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Amsterdam murder rate: extremely low

Amsterdam drunk man attempts to relieve himself into canal, falls in, hits his head and drowns rate: extremely high

Plan your tourism accordingly.

This is not a joke, this is literally true. Amsterdam is probably the only place that has ever built more public toilets with the specific aim of reducing deaths by drowning.

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Alonely0 🦀 🇪🇺 · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqqu56p82wp0ucpu7jkwcvvtfdc7wcmuqkdrqvzpkwl78rdkkckucq68ds0l we have our own version of this in Spain, it's drunk brits and germans falling to their doom off of balconies, trying to land in the pool (aka balconing). We do have a leaderboard, tho! ...
lil5 · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqqu56p82wp0ucpu7jkwcvvtfdc7wcmuqkdrqvzpkwl78rdkkckucq68ds0l In the last decade gemeente amsterdam has removed so many plaskrul and replaced them with antihomeless benches and slippering stone slabs. Not to mention the push to condense the red lig...
jer · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqqu56p82wp0ucpu7jkwcvvtfdc7wcmuqkdrqvzpkwl78rdkkckucq68ds0l Other #dutch cities have canals and bars, too.
ada · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqqu56p82wp0ucpu7jkwcvvtfdc7wcmuqkdrqvzpkwl78rdkkckucq68ds0l Is there any context behind mentioning their murder rate at the beginning? There is no need to mention that for must civilised countries.
Bee O'Problem :godot: · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqqu56p82wp0ucpu7jkwcvvtfdc7wcmuqkdrqvzpkwl78rdkkckucq68ds0l is it the canals in Amsterdam that are sometimes covered in plants that make them look like solid ground instead of water?
penguin42 · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqqu56p82wp0ucpu7jkwcvvtfdc7wcmuqkdrqvzpkwl78rdkkckucq68ds0l We have a similar problem in Manchester, the fact that a lot of the bars are along canals doesn't help.
Jerry Lundström :catjam: · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqqu56p82wp0ucpu7jkwcvvtfdc7wcmuqkdrqvzpkwl78rdkkckucq68ds0l is this an ad to come to Amsterdam for the "attractions"?
Bohemia · 2w
Thankfully us women don't ever even need to pee 😇 no risk of death so no need for public toilets 🙄
muddle 🥣 · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqqu56p82wp0ucpu7jkwcvvtfdc7wcmuqkdrqvzpkwl78rdkkckucq68ds0l Meanwhile, in Ireland after a rise in injuries and deaths involving e-scooters (most, it seems, involving other vehicles, though that doesn't seem to be reported as much), the establishm...
KeithWM · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqqu56p82wp0ucpu7jkwcvvtfdc7wcmuqkdrqvzpkwl78rdkkckucq68ds0l https://speld.nl/2012/02/24/plassen-in-de-gracht-doe-het-doordacht/ And a course on how to piss in the canals safely!