In the Dommel tunnel, between the TU and the Effenaar in Eindhoven, you can find the underpass decorated with street art depicting the ‘Silly Walk’. This refers to the crazy walks and bizarre movements that John Cleese made in his famous Monty Python sketch. The images of the Minister of…
Rigardus Rijnhout
An interesting sculpture of a very tall man placed in the neighbourhood park of the Oude Westen, in Rotterdam. It got me curious. This is Rigardus Rijnhout (Rotterdam, 21 April 1922 – Leiden, 13 April 1959). He was known as the Giant of Rotterdam due to his height of 2…
Fort Bourtange
It was not the best day to visit a star-shaped fort-village for a walk due to rain. But it was a planned road trip and we came 250 km too far for us to do something else. So, we made the best of it! Because … In 1580, Prince William…
Rijksmuseum Schiphol
With hours to spend, I wandered around Schiphol Airport aimlessly … Then I remembered about a certain free museum at this airport. Rijksmuseum Schiphol 📍Holland Boulevard, between Pier E and Pier F (after passport control). In 2002, Rijksmuseum became the first art museum in the world to open a branch…
Schiphol Clock by Maarten Baas
As I stepped out of the immigration checkpoint at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, I was greeted by this three-meter-high. A giant clock in real time featuring a man in blue overalls, redrawing the clock’s hands, from the inside of the clock face, with a roller and paint. Simply mesmerizing to watch!…
Hello World!
Welcome to my NEW website. A proper upgrade from my previous free WordPress site: https://ibecomingdutch.wordpress.com/ ❤️🤗❤️ I shall be relocating each and every blogposts to this site every week; rewriting and revisiting and updating relevant information first! I hope you will stick around and follow my local touristic journeys. Hit…