…If you are like me, then I think you will like my suggestion: let’s bring spring in our homes! Why wait until the spring officially arrives to enjoy its goodies?! Here are my ideas on how to bring spring in your home: The most important thing: fill your house with spring flowers. I have tulips in a vase most of the days, and this week I bought mimosas. Bright yellow is the colour I associate with spring and sunny days, and their subtle scent is a…
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…auty of nature to heal our souls a bit. These are the best places to enjoy spring in Amsterdam: Cherry blossom and magnolia in Westerpark Nothing screams spring joy like a cherry blossom orchard! To enjoy the cherry blossom in the middle of the city, head to the Westerpark. This is one of my favourite Amsterdam parks in spring. I enjoy going there in the morning to have my breakfast, accompanied by the green parrots filling their bellies with cher…
Read More…d and white Amsterdam could change that. Snow time is gone, I say bring on spring! Thinking about springtime in the Netherlands, one of the first things that comes to mind is Keukenhof. There’s nothing more emblematic of the Dutch spring than the tulip fields. This park is not only surrounded by them, but it creates its own flower fields too — all varieties of tulips as well as other spring flowers, plus indoor exhibitions of orchids, lilies and m…
Read More…out of snowdrops and crocuses, some of the trees are already blooming and spring herbs are happily growing all over the place. The air was warm that day, the sun was shining (well, at least from time to time) and lots of people were outside, enjoying this early spring weather. I must admit that having had such a beautiful day in February makes me realise that I don’t really mind the fact that there was no real winter this year — snow is just a di…
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…e at 9 pm. You will get used to it in a few weeks. Amsterdam transforms in spring, becoming a big, beautiful garden, and I will never get bored of seeing this transformation. Every year, I wait impatiently for the cherry blossom, the spring snow, the time of roses. And I’m never disappointed. —————————————————————– Stay tuned for more and follow Amsterdamian on Instagram and Facebook for daily stories about life in the Netherlands. Please share th…
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…of flowers will be blooming across city gardens. 6. Elfia festival. 7. Easter in Romania and my first trip to Norway (yay!). 8. Fresh veggies and fruits at the market. 9. Cycling on nature routes right outside the city (to Amsterdamse Bos or along the Amstel River to Ouderkerk, for example). 10. Spring rain. What are you looking forward to this spring? —————————————————————– Stay tuned for more and follow Amsterdamian on Instagram and Facebook fo…
Read More…and windy and there are only 3 degrees Celsius outside. Nothing stops the spring flowers from blooming — so beautiful, so colourful and so… everywhere! I am amazed in particular by the crocuses I see everywhere: I’ve never seen such big crocuses in my life! Must be the Dutch variety — everything is big in this country, from people to birds and to flowers. But the size doesn’t make the pretty spring flowers any less delicate; they are even more be…
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…rking the beginning of spring with fluffy flowers and amazing perfume. But spring blossom is not only about the cherry tress, so why forget all the other beautiful blooming trees? Fruit trees, acacia trees, lilac, magnolias — they can be found around the city this spring, less popular than their relatives in Westerpark or Amsterdamse Bos, but not less beautiful! I bet they enjoy their quiet time, without hundreds of people taking selfies with them…
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…re from last year, because Alkmaar is a few days behind Amsterdam with the spring parade — I guess being 40 kilometres to the north explains the colder weather 🙂 But this is what I was looking for since January: the burst of life and colour, warmer days, bicycle rides in the countryside. It will happen very soon. When spring starts to unfold, you have to hurry to keep up with the pace of change! As the nature comes to life, I am determined to foll…
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One of my favourite part of the spring season in Amsterdam is the spring snow time. I’m not talking about actual snow (although the weather is so cold right now that it wouldn’t be a surprise to get to that). I’m talking about the elm trees scattering their seeds, which create a snow-like effect while flying over the city, dancing in the wind and eventually setting down in rustling piles along the streets. There are over 75,000 elm trees in Amst…
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