ʻO ke poʻokela o ka Netherlands,ʻaʻole kahi wale nō kahi e kaʻawaleʻole ai i nāʻano hilinaʻi, akā, hoʻokahi nō hoʻi o nā kumukūʻai kūʻai honua maikaʻi loa, nā mea kupaianaha me ka nui a me nā uku maʻamau. ʻO ka hoʻokomoʻana ma Amsterdam he hui pūʻia o ka heleʻana ma nā alanui kuʻupuʻu malu a me nā hana maikaʻi loa. Hoʻomaʻaha nā papa he nui a hiki i ka horaʻeono, a ma ka Pōʻalima e hiki ai iāʻoe ke "hōʻino" iʻeiwa. Ma ka Lāhina, nā hale kūʻai e wehe i ke awakea, a ma nā pule hebedoma e ho'ōki lākou i ka hana i ka lima i ke ahiahi. Ma nā lā Sābati, loaʻa nā hale kūʻai i nā wahi o Leidsestrat a me Kalvestrat.
Ma hea e kūʻai ai?
Hiki ke hoʻokōʻia ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Amsterdam ma nā wahi, nā alanui a me nā wahi kūʻai. E nānā pono kākou i nā kiko'ī o kahi o nā puka waho:
- Wahi De Negen Straatjes. Aia ia ma waenakonu a aia heʻeiwa mau alanui liʻiliʻi. Aia ma kahi kokoke i ke kiko waena o Amsterdam. Ma ka wahi o "Nine Streets", uaʻoluʻolu nā wahi i nā kālepa lehulehu, nā lohi kālepa a me nā lāʻau kī. E mālama i nā hale kūʻai o Dona Fiera, Goods a me Van Ravenstein. ʻO ka poʻe o ka waihona waina a me ka lua o nā lima, he pono ke kipa i nā wahi i kapaʻiaʻo Lady Lady, Laura Dolls a me ka Zipper. Aia ma ke alanui o Volvenstrat, aia kahi hale kūʻai Razzmatazz me nāʻaʻahu mai nā mea hana kolohe (Walter van Beirendonck, Vivien Westwood, Dexter Wong). Ke hōʻikeʻia nei nā hana a Scandinavian a me nā mea hoʻolale kūloko ma ke kūʻaiʻo Barel lāuaʻo Analik.
- Ke alanui kūʻai. ʻO kekahi o nā alanui kaulana loa o ke kapikalaʻo Calvertstrat, eʻoliʻoli i ka maka me nā hōʻikeʻike o nā polina River Island, Esprit , Nike, Pepe, Jack & Jones, Geox. Hoʻokumuʻia ka alanui Harlemmostrat i nā'ōpio'ōpiopio a me ka poʻe'ōpiopio, no laila, ua hōʻikeʻia nā mea nani a me nāʻaʻahu mai nā'āpana iʻikeʻoleʻia. Hoʻokumuʻo Streets Cornelis Scheitstrat,ʻo PK Hoftstraat lāuaʻo Utrechtsestrat i ka inoa o nā puka waho piha.
- Ke kikowaena mea kūʻai a me nā hale kūʻai. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻolālāʻia ke kūʻaiʻana ma'Europa me ka heleʻole aku i ka hale kūʻai o Amsterdamʻo De Beijenkorf. ʻO kēia heʻano "kūlanakauhale ma ke kūlanakauhale" me nā hōʻikeʻike, nā hōʻikeʻike a me nāʻaoʻao. Hiki ke waihoʻia nāʻaʻahu o nā polia Pākehā, akā,ʻaʻole iʻikeʻia ka hale kūʻai o ke keʻena e ke kālā palekana. Hiki ke kūʻaiʻia nā kūʻai kūʻai Elite ma nā hale kūʻai kikowaena Bonneterie, Culvertoren a
Hanana & Co. Ke nānā aku nei ka papa waena i ka hale kūʻai o Vroom Dressman. - Hōʻikeʻo Amsterdam. E nānā ana i ka kūʻai nui loa ma Amsterdam? E kipa aku i ka puka waho ma wahoʻo Roermond. He 150 km mai ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Roermond. Nā uku ma nā waiwai maʻaneʻi e hiki i ka 70%.
Inā pahaʻoe i hōʻea i Netherlands, a he nīnau hāʻina: he aha e kūʻai ai ma Amsterdam? Ke heleʻana i nā hale kūʻai ma Amsterdam, e hoʻolohe i ka lole hemp, i nā kālai lāʻau, i nā mea nani me nā lei a me nā loleʻaina.