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Tony's Garage Sale (Den Haag, NETHERLANDS)

12 Feb 2021 4 minute read 0 comments bengy

  Before the great pandemic of 2020 put us all in our homes, we were starting to explore some of the more unusual areas in the town that we lived in (The Hague). I'm sure that most people have experienced the feeling that they know other cities th...

Binnenhof (Den Haag, THE NETHERLANDS)

8 Feb 2021 2 minute read 0 comments bengy

    The Binnenhof in The Hague is the administrative and political seat of power of The Netherlands. It is a short walk away from Den Haag Centraal Station, next to the main shopping areas and another short walk away from most of the major embassi...

Landgoed Clingendael (Den Haag, NETHERLANDS)

24 Jan 2021 2 minute read 0 comments bengy

    These days, it is harder and harder to organise places and times for families to meet up. With only a single adult visitor allowed, and only a single house that you can visit per day.... well, it is next to impossible for family friends to mee...

New Bike Parking (Den Haag, NETHERLANDS)

12 Sep 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy

  Now, I know what some people are going to be thinking... why the hell are you writing about a new parking facility? For Bikes? Well, the Netherlands is famous for its bikes and its biking infrastructure on the roads. However, some of that famous...

ChoX Choclaterie

4 Sep 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy

  Now that cafes and restaurants have opened up a bit, I can get back to the pleasures of killing time with one of my girls at a nice cafe. I like to test them out with the girls whilst one or the other is at a birthday party or something... so th...

Botanische Tuin (Delft, NETHERLANDS)

3 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments bengy

  In another of my little series of finding little quiet places in the middle of towns, I am going to introduce you to the Botanische Tuin (Botanical Garden) of the TU Delft (Delft Technical University). Now, Delft is quite a famous tourist town t...

The Aftermath...

15 May 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy

  It has been almost three weeks since we broke the news to our children that our time in the Netherlands was limited and that we were exploring ways to move back to Australia within the year (or as soon as it is feasible given the current situati...

Country that was caught funding terrorists fines Binance 3 million Euros for 'heightened risk of terrorist financing'

19 Jul 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Kovichni

Well, that was one of the reason the Netherlands fined Binance just recently. Their main claim was what we already discussed last year, about how they believe Binance is operating illegally in the country. So, the DNB (Dutch National Bank) cites the...

Netherlands proposes unprecedented law in Europe to monitor all bank transactions above 100 Euro

30 Oct 2022 2 minute read 4 comments Kovichni

Well now, who didn't see this coming from specifically this country. Many actually, but if you've been following up on these type of posts frequently this will not come as a surprise to you. It may still shock you, but you'd understand that the shapi...

Keeping our Adopted Traditions, and reflecting on the past year!

6 Dec 2022 3 minute read 1 comment bengy

  A sort of bittersweet anniversary with Pakjesavond come and gone.... we still miss our adopted home very much, and there will be so much of us that will be forever left and tied up in the Netherlands and Europe in general. Colleagues and close f...