Eenmaal: The Restaurant For Single Diners
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 16, 2015
Dining by yourself in public can be an awkward experience, but not if you are at Eenmaal . This Dutch restaurant, named after the Dutch word...
Showing posts with the label Netherlands
The Windmills of Kinderdijk
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2014
The village of Kinderdijk is located in the Netherlands, about 15 km east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is situated in a region called the Alblas...
Bloemencorso Zundert Flower Parade 2014
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2014
Zundert, a small town in the Netherlands located at the Belgian border, hosts the world’s biggest flower parade, featuring twenty floats of ...
The Netherland’s Impressive Storm Surge Barriers
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 19, 2014
The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying country, with about 20% of its area and 21% of its population located below sea level. As much...
Aqueduct Veluwemeer in Netherlands
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2014
The Aqueduct Veluwemeer is a navigable aqueduct over the N302 road near Harderwijk, in eastern Netherlands. It is located under a small part...
Hovenring, the Floating Circular Cycle Bridge in Eindhoven
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2014
The Hovenring , in the Dutch city of Eindhoven, is a cable-stayed circular bridge for cyclists and pedestrians, and the first of its kind in...
Bloemencorso Zundert Flower Parade 2013
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 6, 2013
Bloemencorso Zundert is the biggest event of the year for the small town of Zundert, the Netherlands, and incidentally, the largest flower ...
7 Strange Museums in Amsterdam
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 12, 2013
Amsterdam is a city of museums – there are more than 400 museums and art galleries within the city. It is said that no other city in the wor...
Rozenburg Wind Wall
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 25, 2013
Rozenburg is a small port town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. After the second World ...
Star-Shaped Fort Bourtange in Netherlands
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 7, 2013
In the 15th century, during the age of gunpowder when the cannon came to dominate the battlefield, a new style of fortification evolved in E...
Het Arresthuis: A Dutch Prison Turned Into a Luxury Hotel
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 21, 2013
Het Arresthuis in the Netherland is a newly opened luxury hotel, that served as a jail between 1863 to 2007. The penitentiary has 150 holdi...
The Bizarre Sport of Goose Pulling
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 16, 2013
Goose pulling is an old sport originally played in parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, England and North America from the 17th to the 19th ce...
Amsterdam, the City of Bicycles
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2013
Amsterdam is one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world, with an estimated 800,000 bikes within the capital. In contrast, the city...
Magnificent Flower Sculptures at Bloemencorso Zundert Flower Parade
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 25, 2012
Flower parades are held all over the world , but the one that takes place in Zundert, the Netherland, is extraordinarily artistic. It’s also...
The Curious Case of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 6, 2012
Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog are two municipalities that divide the town of Baarle on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium. Baa...
The Moving Island of Schiermonnikoog
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 29, 2012
Schiermonnikoog is a small island off the coast of the Netherlands that has been continuously moving to the south and the east, due to the c...
Inntel Hotel in Zaandam, The Netherlands
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 21, 2012
Inntel Hotel owns several hotels in different cities around the Netherlands. Their latest, opened in the town of Zaandam in 2010 is an eye-s...
Museum of Bags and Purses, Amsterdam
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2012
The Museum of Bags and Purses located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is a unique museum devoted to historic handbags, purses and suitcases t...
Beautiful Fortified City of Naarden, The Netherlands
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 23, 2012
Naarden is a municipality and a town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands, shaped in the form of a star. This small town is a...
De Kas: Restaurant Inside a Greenhouse
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 12, 2012
De Kas is a large restaurant and nursery located in a former greenhouse on the outskirts of Amsterdam. Back in 1926 the greenhouse was built...
