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I Toured Amsterdam's Red Light District With My Mum

I Toured Amsterdam’s Red Light District With My Mum

January 6, 2020
by Claudia Besant
Yarns

“Holy crap!” Mum shouts as a bike skyrockets past her, narrowly missing her little feet. “The bikes really own the roads and the bloody pavements…

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The Real Shock in Culture Shock

The Real Shock in Culture Shock

December 5, 2019
by Alex Ward
Editorial

The first hint was Buienradar. Why would it ever be useful to have an app that shows you only the next two hours of precipitation…

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Reluctantly Dancing on Space Cakes

Reluctantly Dancing on Space Cakes

November 19, 2019
by Dominic Hone
Yarns

“The game is called Presidents,” one of the French girls is saying, gesturing excitedly the way people explaining card games do, her words coming to…

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The Longest Journey Home

The Longest Journey Home

February 6, 2018
by Caitlin Cassidy
Yarns

The lights have just come up and I’m high as a kite. The last DJ is putting records into boxes and the crowd is dispersing….

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A Lesson on Bodies From a Sex Show in Amsterdam

A Lesson on Bodies From a Sex Show in Amsterdam

September 15, 2017
by Stacey Whitlock
Yarns

In a dimly-lit basement under the streets of Amsterdam, I sat, surrounded by people I barely knew, watching a woman pull an impossibly long string…

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The Hobo Guide To Tripping in Amsterdam

The Hobo Guide To Tripping in Amsterdam

November 28, 2016
by The Hobos
Amsterdam Do

Alright, so you’re in Amsterdam and your crew is mobilised and you’re all ready to embark on a psychedelic journey of the senses, or whatever…

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Puddles of Munt

Puddles of Munt

August 2, 2016
by The Hobos
Yarns

The day’s first light peered across the field of overgrown bush and tin sheds that made up the shitty view from our balcony. She took…

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Intimacy and the Sex Industry

Intimacy and the Sex Industry

April 12, 2016
by Holly Morgan
Yarns

“Are you watching this right now? That’s them! As in them that we just saw having sex!” Alice hissed in my ear. I kicked her…

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Corrupting Hermione

Corrupting Hermione

November 14, 2015
by Dayna Gablonski
Yarns

I was sitting in a hostel in Amsterdam, the only place that had a bar of Wi-Fi, when a girl identical to my primary-school library…

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Chipsy King for Life

Chipsy King for Life

October 27, 2015
by Greta Nash
Yarns

One fateful Amsterdam evening, my friend and I packed ourselves into a tiny, bustling bar in an otherwise unassuming street. Soon enough, we grew conscious…

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Amsterdam: Dampkring

Amsterdam: Dampkring

January 17, 2015
by Georgia Suckling
Amsterdam Do

Get There: Handboogstraat 29, 1012 XM This place is groovy, with the greatest ambience thanks to its funky light shades, cool wall paper and sound…

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Amsterdam: Ecomama Hostel

Amsterdam: Ecomama Hostel

September 21, 2014
by Ned Ford
Amsterdam Do

Get There: From Central Station get the Metro to Waterlooplein, then its a straight walk down Valkenburgerstraat to number 124 Cost: 8 Bed mixed dorm from…

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