But remember that wobbling foreign cyclists can be as frustrating to locals going about their daily business as people standing on the left side of escalators in London tube stations. Fortunately, given the number of cycle lanes and the status accorded bike riders, you should be safe enough. The best way to get about is by bike, but wearing a cycle helmet here is considered uncool. Book one starts in the backstreets of the adjacent Red Light District. My fictional detective, Henk van der Pol, has his own houseboat in the docklands area of the city, which is his beat. Generally, it’s a safe city, but any port as big as Amsterdam’s attracts a good slice of criminality. When I started visiting Amsterdam regularly a decade ago, I used to look for crime fiction novels set here and translated into English – but ended up writing my own! It involved doing research with the Dutch police force I even went on an undercover operation with them in the Red Light District.
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