Discover Holland (VII): Rotterdam
My travelling adventure in the Netherlands continues with the famous city of Rotterdam. Second biggest city in the Netherlands, both in terms of its territory and population, Rotterdam is famous for being Europe’s largest port. It is a city that combines the old with the new, in a nice way, although I must […]
Discover Holland (V): Vaals
The new little town that I have added to my list of visited Dutch places is Vaals, also known as Drielandenpunt (“three country point”) in Dutch, Dreiländereck (“three country corner”) in German, or Trois Frontières (“three borders”) in French. This is the town where three different countries – the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany- meet, and it is […]
Discover Holland (III): Valkenburg
This is one of those late posts that I should have written a few weeks ago, but I ask you to please pardon my delay. In my defense, I got a good mark on the history exam that kept me busy for the first half of December and then holidays began. So, in […]
Cycling in the Netherlands
If there is one thing I love about the Netherlands is the fact that everyone here cycles! Cycling is so ingrained in the Dutch culture, that saying something bad about it here would probably lead to you being kicked out of the country. The Dutch have even taken cycling to a whole new […]
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