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• Download Dutch Masterpieces with the Rijksmuseum’s New App

  

  reinoudk / Flickr Creative Commons More and more museums are posting their collections online and Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum is no exception. In fact, they've... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Amsterdam Named Most Attractive City in the Netherlands to Live in

  

  Photo credit: maurobrock / Flickr Creative Commons Sure tourist who come to check out Amsterdam think it's a pretty spectacular city. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• 5 Reasons to Visit Amsterdam This Summer

  

  Amsterdam (Photo credit: Moyan_Brenn) Amsterdam is one of Europe’s most popular city break destinations. Every summer thousands flock to the Dutch capital to... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Amsterdam Expo Rolls out the Red Carpet for Pixar Stars

  

  Amsterdam Expo is rolling out the red carpet, but not for the kind of celebrities you may be expecting. Step aside, Angelina. Out of the way Johnny Depp.... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Go Anouk Go!

  

  The Netherlands have succumbed to Eurovision Fever. Well, within reasonable limits, after all the Eurovision is no World Cup, nor even the Olympics. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Can You Get Much More Bicycle Friendly Than Amsterdam?

  

  Moyan_Brenn / Flickr The 2013 Copenhagenize Index doesn't seem to think so. The report recently crowned Amsterdam the world's most bicycle friendly city. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• The Amsterdam Hermitage

  

  It has recently come to my attention that the Amsterdam Hermitage is an incredible museum. I don't know how or why I have until now missed out on... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• 8 Amsterdam Windmills to Visit on National Windmill Day

  

  Flickr Creative Commons/ When you think of the Netherlands, you think of windmills. Or is it "when you think of windmills, you think of the Netherlands"? Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Get Your Shop on at Amsterdam’s Albert Cuyp Market

  

  Flickr Creative Commons / udogeisler The weather gods have finally decided to smile on us. It's getting warmer and warmer and the sun has pushed its way... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Still Crazy About the Amsterdam Canal Ring After 400 Years

  

  Flickr Creative Commons/danrocha The other day, a tweet showed up on my Twitter feed. It was from an acquaintance of mine, a fellow American and expat in the... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Golden Age Masters and Personalized 17th Century Muskets: My Trip to the...

  

  Although I've already written at length about the Rijksmuseum in anticipation of the re-opening, now that I’ve actually personally been there, I realize that yo... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Soak up the Sun at Amsterdam’s Vondelpark

  

  Flickr Creative Commons/1la Spring has finally sprung here in the Netherlands after a very long, very cold winter. And with the spring comes the sun. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Justin Bieber Makes Waves After Visiting the Anne Frank House

  

  Flickr Creative Commons/morganlevy So, Justin Bieber was in the Netherlands as part of his Believe world tour. He gave a concert at the GelreDome in Arnhem on... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Show Your Dutch Pride by Rocking a #Twibbon

  Yes, I said "Twibbon." As in twitter + ribbon = twibbon. There seems to be a twibbon for every occasion and every cause: marriage equality, Canadians living wit... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Wijnbar-ing It All

  

  Although Amsterdam is undoubtedly the city of Heineken (have you SEEN the lines to get into the company's museum?) and other beers of the lowlands, there comes ... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Remembering the Dead and Other Controversies

  

  The Netherlands has a complex legacy when it comes to World War II. Unlike the Allied nations that were in a clear position to deem themselves WWII victors afte... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Toneelgroep Amsterdam is Not Disgraced to Present Disgrace with English Surtitles

  

  photo credit: Jan Versweyveld Italy is the birth place of Comedia dell'arte, New York is known for it's Broadway theater district, and London has The West End. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• How a Dutch Bank Pulled Off the Greatest Flashmob Ever

  

  Flickr Creative Commons/Patrick Denker Flashmob... What Wikipedia defines as "a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• The Rijksmuseum: It’s Baaaaaaaack

  

  It's been ten long years of renovations, repairs, flooding, asbestos handling as well as disagreements over all the above, but the Rijksmueum is back and it's... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Flowers and Amsterdam

  

  If the sudden return of my allergies are anything to go by, spring has once again come to Amsterdam. Admittedly, the weather leaves a lot to be desired - the... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION