by Tea Gudek Snajdar | Family Travel, Quick Travel Guides, Travel
For this installation of Amsterdam Mama’s Quick Guides, we’re going to Zagreb, Croatia: an up-and-coming destination for families. Updated for 2019. Zagreb, one of the smallest capitals in Europe, is often overlooked. But this charming...
by Deborah Nicholls-Lee and Margaret Smet | Children, Life in Amsterdam, New to Amsterdam, Summer
The Amsterdamse Bos is more than just a giant wooded park; it is home to numerous child-friendly attractions. Here are 10 great activities to get you started. In the 1930s, the City of Amsterdam employed more than 20,000 people to create the Amsterdamse Bos, planting...
by Rosalind van Aalen Grant | Quick Travel Guides, Travel
A sparkling and historical city in West Brabant with a cheerful personality: that’s Breda. For our Breda Mama, it has the nicest city centre in all the Netherlands. We didn’t choose Breda, it chose us, or rather the house did. It was the only house we...
by Editorial Team | Cultural Holidays, Life in Amsterdam, Winter
Whatever the famous carol may say, we need more than Twelve Days of Christmas to take in all the holiday magic Amsterdam offers in December. Here’s a roundup of the festive (and practical) resources in and around Amsterdam this Christmas. Well, they are here, ready or...
by Mark Schiefelbein | Children, Holiday Camp Guides, Life in Amsterdam, Spring
Is it almost May vacation already? Seems like we’re just back from spring vacation and still have Easter coming up… Good news is that the camp organizers certainly are ready for May vacation with lots of fun camps planned from arts to sports, and from cooking to free...