Netherlands Travel News Archives

Trip over ... hallucinogenic "magic mushrooms" are to be banned from legal sale in the Netherlands since a rise in the number of accidents, mainly involving tourists / Reuters 'MAGIC mushrooms" are to be banned ... via News.com.au

The Dutch government has decided to ban "magic mushrooms" and announced that it would put a bill before parliament under a proposal put forward by the ministers of health and justice, Ab Klink and Hirsch ... via The Age

“There will be even more criminality. Those who surround the coffee shops in the city centre will move with the coffee shops, so we will face even greater criminality. And that's what we are afraid of.”

Cannabis-cafes, where customers can drink coffee and smoke pot, are one of the Netherlands most popular attractions. via The New Zealand Herald

I am timing this post to be as exactly long as the song "Flash" by Queen. You'll remember previous timed posts and my upside down post. via Ego Food

“I don't know what he will do with it. We hope we can get it for our collection”

A Christmas card written by Anne Frank provided by antique store De Regenboog in Naarden, Netherlands, on Wednesday, April 23, 2008. via HendersonvilleNews.com

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 By Our Correspondent LAHORE THE Punjab University debaters have won the title of the "Most Outstanding Team" in an international debate contest in the UN and European model conferences ... via The News

“The tulips are the most beautiful thing in Istanbul.”

It's not the minarets, the sunsets or the Bosphorous views making Istanbul's April crowds coo with pleasure -- it is the tulips. via The Age

“This year the dominant theme across all categories is the urban regeneration of our town and city centers”

Urban shopping centers were heavily represented today among the winners of this year's ICSC European Shopping Centre Awards. via Shopping Centers Today

“It was very affordable, considering everything else is so expensive in Europe”

Forget a room with a view - or even much room. The latest development in the hotel industry has travelers bunking in tiny, sometimes windowless, quarters. via Chicago Tribune

“Early booking amenities are our way of thanking the full-cruise guests for choosing to spend an extended period of time with us”

Clients who make full-cruise reservations before May 31 for one of the four 2009 Holland America Line Grand Voyages on the Rotterdam, Prinsendam and Amsterdam will get host of early booking amenities. via Travel Trade

"Behold! A giant am I!" That's how Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Windmill," begins. via Christian Science Monitor

Fri Apr 11 2008, by Carol Eannarino Tauck World Discovery christened its new river ship MS Swiss Sapphire last week in Antwerp, Belgium. via Travel Trade

The Seattle-King County Health Department says some people at Sea-Tac Airport may have been exposed to measles from another traveler on March 26. via KATU-TV Portland

Madurodam, a miniature model city, offers a bird's eye view of the Netherlands in amazing detail. via The Hindu

A woman with measles had a stopover at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last month while she was contagious, health officials said. via KIRO-TV Seattle

I recently received the following Press Release from Hembro Cycling Holidays/Cycling Study Tours, and let me say, up front, the resources they steer readers to are extensive, and interesting, and the many ... via The Cycling Dude

A CREDIT information venture which has its European headquarters in Cardiff is continuing its rapid expansion into mainland Europe with the launch of a Benelux operation. via IcWales

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands-- --Fraport AG has sold its wholly-owned ICTS Europe Holdings B.V. subsidiary to Management Deutsche Beteiligungs AG , a leading Germany-based private equity company, experienced in ... via Business Wire