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Amazing Winter Walks in the Netherlands to Fight the Winter Blues

Posted by Dana Marin | Jan 28, 2023 | All Photos, Nature

…and your boots, and let’s go explore the beauty of winter and fight those winter blues! 11 winter walks in the Netherlands (and a bonus) 1. Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen Length: walking routes of 4 to 9 km. The Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen is a beautiful park close to Zandvoort where you can enjoy a varied landscape and spot wild animals. Covering about 3400 hectares, the area was designed for the extraction of drinking water for Amsterdam, an…

How to Survive Winter in the Netherlands

Posted by Dana Marin | Nov 24, 2017 | All Photos, Lifestyle, The Netherlands

…re difficult for me since I moved to the Netherlands. I never had to fight winter so much. In Romania, winters can be very cold with a lot of snow, but definitely with more light hours. Here, winter brings mostly rain and many dark, grey days. Sometimes we can go as much as a few weeks without seeing the sun. I find comfort in the fact that I am not the only one, and that other people already struggled with it have found some solutions to survive….

Stay Sane in the Cold Season: How to Beat the Winter Blues

Posted by Dana Marin | Dec 20, 2020 | All Photos, Lifestyle

…eople this needs to be a project — otherwise it’s easy to fall prey to the winter blues if we don’t put a bit of effort into preventing it. My plan to beat the winter blues The main five actions against the blues, the ones I have reminders set up for: Meditation. I installed the Calm app a few years ago, and it’s the only meditation app I liked so far. Every time I meditate daily, I see results; but the habit doesn’t stick. When I feel better, I f…

Why Visit Amsterdam in Winter

Posted by Dana Marin | Jan 5, 2017 | All Photos, Amsterdam

…n see inside their homes, and they do tend to decorate beautifully for the winter. If you’re thinking about visiting Amsterdam in the winter season, and need some good reasons to do so, here they are: I’ll start with the obvious and more cynical reason: cheaper fares for plane tickets and hotels! A long weekend in Amsterdam will be cheaper than in any other season, and you’ll still get to enjoy almost all the goodies the city has to offer. The tem…

The End of Winter

Posted by Dana Marin | Mar 10, 2018 | All Photos, Amsterdam

…flowers and the days will be longer and I will forget all about this long winter which was quite hard for me. The only highlights of the past winter were the few snow days and the freezing of the canals for a brief time. Otherwise, the Dutch winter is something I very much dislike. Sure, I could like the days when the light is special, with pink sunsets and mauve clouds, or the long shadows that people and things make on the pavement in the light…

Winter landscape

Posted by Dana Marin | Jan 3, 2017 | All Photos, Amsterdam

…am reminded that the city is beautiful in any season, even in the snowless winters, and the sun is still there, waiting for the right moment to emerge again. A walk in Amsterdam can be magical even in winter: the crystal clear canal water reflecting the city like a mirror; a bit of haze covering the streets in the sunny days, the steam coming from heating system dancing in the cold air. You can still find some green plants in the parks, and random…

Looking for Beauty in Winter

Posted by Dana Marin | Jan 12, 2021 | All Photos, Nature

…y-skied time of the year. In the past years I’ve made peace with the Dutch winter, and I found ways to cope with the winter blues, but it’s still a work in progress. This year I committed to going out with my camera and try to find beauty in the dry, empty scenery. When the whole is not as pretty as I want, looking for beautiful details might help. Once I started to look closer, I noticed a lot of beauty in the dying plants, in the surviving ones…

Looking for the Sun: Málaga in Winter

Posted by Dana Marin | Feb 15, 2019 | All Photos

…lan for surviving the winter. As you know, if you live in the Netherlands, winter can be a difficult period, with little light and many grey days. It can bring one’s mood down easily and it requires effort to get through these months with a light heart. For this year’s winter break I chose Málaga, the beautiful Andalusian city in the south of Spain, because it was almost certain that the weather would be sunny there, and I didn’t want to take any…

How to fall in love with Amsterdam on a winter day

Posted by Dana Marin | Feb 4, 2013 | All Photos, Amsterdam

…Dutch locals and expats living in Amsterdam still ride their bikes during winter (yes, even through heavy blizzards), but be careful — if the roads are covered with snow or ice, it might be better to skip the activity unless you’re into extreme sports; otherwise, you may end the day short with a few bruises. Night time arrives quite early during the northern winters, limiting the amount of activities one can enjoy outside after four-five in the a…

White winter in Amsterdam

Posted by Dana Marin | Feb 8, 2011 | All Photos, Amsterdam

…welcoming me, as I just moved here in December. I’ve heard that the Dutch winter is not often bringing snow, so imagine my surprise when I went out of the house in the middle of a beautiful snow storm! It was a pleasure to explore the neighbourhood, to see the bikes covered in snow, marvel at people who were still trying to cycle in this weather and admire the canals becoming all white. Here are some images from my neighbourhood, so you can see f…