Saturday - Monsters in fashion

Established and upcoming fashion designers from all over the world explore the potential of imaginary monsters, avatars and cartoon carachters as inspiration for their creative output.

Ongoing at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht: expect a Lady Gaga-esque exhibiton...

http://centraalmuseum.nl/en/visit/exhibitions/arrrgh-monsters-fashion/

Friday - Clingedael's Japanese Garden - Autumn Opening

The Japanese garden in the Clingendael park is now open for the Autumn season, with plenty of photo ops of its pretty colorful trees, little shrines and bright red bridges.


http://www.denhaag.nl/home/bewoners/natuur-en-milieu/groen/to/Japanse-tuin.htm?utm_source=alias&utm_medium=offline&utm_campaign=japansetuin

Thursday - Metro 2033

Metro 2033 is a dystopian novel set in an ipotetical (and apocalyptical) Moscow ravaged by a nuclear war: the survivors have taken shelter in the abandoned metro station and are now involved in multiple fights with other metro occupants, the carnivorous rats and the mutants former humans who live upstairs.

 These multiple plots have been translated into a videogame too.

Today the author will be talking about his work and meeting the fans at the library in Den Haag.

http://www.bibliotheekdenhaag.nl/Artikelen/Metro-2033-2.htm

Wednesday - Karel Appel in The Hague

This colourful murales made of ceramic tiles, made by Karel Appel, is decorating the entrance of the World Forum in The Hague.

 

http://www.karelappelfoundation.com

Art meets art -The wonderful Miss F. modelling on her fiets in front of the tilework
 

Tuesday - Kanoroutes

While browsing for pictures for another post, I came across this useful site for kanoe-goers based in The Netherlands with routes, tips and pictures, in English and Dutch.

http://www.kanoroutes.nl/

Kanoeing in Estonia

Monday - Flyboard

When I saw this on the news earlier this year, I thought it looked like something out of a James Bond film, however apparently flyboarding ( which is slightly more exciting than boarding a flight) is the latest craze.

Below a useful explanation on how it works, taken from another blog, and a picture of how it looks like.

Crazy, innit?

http://www.flyboardnederland.

Sunday - See You in The Hague

"See you in The Hague" tell the Palestinians to the Israeli soldiers when they cross the check-points along the wall.

"See you in The Hague" says a fancy brochure produced by the City of The Hague to entice new visitors.

The different meanings that the name of the "City of Peace and Justice" bring to mind to different people in The Netherlands and around the world are explored in the programme of this event.

Also in the schedule, the grand opening today of a viewing platform (picture below, in construction) which, according to the artist who created it, while seen from below looks like normal scaffolding reveals something very different once on the top...

http://www.stroom.nl/activiteiten/manifestatie.php?m_id=8234826