Hup Holland!

It's everywhere! These Hup Holland signs. It's hanging from buildings. Kids are drawing "Hup Holland" chalk signs. And people riding by on their boats in the canals are chanting "Hup Holland." "Hup" means "Let's go" or "Go"--so I hear. I just think it sounds darn cute!






-Suzanne

Fries, bikes, and everything orange

More fries: Can't believe how delicious they are--- the Vlaamse Frites (Flemish fries)

Bikes: 10 Euro a day. An awesome way to see Amsterdam and its many sidestreets
600,000: how many bikes there are in Amsterdam! WOW!

Orange: It's the color of the queen, the color of NED's soccer team jerseys, and what adorns the street posts, and buildings. It's the color many Amsterdam residents and soccer fans are donning for World Cup.







-Suzanne

Cannabis Culture- By the numbers.

Here's a closer look now at Cannabis Culture in Amsterdam---by the numbers.

* 260+: Number of coffeeshops in Amsterdam
* 729: Number of coffeeshops in Netherlands
* 5 grams: How much marijuana each person can buy at a coffeeshop in one visit. Coffeeshop owners 1 gram is enough for 2 joints.
* 550 grams: How much cannabis a coffeeshop is permitted to have on the premises at any one time.
* 5: The number of marijuana plants each person in Netherlands is permitted to grow
* 2 billion Euros: how much money is generated from cannabis sales in the Netherlands in 2008
* 400 million Euros: how much of that revenue goes to the "state fund"
* 56%: percentage that each coffeeshop is taxed


* 165: Number of canals in Amsterdam
* 1/2 million: Number of bicycles in Amsterdam
* 730: How many years old Amsterdam is today
* 3.7 million: how many international tourists visit Amsterdam/year
* 1.4 million: how many people live in Amsterdam (as of 2008)




Source: various, Cannabis College; Hash, Marijuana, and Hemp Museum; City of Amsterdam-Dept of Research and Statistics

Here's a look inside Hunter's Coffeeshop and the Do's and Don'ts of marijuana sales.

-Suzanne