Modern art is not for everyone. I stumbled across this exhibition at the Hall for Contemporary Art (Deichtorhallen) purely by accident. With the Kunsthalle closed until the end of April because of renovation, I had to come up with ‘the second best art thing’ in Hamburg for my visiting guests from good old Dutchland. With…
First timers in Berlin cannot leave again without having set eyes on Checkpoint Charlie, the most famous of Berlin’s border crossing points at the times of the Cold War. It is one of those ‘must sees’, if you haven’t been to Checkpoint Charlie, you haven’t really been to Berlin. Site of many a historical event, the…
One of the most important cultural differences I have encountered so far in Germany is lunch. HOT lunch to be more precise. Hot lunch is something I only know from my grandmother’s place, and something my stomach considered quite upsetting, having gotten up only a little before! Now lunch might not be a big cultural…
Celle is advertised online as the most beautiful town in northern Germany. As I have only seen a handful of other northern German towns I cannot argue against it – and nor do I wish to. It is certainly the most beautiful city I have seen to this date. Home to Germany’s only pre-war synagogue,…
Having stayed for longer periods of time in seven different countries in the last six years, I consider myself to be some sort of expert-by-experience when it comes to public transport. Admittedly, I easily feel spoiled, coming from a small village in the Dutch countryside, where public transport was rather limited when I was growing…
The Life And Times Of A Dutchie Abroad 