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The entire Netherlands has gone completely world cup insane. Anywhere you turn there is something orange hanging from something else. At any hour of the day you can hear a vuvuzela trumpeting for no specific reason. And leading up to...
Posted by Bicyclemark on July 7, 2010 11:54 PM
You'll probably want to read this first line twice to make sure you understand it correctly: The Giro D'Italia is coming to The Netherlands. I'll wait while you read it again. That is correct, the Italian equivalent of the Tour...
Posted by Bicyclemark on March 1, 2010 11:53 PM
It has been referred to as the New Years Party for the Dutch music industry, Eurosonic Noorderslag is the don't miss music festival of January 2010. What started as a modest Groningen music festival at the beginning of each year,...
Posted by Bicyclemark on December 18, 2009 5:30 AM
They're still a long way from flying a commercial airliner on only biofuel, but this week KLM did fly a commercial jet with some biofuel. Out of the 4 engines of the 747 in question, 1 was powered by a...
Posted by Bicyclemark on November 25, 2009 12:08 AM
Many of you are no doubt familiar with the fantastic google maps option known as Street View. This option gives you the power to not only see a map but also to walk at the street level and see everything...
Posted by Bicyclemark on August 4, 2009 11:02 PM
The US is of course famous for its fun parks with the twisty-crazy roller coasters that can make you lose your lunch. But did you know that the Netherlands also has its share of world class roller coasters and fun...
Posted by Bicyclemark on May 6, 2009 11:48 PM
Queen's Day 2009, despite the tragic event that took place in Apeldoorn, was still a day filled with alot of fun and beautiful moments. It may sound strange, but as someone who was driving a boat around most of the...
Posted by Bicyclemark on May 4, 2009 3:19 PM
Much of this week I will be in Utrecht. Its only about 30 minutes by train from Amsterdam so I'll be commuting back and forth, and in between taking photos, visiting interesting spots, and reporting back to you about what...
Posted by Bicyclemark on April 20, 2009 12:43 AM
Perhaps a little known fact: Amsterdam is a candidate for the 2028 Olympics as well as the World Championships of 2014. Seem far away? Remember when Beijing 2008 sounded futuristic? In order to get and keep the city in the...
Posted by Bicyclemark on March 31, 2009 1:25 PM
I'm planning a visit to the Zuidersee Museum now that spring is here. It is not one of those big name museums that people come to Holland hoping to see, but I hear great things about the different aspects of...
Posted by Bicyclemark on March 23, 2009 10:58 PM
Everywhere you look in the Netherlands right now, people are ice skating. I walked by my local hardware store and people are standing outside looking in the store room window at various types of ice skates that are for sale....
Posted by Bicyclemark on January 8, 2009 4:30 PM
Dutch newspapers have run a few articles about what they refer to as ice skating fever; the rush to get out there and ice skate on natural surfaces. This comes as temperatures over the past few days have stayed around...
Posted by Bicyclemark on December 29, 2008 11:33 PM
You've heard me mention him before, but once again I have to point out some great work by Marc over at Amsterdamize, the one-stop Amsterdam cycle-chic blog. Marc and I have both been making video for the internet for a...
Posted by Bicyclemark on December 9, 2008 11:46 PM
Word on the internet is that there is a café in the town of Zeist with a revolving door that generates power. That's right - every time someone walks through the revolving door, they generate enough power to make a...
Posted by Bicyclemark on December 1, 2008 8:41 PM
The title of this post is a bit misleading. But stay with me. For as long as I've been kicking around in the Netherlands (several years) there has always been the strippenkaart system. One long paper card with 16 or...
Posted by Bicyclemark on November 25, 2008 11:18 PM
FIle this one under, "things tourists probably won't believe". As of December 1st of this year, barring some miracle, magic mushrooms will be banned in the Netherlands. Specifically that means no more shops, better known as smart shops, selling hallucinogenic...
Posted by Bicyclemark on November 10, 2008 4:32 PM
I'm sure you're wondering to yourself "gee, the smoking ban has been in effect for several months now, how is it going over there?" Indeed any café you walk into these days, all over the Netherlands, the only thing you...
Posted by Bicyclemark on November 5, 2008 3:55 PM
The JoHo foundation is an international organization that runs on the basis of work, travel and international cooperation and has locations all over the world. Rotterdam is a home to one of the JoHo centers. I find JoHo to be...
Posted by Rachel on October 8, 2008 5:17 PM
As a longtime blogger and podcasting citizen reporter, I received a kind invite to speak at the University of Groningen in the North of the Netherlands. Which was of course a good chance to snap some photos, wander around, and...
Posted by Bicyclemark on October 6, 2008 11:37 PM
The cold air is causing everyone to seek warm places with warm performances, here what I recommend this weekend: Friday: Zuco103, they're huge and you'll find them at Paradiso; Grote Zaal, 8pm, €14 + membership. I have never heard of...
Posted by Bicyclemark on October 2, 2008 11:52 PM
