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 the dutch like their loopholes... haha

sleeping on a park bench in amsterdam is legally defined as "camping" and they can fine you 140 euros... i got two of them when i wound up homeless because passport expired and i didn't land a job in time... this is also like a loophole, really stretching the definition of something in a ridiculously literal way 
 'Gedoogbeleid' is exercised inconsistently imho. Handhaving have twice tried to fine me for drinking bottles of Club Mate outside during summer.