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I Becoming Dutch

My domestic travel life in the Netherlands embracing Dutch history, tradition and culture, exploring Haarlem, Amsterdam and beyond.

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Family Six Collection

Posted on September 25, 2024September 27, 2024

Have you heard about the Six Family? It started with Jean Six (1575–1617) and his wife Anna Wijmer (1584–1654), a well-to-do cloth merchant from France. Their son, Jan Six (1618 – 1700), became the son-in-law of Amsterdam mayor, Nicolaes Tulp, when he married Margaretha, in 1655. Jan emerged as magistrate…

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Groningen

Rooftop Forum

Posted on July 13, 2024

This has got to be the best rooftop terrace in Groningen! 📍Forum Groningen The Forum Groningen is a multi-functional cultural public space that opened in November 2019. The building has 17,000 m² spread over ten floors and was designed by various parties. A meeting place for everyone to come together, conveniently located…

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Papengang

Posted on July 10, 2024July 10, 2024

Early morning stumbling on a ‘dark’ alleyway full of graffiti, questioning my safety for second. 😆 📍Papengang. 9711PA Groningen. Apparently, Groningen’s off beaten track is the hub of the city’s nightlife!    

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Station Groningen

Posted on July 9, 2024July 9, 2024

It was once voted “Most Beautiful Train Station in the Netherlands (2019)”. Of course, I need to take a closer look. 📍Station Groningen History has it, the first station building was completed in 1865, opened on 31 May 1866 but was demolished in 1894, because the building was too small….

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Amsterdam

Anne Frank Statue Merwedeplein

Posted on June 14, 2024June 11, 2025

[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…

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Bookshop Jimmink | Boekhandel Jimmink

Posted on June 11, 2024June 11, 2025

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…

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  • July 14, 2025 Nijntje Traffic Light
  • July 8, 2025 Nijntje Pleintje
  • May 31, 2025 Sint Janskerk
  • May 21, 2025 WaterMill Bisschopsmolen
  • May 17, 2025 Station Valkenburg
  • May 10, 2025 Geniemuseum
  • May 5, 2025 Kamp Vught
  • May 2, 2025 StoryWorld
  • April 10, 2025 Frans Hals' Grave(s)
  • November 13, 2024 Grote Kerk or Sint Bavokerk of Haarlem
  • September 25, 2024 Family Six Collection
  • September 12, 2024 Het Paard van Marken
  • July 17, 2024 Eierballen
  • July 13, 2024 Rooftop Forum
  • July 11, 2024 Desk of Aletta Jacobs
  • July 10, 2024 Papengang
  • July 9, 2024 Station Groningen
  • June 24, 2024 New Herring | Haring Hollandse Nieuwe
  • June 16, 2024 Anne Frank House Museum
  • June 15, 2024 Anne Frank Home Merwedeplein

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