Rumour has it there are more bikes than people in the Netherlands, and after spending 36 hours in Amsterdam recently, I can easily believe it. The bikes were the first thing I noticed: in fact, the first thing that happened…
Visiting the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam
It was on the flight from Inverness to Amsterdam that I turned the final, abrupt page of Anne Frank’s diary. Standing in the Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht, little more than 90 minutes later, with her words fresh in…
The Delights of Dining at The Dylan Amsterdam
Brasserie OCCO, leading to Vinkeles Amsterdam is known for both its history and its hedonism, home to all manner of ‘highs.’ But the high you should be looking for in this city is High Wine, just one of the unique…
The Dylan: A Hidden Gem Hotel in the Heart of Amsterdam
Here in Amsterdam’s ‘De Negen Straatjes,’ where each corner and canal is even more charming than the next, sits a hidden gem of a hotel. Even most of the locals who cycle along the water every day breeze past without…