03 Apr '09 - 21:43 Opsporing Verzocht
Minispace vraagt uw aandacht voor het volgende. Indien u zich afvraagt waarom de Nuon nu zometeen toch de energietarieven gaat verhogen; nu weet u het. Die rechtszaak wordt kostbaar. Er is overigens weer een vacature bij de Nuon.
27 Sep '08 - 21:16 Sunny Afternoon
21 Sep '08 - 20:50 Ons Kiekt Ons
19 Sep '08 - 19:17 Ground Zero
It's hard to imagine how it used to be in the old days. Me, small town provicial boy, studying in Haarlem and going to the (to me) big metropolis of Amsterdam. By train ofcourse, because by car is far too dangerous with all these mad city drivers about. So you get out of the train, into the beautiful central hall in Amsterdam Central Station and from there, onto the square in front of it. And straight into life, because the square is full of streetperformers, lost tourists, commuters, freaks and such. Very lively and a great first taste of Amsterdam.
I left the Netherlands in 1998, returned in 2006 and hadn't really been back to Amsterdam until then and hardly recognised the place. Central Station has been a building pit for years now, the central hall and square in front are no more, it's ugly, it's nasty and it seems to be a re-occuring trend in Holland these days. Arnhem is suffering the same fate. A station that has been a mess for years, and will be for years to come.
Over-ambitious politicians who want big things. In Arnhem, they want to build a super-high-design stationfabuloso in a provincial town. New York will be impressed I'm sure. In the meantime, us poor trainusers have to walk for miles just to get anywhere near a train and as a result miss them frequently. And as a frequent Arnhem-station user, I have to endure this to at least 2011.
As for Amsterdam; the city-council must surely be on magic mushrooms. They want to build an Undergound there. Yes, you read this correctly; Underground. Amsterdam is built on marshland and most houses (as any tourist-brochure will tell you) are built on wooden poles. So what happens; shit happens! Houses subside. What a suprise. What is going on?
08 Aug '08 - 19:35 Zo Heerlijk Rustig ...
02 Aug '08 - 20:34 Pride On Canals
Today's Canal Pride Parade ... more soon on Flickr. UPDATE: here's the link.
And just for Bear, because I know he likes them ...
30 Jun '08 - 22:06 Minimalist
