Although I’m in the middle of a series of posts about Groningen, I’m throwing in an article about something unrelated: my review of the exhibition ‘the art of Banksy‘ in Amsterdam. The Art of Banksy Last weekend I visited the art exhibition The Art of Banksy that currently runs at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. […]
Groningen Landmarks and Architecture
Typically Groningen Before I tell you more about Groningen Landmarks and architecture, here are some fast facts: Groningen has 200.00 residents and the average age of it’s population is the lowest/youngest in the Netherlands. This has everything to do with the cities university and the 50.000 students that live in Groningen. Anecdote: I loved the […]
City trip Groningen
After my Bali-series, let’s check out something completely different. As you know I’m Dutch, so I will show you around in one of my favorite parts of the Netherlands: Groningen. My history with Groningen Groningen is the name of both a city and a county in the North of the Netherlands. Overlooked by many, since it’s […]
Insider’s Guide Haarlem
Settling at last…. sort of…. I moved around quite a lot in The Netherlands. My wanderings brought me to Haarlem about 20 years ago. To the house where I still live in today. Wow, I never lived anywhere else that long! Guess I grew me some roots after all;-)! Sort of…. because I live 6 months […]
Why you should visit the Ruins of Brederode
Last summer I finally visited the Ruins of Brederode, only a few kilometers from my house. Isn’t it strange how these things work? I live in Haarlem for almost 20 years now and paying the Ruins a visit had been in the back of my mind all this time. But as is often the case, […]
Tranquil Elswout in Overveen
Haarlem, conveniently located between Amsterdam and the beach Haarlem, my hometown in the Netherlands, is a sleepy, but charming town, positioned between the west coast and Amsterdam. Between my house and the coast you find mainly nature. Parks, forests, vast dune areas and finally the beach. Many of my friends and fellow citizens bike to the […]
Strijp-R Eindhoven Piet Hein Eek
What is Strijp-R in Eindhoven Strijp-S is a well-known hipster-haven in one of Eindhoven’s former factory neighborhoods. Strijp-R, the name of the neighboring area, is less known, but everybody knows it’s main attraction: the huge terrain of Piet Hein Eek, one of Holland’s most famous designers. I knew of him and of his work […]
Musea and art in Eindhoven
Musea and art in Eindhoven Due to Eindhoven’s historic connection with lightbulb and electronics producer Philips, truck-manufacturer DAF, and the city’s Design Academy, the High Tech Campus and the Eindhoven University of Technology, there are several musea and galleries linked to those institutions and fields. I compiled the following list for you: The Philips Museum […]
Where to sleep in Eindhoven
Where I stayed in Eindhoven Initially I thought of the Pullman Eindhoven Cocagne hotel, since that has the best reviews on Tripadvisor. It sure looks like a great hotel to me. But being a sucker for art, design and historical buildings, I changed my mind and chose for the Intel Art Hotel, located smack in the […]
Things to do and see in Eindhoven
Citytrip Eindhoven Recently I went on a citytrip to Eindhoven, a city in the south of the Netherlands. Eindhoven is -with it’s 220.000 inhabitants- Holland’s 5th largest city. Now you can say a lot about Eindhoven, but charming and pretty it is not. This has a lot to do with the fact that it […]