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Clubbing, Traveling and Hotel Info!!

Hi there Non NLTAs!!!

To make things a bit easier for you all, and to prevent ppl from starting the same thread over-and-over again, we hereby present you all the info you need for planning your trip to our beautiful little country!

For questions, feel free to ask them here!!

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Info on Clubbing, Traveling and Hotels in Holland Hostels/Hotels Holland: http://www.hostels.com/nl.html http://www.europeanhostels.com http://www.eurocheapo.com http://www.book-a-hotel-in-amsterdam.com General travel info: http://www.courier.org/ Weather in Holland http://weather.yahoo.com/regional/NLXX.html http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/eu/Nethe...terdamEHAM.html Learn DUTCH! http://www.learndutch.org/ ALTERNATIVE DUTCH http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Dutch.html Trains in Europe: http://eurocheapo.railkey.com/eurocheapo/railsaver.asp http://www.bahn.de (German) http://www.ns.nl (Dutch Railways) Flights: http://www.expedia.com http://www.easyjet.com http://www.buzzaway.com/index.html http://www.go-fly.com http://www.ryanair.com http://www.cheapflights.com http://www.travelocity.com Rent a Bike: http://www.macbike.nl/english/index.html Coffeeshops/Smartshops etc: http://www.coffeeshop.freeuk.com/ACDfrmGu.html General Information of The Netherlands: http://www.holland.com/ Party Agendas The Netherlands: http://www.wonca-europe.nl/~portal/agenda.php] http://dance.student.utwente.nl/~pa...p?SECTION=party Clubs: Amsterdam Club XL www.xtralarge.nl Powerzone www.thepowerzone.nl Escape Venue www.escape.nl iT www.it.nl Melkweg www.melkweg.nl Sinners In Heaven www.sinners.nl Paradiso www.paradiso.nl MaZZo www.mazzo.nl Time (item) www.ams-protocol.com The Hague <> www.eau.nl Arnhem <> www.eau.nl Nijmegen The Matrixx www.matrixx.nl Rotterdam Maastheater www.tedmtc.nl Now & Wow http://www.now-wow.com Ministry of Dance www.ministryofdance.nl Eclipse www.e-clipse.nl Nighttown www.nighttown.nl Off-Corso www.off-corso.nl Zwolle The Q: www.the-q.nl Record Stores ______________________________________________________________ Alkmaar Courthouse Int'l Audio - Laat 63 - 072-5126160 Amsterdam Boudisque - Haringpakkersteeg 10 - 020-6622817 Groove Connection - Sint-Nicoloaasstraat 41 - 020-6247234 Dance Tracks - Nieuwe Nieuwstraat 69 - 020 639-0853 Midtown - Nieuwedijk 104 - 020-6384252 Outland - Zeedijk 22 - 020-6387576 Rhythm Import - Nieuwendijk 159 - 020-6222867 Rush Hour - Spuistraat 130 - 020-4274505 Arnhem Dance Drugstore - Walstraat 12 - 026-3518916 Ultimate Records - Walstraat 50-52 - 026-3510222 Breda Magik - Nieuwstraat 46 - 076-5152992 Tunesville - Haagdijk 15 - 076-5211386 Delft Plexus - Voldersgracht 11a - 015-2144596 Den Bosch Trend Records - Orthenstraat 25 Den Haag Confused - van Diemenstraat 130 - 070-3642539 Rythm Import - Torenstraat 96 - 070-3642378 Eindhoven Bullit Recordshop - Stratumseind 8 - 040-2431756 Freaky Records - Hoogstraat 1 - 040 2448140 Midtown - Hooghuisstraat 22 - 040-2448140 Rare Records - Bergstraat 36B - 040 2468480 Haarlem Trancentral - Kruisstraat 40 - 023-5420336 Heerlen Psycho Records - Parallelweg 69 - 045-5713103 Hilversum Groovy Tunes - Leeuwenstraat 53a - 035-6478121 Leiden Cyber Records - Steenstraat 5 - 071-5145204 Forbidden Planet - Haarlemmerstraat 246 - 071-5121546 Rotterdam Basic Beat - Nieuwe binnenweg 19 - 010-4366426 Midtown - Nieuwe Binnenweg 89 - 010-4363942 Rhythm Import - Nieuwe Binnenweg 91 - 010-4142203 Velvet - Oude Binnenweg 121 - 010-4134423 Utrecht Metro - Oudegracht 72 - 030 2232298 Midtown - Zadelstraat 36 - 030-2317198 Rhythm Import - Mariaplaats 5 - 030-2315583 Twist & Shout - Oudegracht 70/72a - 030-2340520 Zoetermeer BPM Dance / Only Dj's - Pilatusdam 15b - 079-3168162

That's it!! Have a nice trip to Holland..and make sure to party hard while being our guest

Thanx Miss P. , i also thought about a post like this, but i'm just lazy

Greetz,
SnuggLe

how about

Arnhem
<>: www.eau.nl

Nijmegen
The Matrixx: www.matrixx.nl

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Originally posted by TimeportE how about Arnhem <>: www.eau.nl Nijmegen The Matrixx: www.matrixx.nl

OK editted with aproval from Miss P (I hope)

ok please help me with my trip...

me and my friend are coming to holland in febuary ( especially for TE 2003 )...and here is my plan. Please tell me what you think about it.

lets say TE is on febuary 16 in Ultrecht ( should be there ( ? ) )

we arrive in amsterdam on febuary 14

on febuary 14 we take a train to ultrecht

we sleep in ultrecht for two nights ( we calm down and during the day we try to find the place where TE will be held )

the day following TE we take a train to The Hague

we sleep two nights at the hague and on the third night we go to club eau ( i must see that place! )

the day following club eau we take the train to amsterdam sleep there one night and the next day we come home

what do you think about it?

thankx

Club eau isn't that great, not huge or anything, just minimal. So don't get your hopes started!

maybe but they have excellent djs ( well better than here in montreal )

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Originally posted by Jpx ok please help me with my trip... me and my friend are coming to holland in febuary ( especially for TE 2003 )...and here is my plan. Please tell me what you think about it. lets say TE is on febuary 16 in Ultrecht ( should be there ( ? ) ) we arrive in amsterdam on febuary 14 on febuary 14 we take a train to ultrecht we sleep in ultrecht for two nights ( we calm down and during the day we try to find the place where TE will be held ) the day following TE we take a train to The Hague we sleep two nights at the hague and on the third night we go to club eau ( i must see that place! ) the day following club eau we take the train to amsterdam sleep there one night and the next day we come home what do you think about it? thankx

I think it's fair to say CLub Eau isn't open on mondays/tuesdays

you'd have to wait a whole week for that and go on saturday...

it's Utrecht btw

i think you can better book a hotel/hostel in amsterdam cuz that city is much more fun to explore than the city of Utrecht! and just go to Utrecht on the day of TE

Don't forget the 24 hour time format!

Also, if you're coming from a place that uses the AM/PM time format and you don't know the 24 hour time format, prepare and learn it BEFORE going anywhere in Europe and most of Asia! I'll give you a chart here:

(24 hour format) --- (12 hour format)
00:00 --- 12:00 AM (Midnight at the beginning of the day)
01:00 --- 01:00 AM
02:00 --- 02:00 AM
03:00 --- 03:00 AM
04:00 --- 04:00 AM
05:00 --- 05:00 AM
06:00 --- 06:00 AM
07:00 --- 07:00 AM
08:00 --- 08:00 AM
09:00 --- 09:00 AM
10:00 --- 10:00 AM
11:00 --- 11:00 AM
12:00 --- 12:00 PM (Noon)
13:00 --- 01:00 PM
14:00 --- 02:00 PM
15:00 --- 03:00 PM
16:00 --- 04:00 PM
17:00 --- 05:00 PM
18:00 --- 06:00 PM
19:00 --- 07:00 PM
20:00 --- 08:00 PM
21:00 --- 09:00 PM
22:00 --- 10:00 PM
23:00 --- 11:00 PM
24:00 --- (no expression) (Midnight at the end of the day)
The expression "24:00" isn't used everywhere and digital watches don't display "24:00" as it means the same thing as 00:00 at the beginning of the next day but, for timetables, it MAY display this time. This means that an event ends at the minute after 23:59 on the specific day. Don't get confused with this too much. "24:00" should NEVER be used, however, some people use it and it's improper.

Also, in many places in Europe and Asia, dates are done in the DD/MM/YYYY format or, Day, Month, Year format. Sometimes, numerically expressed dates are in the YYYY-MM-DD format because that's the ISO-8601 standard and has been the standard in China, Japan, and Korea for many years. Those are the ONLY 2 formats you'll come across in Europe and Asia. Here's an example: "18/02/2002" means "The 18th day of the 2nd month in the year 2002". "2002-02-18" means the same.

If anyone has any questions, LET ME KNOW!

Thank you very much Ali

Good job!

At this moment club kremlin doesn't give parties.
because cubic the place were they give the parties is bankrupt,

Kremlin is trying to move on but at the moment they don't know how but they will continue.

In zwolle there is also a club called the q (www.the-q.nl) it's a small club but they have a good line up every weekend.

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Originally posted by Miss Proximus Thank you very much Ali Good job!

No problem: I LOVE talking about time/date formats, travel, and how things are done in different regions in the world!

Here's something I've been wondering: In the 24 hour format, when the time is on the hour, like at 02:00, 19:00, etc., how do you say those times? I know you don't say "Nineteen O'Clock" but, I hear the expression "2 O'Clock", even in places where 24 hour time is standard. Is the correct way of saying it "X Hours" ("X" means any value between 0 and 23)? I know that in the US military, they use 24 hour format but, they do it a bit different: There's NO colon (":") between the hour and minute values and they say 19:00 like this: "Nineteen Hundred Hours". Isn't it confusing? It's only 19 hours past Midnight and they say 19 hundred. I think that's why Americans think that the 24 hour format is confusing, because of what the military does.

I use the 24 hour format and I've been pronouncing it "13 hours, 14 hours etc." And for times like 08:00, 10:00, etc., I say "8 O'Clock, 10 O'Clock, etc". For 00:00/24:00, I say "Midnight". For times between 00:00 and 01:00, I saw "X minutes past Midnight" ("X" means any value between 1 and 59"). Is all this correct?

Tell me how you say it in The Netherlands and everywhere else. Also, if the pronunciations are different, please show examples like I've done (Only use English, as I only know English). This will help everyone. Later, I'll return to this thread with some website that's good for travel ANYWHERE. Highly useful!

07:00 = we say seven o'clock
19:00 = we say seven o'clock
It's always the same..

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Originally posted by New Wave 07:00 = we say seven o'clock 19:00 = we say seven o'clock It's always the same..

Weird, I heard that in Germany they write either "19:00" OR "19 Uhr" and they say the same as you ONLY in casual speech but, for formal writing, they do it the real way (the way I mentioned above).

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Originally posted by ali92 Weird, I heard that in Germany they write either "19:00" OR "19 Uhr" and they say the same as you ONLY in casual speech but, for formal writing, they do it the real way (the way I mentioned above).

But Germans are freaked and whe are casual compared with the german people

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Originally posted by New Wave But Germans are freaked and whe are casual compared with the german people

What do you mean?

Especially for oDrori

I couldn't find any other stores in Amsterdam and Rotterdam...feel free to PM one of the mods for adjustments (rather than posting them -> we're trying to create an organized thread here )

Have fun shopping!!

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Recordstores Amsterdam: Attalos Import Grammofoonplaten en CD's Amstelveenseweg 27 1054MC AMSTERDAM Boudisque Haringpakkerssteeg 10 1012LR AMSTERDAM Dance Tracks Nieuwe Nieuwstraat 69 1012NG AMSTERDAM Midtown Records Nieuwendijk 104 1012MR AMSTERDAM Outland Records Shop BV Zeedijk 22 1012AZ AMSTERDAM Outland Techno Basement Zeedijk 22 1012AZ AMSTERDAM De Platenkoning Hasselaerssteeg 12 1012MB AMSTERDAM Rush Hour Records Spuistraat 130 1012VB AMSTERDAM Virgin Megastore Amsterdam Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 182 1012SJ AMSTERDAM Rythm Import Nieuwendijk 159 AMSTERDAM Recordstores Eindhoven: Bullit CD's & LP's Kleine Berg 53 5611 JT EINDHOVEN Rare Records VOF Bergstraat 36B 5611 JZ EINDHOVEN Midtown Hooghuisstraat 22 EINDHOVEN Recordstores The Hague: Rythm Import Torenstraat 96 DEN HAAG Recordstores Rotterdam: Restless records Nieuwe Binnenweg 54 ROTTERDAM Rythm Import Binnenwegplein 20c ROTTERDAM Midtown Records Koperslagerstraat 4-6 ROTTERDAM Recordstores Breda: Magik Musik Nieuwstraat 46 BREDA

Phew, thanks a LOT

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Originally posted by ali92 No problem: I LOVE talking about time/date formats, travel, and how things are done in different regions in the world! Here's something I've been wondering: In the 24 hour format, when the time is on the hour, like at 02:00, 19:00, etc., how do you say those times? I know you don't say "Nineteen O'Clock" but, I hear the expression "2 O'Clock", even in places where 24 hour time is standard. Is the correct way of saying it "X Hours" ("X" means any value between 0 and 23)? I know that in the US military, they use 24 hour format but, they do it a bit different: There's NO colon (":") between the hour and minute values and they say 19:00 like this: "Nineteen Hundred Hours". Isn't it confusing? It's only 19 hours past Midnight and they say 19 hundred. I think that's why Americans think that the 24 hour format is confusing, because of what the military does. I use the 24 hour format and I've been pronouncing it "13 hours, 14 hours etc." And for times like 08:00, 10:00, etc., I say "8 O'Clock, 10 O'Clock, etc". For 00:00/24:00, I say "Midnight". For times between 00:00 and 01:00, I saw "X minutes past Midnight" ("X" means any value between 1 and 59"). Is all this correct? Tell me how you say it in The Netherlands and everywhere else. Also, if the pronunciations are different, please show examples like I've done (Only use English, as I only know English). This will help everyone. Later, I'll return to this thread with some website that's good for travel ANYWHERE. Highly useful!

You found yourself a match
I'm addicted to foreigners/foreign stuff/different cultures etc. :P
Europe is one of the best places you can be if you are interested in such things.. over 50 nationalities, different languages etc. Neat
Anyway ->

We in Holland pronounce those hours the same as New Wave said. 19:00 = 7 O'Clock, as is 7:00. Germans do it differently sometimes. As do the Dutch in certain cases. For example departure times of busses, airplanes and trains. They might say: "This train will depart from track 12 at nineteen fiftyfour."(19:54).

Btw it's very confusing that the US army use the 'hundred-style'; it confuses most of the American people whilst it isn't all that hard to understand how we count the time.

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Originally posted by ScuL You found yourself a match I'm addicted to foreigners/foreign stuff/different cultures etc. :P Europe is one of the best places you can be if you are interested in such things.. over 50 nationalities, different languages etc. Neat Anyway -> We in Holland pronounce those hours the same as New Wave said. 19:00 = 7 O'Clock, as is 7:00. Germans do it differently sometimes. As do the Dutch in certain cases. For example departure times of busses, airplanes and trains. They might say: "This train will depart from track 12 at nineteen fiftyfour."(19:54). Btw it's very confusing that the US army use the 'hundred-style'; it confuses most of the American people whilst it isn't all that hard to understand how we count the time.

How about when the train's supposed to depart at 00:32 or 20:00? What do they say then?

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Originally posted by ali92 How about when the train's supposed to depart at 00:32 or 20:00? What do they say then?

It may sound odd but: "twee over half ��n" -> "2 past half one", and for the second one, just "acht uur", "8 o'clock".

About the vinyl shops....


Here is Outland Records

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Originally posted by ScuL It may sound odd but: "twee over half ��n" -> "2 past half one", and for the second one, just "acht uur", "8 o'clock".

Weird... How about 00:13? There's no HALF in there now! LOL! The times between 00:00 and 01:00 would be less confusing if it was like this: 00:15 = "15 minutes past Midnight". Shouldn't it be "2 past half OF one" anyway?

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Originally posted by ali92 Weird... How about 00:13? There's no HALF in there now! LOL! The times between 00:00 and 01:00 would be less confusing if it was like this: 00:15 = "15 minutes past Midnight". Shouldn't it be "2 past half OF one" anyway?

00:13 = "dertien over twaalf" -> "thirteen past twelve"
They seldomly say midnight.. but it might occur.
No it's not 'half of one', just 'half one', it's caused by a glitch in Dutch grammar. In English you allways say "this many" minutes past XX. We allways say a half before the whole hour.

13:15 -> kwart over ��n (quarter past one)
13:30 -> half twee (half two) (instead of half past one)
13:45 -> kwart voor twee (quarter to two)

'Lo,
I'm going to be in Amsterdam on a trip later this month and I'll unfortunately be spending the night on Sunday and Monday (the 21st and 22nd...)...are *any* of the clubs open on these nights and if so, do you have any recommendations? I obviously wish I could visit Kremlin on a Saturday but there's simply no way for me to get to town any earlier...

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