Our guide to health and fitness in Amsterdam brings you everything from beautiful parks to running, cycling and walking routes, yoga and meditation, friendly gyms and peaceful places to go.
Look to the sky at 3.35am on Friday morning (August 12) and you’ll see a stunning supermoon, much larger and brighter than usual. It’s known as the Sturgeon Moon, and you might even see Saturn near the moon...
With climate change becoming a central issue in our future – especially in The Netherlands – we find ourselves wondering what more we can do individually to curb emissions. But there’s an answer that’s often...
Google Doodle marks important events and occasions in the world with graphics and short explanations and this Earth Day Google Earth has shared several potent images of the world’s rapidly shifting geology. Climat...
As the chilly days start, and you can begin to lose sight of what day it is (Blue Monday FYI *screams internally*), it’s easy to fall off the positivity wagon. But here are some sure-fire ways to boost your mood,...
It’s otter-ly amazing! For the first time in almost 50 years, an otter has been spotted in Amsterdam. Het Parool reports that a man from Amsterdam found some otter tracks in the sand on IJburg and that the Dutch&h...
It seems you can review anything on Tripadvisor. People genuinely review bodies of water on Tripadvisor and discovering this made for an incredible afternoon reading through said reviews. You could say that we’ve...
Well, things can change but our chances aren’t looking good. Despite the barrage of articles from news outlets this week predicting snow in the Netherlands, no snowflakes are likely to visit Amsterdam any time soo...
Flexitarians are people who eat plant-based alternatives and try to cut back on meat consumption. Back in May, we reported that the Netherlands consumes the most meat-substitutes per capita of any country in Europe, so...
She’s called Stella Vita and she’s done the team proud! A team of 22 students from TU Eindhoven has created something pretty magnificent – a campervan that runs entirely on solar energy. This beauty co...
Stars will shoot across the sky tonight. Although the Orionid meteor shower has been active for the whole month of October it will be at its most vivid between midnight and dawn tonight (Thursday 21 – Friday 22)....