World Book Market
On Sunday 18 May a fifteen-kilometre book trail zigzags through Amsterdam from Geldersekade to the Amstel river. The streets are lined with bookstalls and thousands of books: old books, new books and almost new books, books to buy and books to leaf through, books to hate and books to...
Soep en Zo, a Place for Soup Lovers
Soup en Zo is very popular and with good reason. Fifteen different home-made soups tempt Amsterdamers back on a regular basis. My favourite is deep orange pumpkin soup flavoured with cumin and coriander. Velvety peanut soup is my second choice. Chunky slices of whole-grain bread make it into a
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Weather Outlook
http://www.buienradar.nl is one of my favourite websites. (Buien is the Dutch word for rain showers.) It shows where in the Netherlands it is raining or will rain in the next two hours. The site shows radar images of KNMI, the Dutch Meteorological
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Old Bell and Rembrandtplein
Address:
Rembrandtplein
Rembrandtplein, Amsterdam, NH, The Netherlands
The Old Bell is a typical eetcafé and English-style pub located at Rembrandtplein. The square is lined with restaurants and pubs, all with outside seating in summer. The square is overlooked by the painter Rembrandt himself, and the twenty-two characters in bronze of his most famous
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Red Dress Day
Grab your skates don tomato red clothes and join Friday Night Skate. Anyone can join as long as they are experienced skaters who can brake in expected and unexpected circumstances. Besides, they will have to keep up with the group's speed. If not, the advice is practise and join the tour
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