Category: Dutch customs

Service — Or How to Survive Amsterdam Stores and Other Businesses

There are a number of ways to describe the service in Amsterdam stores and other businesses, but we can’t actually print any of them here for fear of upsetting our more sensitive visitors. So we’ll start with the good news: Until you have visited Amsterdam, it is quite likely that you have taken service at home for granted. That will change just as soon as you have had your first experience with Amsterdam-style poor service. The Good Mind you, we hasten to say that your are far more likely to encounter wonderful, friendly people, who will go out of their