by Verena Roffe-Vidal | Covid, Cultural Holidays, Life in Amsterdam, Winter
The Holidays are arriving and here are 5 ways to bring lightness and cheer into your home and neighbourhood. Happy Holidays! The kids have started the countdown to Christmas. More and more decorations can be seen in the street. Now is the time to decorate your house...
by Cessna Kleinmoedig Veeris and Emma van Nifterick | Autumn, Children, Cultural Holidays, Life in Amsterdam, New to Amsterdam
Get ready! Coronavirus or not, that time of year is upon us when Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) makes his way to the Netherlands. Here are some details about his arrival and presence in 2020. WHO/WHAT IS SINTERKLAAS? After King’s Day, Sinterklaas is the...
by Audrey Coggins | Autumn, Children, Cultural Holidays, Life in Amsterdam, New to Amsterdam
Sint Maarten? And that’s different from Sinterklaas? And Halloween? Lanterns? A new import to Amsterdam’s take on this very Dutch holiday. Last year in early November, the school parents’ Whatsapp group had an announcement: Each child...
by Anastasia Drost | Autumn, Children, Covid, Cultural Holidays, Life in Amsterdam, New to Amsterdam
Boo! Celebrating Halloween and other holidays in 2020 is going to require a rethinking of what we do. It might be smaller and quieter, but it can still be a celebration and it can still be fun, and we can all use that. Costumes, movies, ghost stories? We have you...
by Julia Smile | Cultural Holidays, Family Travel, Travel, Winter
What better way to spend the 12 Days of Christmas than town-hopping around northern Italy? Julia Smile did just this and found Christmas markets, mountains, cosy farmhouses, castles, and even a two-horse open sleigh! A great destination for family travel all year...
by Amrita Suri | Covid, Cultural Holidays, Life in Amsterdam, Spring, Travel
The happy and colourful Indian holiday called Holi is the perfect antidote to the gloom and gray of late winter. Amrita Suri is here to share both the story behind the holiday as well as where you can go to join in the celebration! Holi – The Festival of Colour...