A very interesting rebranding: when I started to explore museums in the nearby Netherlands, the Dutch Freedom Museum in Groesbeek has still been called Bevrijdingsmuseum – Liberation museum. With its 2019 rebranding to Vrijheidsmuseum, it is putting a stronger focus…
Whenever I visit places like Legoland Dubai, the miniature landscapes are one of my favorites. Thus, it is maybe not too surprising that I had to visit Madurodam in late summer 2020, when I was visiting The Hague (Den Haag)…
How could I refuse to enjoy an artist who is naming his debut EP Airplanes? ferdinant. (with small letters and the dot at the end is coming from the Netherlands and does singer-songwriter pop. He released his five song collection on…
Covid-19 felt to be a good opportunity for Esa Holopainen to go solo. Instead of releasing new stuff with Amorphis, he founded the project SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen. His solo debut album is self-titled, so that it is quite…
The National Monument Camp Vught – or Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch, which has been the German name during the Nazi era – is likely the most illustrative place about cruelties on the Netherlands during the second world war. It has also been a…
A debut on Flyctory.com: this week, I am featuring a very special interview in my Spotlight interview category. While I typically present artists in here, I chatted with Sylvia Aimee about half an hour via zoom – about a single…
Even though the Netherlands capitulated against Germany just after a few days under attack during World War II, they have a fascinating history of resisting against the German Nazi occupation. One of the places which is reminding of the behavior…
The Ferris wheel right over the North Sea – the SkyView at the Pier in Scheveningen is definitely the most iconic attraction of The Hague / Den Haag’s beach borough. No doubt my wife and I had to visit this…