Amsterdam’s new tourism campaign is patronising and toothless – but they’re right to treat Brits like imbeciles
Was it stroopwafels, the delicious Dutch treat of syrup sandwiched by thin waffles, that I wanted to consume great quantities of in Amsterdam, or cocaine?
One of those hadn’t even had a sniff of interest from me – the latter, if you must know – but this is an actual question that potential British visitors are being asked by the municipality of the Dutch city.
The surprising query is part of the tourism hot spot’s latest “Stay Away” campaign, consisting of an online survey titled “”, which also asks why you’d like to visit (spoiler: the “wrong” answer is stag party), whether you’d. You get passive-aggressively chastised each time your plans are “going to be a hassle” (presumably for long-suffering Amsterdammers).
