It is Chinese New Year! A celebration that I have not practise for the past 20 years. Kinda lost the charm since I live far, far away from all my […]
NEDERLANDS OPENLUCHT MUSEUM / NETHERLANDS OPEN AIR MUSEUM
The Nederlands Openlucht Museum or the Netherlands Open Air Museum was established on 24 April 1912 by a group of private individuals. They leased approximately 31 hectares of this former […]
JOES KLOPPENBURGBRUG BRIDGE / BRUG #05
A bridge with a story to tell … In Dutch as written on the plate … “17 𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘴 1996 𝘷𝘳𝘪𝘫𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧𝘷𝘪𝘫𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘝𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘮. 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯, 𝘰𝘱𝘨𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘬𝘵𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴 […]
GRIMNESSESLUIS BRIDGE / BRUG #202
The Grimnessesluis or bridge #202. A short traffic bridge bridging Rokin and Oude Turfmarkt in the center of Amsterdam. The bridge of Grimnessesluis was first was constructed in 1546. In […]
KRINGLOOPWINKELS
Growing up in Asia, there was no such thing as thrift stores or charity shops. Probably because Asians believe that only the poor people use second-hand channels. No one wants, […]
KONINGKLIJKE WACHTKAMER / THE ROYAL WAITING ROOM
While scrolling through Facebook aimlessly … My eyes caught a post that said “gratis rondleiding … koningklijke wachtkamer”! Free tour inside the Royal Waiting Room of Amsterdam Central Station?!? A […]
AMSTERDAM LIGHT FESTIVAL 8TH EDITION
This is the light installation called Nothing Holding Us by an American artist, Ben Zamora, located right in front of Hermitage Amsterdam. It consists of dozens of light tubes in […]
10x STREET ART IN ROTTERDAM
10 random impressive street art I came across while being a tourist in Rotterdam … 1. Symmetric Square by world famous French street art artist called Astro found on Kruisplein. […]
ERASMUS MONUMENT
Desiderius Erasmus was a famous Renaissance humanist, theologian and philosopher who was born in Rotterdam, in 1467. Following the 550th birthday of Erasmus, the Erasmus Committee had launched a competition […]
ERASMUSBRUG / ERASMUS BRIDGE
In case you are guessing … This is the tip of Erasmusbrug or the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. It is a 800-metre long bridge that spans the Maas River, linking […]
