Photo: Cris Toala OlivaresTulips are ready for purchase at Amsterdam's floating flower market. Drugs and red light districts hadn't featured in my life so far, so why would they in Amsterdam? Poffertjes - mini Dutch pancakes - are served with Nutella and fresh strawberries at an Amsterdam market. The Amsterdam Flower Market has been around since 1862 and is the only floating flower market in the world. •Most of the coffeeshops are in the red light district - the centre of Amsterdam's prostitution industry.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 24, 2019 14:26 UTC