However, older buildings housing budget-price hostels tend to be less well protected, and these may now come under scrutiny.If you’re sad to be saying goodbye to the suspenseful show, don’t despair: Netflix has revealed that it is developing a Money Heist spin-off series following the character of Berlin (Pedro Alonso). Modern hotels in central Amsterdam tend to have windows that are sealed or that only partially open. “And even mild drugs can cause psychotic episodes in some cases.” “The drugs sold in coffee shops in Amsterdam are relatively mild by some standards, but people who are not used to them and don’t know when to stop can get into real trouble,” said a police spokeswoman. The Australian subsequently recovered, but was sentenced to three months in jail and ordered to pay €120,000 in compensation to his victim. In the most high-profile case, an Australian who jumped from a high window on busy Kerkstraat landed on a passing Brazilian student who was left paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair for life. In several cases, passersby have been injured by the “jumpers” – sometimes seriously.
In May and June two more visitors died in similar circumstances. In July, a tourist, who according to his friends was under the influence of psychedelic mushrooms, died in a fall from his hotel on Marnixstraat in the Jordaan area. He has since been flown home to Switzerland for treatment. The most recent incident was less than a fortnight ago when a Swiss man (22) was seriously hurt when he leapt from the window of his room at a hotel on Kloveniersburgwal.
It is the first time the police have raised the issue with City Hall, and it follows a spate of incidents this summer in which tourists under the influence of various types of drugs have been jumping from windows and balconies at the rate of more than one a month. Police in Amsterdam, where “soft” drugs can be purchased legally in more than 200 “coffee shops”, have urged the city authorities to do more to prevent young foreign tourists jumping from hotel windows and being seriously injured or killed.
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