romantic

Rainy Night in Amsterdam

by Dana Marin | Feb 13, 2019 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 0

After dark, Amsterdam’s streets have a very cosy look and feel. I love how the orange light...

Cosy days

by Dana Marin | Oct 21, 2017 | All Photos, Lifestyle | 0

“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you...

Late August

by Dana Marin | Aug 20, 2017 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 0

It’s almost the end of August which means, basically, the end of summer. I started to notice a few yellow leaves here and there and that made me sad. Autumn colours are amazing, don’t get me wrong, but nothing...

Chasing the Sun in Bucharest

by Dana Marin | Apr 21, 2017 | All Photos, Travels | 0

I just returned to Amsterdam from a lovely Easter holiday in Romania, where I spent a few days in Bucharest and the rest in the countryside. I took great pleasure in the 20 degree Celsius temperature, which is almost summer by...

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...

A cosy shop on Haarlemmerdijk

by Dana Marin | Mar 5, 2017 | All Photos, Lifestyle | 0

I was 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...

Visiting Keukenhof — part 3

by Mihnea-Costin Grigore | May 2, 2011 | All Photos, Nature | 0

In the third installment of our Keukenhof series, a selection of portraits takes us close to the...

Visiting Keukenhof — part 2

by Dana Marin | Apr 26, 2011 | All Photos, Nature | 0

Some people say that Keukenhof is only worth visiting once. I believe once is certainly not enough. The park’s activity is well organised with a blooming calendar, and depending on the time of the visit there are different...

Beatrixpark in Amsterdam

by Dana Marin | Apr 10, 2011 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 0

Beatrixpark is a small, quiet park in the southern part of Amsterdam, close to the RAI congress centre. It’s named after Queen Beatrix and was built in 1938 as a romantic, English style park with a small lake and open...

Amsteldijk

by Dana Marin | Mar 23, 2011 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 2

A place where I like to go for a walk is the Amsteldijk street. It’s close to where I live and among the first places I discovered and claimed as “mines”. There is a bench there that I call “my...