Tag Archives: Netherlands
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…
A Day Trip to Texel Posted by heather on Jun 28, 2011
Two weekends ago, I had the opportunity to visit Texel, an island in the Netherlands. Texel is the biggest and most populated of the Frisian Islands. The weather was not looking promising as we headed off for Den Helder, where we would take the double-decker ferry across to the island. But our guide had assured…
Waag: Amsterdam’s Oldest Surviving Medieval Gatehouse Posted by heather on May 3, 2011
There is a building in the middle of the market square, Nieuwmarkt, in Amsterdam. Easily spotted despite the market stands sometimes surrounding it; the brick building, featuring several towers is Amsterdam’s oldest surviving medieval gatehouse. Known by many as St. Antoniespoort, this building is called Waag. Waag was built in 1488, with the intention of…
The Netherlands Comes 2nd in English Proficiency Index Posted by heather on Mar 31, 2011
The Netherlands has been a popular country for the media when it comes to happiness research. Several research studies have found that Dutch children are the happiest in Europe, another recent article highlighted that women in the Netherlands are happy despite working less and having a bigger gender pay gap and the World Database of…