We accept Bitcoin: a city with 117 places in which you can pay with BTC. Welcome to Arnhem, Netherlands.
"Arnhem Bitcoinstad"('Bitcoin City') as they call it, is a city in the middle east of The Netherlands. These stickers have been hanging around the city since 2015, when they started accepting BTC as a means of paying. It is one of the few cities in Europe that is considered so bitcoin friendly, next to Gent and Madrid. Arnhem is a city with around 200.000 inhabitance and is concedered worlds most Bitcoin-friendly city. On a very regular basis, universities and companies located in this city and its environement arrange readings, lectures and meetings about bitcoin and how to promote it.
There are more than 100 places accepting BTC, including bars, pubs, cafes, restaurants, clothing shops, music and electronic shops. You can even pay the dentist with BTC, can you imagine that?
Look at this map
I captured a few stores to prove my words:
HUBO - a shop for cunstruction and building
And of cause I can't share this post without some beautiful city views:
Besides, as you can see Arnhem is very beautiful and cosy. It is also a city known for the heavy attacks on this bridge during The World War II. More information about this you can read on Arnhem's wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnhem.
At this site you can see where you can pay with bitcoin exactly, but it also shows you where you can get some extra discounts. For example a second free whopper at the Burger King: http://www.arnhembitcoinstad.nl/#home. Their website is updated regularly with statistics and news concerning bitcoin.
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Nice to see this we actually have a city in the Netherlands who is embracing cryptocurrency. Great writing!
cool info!
This is cool, yes... I'm in Den Bosch, only 40 minutes away too :)
The Netherlands have always been forward thinking. The rest of the world might catch them up one day.
Its taken some countries long enough to get to the right place with cannabis use. lets hope it doesn't take them as long with bitcoin use!
@zebbad
Nice post :)
Hoi @polyurethane Cool zeg! Wist niet dat er een stad was in NL waar ze al in zoveel winkels bitcoin accepteren. Ben wel benieuwd of er ook met bitcoin wordt afgerekend.