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- This is something a friend of mine in Europe sent me. I think it is
- of high value if you ever go to Europe to have this file printed
- out with you. Read on.
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- A guide to Europe:
-
- As to the European scene if you are interested in having a high old
- time over here then Amsterdam Copenhagen and Zurich are places not to
- miss.
- I haven't been to Copenhagen myself for over 15 years, but friends
- who were there say that an area called Cristiania is the place to go.
- It is a sort of large scale neo-anarchist pseudo-independent commune
- where apparently mj of various types can be had if you look. Also the
- Carlseberg and Tubourg breweries are worth a visit.
- Amsterdam, need we say more. I was there last month and the price
- was about 25 dutch guilders for 2g of hash or grass. a number of
- different varieties are available. All you have to do is go into the
- coffee shops and ask for a menu. It is fairly obvious which ones are
- the pleasant twee little places for the "normal" tourists, and which
- are the interesting coffee shops. There are also plenty of shady
- characters who hang about the streets willing to sell you anything.
- Don't buy hash or grass off them it'll cost you three times what it
- costs in the coffee shops and is probably more offensive to the local
- plod than buying it in the regulation outlets. The street sellers also
- offer speed, heroin, coke, e, and acid (treeps). The one hit of acid I
- bought (10 guilders) had no effect at all, so I rather think that
- these annoying bastards are just out to rob you blind. There is also
- the cannabis museum which is small but cheap enough to be worth a
- visit. The area of interest is within 15 min walk of the central
- station. As you walk over the bridge out of the station, veer slightly
- to the left and you'll find it.
- Zurich, well I've lived here for 20 months, with 3 left and I
- still haven't quite figured the place out. It is the most bizarre
- place I have ever lived. "The Park" where the scene used to be when I
- arrived has closed down but what the hell did the authorities expect,
- all the H users to simply go home and stop doing drugs. Foolish
- really. Almost any drugs can be had on the street here. You can walk
- past guys shooting up and dealers with little tables set out in front
- of them with syringes, spoons and candles laid out. The police look on
- and occasionally pick up the bodies. Unless you do dumb things like
- take photos it is perfectly safe. You may even be able to pick up a
- cheap stereo or mountain bike. At the moment the scene happens along
- the river just near the station, a road called Shil Quai. If you come
- out the front of the central station turn left so that you face the
- National museum (a nasty pseudo gothic thing). Walk to your left past
- the museum (Platzspits, literally needle park is behind it but now
- closed) and you will come to a a bridge over the Shil. Cross this and
- turn right down Shil Quai and almost instantly you will run into a
- group of people selling hash. They stand on the side walk just by a
- pedestrian crossing waiting for customers. The hash goes at a fairly
- standard price of 100sf for a stick which is about 8-10g depending how
- lucky you are. It is a standard price, but as there are usually at
- least 5 to ten people selling you get a reasonable choice. I have also
- seen some grass there but not a lot and mostly miserable quality. This
- is also the place to get acid, keys, buddhas, dragons and peace
- symbols have all been good value, avoid the planets and the palm trees
- which have been found to be very weak.
- If you go by and there is no one about hang out in the national
- museum for an hour (the only reason you'd want to waste time in there)
- and go back some one might have turned up. Further down Shil Quai you
- will run into the junk. Heroin and cocaine freely available, you can
- even get syringes if you really want. All very strange. The police
- sort of move people around simply to keep them from hanging out in one
- place and to allow the street cleaners a chance. This is Switzerland
- after all. Usually there is some activity somewhere along Shil Quai.
- If you walk all the way along you will eventually get to a road bridge
- over the river. This is Kornhaus bruke, which marks the end of the
- activity. There is a little foot bridge over the river here where the
- scene moves to when the bill shoo them away from Shil Quai. If you get
- up onto Kornhaus bruke and walk away from the river you come to Limmat
- Platz. On Saturdays there is a small market there. Cross over and go
- down the street opposite called Lang str. Not far down here you'll
- come across a branch of Werner's Head Shop, there is another further
- along Lang str and a third on Limmat Quai in the centre of town. The
- two on Lang str sell useful things like pipes, bongs and leather
- whips, the one in the centre of town sells T-shirts for the "normal"
- tourists. The Lang str area is the red light district of Zurich and
- certainly has more of an earthy feel to it than Bahnhoff str. and the
- posh parts of town. Lots of immigrants live round here and there are
- plenty of small but reasonable (for Zurich) restaurants and some good
- Fallafel and Kebabs can be found.
- At the other end of Lang str near Helvetia platz there is a flea
- market on Saturdays at a place called Kanslei. The Kanslei flea market
- is a junk market the place that goods get recycled. A more antique
- style market takes place at Burkli platz right by the lake, and an
- alternative but quite expensive market can be found in Rosenhof, a
- little square off Neiderdorf str. Neiderdorf str is the place that you
- will run in to all the conventional tourists and party goers. The
- street is lined with bars and street performers.
- The alternative guide to Zurich finishes at the lake, which in the
- summer is fine to swim in. There are several swimbads where you can
- pay to jump in the water and a couple of parks where you can jump in
- for free. On hot summer evenings the parks along the north shore of
- the lake turn into a zoo. People hang out sitting round fires and if
- you were really desperate for a toke you could probably find some
- stoners down there willing to share some with you.
- Switzerland's National day is August 1st and rather than doing
- anything organized people just seem to buy shit loads of fireworks and
- take them down to the parks by the lake and let them off. If you only
- plan to spent one day in Zurich August 1st could be a fun day to pick.
- The shops will all be closed, but the bars and restaurants will be
- open and of course Shil Quai is the only place you can do 24 hour
- shopping in this town.
-
- This information was correct at the time of writing. The local authorities
- reserve the right to change it without notice. with luck they wont interfere
- too much.
- below is a small map that might help you find some of the places mentioned
- above.
-
- |Z
- |
- \ / |
- | ____________|___ND
- central
- ~~~~~~~~~|~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~Limmat Lake -->
- NM | BH |
- | |_______BHstr
- |
- ~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Shil
- ~ ________X_|
- ~ /
- ~ /Shil
- ~ /Quai
- ~ /
- ~ /
- ~ /
- ~ /
- ~ /
- ~ / KL
- _____KB____LP_________________________HP
- ~ / lang str
- ~ /
-
- ~~~~~~~~ rivers
- BH Bahnhoff
- NM national museum
- X hash sellers
- LP Limmat Platz
- HP Helvetia platz
- KL Kanslei
- KB Kornhaus bruke
- Z Cafe Zahringer
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-
- Cafe Zahringer is a sort of alternative cafe veggie food etc, nothing special
- but next to it is a bar the Bierflusse I think. It is amusing as it is one
- of the few gay bars in Zurich and the guys that hang out there can often
- be outrageously dressed. The back area of the bar is hard core leather
- but the front appears quite normal except for the rather thick smoke.
- You can pick up some really good hash in here some times, much better
- quality than on Shil Quai. The only problem is that it is harder to spot
- the dealer here as he won't hawk his wares obviously. More expensive
- but worth the little extra.
-
- ---cut here---
-
- I will forward mail to the author.
-
- mtymp15@epx.cis.umn.edu
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- Message-Id: <m0nbXpf-0002oiC@ichaos.nullnet.fi>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 17:57 EET
- From: jlaiho@ichaos.nullnet.fi (Juha Laiho)
- Subject: Re: ARCHIVE: europe
-
- In article <C4CvJ6.Gy5@news.claremont.edu> you write:
- >This is something a friend of mine in Europe sent me. I think it is
- >of high value if you ever go to Europe to have this file printed
- >out with you. Read on.
-
- A couple of comments to your guide. This is based on my InterRail journey
- around the continental Europe last summer.
-
- > I haven't been to Copenhagen myself for over 15 years, but friends
- >who were there say that an area called Cristiania is the place to go.
-
- True..
-
- >It is a sort of large scale neo-anarchist pseudo-independent commune
- >where apparently mj of various types can be had if you look. Also the
-
- You don't have to look for. When you come into Christiania, there'll
- be people hissing "hash" to your ears. Didn't test the quality at that
- time, though (I've had hash just two times). I visited Christiania just
- to really see what it is. And I kinda liked it. I think if one would like
- to buy anything there, he ought to go to the Cafe' Woodstock, near the main
- entrance. Anyway, ALL drugs are illegal in the Denmark, it's just that local
- authorities look Christiania through their fingers. And the Christianians
- don't want trouble with the authorities, so EVERYTHING BUT HASH/GRASS is
- explicitly FORBIDDEN in Christiania.
-
- >Carlseberg and Tubourg breweries are worth a visit.
-
- Sp: Carlsberg, Tuborg.
-
- > Amsterdam, need we say more. I was there last month and the price
-
- Don't forget the Heineken brewery museum. Great place, they have (naturally:)
- English-speaking guides.. A tour lasts around 2 hours. 1 hour of knowledge
- about beer and brewing, including history of beer &c. 1 hour of beer;
- drink as much as you want. If you happen to have birthday when you visit
- there, they may have some surprise for you. And this guided tour costs
- (err.. not sure about this..) 2 guilders. Includes the beer. Hicc..BURP!
- Warning! Heineken beer is quite strong..
-
- ..Wolf
-