Sometimes you see hordes of people, locals and tourists, in front of a small booth at the end of Voetboogstraat in the heart of Amsterdam. The cause for that are fried potatoes: several travel guides name Vleminckx, the store which…
NH Collection Eindhoven Centre
During a July 2020 trip through the Netherlands, I had two nights at the NH Collection Hotel Eindhoven Centre, right at Eindhoven Main Station. The ideal location for a rail trip was also the key argument for my overnight choice.…
HomeComputerMuseum Helmond (Netherlands)
A museum for home computers feels like a technical reflection of my biography. I personally started with an Atari 800 XL and explored the bits and bytes. I had an Amiga 500, owned several PCs and felt to enjoy more…
Gracht / Channel Museum Amsterdam
One for the most positive surprises of my early July 2020 trip to Amsterdam and Eindhoven was the Channel Museum / Canal Museum Amsterdam. You may also refer to the same place as Gracht Museum Amsterdam (grachten are the characteristic…
Mövenpick Hotel ‘s-Hertogenbosch
After my wife and I stayed at the wonderful beautiful Vliegtuigsuite, we visited the safari park Beekse Bergen near Tilburg in the Netherlands. Our second night on that weekend, however, was in s’-Hertogenbosch (or Den Bosch, as the locals typically say),…
ibis Styles Amsterdam Central Station
With the Covid-19 situation easing and travel restrictions more and more lifted, I was happy to have a trip to the Netherlands again in early July 2020 (even though this weekend was intentionally intending to bring me to Boston…). My…
Arcen Castle & Garden
At least in the Cologne area where I live, Castle Arcen in the Netherlands, close to the German border, is not too well known. When I visited the place in mid June 2020, I felt that this is a sad…
2 Brüder – The most German supermarket in the Netherlands
The city of Venlo in the Netherlands is maybe some sort of perfect illustration of profiting from the Schengen Agreement, which allows border-free travel within a majority of European countries, and different national legislation: especially on Saturdays, when the town…