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The Van Gogh Museum is Once Again Open 7 May 2013 | 06:21 pm
Orange feathers and puke. Granted, only a small amount of each but it wasn’t quite the scene I was hoping to see when I stepped out onto Museumplein in Amsterdam. To be fair, not only is this area sar...
Monday Madness: A Landing That Went Wrong 6 May 2013 | 06:21 pm
Monday Madness is supposed to be about news that happened in or around the Netherlands but this story was just too good to miss… A paraglider in Australia landed in the area of a heavily guarded pri...
Carnival: Party Like You’re King (or Queen) 2 May 2013 | 03:11 pm
Were you in the Netherlands on Queen’s Day? If so you know just how crazy and orange the Dutch can get. But did you also know that there is another time of year when part of the country likes to live ...
April 2013 Foodie PenPals Reveal 30 Apr 2013 | 05:47 pm
It is an important day in the Netherlands as today was not only Queen’s Day but also the day the country got a new King. It is also Foodie PenPal reveal day and we couldn’t miss out on that, could we?...
Monday Madness: Missing Boy Found Helping Elderly Woman 29 Apr 2013 | 03:11 pm
A 9-year-old boy from Voorburg who had been reported as missing last week on Tuesday was found to have been helping a confused elderly woman search for her house. The mother of the boy rang the alarm ...
Travel Photo of the Week: Ecomare 28 Apr 2013 | 03:11 pm
“Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.” - John Steinbeck As much as visiting Ecomare on Texel in the Netherlands isn’t just about seeing the seals, they sure did their be...
Moroccan Food Delights: Mint Tea 26 Apr 2013 | 03:11 pm
What: Moroccan mint tea (also called touareg (or tuareg) tea, mint tea or Maghrebi mint tea) is a combination of green tea (usually gunpowder tea), mint leaves and sugar. It is poured with an extrav...
Parking in Leiden Made Simple 24 Apr 2013 | 03:11 pm
In a country where conserving historical city centres trumps large, ample parking spaces (and rightfully so), parking in the Netherlands can sometimes be a challenge. The introduction of Park and Ride...
Unusual Places to Visit in Amsterdam 23 Apr 2013 | 03:11 pm
One week from now, the Netherlands will be celebrating the biggest party of the year – Queen’s Day. This year is extra special because not only will it be Queen’s Day (it won’t be called King’s Day un...
Monday Madness: Naked Man Disrupts Alcohol Control Check 22 Apr 2013 | 03:11 pm
The police have it hard now-a-days. Take Saturday night when all they wanted to do was stop 400-500 car drivers for an alcohol test when out of nowhere comes a naked man to interrupt them. The alcohol...
