Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, originally uploaded by bartvanpoll.

Finally went to Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst last weekend.

A great and big location, and promising exhibitions in the booklet. However, most was not really my cup of tea – very weird exhibitions!

Vondel uncovered, originally uploaded by bartvanpoll.

Vondel is back – shining as new!

Last week, I skated in Holysloot and Randsdorp, close to Amsterdam.

Almost every Amsterdam local dreams about skating on the ice on the canals at least once in his or her life.

It was almost possible in Amsterdam, until a stupid Meijers rondvaartboten captain (who didn’t know the Keizersgracht was closed off) destroyed the ice.

It’s a hot topic on the Amsterdam Centraal blog. Even the Skipper replied, and apologizes on the website! Very funny to read (in Dutch)

Yesterday, Melkweg, Amsterdam. Cool concert! All day I’ve been mumbling “buma in m’n zak, movin’ on up…” and I have no idea what it means.

It’s been about a month, but I didn’t write about it yet: Spotted by Locals Amsterdam, a new citblog by Amsterdam locals, is live!

Five very cool and enthusiastic local Amsterdammers are going to take over from us and write a lot of new postings, while we’re going into Europe to meet new local bloggers in other cities. Keep tuned!