Archive for the Fun Category
Preparation for World Championship Celebration in Amsterdam
After the success of Dutch Soccer team over Uruguay, everyone in the country is now looking forward for wining the title of ‘World Championship, of the Dutch Soccer Team. After 1974 and 1978, this is the third time when Netherlands had reached the final. The groundings have already been made to host the Victory Parade [...]
Tulip Tour offers Audio- Visual Keukenhof Discovery tour
April’s arrival in Netherlands should never be deserted of the legendary Keukenhof garden trip in Amsterdam. This Spring Garden is one of the most admired destinations in Netherlands where endless varieties of plants are at floral display (especially the Tulips) added by the flabbergasting work of the art. Mrs. Svetlana Medvedeva, wife of the president [...]
Join Orange Craze on Koninginnedag
Get ready to be flooded in the illimitable sea of orange carousing in Amsterdam on 30th April. This is the day of Royal celebration and one of the biggest event for the Dutch people, as this is the annual Queen’s Birthday celebration famous as Koninginnedag (Queens day). Street theatre, DJ music, biggest outdoor concert at [...]
Amsterdam celebrates 'Imagine' – AFFF 2010
Amsterdam Film Fantasy Festival is celebrated every year in Amsterdam in which the dazzling, outstanding and nerve-wrecking films are displayed. This year Amsterdam is celebrating 26th Amsterdam Film Fantasy Festival ‘Imagine’, in the month of April at Filmtheater Kriterion at Roetersstraat 170. Earlier also in the year 2000 and 2001 Kriterion had hosted this grand [...]
Amsterdam interested in hosting Gay Games in 2017
Gay games is the world’s largest sporting and cultural event organized by and specifically for LGBT athletes. Amsterdam had first hosted the Gay Games in 1998 and is interested in doing so again in 2017. Gay games proved to be a major cash earner for Amsterdam as a quarter of a million people, including 12,000 [...]
'Colony' to be showcased at IDFA, Amsterdam
The ten-day festival in Amsterdam’s city centre, IDFA, held every year showcases more than 250 creative documentaries. The festival this year will run from the 19th to the 29th of November.
For the official competition in the ‘First Appearance’ section at this International Documentary Film Festival, Fastnet Films’ feature documentary ‘Colony’, the directorial debut of Ross [...]
Exploring the hidden treasures of Amsterdam
Amsterdam has amazing and wonderful opportunities offering many places of visit right from heritage buildings, museums and gardens to marijuana bars and of course the city’s Red Light District area. However, the best part of the city is the fact that everything comes as an easy reach with lots of discounts and sometimes for free.
Travel [...]
Amsterdam kick starts its 2009 International Horti Fair
Every year, Amsterdam hosts its Horti Fair which is also known as the world’s biggest gardening trade show. This year the fair will have special focus on sustainability and will be divided into different areas covering themes such as quality, technology, software, and sustainability practices and products. Prizes will be handed out to those displaying [...]
The Tulip Museum in Amsterdam
Along the Prinsengracht canal, Amsterdam has a tulip museum which says everything about the flower right from the history of the flower, how they’re grown, where they come from to their role in the Holland’s economy.
The museum was opened by Colorblends which is one of the largest Holland tulip bulb mail-order operations in the United [...]
'Smart tossing' in Amsterdam gives a headache to the police
The incidents of ‘smart tossing’ in Amsterdam are on a rise especially during the weekends where young crowd are out at night for some extra fun.
The Smart cars are small enough to be parked with head or tail pointing to the water. Though most of the canals in Amsterdam have low guard rail alongside to [...]