international student guide amsterdam 2015-2016

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international student guide amsterdam 2015-2016
table of contents
24/7 layar 4 03:00
Editorial 5 transport & communication
24 hours with Jenna 42
01:00 Biketrip 44
the netherlands Public transport 46
Regional Pride 8 Private transport 48
Dutch recipe 10 Communication 51
History 12 Addresses 53
Geography 12
Dutch society 13 04:00
Dutch cuisine 13 living & working
Media 14 24 hours with Neomi 56
Religion 15 How to behave 58
Holidays 15 Places to live 60
Addresses 19 Student housing 60
Renting privately 61
02:00 Housing corporations 61
amsterdam Commercial agencies 61
7 days in Amsterdam 22 Hotels and hostels 62
Geocaching 24 Student jobs 62
History 26 Money matters 63
Architecture 27 Addresses 65
Local government 28
Special places 29 05:00
Quarters 29 students & studying
Squares 31 24 hours with Violet 68
Parks 32 Crossmedia 70
Beaches 34 Student population 72
Around Amsterdam 35 Student facilities 72
Attractive cities 35 Course materials 73
Events 36 Libraries 73
Addresses 38 Social contacts 74
International Student
Organisations 75
isn Amsterdam 76
Addresses 78
table of contents
06:00 08:00
going out health
24 hours with Jorge 82 24 hours with Alexandra 120
Dutch cocktails 84 24 hours healthy 122
Where to go? 86 General emergency
Restaurants 86 number 124
Pub food 87 Emergency services 124
Lunchrooms and cafés 87 Medical assistance 124
University restaurants 87 Hospitals and emergencies 125
Bars 88 Psychological assistance 126
Clubs 89 Health insurance 126
Music 89 Sexuality 126
Addresses 91 Homosexuality 127
Pregnancy 127
07:00 Drugs and alcohol 128
arts & culture Addresses 130
24 hours with Bug^rahan 98
Contemporaries 100 09:00
Culture in Amsterdam 102 sports
Discount cards 102 24 hours with Dennis 134
Cultural centres 103 Workout exercises 136
Art museums 103 Students sports clubs 138
Other museums 105 Fitness clubs 138
Theatres 106 General sports clubs 139
Festivals 107 Sporting events 140
Cinemas 108 Addresses 141
Film festivals 109
Cultural cafés 110 10:00
Shopping 110 index
Shopping streets 111 From A - Z 150
Shopping malls in the
town centre 112 Notes 155
Markets 112 Time to meet us 158
Specialty shops 112 Colophon 159
Supermarkets 114 Emergency numbers 160
Late-night shops 114
Addresses 115
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editorial
time to explore
Dear international students - it‘s time to explore Amsterdam!
In Amsterdam there are things to do and places to go to, 24/7.
To make your time in Amsterdam as much fun as possible we
have designed this student guide for you, by students for students.
If you like culture or if you wish to know where your friends are
having a drink, take this guide. We will tell you which hotspots
and hidden treasures to visit any time of the day or night. You can
also find everything about transport and communication, health,
sports and going out on the town.
To make you enjoy our city even more, we offer you some great
recipes, an interesting cycling route outside of Amsterdam,
a geocache challenge, and we use a layar app with which you
can scan various pages in this guide, pointing you to the YouTube
channel, the bike route, our recipes and more.
Our three departments of editors, designers and producers have
been hard at work to make your 2015-2016 International Student
Guide Amsterdam as interesting and informative as we could.
We hope you will have a great time in Amsterdam!
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01:00
the netherlands
the best time of our dutch lives
even if you spend most of your time
in amsterdam, you still might want to
know something about the rest of the
netherlands. national customs and holidays
need explaining. it’s also nice to know
about our religions. you might even find
our history to be interesting! and did you
know that an eighth of our country is
below the sea level? what is more, the
greater part of the netherlands would
be under water if we didn’t have our dikes
and dunes.
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regional pride
what makes our provinces special
manon afsana mathijs
limburg noord-brabant zuid-holland
‘After all the hustle and bustle ‘On a normal day in Brabant ‘My favourite spot in Zuid-
in Amsterdam, I love getting you will always meet someone Holland is Kinderdijk, with its
a breath of fresh air on the you know, and then you’ll 19 authentic windmills. This
shores of the Reindersmeer in always be having a good time. area is beautiful in winter and
Limburg. It is a beautiful area In cities with many tourists, to my mind an absolute must-
where you don’t meet zillions I feel anonymous. In Brabant see for international students.
of people per square kilometre. you certainly don’t. The best I go there every winter with my
It really gives me peace.’ thing about Brabant is, of mother and brother.’
course, the carnival! In 2016
it is celebrated in weeks five
and six.’
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dennis janneke dennis
gelderland friesland groningen
‘Gelderland is special to me ‘What makes Friesland special, ‘I love Groningen as they
because of its large number are the down-to-earth people organise lots of events for
of old country houses with their and their beautiful language. young people there. Venues
rich history. It’s also great to This language resembles both close late/early in the morning,
go to the Sprengbekken near Dutch and English. We love so you can party all night. And,
Spaanse Graven, an area of speed-skating and if there of course, fc Groningen, the
wondrous beauty. Luckily is enough ice we skate the local football club is the best
I live nearby.’ Elfstedentocht (the Eleven Cities thing about Groningen.’
Tour) of almost two hundred
kilometres. Go to Leeuwarden
if the Tour is held.’
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boerenkool met worst
dutch recipe: mashed kale & potatoes with smoked sausage
This is a traditional, simple Ingredients (will serve you Preparation
Dutch dish. In the cold winter and three of your friends!) 1. Put the kale at the bottom of a
months, there is nothing that • 1kg potatoes saucepan. After you have peeled
the Dutch love more than • 600g kale (boerenkool) and washed the potatoes, cut
a plate of mashed potatoes • 2 smoked sausages them into smaller cubes and
with boerenkool (kale), and (rookworst) place them on top of the kale.
with rookworst (Dutch smoked • 25g butter or vegetable oil Add salt to taste and fill the
sausage). Although the original • 1 tablespoon vinegar saucepan with enough water to
recipe is simple, there are a lot • pepper and salt cover the potatoes. Put the lid
of variations for the meal to suit on the saucepan and put it on
everyone’s tastes. Kitchen utensils a medium fire and bring to the
• potato masher boil. After 10 minutes, the kale
• large saucepan will have boiled down to half
• potato peeler the size.
• large bowl 2. Remove the wrapping from
the sausages. Put them in the
saucepan on top of the kale and
potatoes. Cook on a medium
fire for another 15 minutes.
Take the sausages from the
lets get saucepan and keep them hot
cooking!
under a cover.
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