the other article was an austrian paper that was mentioned at uk 420
also if you move to the netherlands you as a european must register with the local police, they should give you some kind of paper or stamp in your passport that should be good to get you in to coffeeshops.
as for me, well if i cant buy weed in the coffeeshops in February when i am there i will try to get a rowdy group of 20 or so anglophones to either go rob a coffeeshop or go burn down a police station.
fuck if we have to score weed on the street we may as well stay in Paris, or Chicago, Or London or whatever.