Christmas time? (Or: The first trees are already sold)
Christmas in October anyone? Our public broadcaster (NOS) is reporting that Christmas trees are beginning to sell: Kerstverkopen dit jaar niet pas ná Sinterklaas, eerste mensen halen al bomen...
View ArticleLazy Fridays (Or: Onward to the weekend)
Yay, we have reached the weekend! Did you know the Keukenhof, the largest garden in Europe, is now open on a limited basis? Keukenhof, cultural sites start welcoming visitors again from nltimes.nl. It...
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Who has right of way? (Or: Grote Marktstraat in The Hague)
The Grote Marktstraat is a very busy shopping street in city centre of The Hague – I blog about it sometimes. It is actually somewhat contentious because the city added a lane down the middle back in...
View ArticleBring on the weekend (Or: Friday has arrived)
This work week went by pretty fast, I must admit. This morning my company sent out an email about the “return to the office”. Spoiler: it won’t happen before 1 September at the earliest, although we...
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Bikes and canals (Or: Canal by Denneweg)
Happy Saturday, everyone! I took a few photos of the canal by the Dennewegbrug. “Denneweg” is the street name and “brug” is Dutch for bridge. And in other news, there was a demonstration today at...
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Awww (Or: Cute little bikes)
Apparently even the littlest bikes can be left out on the street. It is very Dutch, although I don’t see usually bikes this small on the street: And in other news, the Netherlands have managed to mess...
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Shortcuts (Or: Through a small alleyway)
I’ve posted a few times about the small “alleyway” street that goes by the name Bagijnestraat, not far from the Tweede Kamer. My favorite post was about the art on a garage door last May. Actually, if...
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Traveling by boat (Or: A day trip to Amsterdam)
Last week Marco and I traveled to Amsterdam to see my sister-in-law, who was in town for work. One of the activities we did was a canal tour by boat: A random bridge along the way. The weather was...
View ArticleWorld’s Dutchest police chase (Or: Of course it is with bikes)
World’s Dutchest police chase from thenetherlands The video itself is a bit cropped, especially on the bottom, but if you want to see it in its original size you can click on the video to go to...
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A grey, rainy day (Or: Walking through The Hague)
On Sunday I went for a walk in the city centre, heading towards The Hague Centraal train station. Here are some of the photos that I took on that rainy, dreary day: On Sunday there were flags honoring...
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