5 faszinierende Fakten über die niederländischen Grachten

5 Fascinating Facts about the Amsterdam canals

Oh, the Amsterdam canals! They sure are picturesque, aren’t they? So much so, that if all the mood shots, selfies, and panoramas taken from the city’s bridges were printed out and piled up together they’d weigh more than some of those bridges! But the waterways are so much more than just a pretty picture. There […]

Wie ist es, auf einem Hausboot in Amsterdam zu leben?

Blog live on a houseboat

In Amsterdam, you can’t miss the houseboats. They’re everywhere; including nearly every picturesque photo you’ll ever take in Amsterdam! Picture of sunset over a canal? Houseboat. Selfie on the skinny bridge? Houseboat. Anna Frank museum? Houseboat. Yes, that’s right. Her book is set on one! Bet you didn’t know that! Okay, largely because it isn’t […]

Wie die Niederländer ihre Unabhängigkeit erlangten

Blog How the Dutch won their independence

By the time the Dutch war of independence ended those who had started it were pretty much all dead. Not because they were all brutally murdered (though, no doubt, some were; it was a war) but because it took so damn long!  How long? Eighty years. Yes, that’s long. To put that in perspective, since […]

Fahrräder!

Blog about Bikes

Haben Sie sich jemals gefragt, wie viele Fahrräder jedes Jahr
in die Grachten von Amsterdam fallen?
Ist es die niederländische Version des Midlife-Crisis-Sportwagens in der Garage?
Das erfahren Sie in diesem Blog.