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How to fall in love with Amsterdam on a winter day

How to fall in love with Amsterdam on a winter day

Posted by | Feb 4, 2013 | ,

…and snow has covered the ground, you’ll experience love at fist sight the instant you get out of the house. When the canals are frozen as well, there is no escape for your heart — it is such an impressive thing to see! Anyway, a tasty breakfast and a good coffee or tea is always a good start for the day, so begin your journey by heading to one of the small cafés that offers “ontbijt” (the word for breakfast in Dutch). Some of the most popular for…

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A cosy shop on Haarlemmerdijk

A cosy shop on Haarlemmerdijk

Posted by | Mar 5, 2017 | ,

…as charmed by De Amsterdamse Muis, a little shop on Haarlemmerdijk 36, the instant I stepped inside. This cosy place, packed with vintage furniture and lovely home decor, looks exactly like a shop that you would expect to see in a romantic movie filmed in some English cottage village. My house doesn’t have a shabby chic decor, but I do admire this style and sometimes I like to bring some accents to my home as well — a little coffee cup, candles or…

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How to Take Amazing Photos in Amsterdam and What to Do If Your Phone Lets You Down

How to Take Amazing Photos in Amsterdam and What to Do If Your Phone Lets You Down

Posted by | Jun 11, 2025 | , ,

…d the perfect shot on Brouwersgracht, then a cyclist rushes by, and, in an instant, your phone is sliding across centuries-old cobblestones or, worse yet, flirting dangerously with canal water. Or, maybe you are like me, always carrying a charger, because the battery failed you too many times to trust it anymore. And, right when you booked tickets to the Rijksmuseum, you forget to take your charger, and your battery dies in the middle of taking a…

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In the Pursuit of Meaningful Interactions: Miguel Luis

In the Pursuit of Meaningful Interactions: Miguel Luis

Posted by | Jul 30, 2018 | ,

…ational fortress, and I would never claim that these cards would result in instant friendships, but in many cases, it has worked as a catalyst to connection. Did you make new friends in the Netherlands? Was it easy or not? I do have my share of friends in the Netherlands. I wouldn’t say it’s easier or harder than anywhere else. At a certain age, most people figure out whom they get along with and how to find them. Any difficulty has more to do wit…

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De Posthumus Winkel: A Specialty Store for Stamps and Stationery in Amsterdam

De Posthumus Winkel: A Specialty Store for Stamps and Stationery in Amsterdam

Posted by | Feb 1, 2026 | , ,

…angely beautiful, like a visual archive of communication before emails and instant messages. Subscribe to our newsletter! By continuing, you accept the privacy policy What I love most about De Posthumus Winkel is that you don’t come here with a strict shopping list. You browse, you touch, you imagine. You think about writing a letter, sealing an envelope, making something that will be kept rather than quickly consumed. I’m so glad that this shop i…

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A Love for Painting: Vanja Popek

A Love for Painting: Vanja Popek

Posted by | Apr 15, 2019 | ,

…see themselves or the people they know in those portraits, so there’s this instant familiarity that happens with the characters. What is the next step, will there be an exhibition of the portraits that we can visit? Probably not very soon. I had a lot of exhibitions in the past, and I feel is the wrong way to present your art to the public. Because of the way people respond to the portraits, a gallery wall seems like the wrong place to display the…

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#NoFilter Amsterdam

#NoFilter Amsterdam

Posted by | May 7, 2015 | ,

…just pressing a button and a plain photo becomes an interesting one in an instant! Nevertheless, I’m trying to keep the photos on my blog as unprocessed as possible and that’s why I was very happy to be invited to participate to the #NoFilter project for Amsterdam, initiated by London City Airport. Their aim is to show that a picture doesn’t necessarily need to be filtered in order to show how beautiful a place is, and they invited a few bloggers…

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