For any Dutch members: cool electronics around Amsterdam/Den Haag? - Page 1
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author: jeremy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2014, 11:49:49 am
content: Hi all,I will be spending some time in the Netherlands over the Christmas period. Can anyone recommend any interesting stores/markets/museums related to electronics near Amsterdam or Den Haag?Thanks!

author: Floyo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2014, 01:08:03 pm
content: There are not a whole lot of museums or shops that I know of in this country that I know of, at least not on a large scale, still there are some interesting places spread about.There is baco army goods, basically a dump store with lots of surplus electronics from all over the place, sometimes you can find some fun things there.They also have some army surplus stuff, and ham radio gear. This shop is located in a town close to the coast a bit above Amsterdam.http://www.baco-army-goods.nl/In Amsterdam itself there is Rotor, I haven't been there, but it looks like they sell quite a some stuff, and it looks to be a typical Dutch electronics storehttp://www.rotor.eu/If you can travel by train you could visit the "100 years Philips" exhibition in Leiden (its about half an our by train I believe).This exhibition displays some of the inventions and prototypes of Philips gear over the years, quite interesting to see some of them. Not a lot of technical details though, having an engineer tell something would have been nice for the technical minded folk.Leiden itself isn't a bad city to spend a couple of hours in either.http://www.museumboerhaave.nl/tentoonstellingen/100-jaar-uitvindingen/The last big thing I know of is the Philips museum in Eindhoven but that is on the other side of the country.http://www.philips-museum.com/

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2014, 03:49:06 pm
content: There are not many electronics shops left in the Netherlands; it is cheaper to buy gadgets from Ebay directly.'Radio Service Twenthe'http://www.radiotwenthe.nl/is located in Den Haag. I have never been to the shop but I do recall their advertisements in Elektor >20 years ago. I think I ordered some things from them when I was a kid. They have been around for 50 years or so.Be sure to bring warm clothes! So far the winter has not kicked in much but it can change rapidly.

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2014, 04:29:23 pm
content: On my visits to Amsterdam, I don't think I've even been in a state where I could tell the difference between a diode and a dog.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2014, 04:32:51 pm
content: Both The Hague and Amsterdam have science museums. The non-scientific adult entertainment in Amsterdam is a completely different story.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2014, 07:23:48 pm
content: Yeah. If you want to see sad looking ladies in underwear Amsterdam is the place to be. I have worked in Amsterdam for a short while and wow... I love the smell of pot in the morningThe 'Rijksmuseum' is nice if you like a bit of history and look at Rembrandt's 'Night Watch'. A more technical oriented museum is the shipping museum. I'm not sure the science museum in Amsterdam (Nemo) is interesting for adults though.There is also a daily flea market (except Sundays) on the Waterlooplein in Amsterdam. Nowadays they sell mostly clothes but you may find some electronics as well.

author: steve30
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2014, 01:41:24 am
content: I went to the NEMO science museum last month. Its aimed at children, but was still fun to have a look round. They had part of the upstairs dedicated to transport, as well as a neat light bulb collection.I was only in Amsterdam 3 days so I didn't get chance to see much, but I didn't really find anything electronics related. I did get a cone of chips to eat though, and I did get a prostitute knock on the window at me.Actually, I just remembered, there was a shop which had some old computers/games consoles.

author: atferrari
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2014, 03:39:46 pm
content: By no means Dutch myself, I was suggested to try these, when going there:http://www.rotor.eu/indexprog.php?page=route.htmlhttp://www.muco-amsterdam.nl/index.php?lang_id=1&inst_id=35046Wish you to have the time to go. I was not that lucky. Maybe next time.

author: HighVoltage
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2014, 06:07:04 pm
content: Quote from: Bored@Work on November 15, 2014, 04:32:51 pmThe red-light district of Amsterdam was closed or at least dramatically reduced a few years back, so that is no longer an option.The science center NEMO is what I would recommend.But I am not Dutch, just have spent a lot of time in Amsterdam.

author: marmad
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2014, 07:52:55 pm
content: Quote from: HighVoltage on November 16, 2014, 06:07:04 pmNot true at all - it remains about the same size as always - although the city did take steps to keep it from increasing in size (e.g. there is a smaller red-light section on the west side of the centrum which they wanted to prevent from getting larger).@jeremy - I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for - you might be more specific - but I think most things have been mentioned; e.g. Baco Army goods or Waterlooplein for surplus electronics, etc.Depending on what exactly you're looking for in a museum,the Teylers Museum in Haarlem(about 15 minutes by train from A'dam) has a fantastic collection of eighteenth and nineteenth century scientific instruments.

author: babysitter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2014, 08:00:31 pm
content: No exactly Amsterdam and Den Haag, but whatever, NL is small... Budel, Museum Jan Corver, might be a nice place. At least they put out a lot of ham radio useable surplus stuff.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2014, 12:35:57 am
content: The Teylers museum looks interesting. I've never been there. It reminds me a bit of the Boerhave museum (history of science and medicine) in Leiden (which is between Amsterdam and Den Haag). I vagely recall they have a lot of equipment for electrophysical experiments on display including a super magnet. Actually the 'Leyden jar' was invented in Leiden.

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 17, 2014, 08:34:49 am
content: Quote from: marmad on November 16, 2014, 07:52:55 pmthanks for the tip, looks good, i'll be back in Amsterdam in the new year, after going 10 times already i could do with some new suggestions for places to see. Haarlem wont be hard to get to.