Most Amsterdam guides are sanitised. Freedam is a journalist-made tour through the city's actual history of tolerance, drug policy, counterculture and trade. To the point, fun, accurate.

Thys Roes — journalist, 20+ year Amsterdammer and former New Yorker. Built solo, no agency, no investor, no analytics. Find more at thysroes.nl.

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