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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...
12 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Kovichni
RIP Dutch exchanges and Bitcoin companies. I Can't imagine anyone risking a payment or need to transfer their own funds, or quickly purchase a moonshot coin, to want to wait till someone checks and verifies which address they are sending it to, store...
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...
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...
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...
2 Jan 2021 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
A couple of summers ago, our little family visited the Maritime Museum in Rotterdam. Rotterdam is THE port hub for Europe, so it is quite fitting that a large maritime is situated in this busy city. I will do a post a different time about the ac...
1 Dec 2020 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
Ahhhh.... memories of a past life, when concerts were still a very regular event! In the Netherlands, you often find orchestral and choir concert in the large churches of the Lutheran or Reformed splinters of Christianity. Actually, this concert...
23 Nov 2020 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
Before coming to The Netherlands, the thought of riding a bike anywhere was a pretty abhorrent idea to me! I would just get puffed at the first sign of a hill, and the bike would weigh much more than I did... so all in all, it was a terrible way...
22 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
The central bank of the Netherlands, the De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), on April 21 published a 45-page report that speaks of its interest in “leading” the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) initiative, going over topics such as its own efforts in de...
5 Apr 2020 4 minute read 4 comments Flying Blue Exites FBE
Do not be mistaken for the Amsterdam city in Montgomery County, New York in United States of America. A city here in reference is the Dutch city of Amsterdam located in the North Holland province of The Kingdom of The Netherlands. Also one should kno...
