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.
‘What do we say to the Grim Reaper?’ Nothing – just offer him some cheese! A big dzięki to our friends in Poland: namely Professor Maciej Banach of the University of Łódź. For Banach and his plucky team of r...
These EuroVelo routes are a true bucket list experience. Ready for a free-as-air bike adventure with your hair blowing in the wind? Prepared to cycle thousands of kilometres across Europe, criss-crossing in every direct...
It’s good news for the environment. There are loads of reasons to love butterflies. Like bees, they’re pollinators, and they also act as a natural form of pest control. Plus, they provide food for birds and...
Everyone’s catching on to this greener way of traveling. If you went back to the 1980s and told everyone that trains would become the preferred method of traveling for many people over the convenience of flying, n...
Raindrops keep falling on my head… Sorry about that cheesy musical reference right there, because to be honest, this constant downpour is making us so grumpy that singing is the last thing we want to do. Although...
It’s just part of the plan to end plastic pollution. Anyone who has walked through Amsterdam the day after an event will know how the streets fill with single-use plastics, like plastic cups, straws, and packaging...
It’s set to be a stunning phenomenon. The natural phenomenons have kind of slowed down since normal life returned – which is pretty fitting given that the world is far less of a crazy place these days as we...
Although Monday mornings are still a struggle! Online retailer Lenstore have analysed data on 44 cities and Amsterdam has topped the rankings as the happiest and healthiest place to live. This puts Amsterdam before citi...
Ahhh, glorious sunshine! We’re sure you don’t need telling, but this month has been rubbish weather-wise, so rubbish that we’d almost given up hope of having lovely warm weather this Summer. We’ve had so much rain...
And it’s also the most expensive here. Eating a plant-based diet is sometimes seen as quite a radical move, and often people have the misconception that only vegans and vegetarians eat meat substitutes. However, t...