Archive for 'Culture'
Get Dragged into the Action of the Netherlands Film Festival Posted by heather on Oct 4, 2011
The Netherlands Film Festival 2011, a yearly event that allows the public and the industry to come together and concentrate on Dutch cinema, has just recently come to a close. I haven’t seen the figures for 2011 yet but in 2010, 382 films were screened, 154,000 people attended and 3 million people viewed the online…
Een Avond Naar de Bioscoop: A Night at the Cinema Posted by heather on Aug 20, 2011
On Wednesday (Woensdag), I went to the cinema (bioscoop) with a friend to see the film, Bridesmaids. We bought our tickets (kaartjes) before grabbing a bite to eat. Since it was also “Ladies Night” for one of the other films, the area around the ticket desks was already quite busy (druk). When we got back…
Dutch Singer: Marco Borsato Posted by heather on Aug 11, 2011
When I first came to the Netherlands, there was a song on the radio and music channels almost non-stop. That song, which I will share with you in my next post, was sung by the Dutch singer Marco Borsato. Marco Borsato was born in 1966 in the Dutch city of Alkmaar. He and his family…
Get Yourself a Museumkaart and Explore the Museums of the Netherlands Posted by heather on Aug 4, 2011
Visit Over 400 Museums and Castles in the Netherlands for Less Than €45 Imagine stopping in your tracks, intimidated by a roomful of oversized ceremonial masks belonging to the Oceania tribes. Perhaps later you will attempt to avoid bumping your head while you explore below deck, the 1868 moored naval ship, De Buffel. Or maybe…
Rounding Up and Rounding Down Posted by heather on Jul 5, 2011
Last Friday I had to make a trip to Flevoland. From where I live in Rotterdam to where I was going in Flevoland was, according to Google Maps, going to take me about an hour and fifteen minutes and would be just over 100kms each way. That meant I needed to stop and get some…
The White Bicycles of De Hoge Veluwe Posted by heather on Jun 7, 2011
If you have ever visited the national park, De Hoge Veluwe, you may have noticed a plethora of white bikes around. Bicycles in the Netherlands are of course not an unusual sight but the white bikes of De Hoge Veluwe are a bit special. In total, there are 1,700 white bikes in the park…
Stroopwafel + Cake = Stroopwafelcake!! Posted by heather on May 21, 2011
Last week I wrote about a very popular food item here in the Netherlands – the stroopwafel. Judging by the amount of comments and likes that post received, it seems that the stroopwafel is also very popular outside of the Netherlands! Seeing how delicious so many of you found stroopwafels, I knew I had to…