Some Dutch people live below sea level. The iconic Afsluitdijk made that...
The Afsluitdijk is the longest dike in the Netherlands, protecting our country from the sea for more than 80 years already! 32 Kilometers long, the Afsluitdijk is more than ‘just a dike’. It has...
View ArticleLet’s get artistic: 3 inspiring art museums in Rotterdam
The Dutch port city of Rotterdam has gained immense popularity as travel destination in the past couple of years. This popularity is mainly due to the city’s continuous drive to change and innovate....
View ArticleRotterdam: best places to eat and drink (for various reasons)
The Dutch city of Rotterdam has become increasingly popular with tourists from all over the world. Not just suddenly, it has been a gradual process for the last decade or so. Back in the 1990s I lived...
View ArticleWelcome to the Marker Wadden archipelago, a unique nature park in the...
“What if I told you that birds were already circling high up in the sky when our machines were still finishing their work? It took us 4 years to create this brand-new archipelago and even before the...
View Article10 magical forest moments (captured in a photograph)
A forest is magic. At least to me. The smell, the sounds (or sometimes just the pure silence) and the colors. That magic is enhanced by the (quarterly) change of color, fog, and sometimes a wild...
View ArticleStreet art illuminated – STRAAT museum Amsterdam
Does street art, as its name suggests, belong in the street? Is street art inside still street art? Well, I think it is! When in Amsterdam please consider to visit STRAAT, a museum dedicated to street...
View ArticleOde to the Dutch landscape (or why I hiked across the country from east to west)
Let me take you on a blind date with the Netherlands! Be surprised as I was, when I walked 414 kilometers (257 miles) through the Kingdom. Hiking in the Netherlands: from a landscape of cows and...
View ArticleSpending time in the woods: trees in photography
Time has two faces: Chronos and Kairos. In short, Chronos is measured and counted, while Kairos is lived and experienced. Chronos is the quantitative part of time, the linear passage of time. Our...
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