- What to bring delicious food from Amsterdam?
- National shoes are the best gift
- Floating flower market
- Hemp is everywhere!
- Popular Amsterdam souvenirs
The Dutch capital knows how to surprise its guests. Children will be delighted with the fabulous wooden shoes sold on every corner, women will be delighted with the local gardens filled with tulips of various shapes and colors, men will stare at original souvenirs in the area of the so-called "Red Lanterns", as well as cafes decorated the famous green cannabis leaf, a kind of symbol of freedom. This article will give as complete and detailed an answer as possible to the question of what to bring from Amsterdam. Naturally, we will tell you in detail about the already mentioned souvenirs below.
What to bring delicious food from Amsterdam?
The choice of products in the country is huge, just right to get confused, many tourists, seeing endless rows of counters selling various goodies, generally fall into a stupor, remembering only one, the most famous brand - Dutch cheese. Indeed, this is the first and main product that is exported from the country and its capital. Experienced tourists are advised to go shopping to specialized cheese shops. In them, firstly, you can spend a lot of time getting to know different types of “Gollandskiy” variety, secondly, tastings are often organized, and thirdly, the quality of products is guaranteed in such trading establishments.
In addition to the famous cheese, you can bring other products from Amsterdam to your homeland, many guests are happy to stock up on: Philadelphia cheese; anchovies; capers; anchovies with capers or drenched in olive oil.
Jenever is the leader among alcoholic beverages in Amsterdam, but it is best bought in shops on the border, since there is no trade margin here. It tastes like the famous gin, although in fact it is juniper vodka. It exists in three "hypostases": young; old; Korenwein. It is customary to serve shrimp and thinly sliced lemon as an appetizer for such alcohol. Can be consumed neat and as part of a variety of cocktails.
For lovers of sweets and desserts, the Dutch capital can offer royal delicacies in the form of Tony's Chocolonely chocolate. It is distinguished by its unmatched quality, excellent taste, and also cheerful multi-colored packaging. The company clearly employs high-level specialists with a sense of humor. Those who know English enjoy not only the chocolate, but also the hilarious labels on the packaging.
National shoes are the best gift
It is impossible not to fall in love with funny shoes made of wood, firstly, they are found everywhere, and secondly, they amaze with a variety of sizes suitable for Thumbelina and Gulliver. Thirdly, skilled craftsmen from Amsterdam and other cities of the kingdom learned to make not just shoes, but real works of art, decorating them with magnificent landscapes, images of the capital's business cards and the main symbols of the country.
In remote regions of the Netherlands, you can still meet people in klomps, this is the name of this type of national footwear. Shoes are also popular among tourists, who buy them in unlimited quantities as gifts for relatives and colleagues. True, klomps of "human" size are quite expensive, so symbolic shoes are in demand, as well as those that play the role of stands, ashtrays, key rings.
Floating flower market
One of the most interesting places in Amsterdam is the Bloemenmarket. It has several highlights, firstly, it is located on one of the capital's canals (Singel), right on the water, in a kind of floating containers. Secondly, in this huge market you can buy, probably, almost all flowers that exist in the world, and in different forms - cut, live in pots and bulbs.
The latter are the most popular among tourists; they are sold packed in cans, very convenient for transportation to the other end of the world. Moreover, on sale you can find not only tulip bulbs, but also other flowers, and even jars with hemp seeds, for, so to speak, novice botanists. It must be remembered that not all of the plant products can be carried across the border, it is best to clarify from the seller that, in addition to the receipt, customs officers or border guards can ask.
Hemp is everywhere
It is clear that it is in Amsterdam that the spirit of freedom is best felt, and it is felt in the literal sense, the light scent of hemp simply hovers in the air, beckons adult tourists to touch the unknown world. That is why the inhabitants of the capital of the kingdom actively use this plant to attract as many foreign guests to the country as possible.
For the same reason, and not at all because of the exceptional taste, hemp is added to many products, and the image is added to packaging. Now the curious guest will be able not only to smoke a cigarette with a famous plant, but also buy milk or dark chocolate, tea with the addition of dried raw materials. For fans of environmentally friendly products, they produce chocolates labeled "bio".
Popular Amsterdam souvenirs
Not only klomps are in demand among the guests of Amsterdam, but also other souvenirs, images of business cards. Holland is called the country of windmills, indeed, these beautiful structures, which have served people for centuries, still delight indigenous people and travelers today. And also mills appear on various souvenir products - mugs and magnets, notebooks and badges, of course, stylized models of wind beauties are also sold well.
The second group of goods loved by tourists is united not by purpose, but exclusively by color. The Netherlands has its own national color - orange, therefore key rings, pens and lighters of a wonderful sunny shade will be sent to the traveler's homeland. Their cost is minimal, space in a suitcase will not take much, but they will become a good souvenir for family and friends, bright, reliable and practical.
