As the sun sets on an Amsterdam summer tourist season, here are 17 random things I overheard tourists saying in Amsterdam in summer 2025.
- It was presented as a democratic process, but it was not!
- The best thing about wearing this skirt is my phone doesn't pull it down.
- No, no, no, we will just buy the juice!
- When you're in love, you're in the bubble, like, all the time.
- Don't get me wrong, I love a good sunset, but I'm not gonna Instagram it!
- I could live here. This is the best weather we've had, this is all I fucking care about!
- He used to be an addict, like a big addict. Did he tell you that?
- You look stunning! If you'd have come to dinner dressed like that, we'd be wowed.
- I don't wanna, like, work hard as fuck for that. So I'm not gonna go.
- You haven't seen it yet, but I can get pretty fiery.
- Small little boats with little or no entertainment? Ann and Steve did one and they said it was HORRIBLE, and I'll be taking their recommendation!
- I don't fuck with mixing sweet and savoury.
- That's like a firecracker, went right off in my throat!
- She's an actress, a dancer AND an educator.
- They didn't think about mental illness... that is literally insane! No pun intended.
- Is that in New York?! Mo-Maaaa?! We'll look it up!
- You're a troubled lady, aren't you?