By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Here's where I want to go and what I want to do in 2025. If the world were wide open to me, these are the places and events where I would party, for they are part of my all-time Bucket List. Some places I have already been to and want to go to again, while some others are top party targets. The bucket list move would … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Amsterdam Without Its Red Light District Hard To Imagine
Top Tourist Attraction Is A Big Part Of The Party In Europe's 'Sin City' By The Nightlife Blogger, PubClub.com The city of Amsterdam – the Sin City of Europe as I like to call it – might be on the verge of doing something so hard to believe it may shake the canals from their very foundations. It is considering shutting down its famous Red Light District in the … [Read more...]
Is This The End Of The Amsterdam Red Light District?
Mayor Femke Halsema Proposes Moving It Out Of Tourist District As Well As Closing The City's Famous Coffeshops By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger One of the top tourist attractions in a tourist-heavy European city may soon disappear. As hard as it is to believe, the Red Light District may soon be a thing of the past in Amsterdam. At least in its … [Read more...]
The PubClub.com Travel Book Chapter 2: First Trip To Amsterdam
Wide-Eyed American Experiences Europe's Sin City By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger I have long been encouraged by friends who enjoy my writing to sit down and write a book. But instead of going to a publisher, I am writing it here on my blog. This is a travelogue of stories from my travels all around the world. Chapter 1 details my thoughts, … [Read more...]
4 Things To Do In Amsterdam In Your 20s
Tourism in Amsterdam has been spiking in the past few years. In 2018, it is estimated that 17 million people visited Amsterdam. To put that in perspective, Amsterdam doesn't even have a million residents. While this has led to some rowdy tourists and the expected pushback against them, the city's tourism industry is still booming. This is probably owing to the many things to … [Read more...]
Amsterdam Seeking To Attract Higher-End Luxury Travelers
Deputy Mayor Dr. Udo Kock Points To Museum Attractions & Limits On Airbnb By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Long known for its hippie culture that brings in backpackers from all over the globe, Amsterdam is now seeking a different kind of visitor to the city. It's going upscale. At a press event to promote a series of events at Amsterdam … [Read more...]
Summer Travel: Traveling To Europe With The Ex-Girlfriend
Karlsruhe, Germany & A Glass Of Wine In France By Kevin Wilkerson PubClub.com Travel Blogger So I was headed to Europe one summer for my first trip to Amsterdam to meet some friends, including someone whom I soon dubbed "Mr. Amsterdam." From there, a friend and I were traveling to Germany for a few days to visit some friends we had met the previous year in Greece and … [Read more...]
King’s Day Amsterdam 2017 Event Calendar & Tips
WHAT: King's Day, the biggest celebration of the year in Holland, and with the best party scene being in Amsterdam. Hundreds of thousands of people fill the streets and particularly on and around the canals. WHERE: In Amsterdam, the primary party places are on and around the canals. WHAT TO WEAR: Orange. Lots of orange. SINGLES SCENE: Outstanding. With so many people, … [Read more...]
The Flying Dutch July 2016 Show Features Sweden’s Top DJs
The Swedish Journey To Take Place In Netherlands In July The wildly popular DJ music event known as The Flying Dutch – in which DJs fly in by helicopter to perform before a crowd of tens of thousands of screaming fans – is bringing in top DJs from Sweden for a one-day party this summer in the Netherlands. On Saturday 30 July top of Swedish DJs, who have never performed … [Read more...]
Amsterdam Bars, Nightlife & Coffee Shops Top Drinking & Party Tips
The Drugs, The Tiny Hineys And Getting Past The Doormen With cafes, pubs, clubs, bars and hemp hangouts. Amsterdam is a PubClubber's fantasy come to life. And come to life it does. Cafes start serving drinks at lunch and after-hours parties go on until noon. There are so many pubs and clubs, one could cover much of Europe in the time it would take to visit all the drinking … [Read more...]
Queen’s Day Amsterdam One Big Party I’m Missing in 2013
Annual Event Is The City's Biggest Celebration I know the city, love the city and I even have an orange shirt. But, alas, I'll be missing its biggest annual party, Queen's Day. It takes place on Saturday, April 27, and it will happen without me. Darn it. Queen's Day is my kind of party event. It's a huge celebration, some 800,000 strong. There's bands in the street, DJs … [Read more...]
What It’s Really Like in Amsterdam’s Coffee Shops: The Legal Pot Bars
It's a Weed Wonderland But The Drug Hangouts in the Red Light District Are Not Nearly As Lively as the Bars By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The idea is great. Legally smoking pot in public. In a bar! No looking over the shoulder, no hiding to light up or discreetly taking hits. They are the coffee shops of Amsterdam, and they are nothing like … [Read more...]