Royal Palace House in the Woods in The Hague

9 July 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  7 minutes

© Ruben de Rijcke/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Ruben de Rijcke/cc-by-sa-3.0

Huis ten Bosch (Dutch: Paleis Huis ten Bosch; English: House in the Woods) is a royal palace in The Hague, Netherlands. It is one of three official residences of the Dutch monarch; the two others being the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague and the Royal Palace of Amsterdam.   read more…

Valkenburg aan de Geul in the Netherlands

12 March 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Berkelstraat © Kleon3/cc-by-sa-3.0

Berkelstraat © Kleon3/cc-by-sa-3.0

Valkenburg aan de Geul (Limburgish: Valkeberg) is a municipality situated in the southeastern Dutch province of Limburg. The name refers to the central town in the municipality, Valkenburg, and the small river Geul passing through it.   read more…

Dutch National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam

16 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  8 minutes

Nationaal Holocaust Museum © Ceescamel

Nationaal Holocaust Museum © Ceescamel

The Dutch National Holocaust Museum (Dutch: Nationaal Holocaust museum) is the first official museum on the Holocaust in the Netherlands. It is located in an historic building in the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam, near a former child care center that played a role in rescuing Jewish children. The museum tells the story of the Holocaust through the lives of individual victimised men, women, and children. There is a floor-to-ceiling display of all the laws limiting and obliterating the rights of Jews in the Netherlands, who since the eighteenth century had been Dutch citizens with equal rights.   read more…

Dam Square in Amsterdam

11 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  9 minutes

Royal Palace © Diego Delso/cc-by-sa-4.0

Royal Palace © Diego Delso/cc-by-sa-4.0

Dam Square or the Dam is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the best-known and most important locations in the city and the country.   read more…

Jodenbuurt in Amsterdam

1 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  6 minutes

© flickr.com - Paul Arps/cc-by-2.0

© flickr.com – Paul Arps/cc-by-2.0

The Jodenbuurt (Dutch: Jewish neighbourhood) is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. For centuries before World War II, it was the center of the Dutch Jews of Amsterdam — hence, its name (literally: Jewish quarter). It is best known as the birthplace of Baruch Spinoza, the home of Rembrandt, and the Jewish ghetto of Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.   read more…

Concertgebouw in Amsterdam

3 August 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Manuelarosi/cc-by-sa-4.0

© Manuelarosi/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Royal Concertgebouw (Dutch: het Koninklijk Concertgebouw) is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term “concertgebouw” translates into English as “concert building”. Its superb acoustics place it among the finest concert halls in the world, along with Boston’s Symphony Hall and the Musikverein in Vienna.   read more…

The Stad Amsterdam

1 June 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: Tall ships, Cruise Ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Żeglarz

© Żeglarz

The Stad Amsterdam (City of Amsterdam) is a three-masted clipper that was built in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000 at the Damen Shipyard.   read more…

University of Amsterdam

18 May 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Universities, Colleges, Academies Reading Time:  5 minutes

Maagdenhuis houses the administration © Marcelmulder68/cc-by-sa-3.0-nl

Maagdenhuis houses the administration © Marcelmulder68/cc-by-sa-3.0-nl

The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, Dutch: Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlands still in operation.   read more…

Anne Frank House in Amsterdam

27 January 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  11 minutes

Anne Frank in May 1942, two months before she and her family went into hiding © Photo collection Anne Frank House, Amsterdam

Anne Frank in May 1942, two months before she and her family went into hiding
© Photo collection Anne Frank House, Amsterdam

The Anne Frank House (Dutch: Anne Frank Huis) is a writer’s house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. The building is located on a canal called the Prinsengracht, close to the Westerkerk, in central Amsterdam in the Netherlands.   read more…

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