I'll always remember my first visit there - exactly 20 years ago! If you have the time, why not hop on the train from Centraal Station to Haarlem (just a few minutes west). You'll appreciate the same/smaller setting without the tourists...
You're just going to have to buy two! I admit that I suffer from the same phobia... We all want to retain that "new car smell" for as long as possible. My bracelets worry me the most, so I might be able to live with parts of the case unprotected... However, if applying the tape allows you to actuall