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This time on TLT, Zaki weighs in on the most appropriate method to identify a witch, Zaeem abandons worldly pursuits to become one with nature, and Ali searches for "coffee" while boat-hopping in the canals. Join us as we head to the Netherlands!
Random Rubbish
If You Can't Pay, We'll Take It Away Steal Some Wood Instead
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-17546497.amp
Fun Facts (we use the term loosely)
Don't Steal From Forests
https://dutchreview.com/culture/society/weird-laws-the-netherlands
https://www.learndutch.org/beginners/strange-laws-netherlands
EDIT: Just leave it as "don't steal." -- Zaki
EDIT 2: How about no? -- Zaeem
Geldrop Street Names
https://dutchreview.com/culture/every-street-in-a-dutch-neighbourhood-of-geldrop
EDIT: What they need is a lollipop lady called Gandalf who shouts "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" at passing cars. -- Ali
Coffee Houses and "Coffee Houses"
Tourist info
https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/i-am
https://www.ov-chipkaart.nl/home-1.htm
Actual Locations
Fort Bourange
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fort-bourtange
EDIT: Built by the waterboys. -- Zaki
EDIT 2: Not to be confused for the original waterboy from Episode 27 (Portugal). -- Zaeem
EDIT 3: Hang on, Zaeem. I'm pretty sure he was called the Viaduct Villain. -- Zaki
EDIT 4: Wasn't it the Person Pusher? -- Zaeem
EDIT 5: Nah, I think it was the Splishy Splashy Scoundrel. -- Zaki
EDIT 6: He was the Aqueduct Assassin, guys. Come on. I worked so hard on that fact! -- Ali
Flevoland
EDIT: Not to be confused for Flavortown, home of Guy Fieri and awesome haircuts. -- Ali
EDIT 2: Fun fact, Guy Fieri's middle name is Ramsay. -- Zaeem.
EcoCathedral
https://www.ecokathedraal.nl/en
EDIT: Cathedral...cathedral...cathedral...cathedral... -- Zaeem
EDIT 2: What are you doing? -- Zaki
EDIT 3: It's an echo-cathedral. I'm doing an echo. -- Zaeem
EDIT 4: You are so stupid it physically hurts me. -- Ali
Giethoorn (Canal Town)
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/giethoorn
Cat Cabinet
https://www.amsterdam.info/museums/cat-cabinet
Fleeting – Scents in Colour
EDIT: I bet Ali's going to start raving about how he can smell purple or some rubbish. -- Zaki
EDIT 2: BUT IT DOES SMELL PURPLE, THOUGH. -- Ali
Histories & Mysteries
Witches Weighing House
https://www.wanderlustingk.com/travel-blog/oudewater-witches-weighhouse
https://www.history.com/news/7-bizarre-witch-trial-tests
http://visit-oudewater.nl/en/witches-weighhouse
Movies & Culture
Movies filmed in the Netherlands
https://www.trafalgar.com/real-word/movies-filmed-in-amsterdam
King's Day
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