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Travel Notes: a Loose Year-End List
A random 2025 list of trains, bikes, food, travel gems and stories.
Dec 31, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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Trains & Delays: The 12 Provinces of the Netherlands
The Netherlands has an excellent rail network - and a tradition of complaining about it. This guide explores 12 provinces (and a few islands) to show…
Dec 4, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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A Red Sea apart: Egypt and Saudi Arabia
A few thoughts on Egypt and Saudi Arabia; on being a tourist, a traveller, and somewhere in between. And a first glimpse of what it’s like to travel in…
Nov 13, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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Beyond the Crowds - Rethinking Travel
Feb 10, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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Trains, no planes and a lot of patience: Rail Away in Europe
Jul 1, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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Gezellig! Or: How to Behave Dutch
Sep 9, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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Why Everybody hates Amsterdam
Mar 13, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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The Dutch and Their Bicycles
Jul 16, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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A Red Sea apart: Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Nov 13, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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(Food) Markets are a perfect ingredient for Slow Travel
Even in Paris and Lille - or maybe especially there! Discover how to find fresh produce markets, covered markets and flea markets.
Sep 27, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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Gezellig! Or: How to Behave Dutch
Forget the tulips. Being Dutch is about cheese, cycling in the rain, complaining and more. Here is a list (plus tips on where to meet the real Dutch).
Sep 9, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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What are the Best Souvenirs?
Are the best souvenirs those with a great story, the rare finds, gifts from people you meet, the kitschy ones - or even the ones you didn’t buy?
Aug 14, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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The Dutch and Their Bicycles
Discover the Netherlands like a local. Cycle through national parks, along river shores, climb the Dutch mountains, cross borders and see the heather in…
Jul 16, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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Trains, no planes and a lot of patience: Rail Away in Europe
A guide to Europe's complex rail systems. How to book tickets, bring your bike on board, and new train routes. Plus some train journeys from my archive.
Jul 1, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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Timeless Rotterdam: the Classics
Rotterdam is known as Manhattan along the Maas full with modern architecture. All true. But it has a lot of classics to offer.
Jun 12, 2025
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Marloes Wardenier
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