The Netherlands

The Huygens Museum Hofwijk is situated in Voorburg, a suburb of Den Haag, the Netherlands. This little town has a lovely shopping street, ideal for a Sunday afternoon stroll. But a definite gem of the place is the [Read More]

I was feeling rather spontaneous, got on a train and travelled from The Hague in The Netherlands to a place called Apeldoorn a few hours away in the direction of the German border. A train [Read More]

Museum Speelklok is an interactive, audio-visual experience for young and old alike. The museum, based in Utrecht, The Netherlands is a must-see for museum lovers and those with an appreciation for everything nostalgic. I had [Read More]

Curious minds will find much fascination at Museum Boerhaave in Leiden, The Netherlands. This is a museum that brings together the history of cosmology, physics, medicine, physiology and botany in a single building. Its main [Read More]

Matthew Day Jackson’s work entitled, ‘The Tomb’, forms part of the ‘Uneasiness and Appropriation’ exhibition at the Gemeente Museum in Den Haag. This artwork immediately struck me as something worthy of analysis. A pastime of [Read More]

Many tourists and expats alike talk about visiting the Delft Blue Pottery factory in the small town of Delft, The Netherlands, and as a result I was compelled to go and see what all the [Read More]

I was transfixed. This former gate and medieval prison situated in Buitenhof, The Hague, what I consider one of the most beautiful parts of the city, can be found next to an 18th century art [Read More]

Never has a museum moved me so much than Escher in Het Paleis – the Escher Museum, Den Haag (The Hague, Netherlands). MC Escher’s works are housed within an old palace in The Hague where [Read More]