Amsterdam 2024 – Day 2

Started the second day walking towards the inner central part of Amsterdam (as that’s where we were meeting a group for dinner. Stopped by a stroopwafels store and got an Oreo sprinkled one (a bit ok rich for me. Also stopped by two Cafe bars along the way to just get some Aperol Spritz’s. Also strolled around the Red Light district (couldn’t find the g version of it though).

Also stopped by a cheese store (didn’t know that Gouda was big there).

While we were walking around, they were filming a sequel to a 1988 movie, Amsterdamned. Gonna check it out.

We eventually arrived at the place we were meeting people for food called China Sichuan Restaurant – Zeedijk. Details can be found here:

China Sichuan Restaurant – Zeedijk

On the walk back to our hotel, we then went to a local bar for 30 minutes that had an ADE event. The DJ that was playing was Jasper Pol.

After, it was time for the main part of the night, going to the Techno Temple of the world, Gashouder, where Awakenings was happening. The main DJ that night was Adam Beyer. (Some notes about Gashouder is that they use a token system for drinks, they don’t serve whisky, security is pat downs, you should try out the bleachers for good lighting visuals, and necklaces can get stolen from you). We were the for around 6 hours.

Amsterdam, second day

We started this day off by eating at this awesome ribs place:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2018/11/24/ribs-factory/

Afterwards, we wandered around the Nieuwmart area, and passed by the Red Light District. We eventually made our way to a truffle place.

After the truffle pit stop, we headed to the Moco Museum. Most of the work featured there was from Bansky and Icy & Sot. I really enjoyed this museum. Makes you stop and think about the current world.

After, we made our way to the Heineken Experience. It was similar to the last trip, except this time they added Olympic 2018 things.

After the Heineken experience, we ate dinner at this Italian restaurant:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2018/11/25/lo-stivale-doro/

Then, we prepped ourselves for a night out at Club Claire, where they played proper deep house music! We were supposed to go check out a club called escape, but the place we were at was too good to leave. The DJ’s that were playing were James Dexter (https://soundcloud.com/bondage-music/bmr-212-mixed-by-james-dexter) and ANOTR (https://soundcloud.com/user-918656730/no-art-radio-e1-dimmish)