miguel wrote:
Another Question:
I want to visit the noord of holland, I found some interesting cities, but visit all of them is not possibile.
Any suggestion? The most beautiful city, an interesting Coffee, etc...
The cities that I have found are:
Zaandam, Ijmuiden and Beverwijk, Alkmaar, Purmerend (with Edam and Volendam), Hoorn (with Enkhuizen) or Den Helder.
thanks in advance.
I am in town 6th-11th.
As far as other cities go Haarlem is the closest and has probably the most coffeeshops. Some nice shops here and cheaper than Dam. It really is like a mini quieter Amsterdam.
I lived in Wijk Ann Zee for 3 months which is 5 minutes from Beverwijk. The town has 3 coffeeshops (there is a 4th but this is well out the centre and i never managed to find it in 3 months!) Splif is a nice coffeeshop with an outdoor seating area with fountains which would be awesome to chill in in the summer. The weed from here was always good but not great. I think the hash is more there speciality.
Coffeeshop Life is round the corner and has a decent menu with some ok strains on. They do a big bag special 4g for 25e. It is advertised as 5g but when we asked the budtender at Taffne's to weight it we could see it was clearly 4g. Still a fairly good deal but I would prefer the were honest!
Taffne's is in my opinion the best in Beverwijk. A menu ranging from 6.50e for Red hair or Silver Skunk up to 13-14e fro mako haze. While I was out there this shop had some of the best cheese i've ever had for 11e/g asnd some very nice amnesia for 12.50. They also do 5g of PP or Polm Special fro 30e
As a town Beverwijk is nothing special to look at, but has the advantage of being able to hop on the bus for 5 mins and have a spliff on the beach at Wijk ann Zee.
Ijmuiden is also nearby but I never made it there, I think it has a couple of coffeeshops. I believe you can take a hydrofoil from here to Amsterdam which would be a nice change to the train.
Alkmaar is a nice town, has only 4 coffeeshops. I was told by some dutch friends that Anytime is the best there and it does indeed have a large menu of good strains but you will be paying Amsterdam prices. Not necessarily a bad thing if the quality is good but i have come to expect better prices outside of the capital. Alkmaar also has its own RLD mainly undercover which is worth a wander, and prices are cheaper than Dam at 35e if you're into a punt.
I haven't been personally to the other cities on your list but I've heard good things about Den Haag and Utrecht.
Hope this helps!
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