Pearls in the City about jewelery makers and connoisseurs broadcast November 5 at 7 pm at Salto TV / 1. With lots of attention for Sieraad Art Fair in Amsterdam.The theme of Sieraad Art Fair this year is links. What is the link between the…
Last Sunday, Jan and I made a trip to see the ‘Love-fountain’ in Leeuwarden. The “Love fountain” is one of the fountains that have been placed in 11 Frisian cities as part of Leeuwarden cultural capital 2018. International artists have created a fountain fitting for…
Last week we visited the Keramiek museum Princessehof in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. This former city palace is not only interesting because of the large collection of old and contemporary ceramics, but also because of the building. A good mix of old and new architecture. The…
What a great picture! In many ways, The Netherlands is still a left-progressive thinking and acting country. Let’s keep it that way … Photo via: The perfect wedding
A small (photo) report of our visit to Rotterdam. What a great city! If you like modern architecture, Rotterdam is a real must. A beautiful skyline, especially along the river Maas. In the photo above you see the Erasmus bridge and the silhouettes of modern…
Of course a week was way too short but it really was a wonderful holiday. The reason I have not posted earlier is because I came back rather sick. At first I thought it was a bad cold but it turned out to be pneumonia….
Jimmy Nelson Nentes, Russia Photographer Jimmy Nelson traveled two and a half years and photographed 35 indigenous tribes and cultures from all over the world that are slowly but surely vanishing. Jimmy Nelson Karo, Ethiopia Jimmy Nelson Himba, Namibia More images by Jimmy Nelson if you click…
Last Sunday we visited the sculpture garden of Kasteel Het Nijenhuis. The weather was great but when we arrived it started to rain a little. This is me under the big beech trees arch in the garden of the Castle. Surrounding Kasteel het Nijenhuis in Heino,…
Doga Gunce Gursoy, 8 years old in Istanbul at breakfast. Wow what a meal! How much time do these people have in the morning before they need to go to work and school? Rise and Shine! So fantastic to see the difference in what kids around the…
I recently came across these beautiful pictures from the book Haute Africa. The book includes the work of the British photographer Jim Naughten. We are used to the idea that most news from Africa is bad news. Therefor it is very nice that the book…
