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Lighting the Way: A Guide to the Amsterdam Light Festival

by Dana Marin | Nov 5, 2024 | All Photos, Amsterdam, Lifestyle | 0

November, with its shorter, rainy and grey days is here, but fear not, because there are things...

Best festivals in the Netherlands: GLOW Eindhoven 2019

by Dana Marin | Jan 25, 2020 | All Photos, Culture and Events, The Netherlands | 0

The GLOW Festival takes places every November in Eindhoven, a city in the south of the...

A Sunrise over the Canals

by Dana Marin | Apr 5, 2019 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 0

I’m not a morning person. But I am a person who occasionally wakes up at impossible hours...

Eindhoven Day Trip Guide: How to Spend the Perfect Day in the City of Light

by Dana Marin | Nov 19, 2018 | All Photos, City Guides, The Netherlands | 0

If Eindhoven would be a person, it would be one of those people who are ugly by all standards, but...

GLOW Eindhoven 2018 – A Very Cool Light Art Festival

by Dana Marin | Nov 13, 2018 | All Photos, Culture and Events | 0

They call Eindhoven “The City of Light”. I’m not sure who came up with this...

The End of Winter

by Dana Marin | Mar 10, 2018 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 0

I think I can safely say we’re done with winter for this year. Soon, everything will be covered in flowers and the days will be longer and I will forget all about this long winter which was quite hard for me. The only...

Night in Amsterdam

by Dana Marin | Apr 6, 2017 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 1

In the diffuse light of evening, Amsterdam looks even more romantic and cosy than during the day. I love how mysterious the city looks in the dark, I love the lights reflecting on each possible surface. I love the big windows...

The Magical Light of a Winter Morning

by Dana Marin | Feb 4, 2017 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 0

Winter is not really a season that invites you for long walks outdoors. At least not for me. But since I recently registered to a 10.000 steps competition organised by the company I work for, I walked a lot in the past two...

Why Visit Amsterdam in Winter

by Dana Marin | Jan 5, 2017 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 4

Amsterdam is a charming city in every season. If you ask me, I could give you some good reasons to visit the city in any season. Winter is not really my favourite, but it has its attractions and joys as well. It’s true...

Winter landscape

by Dana Marin | Jan 3, 2017 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 0

In winter, Amsterdam is stripped of most of its colours and can look a bit desolate. Especially during those dark grey days when the night seems to never end. But, some days, the winter light can be magical — filtered...

Light Festival Amsterdam: the countdown has started

by Dana Marin | Nov 23, 2016 | All Photos, Culture and Events | 0

Winter is almost here, and the days are getting darker as we speak. I don’t know about you, but since I moved to the Netherlands, surviving the winter in a good mood was a big challenge. Although the winter season has its...