

Amsterdam | Thuyskamer
The owner of Thuyskamer walks down the stairs for a warm welcome. She introduces herself as Heleen and is sincerely enthousiastic about...


Amsterdam | This weekend 25 & 26 October: Rommelige Zondag, Bokbier Festival & other plans
The sun should be making an appearance this weekend (here's to hoping!). And so should you. Anywhere in town really. Let me give you a...


Amsterdam | Pop Up Week Festival
A week is apparently popping up: Pop Up Week Festival. From the 18th until 28th of September, you are invited to explore new and...


Amsterdam | Market Day: Sunday Market
Impressions of the Sunday Market at the Westerpark where I ate veggie gyros, drank sangria and watched people go by. Amsterdam rocks!...


The Great Escape | my city guide to Lisbon (part 2)
A few more tips and images I wanted to share with you. Santini has some of the best icecream I have ever tried. More than 60 years ago,...


The Great Escape: my city guide to Lisbon (part 1)
Last week I went on a mini holiday, visiting my friends in the Portuguese Algarve. We stayed at their place in Cabanas, eastern Algarve....


Inside | Amsterdam: favorite waste of time
Last Friday a new mega Kringloop (thrift store) opened in the west of Amsterdam. The biggest one in town. So I had to check it out. It's...


Inside | Amsterdam: Waar & Huis
A new department store opened yesterday. Way out of the centre, but surely worth a trip to the far west. It's Waar & Huis, a temporary...


Inside | Amsterdam: Posthoornkerk vintage & antiques fair
The first time I went to the Posthoornkerk, a church on the Haarlemmerstraat, was for a huge party (quite a while ago, I admit). Second...


Inside | Amsterdam: Jan Eef
De Baarsjes is on a roll! Stores, gardens, gyms and more are popping up everywhere on and around the Jan Evertsenstraat. Sunday I visited...