah, what can one say? If you find yourself in the fortunate position of being able to venture to this city packed with everything the senses could desire, then TAKE THIS BOOK WITH YOU!
This book has everything that a HIP visitor needs to know. If you're some starchy, close-minded schmuck who is only going to Amsterdam for the museums, tulips and the quaint cafes along the canal, then you won't like this book's attitude. Pauker takes a no-nonsense approach to guiding you through the city. No kid-gloves here. If you think you're an uptight person, then maybe you should get this book to help you loosen up...when you get to Amsterdam, skip the tulips and go to the Blue Bird Cafe. You'll see life in a completely renewed light. Good luck and happy travelling.
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Summary: Nicely Done
Review: First off, you don't need a guide to Amsterdam. It's a walking town, and discovery is half the adventure. But if you're going to carry a guidebook, you sure don't need the standard advice about where the big museums are, or how to overspend on food or a hotel. This isn't that. Instead its a detailed report on the sorts of places you'd want to hang if you lived there. It's a story of the city told on a human scale, with particular emphasis on how deep the ('counter') culture runs there. If you find yourself walking in circles round the same canal again, having this guide in your pack may save your soles, and help you discover the less obvious treasures. Fortunately, the author has prominently placed a few obscenities to ward off use by the wrong sort of tourists - but the inside stories are gently told.
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Summary: Better Books can be found
Review: For the price this book leaves much to be desired. It's worth maybe half the price considering much more informative books can be had for a little more.
It's very amatuerish looking, with very few B&W only pictures.
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Summary: Great for finding those special places
Review: Having living in and outside Amsterdam for eighteen months I can verify this book knows what it's talking about. It doesn't claim to list everything but if your taste tends towards the real A'dam as opposed to the "obvious" tourist image this book can save you a lot of hunting around. A great way to accumulate a lot of "inside" knowledge of one of the world's most liveable and enjoyable cities. I'd recommend this book along with a copy of Lonely Planet's Amsterdam to anyone spending any amount of time here.
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Summary: lost, you won't be
Review: I am on holiday in Amsterdam as I write. GET LOST has been a valuable resource for information. I saved some money at Albert Heins' Grocery by following the advice to purchase a Bonus Card. The woman at the counter was surprised that a tourist knew about it, and I have had one person unable to accept that I do not live here when I showed the card to her. Out of the way places are a speciality of this handbook. I was led to the shop Homegrown Fantasy's. It was not easy to find, and I know I would not have done so on my own. The bartender is named "Red", and she was very helpful to me as she explained the menu. It has scant mention of hotels, restaurants, museums and other tourist-heavy centres. It does provide a useful adjunct to a more traditional guidebook, though. If you are interested in a Dutch person's view of what to do in Amsterdam, this book will interest you.
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Summary: THIS BOOK ROCKS!
Review: I am writing this Review from Amsterdam at 12:30am on a Wednesday night...#-) I would like to say that this is really a great book, w/essential info for anyone who wants to have fun while in Amsterdam. Although I orginally got it for info on the smoking scene, I've ended up using a variety of sections extensively. The biggest example of this is the hotel section - I had figured I would rely on my travel agent to get us a good room, but when we got here, we realized we were staying a 20-minute cab ride away from the action, so whipped out Get Lost!, and in about a half hour had booked a room at one of the hotels he recommends - IT WAS GREAT! Where else can you walk through the door of your hotel, and be welcomed "to our home" by the sweet old landlady, and get invited into her room and given coffee, an explanation of "where everything is, and of course a joint, before she ever makes mention of the bill... His advice about restaurants, and the best smoke shops is also dead on - survey says, BUY IT!
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Summary: Well Worth The money
Review: I found this book very informative. It has a lot of information that the "normal" tour books do not have. Definitely worth the price. If you are going to Amsterdam, and feel adventurous, buy this book.
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Summary: Amterdam: I used all the books and Get Lost! was the best.
Review: I just got back last month from a fantastic trip to Amsterdam. Joe Pauker's book, "The Cool Guide to Amsterdam", was the key to my trip. Before I left, my family and friends gave me several guides to the city. I took them all with me, but I ended up using only Get Lost! Not only was the information the most interesting and up to date, but I found it hillarious reading as well. I've travelled all around the world, used the various other "alternative" guidebooks and I have never found a book that covered so many cool and funky places in a city. Admitedly, Amsterdam is a city filled with beautiful architecture, great music, excellent coffee shops and unique squat restaurants, but Pauker's "Cool Guide to Amsterdam" showed me where they all were.
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