We’re amassing quite a collection of bicycle photos from Holland so we thought it was time we shared a few with you. Top of our list of favourites is a shot Andrew took of a little girl, riding in a Bakfiets (literally ‘basket bicycle’) with her father. Read More »
The temperature has dived over the past few days here in Den Haag. It’s regularly been below freezing when Friedel leaves for work about 8am and this morning we walked out our door, down the steps and saw everything covered in white. Read More »
How do you like your herring? We can now confidently say that we like them raw! Yes, you read correctly – raw. Well, it’s traditional in Holland, you know and of course tasting Dutch herring the traditional way was on our list of things to experience here so today we went with our friend Mark […] Read More »
Wondering what those yummy things are? They are stroopwafels, a typical Dutch sweet snack. Think two thin waffles, filled with a syrup that’s a little like honey. In the street they make and sell them warm – the best way to try them in our opinion. But you can also buy them in every supermarket. […] Read More »
Getting a Dutch Bike… you’d think it’d be easy to buy a bike in Holland but there are surprisingly few used ones for sale and even 2nd hand they go for nearly as much as a new one. There’s so much to say about buying a bike that we wrote a whole page on the […] Read More »
