Newsweek, March 10, 1997:
Amsterdam tourists who get winded walking around the Van Gogh Museum,
or find the Anne Frank House a tad depressing, probably won't like the
city's latest attraction. The charity group Voila is offering the
chance to be homeless for a day. For $24, visitors can surrender their
wallets (changing into rags is optional) and embark on a day of soup
kitchens and aimless wandering. "Now you can feel what it's like for
one day and still have the luxury of sleeping in your own bed," says
one of the street people who serve as guides. Or not. Voila will offer
three-day "survival weekends" once it gets warms enough to sleep
under Amsterdam's scenic bridges.
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