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Category Archives: Holland

Self-exposure Art 'Exhibit' in Utrecht, Holland

A Few Oddball Art Exhibits in Utrecht

February 7, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

First off, a museum we didn’t have time to visit but from what little we saw, we really missed something. Museum Speelklok, a museum of music-making machines. Here are some […]

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Jean Dubuffet's walk-about sculpture in the Kroller Muller Sculpture Garden near Utrecht, Holland

Kröller-Müller Sculpture Garden near Utrecht, Holland

April 22, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

Kröller-Müller art museum just outside of Utrecht was reputed to have the second largest collection of Van Goghs in existence. And it did, but more about that in another post. […]

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Holland, Travel Theme, Weekly Photo Challenge

Holland is Wooden Shoes

July 12, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

I’ve never seen a country with more symbols than Holland.* One of the quintessential symbols of Holland is wooden shoes, even though nobody wears them any more… except for goofy […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Holland
Sunset at the Amsterdam Marina

Industrial Sunsets in Amsterdam’s NDSM

March 13, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

NDSM is Amsterdam’s Industrial Zone that is now becoming the new art zone. We spent a week in an Air B&B canal boat parked in the Amsterdam Marina and from […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Holland
Weighing Gouda Cheese in the Interior

Gouda Cheese in Gouda, Holland

January 25, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

De Waag on Gouda’s town square was once the official weighing house for cheese traders and now has exhibits on the art of cheese-making and merchandising. The building, dating from […]

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Holland, Weekly Photo Challenge
Café Hoppe, a historic pub (brown café) in Amsterdam

The Perfect Gift for a Beer Drinker Visiting Amsterdam

December 7, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

In Amsterdam’s Café Chris, we met a couple of English beer fanatics. The wife proudly showed off the gift her daughter had made for her birthday: a well-researched guide to […]

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Beer & Cider, Holland
A Bar Snack of Salami and Crackers at The Arendsnest Pub in Amsterdam

The Arendsnest Pub in Amsterdam, Holland

December 3, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

A huge selection of Dutch beers along with a cozy interior make the Arendsnest Pub a great choice to visit when in Amsterdam. The list of beers on tap the day we […]

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Beer & Cider, Holland
The drawbridges in Holland allow for boats to travel through. This is one in Edam

Does Holland Have Bridges?

July 5, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

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 […]

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Flame Tulip in Stackables

To Read in Holland: The Tulip Craze (and the First Financial Bubble)

April 14, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

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 […]

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Gardens, Holland, Novels and Travel Books, Washington
Typical painted wooden houses in Marken, Holland

Side Trip from Amsterdam: Marken, a Village with Bright Painted Houses

April 13, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

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 […]

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