I’d forgotten how fierce a February snowstorm could be.
Well, Amsterdam reminded me yesterday.
Snow in Amsterdam
A summer heatwave
We are currently enduring an unrelenting heatwave. It’s lasted days. We expect a thunderstorm tonight. Never so eagerly have I awaited one. And I suspect I’m not alone.
Stories from my walks – van Reigersbergenstraat
I was curious about this street because it is named after someone who is described simply as the wife of someone else.
Surely that cannot have been the only thing noteworthy about Maria van Reigersbergen.
So who was she, really?
[Read more…]Stories from my walks – Westerdok
Stories from my walks – van Noordtkade
I’m fascinated by the stories behind Amsterdam’s street names. Particularly those streets that are named after people.
This is van Noordtkade, in the Westerpark, named after Olivier van Noort.
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