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Amsterdam to allow drinking standing up

Thursday 18 February 2010

Bylaws banning cafe goers in Amsterdam from drinking while standing on the terrace are to be scrapped, the city council agreed on Wednesday evening.

At the moment, cafe goers are only allowed to enjoy a drink outside if they are sitting down. Smokers can stand.

However, the council is to allow officials to bring in special rules for residential areas, such as a time limit on outside drinking, to reduce the noise nuisance to locals.

© DutchNews.nl


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Great news for a cripple like me!

I'm legally allowed to drink in comfort in A'dam.

I may now take the opportunity to go there have a drink.

Sitting has been a major problem for me for years - rib cage dropped down inside my pelvis on May23 2005 and it's taken me years to be able to bend through pain enough to sit.

By Gerard | February 18, 2010 10:29 AM


How Irish is that law in the first place. Haha. Thanks Dutch News for cheering me up.

By langer | February 18, 2010 12:06 PM


Amazing. You can get wasted sitting down but not standing up. You may smoke hash, but you cant put tobacco in it. I love this place!

By Thierry Bouchard | February 18, 2010 2:58 PM


Drinking standing up...sounds like a pub games...last man standing etc..
looking forward to the summer now :-)

By steve | February 18, 2010 3:45 PM


Amazing. You can get wasted sitting down but not standing up. You may smoke hash, but you cant put tobacco in it. I love this place!

By يوتيوب | February 19, 2010 11:10 PM


Drinking standing up...sounds like a pub games...last man standing etc..
looking forward to the summer now

By شات الخليج | July 24, 2010 7:16 AM


Thanks Dutch News for cheering

By العاب | August 19, 2010 3:41 AM


In the UK, in most pubs you cannot sit down, because there are never enough seats in those very, very crowded places!

By Andrew Robertson | August 19, 2010 2:22 PM


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