Author: Dana Marin

Urban birds

It seems every large tourist city one can visit in Europe needs to have a lot of pigeons for the enthusiastic passers-by to play with; Amsterdam is no exception. There are dozens of pigeons everywhere, from the Dam Square to...

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A city built on water

There is a well known cliché used in many tourist guides where Amsterdam is called the “Venice of the North”. Because of the great number of canals around and inside the city — more than one hundred kilometres...

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Reflections of the city

The world seen upside down; but still so beautiful — or maybe even more! The first known mirror in the world was perhaps a very clear and still water surface. There is a Greek myth about a beautiful boy, Narcis, who saw...

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Orange supporters invasion

If you took a walk through the city today, you must have encountered the large number of noisy orange people — and perhaps wondered if Queen’s Day was coming early this year. You can relax though, because something...

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