Park and Ride (P+R) Facilities in Amsterdam
If you’re planning to visit Amsterdam, you might be wondering how to navigate the city’s bustling streets and find affordable parking. ...
The Smallest Pub in Town
It’s a good thing for a landlord if he can make his pub about something. Like the biggest, the oldest, the ...
The Oldest Pub in Town
Now which pub in Amsterdam can rightfully claim to be the oldest one in town? Last week I spoke to a ...
Santa Claus in Amsterdam – Meet Sinterklaas
Who is that weird-looking guy on the horse, and what are those even weirder looking (hm, let’s use the word fellows) ...
The Royal Palace on Dam Square Amsterdam
When the French invaded the Netherlands at the end of the 18th century, we were not yet a kingdom, and we ...
Parking Your Car in The City of Amsterdam
Parking in this city can be troublesome; working around the parking meters isn’t much fun either. Amsterdam doesn’t encourage driving; our ...
Schiphol
Amsterdam’s airport is not part of Amsterdam, now, it does not lie on Amsterdam soil, it’s location is on land that ...
The Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company was during the seventeenth century the most powerful company in the world. It was one of ...
The Flower Auction of Aalsmeer (Flora Holland)
If you say Aalsmeer, you say flowers; many tourists feel they cannot leave it out of their itinerary; they must go ...
Country Houses
Just as the British well to do had houses to which to retreat to, immortalized in the books of Jane Austin, ...