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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By rowanellis | Views [143] | Scholarship Entry
To find a war, tragedy or disaster funny, some say all you have to do is wait a while. When enough years have passed the victims cease to be humans, and instead become history. The measure of a great museum is that it proves that wrong, and the small ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By sammeke | Views [124] | Scholarship Entry
When people think about the Netherlands they think of the wooden shoes,cheese, the flowers and the windmills. Let us not forget about little Hell on earth that's called Amsterdam with it's drugs and prostitutes. All this attracts many tourist each year.... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By taylor_grandinetti | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry
I had been loving Amsterdam until then. Despite the clouds and occasional outbursts of rain, I toured the city with my grandparents like a child experiencing Disneyland for the first time: I was convinced no greater place existed on earth. Our guide was ... Read more >
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Sun, 24 May 2015 | By littlelindi | Views [134] | Scholarship Entry
In the Netherlands some shops offer secret treasures, „dag cards“. You never know where you can get them, let alone when. But as soon as you have caught one you are free to take trains through the whole country on one day at the weekend, from midnight ... Read more >
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Sun, 24 May 2015 | By finian | Views [186] | Scholarship Entry
"Bring-bring…bring-bring…bring-bring-bring-bring-bring-bring!" Those “brings”—starting innocently enough, then slowly building to a point of unmistakable urgency—were the first thing I heard upon stepping out of Amsterdam Central station. I was lucky, ... Read more >
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By angharad | Views [170] | Scholarship Entry
It wasn't long into our journey that spirits were dampened (or should I say drenched) by an onslaught of heavy showers, along with roaring thunder & lightning. Once the storm passed we wandered along a path until we came to the Euromast. This had been ... Read more >
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By stephweeks | Views [141] | Scholarship Entry
A haze of smoke dances around gleams of red light, illuminating scantily dressed women luring unsuspecting tourists into their showrooms. My head is swimming in a dreamlike state; walking the streets of the red light district, I get vicariously high ... Read more >
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Wed, 20 May 2015 | By sinemoruc | Views [136] | Scholarship Entry
It is hard to find someone who would disagree that Amsterdam is the craziest and most beautiful city in the world. People either wants to travel someday, or they have already been to Amsterdam. So more or less, right or wrong, people have some knowledge ... Read more >
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Wed, 20 May 2015 | By travellingwithamy | Views [153] | Scholarship Entry
I was scared. Concerned I’d fall. So what if people said it was simple, easy, natural? I wasn’t a child any longer and I had no idea where to start. But I was immersed in the nation who does it more than any other. I was learning to cycle at 23 in the ... Read more >
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Wed, 20 May 2015 | By mareikestravel | Views [1269]
Famous for the Max Bygraves hit song “ Tulips from Amsterdam ,” the capital of the Netherlands may well be, but there are so many more reasons why it is an ideal place to take a holiday in Holland.
You are spoiled for choice when ... Read more >
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Mon, 18 May 2015 | By ekaterinathegreat | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry
One wouldn’t think of an airport as a tourist destination. Airports are not really associated with chilling out, unwinding, and having fun. But I discovered one. I went to Amsterdam for a short weekend. It is a city which is a marvel for all kinds of ... Read more >
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Fri, 15 May 2015 | By janerachel | Views [134] | Scholarship Entry
The office was tiny and bare, containing only a desk with a chair on either side of it. Mr. Nyasulu had to shuffle sideways to wiggle past the desk to reach his chair. “How are you?” “I’m fine. And you?” “Very fine. You want to rent the car?” “Yes, please.... Read more >
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Thu, 14 May 2015 | By peterokeugo | Views [111] | Scholarship Entry
The Van Gogh Museum is located in the Museum District and houses the largest collections (about 207 paintings, 550 drawings and more than 700 letters) of Vincent Van Gogh. The root of the collection is from the family’s collection. The museum’s current ... Read more >
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Wed, 13 May 2015 | By silkmoose | Views [461]
Amsterdam is a beautiful place which should be on every traveller's list. Its historic roots go very deep and its culture is one of the most interesting in whole Europe, it's not a surprise Amsterdam's tourism statistics have always maintained high numbers ... Read more >
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