Does Holland Have Bridges?
Holland, with its many canals, has of course many bridges to go over the canals. The bulk of them are drawbridges that allow for boats to travel through like this […]
Category Archives: Holland
To Read in Holland: The Tulip Craze (and the First Financial Bubble)
1637 was date of the collapse of the world’s first speculative bubble, all created by a passion for tulips. In Holland people mortgaged their houses to buy and sell tulip bulbs for ever-increasing […]
Side Trip from Amsterdam: Marken, a Village with Bright Painted Houses
Various sources raved about Ijsselmeer, a huge artificial lake of great beauty just outside Amsterdam. Our plan was to visit the three villages of Hoorn, Edam and Marken in the area. Our B&B host told us […]
OWPC: Rubber Duckies
Fun with rubber duckies in Northern Europe! An art bicycle with a lot of rubber ducks in Amsterdam. Holland seemed somewhat obsessed with people and animals transformed into bizarre half-duck creatures […]
OWPC: Distorted Reflections in Holland
Reflection of my brain processing information. (Utrecht, Holland) Curved pillars of reflection at the Amsterdam Centraal. Recreating an Escher-image with my reflection in a glass ball in the Escher Museum […]
CFFC: Holland Has Cute Houses
Dutch houses are all foursquare and made of brick. You’d think that would be staid and solid, but thanks to the Dutch sense of whimsy they are anything but. Colourful shutters […]
The Dutch Maritiem Pub in Rotterdam, Holland
We found a fantastic website listing Dutch pubs which had never led us astray until we landed in the Oude Haven district of Rotterdam. We knew from the site (Rotterdam Pubs) that the Cambrinus which carried 160+ beers […]
