Brownies&downieS (not a typo!) is a special lunchroom founded in Veghel, Noord-Brabant province, in 2010. It was an idealism created by two friends, Teun Horck and Thijs Swinkels, combining good […]
ODE aan het VARKEN / ODE to the PIG
As I cycled into the city center of Haarlem, I was greeted by a gigantic leaping pig just around the bend on Houtplein. “Ode aan het Varken” (translation: Ode to […]
HOFJE van STAATS
If you are interested to visit any of Haarlem’s hofjes*, Hofje van Staats should be included on your list. Located walking distance from Haarlem Station, this hofje is certainly one […]
JEWISH MONUMENT in HAARLEM
The Jewish Monument Haarlem located at Philip Frankplein, where the old synagogue once stood nearby before the war. It has the names of 715 Jewish Haarlemmers who were deported from […]
STOLPERSTEINE in HAARLEM
A while ago I came across “Stolpersteine” when I was in Schiedam. Since then, I have been fascinated about these stones. So I decided to take a closer look around […]
COOL EVENT SCHEVENINGEN
So here we are … spending the last day of holiday at Scheveningen. Our Sunday morning started with a fantastic breakfast overlooking the Scheveningen Pier. (See previous blog post) After […]
BRASSERIE PALACE @ SCHEVENINGEN
This is to conclude the last day of school holiday. Whoooo hooooo … 😃 A family breakfast with a view! A fantastic breakfast spread consisting of diverse bread rolls, toasts […]
CHRISTMAS DINNER TRADITION
The simplest solution when you have to serve 12 people for Christmas dinner is to do the traditional Dutch style routine call “gourmetten”. Gourmetten is essentially an indoor BBQ-your-own-food table […]
VLAAMSCHE REUS
There is something about eating hot fries on a cold winter’s day that is so particularly satisfying. Probably just my silly way to keep warm. 😄 The most frequented ‘patat […]
LEUVEHAVEN
The view of Maritime District from atop shipping museum, the Maritiem Museum / Maritime Museum, in Rotterdam. Incidentally, a small section of it is an open-air museum known as Maritime […]
