I'm flying into Amsterdam next week for the sole purpose of catching 2 Nine Inch Nails concerts (its their last tour). They're playing a show in Paris and a show in Amsterdam, and I'm basically staying in Amsterdam for 6 days and staying in Paris for 1 day. I know I should probably be spending more time in Paris to check more things out, but to be perfectly honest I don't know an ounce of french and am only really going there for the concert, then heading right back to Amsterdam.

Anyway, I was wondering for those of you who've been to Amsterdam before to give me a few recommendations on things to checkout. The two most obvious things are the coffee shops and the red light district, which I assure you I'll probably be spending the majority of my time at both. The only thing I've come across so far that isn't related to sex and drugs has been the Van Gogh museum, but I'd like to compile a list of other worthwhile attractions to checkout before I head over there. Feel free to list a few coffee shops that I should definitely check out, but I'm more interested in everything else thats over there since I've already done my homework on the majority of the coffee shops

http://wikitravel.org/en/Amsterdam

I spent about 3 days in Amsterdam and, besides the RLD, coffee shops adn the Van Gogh museum, just walking around is worthwhile. The place is gorgeous and people watching is amazing. RLD is only interesting because it's unique: the women there are ugly. A word of advice: if you're planning on hitting some clubs over there, keep in mind that some clubs are Dutch-only on Saturdays. Bouncers will keep the non-Dutch crowd out by asking you a random question in Dutch and if you seem like you didn't understand, they say 'Sorry, it's a private party tonight.' This could actually be the only time you hear Dutch there too

speakeasy: very informative guide - thanks for the link

hangover: good call about the clubs in RLD, thankfully I'm arriving on a Sunday morning and leaving on a Friday night, so a Dutch-only club on a Saturday won't be a problem. definitely planning on mostly just walking around to check things out - just wanted to make sure there wouldn't be anything i'd miss checking out and regret later for my first time over there.