Saturday - Pop Up Cinema Utrecht

Ever Saturday and Sunday during the month of October, films are being shown in unusual  and unexpected locations within the Hoog Catharijne in Utrecht.

Friday - The seven bridges in a row

According to the FB page of Amsterdam Canals, when looking from a particular spot on the Herengracht towards the Reguliersgracht, you can take an amazing picture of seven pretty bridges in a row.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=607664389278661&set=a.611012915610475.1073741827.349759805069122&type=1&theater

Not the seven bridges

Thursday - Den Haag Indian Film Festival

We have been invited to the Indian Film Festival a couple of years ago and had a fab time: we saw a film called Delhi Belly and laugh so much we cried.

This year's programme looks very enticing as well, with loads of side events (including food too!) and a Indian Ladies Night tonight at the Pathe' Buitenhof.

http://www.indianffth.nl/en

Wednesday - Kinderpostzegels: children, stamps and charity

In the coming days, you might receive the visit of some enthusiastic children from your neighborhood selling cards, stickers and other stationary items and giving you a stamp in return.

It's the Kinderpostzegels month and all the money collected will go to charities working with children.

Beware of smart assed kids asking for cash as they are not allowed to: they can only ask for bank account details.

My personal stamps seller was accompanied by one of my favourite neighbours, her sporty septuagenarian grandpa Kees.

https://www.kinderpostzegels.nl/

Tuesday - Willibrord, the Apostle of the Frisians

Willibrord, or the Apostle of the Frisians, was the Northumbrian Cristian monk who was sent to the Low Lands upon invitation of the King of the Francs and founded the dioceses of Utrecht, Deventer and Haarlem.

He is buried in Luxembourg but Utrecht celebrates him with this statue on Janskerkhof.

Among his patronages: Utrecht, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, epilepsy and convulsions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willibrord

Monday - The New York Hotel in Rotterdam

The New York Hotel is the stunning building at the end of the Wilhelmina Pier in Rotterdam.

It used to host the headquarters of the Holland-America Line, which for several decades of the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries transported emigrants, fortune seekers and the first class wealthiest across the Atlantic Ocean, to a new world and a new life.

It hosts now a posh, nostalgic hotel and cafe' and restaurant on the ground floor.

We drove by yesterday evening in the warm sunset light and regretted that we did not have time to stop and have a drink in the sheltered terrace on the pier, watching the sun disappear behind Rotterdam harbour's cranes.

http://www.hotelnewyork.nl/en/

Sunday - Scheveningen Kite Festival

Second and final day of the colorful Scheveningen Kite Festival, with dozen of silky creations filling the air.

It's set to be another beautiful day, so loads of photo opportunities of stunning kites against the blue sky ahead.

http://www.vliegerfeestscheveningen.nl/