>Having toured Amsterdam on a business trip, I was surprised that, even with the easy access to weed and prostitution, taxi drivers would not take me to certain

>Having toured Amsterdam on a business trip, I was surprised that, even with the easy access to weed and prostitution, taxi drivers would not take me to certain historical sites in the city because they were too dangerous. The "safe" section of the city was fairly small, with the rest of it overrun with harder drugs and crime You were fed nonsense by the taxi driver. This sentiment that only a small part of Amsterdam is safe and that the rest is overrun with crime and hard drugs is positively ludicrous and unfounded. It's blatantly untrue. Here it's ranked 5th safest city in the world by the Economist: http://safecities.economist.com/infographics/safe-cities-index-infographic/ http://safecities.economist.com/infographics/safe-cities-ind...