LINKS BY CATEGORY

AMSTERDAM INFO

SCHIPHOL AIRPORT -- AMS -- Amsterdam-- Airport's official Web site has good information and pictures. Also see my info about Schipol.

Amsterdam for Dummies -- http://www.amsterdamfordummies.nl

**** CHANNELS *****

CHANNELS-- A virtual tour through Amsterdam, plus nice map and bbs style forums.

http://www.channels.nl -- Channels home page

http://www.channels.nl/themap.html --Excellent interactive map of Amsterdam,

http://www.channels.nl/board/channelsforum.cgi -- Forum with wide range of questions, from basic travel info to asking whether the hookers will make you use a condom. I tend to promote this primarly for travel info, as there are experienced people and good discussions. Read the lewder posts at your own moral risk :>).

***** HOTELGENIE *****

HotelGenie Amsterdam page-- handpicked hotel listings across Europe including Amsterdam, secure online booking

Also HotelGenie's Home page

The Channels.nl site has good hotels listed. Go to their home page and click A to Z.

Also the Official Amsterdam Web Site also has some good info.

Buddycom.com -- The top page for a general interest site with some animated images of Amsterdam, these images are specifically at http://www.buddycom.com/holland/animamst.html

http://www.budgettravel.com/amster.htm -Budget Travel.com: useful links about embassies, general info, transportation, Dutch travel agents, currency issues, accomodations, and tourist destinations. It's all on one long page.

-- Good general Amsterdam info, plus other cities, and a good links list.

A cool site by a local Amsterdammer, info about the city and it's own good links page.

THE FLOW-- An internet magazine focused on marijuana issues, quite ethereal in style.

• http://www.theflow.nl/theflow.htm -- Top page
• http://www.theflow.nl/flowlnk.htm -- List of OVER 500 marijauna related links
• http://www.theflow.nl/archive/csfamenu.htm -- The coffeeshop files
• http://www.esk.nl/theflow/shsfarch.htm -- info on mushrooms and psychedelics
• http://www.theflow.nl/flowtoc.htm -- a table of contents for the site
• HOSTELS

  THE LAST WATERHOLE-- One of my favorite places in the Red Light District, The Last Waterhole is 3 things in one - a coffeeshop, a bar, and a hostel. So in theory you could listen to live music, drink and get stoned, then pass out upstairs in the dormitory. Definitely only for those who LIKE sleeping in dormitories, but I always stop in to buy some pot and have a drink.

  Flying Pig Hostel-- Includes English section for those who don't speak Dutch, Website for hostels throughout Holland with good information. Multiple hostels in Amsterdam plus Noordwijk and Brussells.

  Durty Nelly's **GET THE LINK!!**--

  Dutch Youth Hostel Association-- Includes English section for those who don't speak Dutch, Website for hostels throughout Holland with good information..

  AIRLINES & TRAVEL

  EASYJET -- A great deal on travel from Amsterdam to London or elsewhere in Europe. Uses Luton Airport in London, and I don't know if that's good or bad. According to EasyJet's web site, http://www.easyjet.co.uk, this airport is a 10 minutes bus trip + a 30 minute train ride away from London, will get more info. Prices typically $50-60 each way for Amsterdam to London.

  I dislike Priceline so much that I won't put a link up. They force you to pay before you know what you are getting. They intentionally lose money to attract customers. You do not make this up in volume. What is the long term prospect of that?

  TRAVELZOO.com-- When they started, they gave away a few free shares. I was intrigued so I applied for some, making me a shareholder. Whatever that's worth! An interesting travel site..

  TRAVELOCITY.com-- Another good vacation/flight/hotel etc booking site. Search for deals, get travel ideas to fit your budget.

  HOLLAND

  ABOUT.com EUROPE FOR VISITORS -- Netherlands-- Listings of various info about Holland.. Loads of good links, and some good info too hosted by About.com guide Durant Imbroden.

  http://www.keukenhof.nl/ -- The Keukenhof is the premier Botanical Garden in all of Holland, see Bohannon's pics on this site at http://www.trackandtrain.com/keukenhof.html

  http://www.visitholland.com/cultural/indexcul.html lists of events, find the Amsterdam Summer Festivals link and click it

  http://www.tribute.nl/nbt/fietsen/ Site provides rich content based on the ANWB/VVV approved bike routes. Cutesy interface at first, or you can select from the list. You have to choose either city routes, country routes, or longer distance routes by pulling a bicycle image onto the roadway, then after watching an animation you get to the real information. GRAB the KLUNKY bike and see the Amsterdam bike tour. This would be excellent, you could hike it in 1 day or walk it, taking your time in 2 days. Try this direct link, http://www.tribute.nl/nbt/fietsen/cgi-bin/etappe.cgi?stad+amsterdam2+1

  VVV - Tourist Offices -- National VVV

• http://www.vvv.nl/online/welkom/index.htm The VVV in Dutch
• http://www.visitholland.com/L The Dutch Tourist Board in English at visitholland.com. It has some sections on bicycling, as well as the expected tourist info. Sometimes response is slow to non-existant.

http://www.visitholland.com/cities/indexcit.html information about various Dutch cities: Alkmaar, Amsterdam, Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Delft, Den Haag, Eindhoven, Gouda, Groningen, Haarlem, Leeuwarden, Leiden, Maastricht, Middelburg, Rotterdam, Utrecht

• http://www.vvv-edam.nl/ VVV Edam - tourist office offering information about Edam and the cheese markets.
• http://www.vvv-ouddorp.org/index_uk.htm VVV Ourdorp - information provided by the Tourist Information Office in one of the hottest windsurfing resorts of the country.
• http://www.vvvdelft.nl/ VVV Delft - contains information about local tourism in the home of Delft Blue plateware/art.
• http://vvvnoordwijk.nl/front.asp VVV Noordwijk - Beach resort

BRUGGE HOME PAGE -- http://www.brugge.be/ Beautiful old city in Northern Belgium, this is the city's official website. Home page in Dutch, this link is the English version. Nice interactive walk like CHANNEL's of Amsterdam. You must go here.

ABOUT.com EUROPE FOR VISITORS-- Listings of various info about Europe.. Loads of good links, and some good info too hosted by About.com guide Durant Imbroden.

BugEurope.com -- Backpacker's underground guide to Europe, good info, not so much on Holland.

Exploring.nu -- A great collection of many many many pictures from all over the world! MANY CONTINENTS covered, Australia, Indonesia, USA, Europe, DEFINITELY CHECK IT OUT!

http://www.triptoeurope.com/ -- TripToEurope.com looks like a good place, I have not checked it out that carefully. Why don't you?

COME.TO/JAMM -- An Edinburgh local put this effort together as a way of concentrating information about local. Includes realaudio clips. Also has dates when bands play and other neat info. Check it out...

WEATHER CHANNEL -- Weather forecast for Amsterdam. I have often seen poor performance from this site, sorry if it doesn't work for you.

http://www.citydisc.com/produkt/consument/shell_europlanner/tekst_engels.htm -- Shell Europlanner software, haven't used it, but an interesting product for approx. $20.

DISCOVER VANCOUVER -- http://www.discovervancouver.com/ -- general tourist site, has a bulletin board, but not nearly as good as the Channels Amsterdam Forum

THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT -- Vancouver Newspaper

MYBC.com -- News and sports. local info

Butchart Gardens, in Victoria on Vancouver Island, see their website

http://www2.mytravelguide.com/cgi-bin/webdirectory.pl?passurl=/Regional/Europe/Netherlands/Maps/ Top: Regional: Europe: Netherlands: Maps section of mytravelguide.com, this is a set of map links ranging from cities like Delft to a map of "every place in the Netherlands."

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