Scary travel advice!

Ha! My neighborhood is listed in Wikitravel… only not as a tourist attraction but as a place to avoid:

In the larger cities, certain areas are considered unsafe at night. A few are also unsafe in daylight:

Amsterdam: Kolenkitbuurt, Overtoomse Veld

In daylight! Incidentally, and I don’t think I need to point this out: I happen to live in one of the least white areas of The Netherlands. SO STAY AWAY FROM MY DOMAIN WEALTHY TRAVELERS! It looks like we are a threatening bunch!


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