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Author: Michele

Lo stivaletto (the boot), a unique opportunity for our children to cultivate art, music and literature in Italian

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022
Michele
Children, Learning, Music

Lo Stivaletto is a community of education professionals and volunteers who promote the Italian language and culture in Amsterdam by organizing activities and events for children, kids and parents. It is an initiative born from the energy of a group of mothers who recognize

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Vegan Hemp Burgers @ Robin Food

September 18, 2017July 30, 2020
Michele
Alternative, Eating, Going out, Restaurant, vegan, vegetarian

Vegan Hemp Burgers are healthy plant based options for the horeca in Amsterdam. They’re burgers with a story, not about the benefits of a plant based diet, but about Amsterdam as the most multicultural city in the world. These 13

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Chi Kung class @ OT 301

July 31, 2017July 31, 2017
Michele
chikung

Chi Kung is an ancient art used in martial art and for health. Chi Kung means “cultivation of energy” or “cultivation of life vitality”. This Chi Kung class is an introduction, but also in depth study of a simple act

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NEW BIKES, STOLEN BIKES, RECYCLED BIKES. Who lives in Amsterdam knows how useful is a bike…

September 9, 2015January 10, 2016
Michele
Bicycles, Recycle, Shopping

Who lives in Amsterdam knows how useful is to have a bike. If you want to buy a new bike, you could pay up to 600 euro. Stolen bikes (also known as Junkie Bikes) cost between 5 and 25 Euros,

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Mezrab, beyond the music and the cinema, a space for talents meet and share

May 30, 2015July 19, 2017
Michele
Alternative, Art, Cinema, Going out, Movies, Music, Socializing

Mezrab is growing, Mezrab is alive, is playing music, is telling stories, is explaining the reality through cinema, poetry, colours… life! One week ago I had the pleasure to spend half an hour with the Iranian-born Sahand. His idea is

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What is going on? WHAT IS GOING ON??!

May 3, 2015September 9, 2015
Michele
Going out, Nature, Rerlax

Ducks! These wonderful birds are the real citizens of this city. They are everywhere. Take your bike for a daily ride and watch them having a meeting in Vondelpark (where the usually discuss about foreign policy and coffee shops), along

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Cinemanita and other “underground cinemas”.

April 28, 2015May 12, 2024
Michele
Alternative, Art, Cinema, Going out

Every Monday night the cinema expert Jeffrey proposes a movie from the database of his mind at the pub ‘De Nieuwe Anita’ on Frederik Hendrikstraat 111 (Oud-West). Bar open from 19.30 hours, entree € 2,50. It is a perfect place

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Cracked Kettle, a very small shop in the Center of Amsterdam, on a little street that crosses Spui Straat (Raamsteeg 3) with more than 500 different types of beer from all over Europe

April 27, 2015November 17, 2015
Michele
Drinking, Shopping, Wine

Go for a beer? Sometimes it’s nice to have a good beer in a typical Amsterdammer cafè, but when the summer comes it is wonderful to spend all the day long in the parks or just sitting by the canals

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Wynand Fockink, jenevers like never before.

February 22, 2015September 9, 2015
Michele
dutch culture, Going out, Learning

They have Style! This is what Charles Bukowsky would say about Wynand Fockink after a visit at the tasting room, 10 seconds walk from Dam Square. Born in 1679, Wynand Fockink liqueur distillery is acually managed by the two eager

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Pizza. Basic ingredients: passion and love

January 10, 2015May 12, 2024
Michele
Eating, Going out, Restaurant

Who lives in Amsterdam knows that finding a good pizza is a hard work! To prepare a good one you need: 1. experience, 2. the right ingredients, 3. the right oven, 4. love. Well, you can find all that stuff

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10 Reasons to Consider Couchsurfing this Summer

April 22, 2014July 18, 2017
Michele
Socializing, Socially Responsible Tourism

If you’re in a college or a school, you might have stayed with your friends from high school in their college towns, or perhaps visited a friend from college who departed for a job or graduate program in another city.

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