Activities

ID&T’s Amaze – a Must See in Amsterdam

2nd November 2021

Amaze Amsterdam, ID&T’s latest immersice experience is an emotional rollercoaster that brings visitors face-to-face with a labyrinth of stages specifically created to push their limits. With 3,000 square metres of audiovisual technology set up over 7 stages, Amaze offers its ticket holders a ‘journey from head to heart’ over the course of an hour. It’s […]

Read More

Dr Watson: Leeuwarden’s secret speakeasy

10th July 2020

So apparently there’s a top secret speakeasy bar in the centre of the capital of Friesland, Leeuwarden. I say ‘apparently’, because I’ve never seen or heard of it before in my life. Just a few days ago though, my schoonmem came to visit with a very interesting package: a make your own cocktail set with […]

Read More

Visiting the oldest working planetarium in the world

22nd October 2019

In the centre of a town in the middle of Friesland, stands an important piece of its history. A planetarium, almost hidden in plain sight, which spans three buildings and holds one of the most fantastic things I’ve ever seen is waiting to be discovered. Last weekend we visited for the second time, the first […]

Read More

A 24-hour heather hunt – part two

16th September 2019

After an evening of over filling our bellies on delicious dishes from a local eetcafe in Otterlo, we woke up to a delicious breakfast in our hotel (a perfect end and beginning, if you ask me). We walked into the breakfast room (actually just the restaurant, it wasn’t that posh) and seated ourselves as close […]

Read More

A 24-hour heather hunt – part one.

12th September 2019

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I’m the kind of person who has an idea after everybody else. It’s Saturday 7th September, and I am perusing Pinterest at my leisure: one of my greatest past times. Out of the corner of my eye I catch a hint of purple. A deep, jewelled […]

Read More