- November 11, 2003
- Posted by Marc
Introducing “THE ESSENTIALS” Insider’s Guides to Cities Around The World
On the airplane coming back to New York, after a
few glasses of fairly decent South African wine, we came up with a new feature
to the site that we’re calling “The Essentials”
One of the best
things about the Wooster site is that it truly is international and brings
together artists from all over the world. Over the last twelve months we’ve met
up with artists in various cities and in every case they’ve shown us some of the
most amazing places, from local bars to unknown locations to see street art.
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We thought it would be a cool way to create the ultimate insiders guide
to cities around the world by asking our favorite artists to contribute a
listing of their favorite things in the cities where they currently live.
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Over next few weeks we’ll be presenting a series of collection of guides
including:
Dalek’s 10 Favorite Spots in New York
/>London’s Best by CUE of So Fuzzy Crew
Matt Sewell’s Guide to
Brighton
Barcelona by Pez
The Essentials of San Francisco
According to Dave
Meet ‘n greet’s Guide to Rotterdam, the
Netherlands
Mackplakt’s Top Ten City Guide to Antwerp
/>Ignorancia’s Essentials for Madrid City
Psalm’s Tour of Melbourne
Australia
Robot, Inc.‘s Guide to Milano
Lister’s Top 5
Spots in Brisbane City, Australia
The Essentials of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin by Laps One
... and many, many more.
/>(If you’d like to submit an “Essential Guide” to your hometown, please let
us know)
So without further adeu, here’s our first installment
of “The Essentials”—
THE ESSENTIALS #1 - AMSTERDAM BY THE LODON POLICE
The London Police’s Guide to Amsterdam
/>(November 9, 2003)
Do yourself a favor and get the requisite trips
to the redlight district and coffeeshops (we weren’t born yesterday, y’know)
outta the way so you can get down to the REAL.
src="http://www.woostercollective.com/images/slide_01tlp.jpg" align=
"left">After you’ve taken care of the above, get yourself a bike! Walking is for
lightweights and tourists. There are a lot of rental places in and around the
city. Kill three birds with one stone, and make your way to the WATERLOOPLEIN
(tram 9) from CENTRAAL STATION: here you can 1) rent a bike from MAC BIKE and 2)
pick up paint/markers from HENXS (Sint
Antoniesbreestraat 136, 020-6389478), and 3) make that stop for
at
href="http://www.coffeeshopbluebird.nl/">COFFEESHOP BLUEBIRD (Sint
Antoniesbreestraat 71, 020-6225232).
yo, the isolator + tram tracks +
bike tires =‘s death. it has a way of cutting short your vacation-time in
amsterdam, so be careful!!!
Check your head and bust to the KNSM
EILAND (by bike it’s a short 12 minute ride from centraal station. or, take the
32 bus. better yet: jump on a free ferry behind centraal station with your bike)
- shhhhh: the island is one of the best kept secrets in the city. here, you can
peep some nice architecture, grab some lunch at THE WERELDBOL EETCAFE
(Piraeusplein 59, 020-3628725) and make a stop at our boy ido’s place,
href="http://www.90sqm.com/">90 SQUARE METERS (Levantplein 52, 020-4192525)
ido’s is a shop/show space that is a must see. recent shows have included the
likes of kami and sasu. miss van will show there in february and tlp has
something up their sleeve for march - don’t sleep!
by now, the
isolator is creeping on your stomach like undercover 5-0 on shepard fairey.
here’s two restaurants that have literally been keeping us alive for the past
four years: THE GOLDEN TEMPLE (Utrechtsestraat 126, 020-6239807) is one of the
only non-smoking restaurants in the city. they offer incredible vegetarian food.
or, SONG KWAE (Koningsstraat
13, 020-4230868) always comes correct with some serious thai.
have a
great time in amsterdam! Peace
href="http://www.thelondonpolice.com">The London Police
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