THE TULIP BARN
This is The Tulip Barn. A newly opened (March 20, 2021!) outdoor attraction in Hillegom, a town and municipality in the province of South Holland. This area is part of […]
VLEESHAL or MEATHALL
The unmissable historical Vleeshal (Meat Hall) building on a corner of Haarlem’s Grote Markt, next to the iconic Grote Kerk (Great Church). It was built in 1602-04, in Dutch Renaissance […]
VISHUISJE / VISCHHUISJE
A tiny house snuggled between two grand buildings on the side of the busy market square in Haarlem. You could have easily missed it! This is the Vishuisje / Vischhuisje […]
TULIP FLOWER FIELD
Yesterday I went by my mother-in-law’s house in De Zilk. A tiny village in the Dutch municipality of Noordwijk, bordering Hillegom and Vogelenzang, that has about 1950 inhabitants (2020). It […]
THE BULLDOG THE FIRST
It is strange to see one of the most famous coffeeshops in Amsterdam all deserted like this. The colourful cult shop is usually packed with locals & tourists all hours […]
DROGISTERIJ VAN DER PIGGE
Drogisterij Van der Pigge located on Gierstraat 3 in Haarlem, is a traditional chemist store established in 1849. In the 1920s, Vroom & Dreesmann (V&D), a Dutch chain department store […]
VICTORIA HOTEL AMSTERDAM
The grand Park Plaza Victoria Hotel on the corner of the Damrak and Prins Hendrikkade, across the Amsterdam Central station. Originally known as the Victoria Hotel, it is one of […]
NOORD-HOLLANDS ARCHIEF
This was Janskerk or St. John’s Church, a former Roman Catholic place of worship in the city of Haarlem. The land was donated in 1310 by Gerard van Tetterode, scion […]
‘T KROMHOUT MUSEUM
I have visited this museum a couple of times. I have yet to grasp the works of their collection. 😳 This is the Museum ‘t Kromhout or Museum Shipyard The […]
HAGELSLAG
This is the absolute go-to breakfast selection in the Netherlands! The Dutch like to start their mornings with a buttered toast topped with a hailstorm of chocolate sprinkles called “hagelslag”! […]
