The Wacken Hot Tub (General Chat)

[agresionpower]

But it seems Berlin isn't the typical German city!

And I'm still dreaming of returning to Berlin one day.

you'll make it, it's only a few hours by train.

 

[Quark]

you'll make it, it's only a few hours by train.

I know. But as a family man, it's not that easy to just "jump" onto Berlin! Besides, I'd like to do something there as well. Not just visiting a concert or something, but see something of the city! (if still there, the bus lines 100 and 200 e.g.)
And discover things I haven't seen last time! (that delicious Turkish restaurant in Kreuzberg was a big surprise!)

 

[Zachia]

yeah at least Berlin has plenty of stuff to do and see

But I don't like the city..

 

[agresionpower]

But I don't like the city..

what is there not to like?

 

[Zachia]

what is there not to like?

To big..

 

[agresionpower]

To big..

For me the bigger a city is the more I enjoy it. that at least seems to be the case for the cities that I've been too.

 

[Quark]

I don't know, but one tends not to like his/her capital city. At least, I don't like Amsterdam either! Even though I have family living there, and an ex of mine lives there. All with good memories, but I still don't like the city.
Brussels on the other hand... mweh, nothing wrong with it. I like the city. Though the knowledge of Dutch could be better sometimes.

 

[agresionpower]

I don't know, but one tends not to like his/her capital city. At least, I don't like Amsterdam either! Even though I have family living there, and an ex of mine lives there. All with good memories, but I still don't like the city.
Brussels on the other hand... mweh, nothing wrong with it. I like the city. Though the knowledge of Dutch could be better sometimes.

I actually like amsterdam, I just don't like that more than 80% of the people in the inner city are tourists who stop right in front of you all the time

 

[Zachia]

I like Amstedam but I 'm afraid i'm one of the tourists AP mentioned...

 

[Quark]

I actually like amsterdam, I just don't like that more than 80% of the people in the inner city are tourists who stop right in front of you all the time

Q: Who is a tourist then? Those who come from outside of Amsterdam? (which makes me a tourist as well) or those who aren't Dutch?
But my vision is, the Amsterdammer is arrogant, and thinks everyone has to know his(her) city, which I, for instance, don't. I know some places, but that's just because my ex used to live there. (Amsterdam Noord - Waterlandplein)

I like Amstedam but I 'm afraid i'm one of the tourists AP mentioned...

 

[agresionpower]

I like Amstedam but I 'm afraid i'm one of the tourists AP mentioned...

it's ok, I'm one of those when I visit places outside of the netherlands

 

[agresionpower]

Q: Who is a tourist then? Those who come from outside of Amsterdam? (which makes me a tourist as well) or those who aren't Dutch?
But my vision is, the Amsterdammer is arrogant, and thinks everyone has to know his(her) city, which I, for instance, don't. I know some places, but that's just because my ex used to live there. (Amsterdam Noord - Waterlandplein)

I'd say, anybody who isn't there on a regular basis.
I pretty much life in the suburbs of Amsterdam so I'm not a tourist.
But when you're dutch and you say stupid stuff like "it smells like weed everywhere" sounding genuinely surprised when you're in amsterdam, yeah than you're a tourist.
And yes I actually heard a dutch guy say that yesterday. at waterloo square.

 

[Quark]

I'd say, anybody who isn't there on a regular basis.
I pretty much life in the suburbs of Amsterdam so I'm not a tourist.
But when you're dutch and you say stupid stuff like "it smells like weed everywhere" sounding genuinely surprised when you're in amsterdam, yeah than you're a tourist.
And yes I actually heard a dutch guy say that yesterday. at waterloo square.

Die kwam zeker uut ut oost'n of noord'n.

Well, apart from the fact that the (average) Amsterdammer will definitely see me as a "provinciaal", I do not consider myself as a tourist. Even though I am NOT there on a regular basis.
I like a beer in the city center, but I do NOT have to be there, if I am going to A'dam. (and the gods forbid it, that I have to go to A'dam unvolontairilly this year!!!)

 

[agresionpower]

Die kwam zeker uut ut oost'n of noord'n.

he sounded like he was from the Rotterdam region

 

[Quark]

he sounded like he was from the Rotterdam region

Says more than enough.