Visiting the Gouda Cheese Market
If you enjoy cheese plus insights into regional heritage and culinary traditions then make a note to visit Gouda’s long-established cheese market next summer.
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Cycling, Van Gogh & the Kröller-Müller Museum
My hands are freezing, throbbing with pain. Sleety rain is lashing against my half-numb face. I can barely see the road ahead as I navigate my bicycle through Hoge Veluwe National Park, near Otterlo in the Netherlands.
Late Rembrandt art exhibition in Amsterdam
If you’re in Amsterdam over the next couple of weeks you'll have the opportunity to view two major exhibitions relating to the artist Rembrandt van Rijn and see one of his works being projected onto the Royal Palace.
A weekend break in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch)
Don’t be confused by the fact the Dutch city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch is also interchangeably known by its informal, abbreviated name, Den Bosch. This is a compact city with medieval origins and plenty to offer for a weekend break.
Visiting the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
Rembrandt’s The Night Watch painting is by far the most popular item in Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. My favourite exhibit is less of a draw and doesn’t even make the pages of the museum’s 250 Highlights book.
Kromkommer: a company reducing food waste
Three Dutch women – Chantal Englenen, Jente de Vries and Lisanne van Zwol – established the company Kromkommer to reduce food wastage and raise awareness of the issue.
The Vegetarian Butcher meat-free products
Within the dining room of the Carlton Ambassador Hotel, in the Dutch city of The Hague, I was served a gourmet meal prepared using products from The Vegetarian Butcher.