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Remembrance Day

Posted by Mihnea-Costin Grigore | May 4, 2011 | All Photos, The Netherlands

Once every year, on 4 May, the Dutch gather near the National Monument in Dam Square to pay homage...

Visiting Keukenhof — part 4, the orchids

Posted by Mihnea-Costin Grigore | May 4, 2011 | All Photos, Nature

The Orchid family is the second largest group of flowering plants (after the daisies, go figure!),...

Red city

Posted by Dana Marin | May 3, 2011 | All Photos, Amsterdam

Although the image of an orange city, formed during Queen’s Day, is not that far and still remains in my mind, I must say that for me the colour of Amsterdam is RED. The city’s coat of arms has a red background and...

Visiting Keukenhof — part 3

Posted by Mihnea-Costin Grigore | May 2, 2011 | All Photos, Nature

In the third installment of our Keukenhof series, a selection of portraits takes us close to the...

Queen’s Day

Posted by Dana Marin | May 1, 2011 | All Photos, Amsterdam

This year I celebrated my first Queen’s Day (Koninginnedag) in Amsterdam. It’s a great event and definitely worth seeing. The whole city turns orange in honour of the House of Orange-Nassau: peoples’ clothes...