LiveScience @ NATURALIS
This is LiveScience, a gallery on the corner ground floor of the brand-new Naturalis, a national museum of natural history in Leiden. At LiveScience, visitors will have a chance to […]
Monthly Archives: March 2020
YOUNG REMBRANDT STUDIO
Rembrandt van Rijn was born on 15 July 1606, right here in the city of Leiden. His exact place of birth was a house located on Weddesteeg, which was demolished […]
MUSEUM HET LEIDS WEVERHUIS
On the street of Middelstegracht 143 in Leiden, you can visit one of the last remaining weavers’ houses in South Holland. For FREE! 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗛𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗶𝘀 (translation: Museum The […]
HET HUIS AAN DE DRIE GRACHTEN / THE HOUSE ON THE THREE CANALS
Among the stately canal houses in Amsterdam, there is one that is extraordinary. A house located on the edge of the Wallen neighborhood facing not one, but three canals! This […]
BLACK CLOUD (2007) BY CARLOS AMORALES
𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 (𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳) 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 A swarm of black paper moths in different sizes occupying the entire walls and ceilings of four galleries of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Each […]
MARIATOREN
This is the Mariatoren (translation: Maria Tower) in Hoorn. A late Gothic semicircular tower built in 1508 as part of the city defense wall. It was constructed on the grounds […]
SINT JANS GASTHUIS / KUNSTCENTRUM de BOTERHAL
This early Renaissance monumental building from 1563 was one of the first hospitals in Hoorn. The former Sint Jansgasthuis functioned as ‘gasthuis’ or ‘guesthouse’ to accommodate pilgrims, travelers and to […]
MARIAKAPEL / MARIA CHAPEL
I thought I saw a man about to fall off the roof of a building! 😲😲😲 As it turned out … It was just a polyester figure called the “Liggende […]
De WAAG
It is always a delight to come across centuries old weigh house or weighing house whenever I visit a Dutch city. A public building where goods used to be weighed, […]
I Becoming Dutch 