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Events Worth Planning A Trip Around In 2013
Have you ever landed in a place to find out you arrived just after the town's can't-miss event of the year? Well, hopefully that won't happen again this year. Gadling bloggers racked their brains to make sure our readers don't overlook the best parties to be had ...The Best Street Food In Amsterdam
Tourists don't come to Amsterdam to eat. The Dutch city of debauchery attracts legions of travelers for other things – like, say, flowers or pretty paintings or twee canals – all of which build up quit an appetite. So one would think the city would have a ...What's The Difference Between Holland And The Netherlands? This Video Tells You
Remember that fast-talking fellow with all of the nifty geography lessons? The guy who sorted out the difference among Great Britain, England and the UK for us in one dandy film? Well he's back, and he's here to explain the proper use between The Netherlands and Holland. ...
Amsterdam's Most Unusual Teacher
I first heard about Lieka from her boss. He runs a tour guide company in Amsterdam. And over beers, he listed the types of tours his company offers. "There are Red Light District tours, there are food tours and there are drinking tours."
"Oh yeah!" he said, "I also have a ...A Dead Duck In Amsterdam
There are parties and then there are parties in which one of the guests is standing in the corner caressing a dead mallard duck. Then again, this is Amsterdam and it's sometimes hard to tell if one is hallucinating from taking too much ... um, jetlag, or if, in this ...Getting To Know The Faces Of Holland
Holland's most recent campaign, "Faces of Holland," allows travelers to get to know the iconic facets of the region. Here are the six "faces," and how you can meet them for yourself.
Bicycles
Biking and Holland are almost synonymous. In fact, out of Holland's 16 ...Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum Reopens, Adding To City's Reputation As A Major Art Destination
Amsterdam is famous, and infamous, for its many attractions appealing to all types of traveler. One of the best reasons to visit is for the world-class art museums such as the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum and the Hermitage.
Now another can be added to the list. The ...Van Gogh Painting Losing Its Luster
Vincent Van Gogh is famous for the brilliant colors he used in his paintings, but one of them is beginning to fade.
"Flowers in a Blue Vase," owned by the Kröller-Müller Museum in The Netherlands, is showing signs of deterioration. Specifically, the brilliant ...Photo Of The Day: Checkmate
Today's Photo of the Day is from a chess game in Amsterdam at Max Euwe Plein (square). Named for a Dutch chess champion, there's also a museum on site dedicated to the game and player where you can play against a computer, but the outdoor board looks more interesting. ...Airline Safety: Another Needle Found In Airplane Food
Two weeks ago, we told you about how six Delta passengers were horrified to find needles in their airline sandwiches. While we were hoping it was a one-time incident, it seems passengers really do need to be extra careful when eating their on-board meals. In the last case, ...Dutch Artist Turns Dead Pet Into 'Catcopter'
The Wright Brothers were true visionaries, able to turn mankind's dream of flying like a bird into reality.
It's only fitting then, that a deceased cat be allowed to soar like the pigeons he once yearned after. Dutch artist Bart Jansen has created a fitting tribute for ...
Museum Month: JEATH War Museum, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
History has never been my favorite subject, but once I began traveling in earnest, I discovered something. If I visited a destination, I usually became obsessed with its history or indigenous peoples. Unfortunately, I didn't discover this in time to save the downward ...Photo Of The Day: Turkish Tulips
April showers bring May flowers, as the saying goes. We're getting plenty of rain this month in Turkey, but we've had flowers. April is the big month for tulips in Istanbul, and you can see them planted all over town as 11.5 million were planted for this year's season. I ...Edam Is Much More Than Cheese In Holland
Edam is a city in the Dutch province of Noord-Holland that is famous as the original source of the cheese with the same name. Recently, we spent a day in Edam walking cobblestone streets, sampling fresh cheeses made daily and enjoying a city that looks today much like it ...Video of the Day: flying like a bird
We all want to fly. We have all wanted to since we were children who realized that humans do not fly and birds do. Today's video of the day features Dutch engineer Jamo Smeets successfully flying like a bird. Our concept of travel, and the related transportation ...
A town with no roads: Giethoorn, Netherlands
I recently came across a story, complete with entrancing photos, on SlightlyWarped.com. "The Town with No Roads" captured my attention with its title and then I read on. The series, worth reading, from Slightly Warped is called "Curiosities" -- and this curiosity is worth ...10 things you probably didn't know about Holland
While Holland is well known for its bright flowers, the canals of Amsterdam, and wooden shoes, there are still many surprises to discover about this region. To help expand your knowledge, here are some things you probably didn't know about Holland.
1. Rotterdam is the ...New Amsterdam hotel opens in former music conservatorium
One of our favorite spaces for hotels? Old buildings. News broke last week that Washington DC's former Post Office Building will become a new Trump Hotel, and today we bring you Amsterdam's premier music conservatorium, recently re-launched as the aptly-named ...Video: Skating the canals of Amsterdam
The cold snap that has brought much of Europe to a stand-still this winter has invigorated the Dutch. For the first time in more than a decade, the canals in Amsterdam have frozen solid, creating a network of rinks between the city's iconic, gabled canal houses.
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VIDEO: Visit a guinea pig village in Holland
If you prefer cute and cuddly animals to the Big Five on safari, you may want to consider a trip to the Netherlands. VICE's Cute Show takes a look this week at a guinea pig village in Holland, where the hairy rodents go to "retire" when their owners can no longer look ...
