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Even the statues seem high and wasted in the Netherlands so it's obvious what the country is famous for. Legal drugs and prostitution is the gimmick for this picturesque city by the canals and I love countries that can be defined and isn't just a bleak version of something else, even if it is for such dark stuff as in the Netherlands. It had always been a dream to go to Amsterdam and two years ago me and my girlfriend Felicia went there to celebrate my birthday. Since I'm a sucker for statues we started off at Museumplein and worked ourselves into the city center and you can tell right away that the legal sins make a creative city. It's also a city of cyclists on speed so you need to beware of hundreds of bikes going in every direction at full speed ahead. I prefer to walk slowly in my traditional Dutch clogs instead. The canals and the narrow houses makes the view amazing wherever you go and we went to enjoy the scenery and not the drugs in the cof...