During the last Open Day in May, I received an invite! A peek inside this historic Anne Frank family home. I must. According to the Anne Frank House organization, the former home is inhabited and therefore, not open to the public. They acquired the house in 2017 and the Dutch…
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Amsterdam
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Anne Frank Statue Merwedeplein
[Anne Frank was born Annelies Marie Frank on on 12 June 1929] After visiting the Anne Frank Museum not too long ago, I had to venture Merwedeplein in Amsterdam to see more of Anne Frank. It is in the Rivierenbuurt neighbourhood, in the eastern part of Amsterdam-Zuid borough, where she…
Amsterdam
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Bookshop Jimmink | Boekhandel Jimmink
A corner bookshop called Boekhandel Jimmink … A Rather historic shop established in 1931, where Anne Frank chose her world famous diary the day before her birthday, accompanied by her father. The bookshop was called Boekhandel Blankevoort back then. That red checkered pattern diary was ultimately her thirteenth’s birthday (12…
Amsterdam
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Anne Frank Statue Westermarkt
This week, it is all about Anne Frank!! That German-Jewish girl who went into hiding during the Holocaust, journaling her experiences in the renowned book known as The Diary of Anne Frank. Unfortunately, she died of typhus while at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in the early spring of 1945. She…
Haarlem
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Haarlem Jewish Monument
The Jewish Monument Haarlem located at Philip Frankplein, where the old synagogue once stood nearby before the war. In Dutch: Joods Monument Haarlem. It has the names of 715 Jewish Haarlemmers who were deported from their homes during the Second World War and were killed in the extermination camps. The…
Den Haag
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Hoge Raad | Supreme Court
When my kids were little, they would dash towards these sculptures to try and spot the one with the name “Hugo de Groot”. Just because their last name is “de Groot” too. 😆 “Are we related?”, they would ask. Since then, I have always wondered about the building behind this…
Amsterdam
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Muntplein | Bridge 1
A crowded intersection of six streets in the centre of Amsterdam called Muntplein. A crisscross section of traffic between the streets of Singel, Kalverstraat, Rokin, Amstel, Reguliersbreestraat and Vijzelstraat. When translated, Muntplein means “Mint Square”. This square is a bridge! Muntplein, also known as Brug #1 or Bridge #1, dates…
Halsteren
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Mozezbrug | Moses Bridge
Another slightly unusual pit stop to check out an invisible bridge, parting waters. Biblical! We arrived on a small dirt parking lot, on the corner of Ligneweg and Fort de Rooverweg. Google Maps did not disappoint. I did not realise the surrounding area was one of the oldest defensive lines…