Things to do in Holland - A different one every time

Sunday, 28 February 2016

Edmondo de Amici's "Holland and its People"

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I have to thank Sara Veronica M. for unearthing this gem! Edmondo De Amicis is an Italian writer from the XIX century, know and possibly l...
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Friday, 5 February 2016

It's Carnival time!

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In many European countries (and several others around the world) people are celebrating Carnival this weekend. In the Southern Provinces...
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Sunday, 5 July 2015

The many marvels of the Louwman Museum

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Finally, after years of living nearby and biking in front of it every single morning, I managed to visit the Louwan Automobile Museum and I ...
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Monday, 25 May 2015

Feel good cafe'

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Today we discovered this very nice network of cafes and workshops run by an organisation called Ipse de Brugge providing assistance, support...
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Friday, 1 May 2015

Barefoot in the park (in Gelderland)

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A.Vogel is a company that makes natural remedies from plants. Regardless of mine or anyone's stance on the topic, it's possible to v...
Thursday, 9 April 2015

Coming up this weekend, in a greenhouse near you!

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Discover what's going on in those famous Dutch greenhouses this weekend during Kom in de Kas (Come to the Greenhouse). The website u...
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Monday, 30 March 2015

Huis Doorn: home of the last Kaiser of Germany

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Huis Doorn is a manor house not far from Utrecht. Not long ago I read the excellent Geert Mak's In Europa , which I warmly recommend, ...
Thursday, 19 March 2015

Minibieb: book crossing cabinets taking over the country

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I had seen some of these small, nicely decorated boxes while driving or biking around. Lately one appeared in the neighborhood so I had th...
Wednesday, 18 March 2015

The bombing of The Hague, March 1945

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Many people are well aware that Rotterdam suffered a terrible bombing at the beginning of WWII, that left the city almost completely destroy...
Friday, 6 March 2015

A de-wine accommodation in Friesland

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There's an hotel in Stavoren, a town on the "Friesland side" of the Ijsselmeer, that offers its customers a very unusual sleep...
Saturday, 25 October 2014

Molen de Valk: a day in the life of a miller

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While lazily driving around on side roads one Saturday afternoon, we ended up in Moontfort, saw a working windmill and decided to give a loo...
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Tuesday, 22 July 2014

A windmill to top them all!

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(Ok, there's nothing more stereotypical that suggesting to visit some windmills while in Holland, but these are special, I promise!) A...
Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Lucifers: the new frontier of the oranje snacks.

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While waiting for my patat met on Saturday during Vlaggetjesdag , I spotted these newcomers in Henk's Patat display: "New" th...
Friday, 11 April 2014

Jutters Mu-ZEE-um: the museum of the sea shore

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In Zaandvoort ann Zee there's a man, Victor Bol, with the passion for collecting stuff that have been washed up on the beach at the popu...
Saturday, 5 April 2014

King of my castles: some Dutch castles open to the public

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Inspired by a feature on the NS magazine, here's a recap of the Dutch royal palaces and other castles open to the public: Paleis Het L...
Wednesday, 2 April 2014

The cult of Yakult

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If, like me, you are an aficionado of the look behind the scenes, the factory tour, the "How it's made" show on Discovery Cha...
Friday, 14 February 2014

Have an hipster Valentine!

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We are not big Valentine people Mr Thingstodoinholland and I, so I do not have any suggestion for a conventionally romantic date. I do hav...
Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Shoes glorious shoes

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According to an unspecified British women magazine 81% of the readers prefer buying shoes to sex. This just proves that women's magazi...
Tuesday, 28 January 2014

The little church in the praire

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If you have ever been by metro from The Hague to Rotterdam, soon after Leidschenveen's stop, you will notice on the left an incongruous ...
Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Portrait of a King

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There has been a call for artists to submit possible official portraits of Willem Alexander, 12 were shortlisted and 3 were eventually chose...
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