Amsterdam: A Thrilling Journey of Canals, Culture, and Culinary Delights

Unveiling the Charms of the Dutch Capital Amsterdam, the enchanting capital of the Netherlands, beckons travellers with its vibrant blend of history, culture, and modernity. This bustling city, known for its iconic canals and artistic heritage, offers a treasure trove of attractions, shopping delights, culinary adventures, and unique experiences that will leave you mesmerized. Explore Amsterdam’s…

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Life is mostly about traveling, exploring new destinations, knowing new cultures, and tasting different foods. As you may know, the culture of any place is reflected through its food. Every part of the world has its own specialties and unique ways of cooking & serving food in restaurants.When it comes to tasting different foods, Amsterdam is a city full of mesmerizing restaurants. You can enjoy finger-licking cuisines at local restaurants with a glimpse of the great art around this Dutch capital.

getting sad thinking about the dialects I would have known/spoken had it not been for the devaluation of “non-standard” variations of a language

actual irl picture of me trying to explain that Durch is a narcissist and a user who discards people when they are no longer useful to him. he sees everyone as an extension of himself and his desires. he likes being in charge because he likes being powerful and looked up too.

and that maybe there once was a time when he was a good and kind person who actually cared and loved the people around him but we didn’t see the change from good to bad in rdr2, we only see his mask slip and everyone take off the rose coloured glasses. meaning that he’s been like this for a very long time; even before hoseas’ death, micah’s manipulation and the trolley accident.

Inconsistent i capitalization gang!

Whether you write I or i, it’s always clear you’re talking about the pronoun, so I think we should be free to choose for a while, and then, when everyone’s ready to accept that I is unnecessary, we can all start using i.

I’ve now had two serendipitous really lovely chance encounters with a stranger the last two times I was in London where I ended up sitting next to someone and then having a great chat with them for like an hour and it was just so nice and really gave me a high and I think this is my sign to start going on dates

view of Paramaribo, capital city of Suriname

Dutch vintage postcard

#Esquire

#The BLUTOPIA POWER PAC

# The Passenger Pigeon Party. (Now inc)

www.WHOXOHM.com

I have such a pet peeve about incorrect capitalization of van zieks' name. Its either Barok van Zieks OR prosecutor Van Zieks

Memory Alpha is overall a great resource compared to most other fandom wikis but they unfortunately cannot answer my most pressing question while writing, ie are terms like 'Main Engineering' and 'captain's ready room' capitalized or not??

If you’re looking to explore Holland, Volendam might be just right for you. This small fishing village on the North Sea has been around since at least the 14th Century and has remained largely unchanged since those days.Volendam, the Netherlands, is a picturesque village only 21 kilometers from the Dutch capital, Amsterdam. We’ll discuss what Volendam is known for and why it’s definitely worth the day trip from Amsterdam.

Ted Lasso Wednesday Thoughts!!! Rebecca's Dutch pal seems....he seems like a fella who could possibly be called Rupert...not that he seems like Rupert, just seems like A Rupert. And he would be a swell New Rupert lmao

Jamie taught his grandad to ride a bike, to honor Jamie's grandad's grandad. pardon me while I'm sobbing.

"You fellas say pillow fight one time and we're never watching a movie again" or whatever Ted said

Arguably my single most important thought ever? Ted got reverse-Princess-Bride-d. (To "get Princecess-bride-d" one would be served 1 of 2 glasses, both of which have Substance. a reverse-Princess-Bride situation is that you think both glasses have Substance, but neither does.) And neither of them referenced the Princess Bride??? The Beard serving glasses of tea with Something in it scene was so Dread Pirate Roberts and that's such a Ted/Beard movie!!! I'm hurt and shocked and offended not to have had them mention it.

Advice on being an antifascist nuisance?

There is a LOT of preface to this so buckle up.

I saw an ad on YouTube today that made me sick to the stomach. For context, I live in the Netherlands but am not from here. The ad I saw was for the FvD Political Party (Forum voor Democratie, a far-right political party here), because election season is coming up. I've also had a few more, mainly from D66, but this one shocked me because of how much it reminded me of political discourse I hear in Britain (where I'm from) and America. Just random buzzwords about drag queens and "save the children" and scaremongering about the malicious gays, it makes me worried about the state of politics here.

I'll link the video below, it is in Dutch but I'll put a translation underneath it. TRIGGER WARNING OMFG THIS IS AWFUL:

Translation: "Ik ben nonbinair" (I'm nonbinary) "Ja, maar ben je man of vrouw?" (Yeah, but are you a man or a woman?) INDOCTRINATIE (Indoctrination) SEKSUALISERING (Sexualisation) VERMINKING (Mutilation) Bescherm onze kinderen. (Protect our children.) Stem FVD. 22 November (Vote FVD. 22nd of November) "Wat is nonbinair?" (What is nonbinary?) 'De partij van hoop, optimisme en herstel.' (The party of hope, optimism and revival)

What can I say but yikes.

Seeing this just horrified me. I know it's from a fringe political party; FvD has 5 seats in the Tweede Kamer (kinda like the Dutch Congress/House of Commons) but they actually won the provincial elections by a fair margin only a few years ago so it's not like we can just ignore them. Plus, they might make up part of the coalition that a staggeringly popular new political party literally formed in August of this year called the NSC wants to make. I have always thought of the Netherlands as (culturally at least) an open, accepting and free country, and at the very least a tolerant country. I recently travelled to Poland with my boyfriend and I remember feeling so strange about not being able to hold hands or kiss in public for fear of getting harassed. Even in England I don't think I'd feel entirely safe doing that! So when I saw this ad, something inside me just went "NO!" I will not have this beautiful, magical freedom to be who I am and not have to worry about it be threatened by a man who looks like someone fed Jake Gyllenhaal to a sheep and yanked him out the other end before it had finished digesting.

So. The meat of the matter: How can I best go about making life as difficult and annoying as possible for the horrible people at the FvD? I already reported the ad four times but I want to try and be deliberately and directly antagonistic. I'm 17, so not quite old enough to vote here currently, therefore that's kinda off the table (although if I were, coalitie GroenLinks/PvdA de hele weg babeyyyy) so I need a way, however small, that I can fight the good fight against these zusneukende paniekzaaiende klootzakken for disrupting my daily YouTube Shorts brain rot hours. Their headquarters are quite close to my house, so there's a start? Although frankly Amsterdam is so easy to get around that everything feels close to my house.

Anyway, thanks in advance :)

Crocs are the worst thing that could have happened to clogs/wooden shoes

This is perhaps the Dutchest post I have ever made, but I have a lot of opinions and thoughts about this and I just have to share them somewhere, hoping anyone will listen.

Now, we all know what crocs are and what clogs (or wooden shoes, but I'm using clogs bc it's closer to klompen, the Dutch word) are, but just to show how similar they are, here are two pictures side by side.

[image id: a pair of lilac crocs left and right a pair of traditional wooden shoes with red and black decorations. end id]

Now it's obvious that they have the same shape and easy on and off that mark crocs. And I hear you say: 'But Remi, crocs are way more comfortable than clogs, not to mention more widely available.'

And yes, you would be correct, however, that is because traditional clogs don't have the reach and marketability of crocs. You see, clogs were made perfectly to size and then you'd try them on and if they were uncomfortable somewhere, they would be modified. On a large scale this is not really feasible, since everything must be produced on a large scale and custom shoes are expensive and shoe makers who know how to do this are rare.

However! These are traditional clogs and modern clogs do exist (wow, we evolved, funnn). And that's a whole different story. See the example below:

[image id: a pair of mordern clogs from Gevavi, one is leaning on the other. They're made of black leather with a strap that has the brand name in golden letters on it. The sole is also black and has an arc with in the the front and back grip indends. end id]

As you can see these are also very similar to the croc design (which I am stil convince they used as blueprint). But, these are made from leather with a wooden sole, they also don't have holes in them and are thus water proof.

Like why would anyone buy crocs? They're easy to put on sure, but they don't have any of the things that make clogs great, like the fact that they're water proof and are made of things that are not plastic, but will mostly decay in nature.

Not to mention that they're more stylish and functional. These are made to do farm work on. I have a pair, my mom and dad do, my cousin has them as does my grandfather. (I reccoment the brand Gevavi as pictured above, they're comfy and good quality if you're interested.

Clogs are functional and comfortable. And fit in into aesthetics like cottage core or just lazy core. They can even be a bit preppy if you want.

All in all, 11/10, way better thatn crocs, but crocs have taken over the market and now clogs are disappearing in favor of them, even here in the Netherlands and I think that's so sad.

Clogs deserve better!

Death to the croc monopoly with their shitty product!

"capitalism also lives off of housework."

women's art museum, bonn, germany

12/06/2022

“Islands of the Fighting Dutchman,” Kingston Whig-Standard. January 27, 1942. Page 11. --- These are the Dutch East Indies, resource-laden cluster of islands stretching one-eighth of the way around the globe at the equator. Their forces are countering with stiff assault made by the Japanese forces seeking the riches and the strategic position offered by control of the islands.