Something I really love to eat is Japanese food, preferably in combination with a glass of sake, Japanese rice wine. I’m beginning to appreciate this drink more and more and slowly become acquainted with the different types. For people who aren’t so…
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We live in Chiswick in West London, a very child friendly district, with many parks, playgrounds, schools, restaurants and all the shops you need. Really nice to live, I have to confess. But maybe not very bustling everyday. Therefor we…
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For a long time a visit to the National Maritime Museum was on my ‘must-visit-list‘. Not only because I was born in the port city of Rotterdam or have read good reviews about the museum. But also because Great Britain…
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A good friend of mine from Holland has been living together with her husband in England for a couple of years now. Recently they have moved to one of London’s trendiest neighborhoods: Brixton. For us now even more reason to…
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When I lived in the Netherlands, I was already interested in the transition of so-called power districts and involved in some spatial projects that influenced the revitalization of such areas. Mostly unattractive back neighborhoods but with the potential to become an…
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Last week we visited another beautiful museum in London, there are so many in this city. In the meantime several themes have passed, such as science, nature, modern and historic art, design and transport. This time we went to the…
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Meanwhile we live in London for almost four months and we’ve already discovered many nice places for young and old. It almost seems like a pattern to visit weekly new attractions that my daughter Lara really enjoys. I also often…
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In London you have many neighbourhoods just outside the city center, which shows a lot of decay and vacancy. In such neighborhoods there is often space for experimentations and temporary programs. Interventions are being implemented for the short term, to…
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In Holland we went often to the City Farms. In Rotterdam we lived near by two fantastic City Farms, one called ‘De Kraal‘ in the Kralingse Bos and the other one calls ‘De blijde wei’ next to the Bergse Linker…
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