Author: Vincent Arends

13 March 2024

Frans Hals show open now

Frans Hals exhibition opened in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

17 February 2024

Red Light moves out

Hundred brothel windows will move out of the city centre of Amsterdam

18 January 2024

Mike Tyson coffeeshop Amsterdam

Mike Tyson's coffeeshop in Amsterdam receives an official warning from the mayor.

2 January 2024

High water levels!

Serious concerns over the current high water levels in the Netherlands after heavy rains!

15 December 2023

Two new Rembrandts

The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum has rediscovered two portraits by Rembrandt.

14 November 2023

Schermer polder windmill

During our countryside tour we visit a 400-year old water pumping windmill

10 September 2022

Crashed bomber WW2 tour

Dean Angott wanted to visit sites where his father crashed in September 1944.

26 March 2021

Haarlem walk

During our guided walk in Haarlem, we will show you all highlights and the hidden gems.

26 March 2021

Kennemerdunes NP

The Kennemerdunes near Haarlem are perfect for a walk or a relaxed bike trip.

26 March 2021

Vincent van Gogh fishingboats

Vincent van Gogh made a painting of colored fishingboats lying on the beach.

23 March 2021

Death penalty

Hanged bodies were shown to warn new visitors entering the city.

16 February 2021

skating on canals

Temperatures were low enough so people went ice skating on the canals.

15 May 2020

15 May 1940 suicide epidemic

On Jewish cemeteries in Holland, one can often find graves with this date of death

28 April 2020

April: in full bloom!

April has arrived, the perfect month to see the colored flowerfields in bloom

20 January 2020

a new Van Gogh

A new self-portrait by Van Gogh has come to light officially.

30 October 2019

October: plant the bulbs!

In October the bulb producers plant the new tulip bulbs.

5 July 2019

Two stolen Van Goghs back

Two paintings were stolen from the Van Gogh museum in 2002

16 April 2019

Corrie ten Boom House

On this day 31 years ago, the Corrie ten Boom house was opened in Haarlem.

5 March 2019

Sun on grave Rembrandt’s wife

Once a year a sunbeam illuminates the grave of Rembrandt's wife

16 February 2019

Resistance hero passed away

She and her colleagues saved more than 600 Jewish children from deportation.

24 January 2019

Sunflowers stay in Amsterdam

The Sunflowers will never leave the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam again.

8 January 2019

Van Gogh and Frans Hals

Temporary exhibition in the Frans Hals museum in Haarlem.

28 November 2018

Train compensates Jews

The Dutch train company has to pay for assisting the Nazis during occupation.

25 November 2018

Dutch resistance memorial

The annual ceremony for 'the girl with the red hair' last Sunday.