My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen... Vox 2008-01-03T22:27:05Z Tubbydammer http://tubbydammer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2252758708e1d/tags/amsterdam/ QotD: (Not) Far From Home tag:vox.com,2008-01-03:asset-6a00c2252758708e1d00e398ce92c60003 2008-01-03T22:24:12Z 2008-01-03T22:27:05Z Tubbydammer http://tubbydammer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Amsterdam to Brussels Globe Courgette

How far from your last home do you live? Why did you move and are you glad you did? Submitted by Matthew 25. I now live in Brussels which is about about 209km (~130m) south of Amsterdam. It's about two hours by car or three hours by train. Taki...

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Beer Menu

When I lived in the Netherlands I was a little dismissive of its beer. There's nothing particularly pleasant about Heineken, Oranjeboom or Dommelsch and while Grolsch is drinkable it's hardly great. But these are all mass market beers made by huge...

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I've just been out to cycle down to the supermarket and get some groceries for dinner, this evening. Unfortunately, I heard a strange noise as I cycled away and so I stopped to see that my back tyre was flat. Fortunately there is a bike shop less...

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]]> I live on a high traffic street tag:vox.com,2007-03-14:asset-6a00c2252758708e1d00cd971a2bf34cd5 2007-03-14T13:48:09Z 2007-03-14T13:48:09Z Tubbydammer http://tubbydammer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Several of these things go by every hour.

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]]> Joost - yes it's the content tag:vox.com,2007-03-08:asset-6a00c2252758708e1d00d414205121685e 2007-03-08T09:57:37Z 2007-03-08T09:57:37Z Tubbydammer http://tubbydammer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Joost - Upgrade Joost - Cartoons Joost - Boom Chicago Joost - Commercials

So I got back to Amsterdam and found that Joost would work for me. I tried to run it in KL but got an error message about upgrading and didn't have the time to download a newer version of the software. After I had upgraded I found that I would a...

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]]> Vox Hunt: It's Pink tag:vox.com,2006-11-14:asset-6a00c2252758708e1d00cdf7e44e94094f 2006-11-14T23:34:12Z 2006-11-14T23:34:12Z Tubbydammer http://tubbydammer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Show us something pink. This is Alex the day after he won the Amsterdam's Pretty in Pink title for 2006.

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]]> Cyclists can be just as selfish as motorists tag:vox.com,2006-10-26:asset-6a00c2252758708e1d00ccff9204e4d756 2006-10-26T16:27:34Z 2006-10-28T08:42:10Z Tubbydammer http://tubbydammer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Since I bought a fabby new bike about three months ago I have started cycling in to work and rarely take the tram any more. But this morning I needed to go to Utrecht, so it was a great opportunity to take my bike to the bike shop for its free, th...

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]]> Vox Hunt: Man, That's Steep tag:vox.com,2006-10-23:asset-6a00c2252758708e1d00c2252ca50d8fdb 2006-10-23T16:58:04Z 2006-10-23T16:58:04Z Tubbydammer http://tubbydammer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

IMG_0500_stairs

Show us something steep. When I first moved to Amsterdam I was expecting things to be different. That's what I wanted and why I decided to move abroad. I wanted to be surprised at the way the same species had solved the same problems in differen...

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]]> I think my camera is going home tag:vox.com,2006-09-30:asset-6a00c2252758708e1d00c22528ddfe549d 2006-09-30T13:37:43Z 2006-10-16T21:17:26Z Tubbydammer http://tubbydammer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Last night I went to Rumy's birthday party cum housewarming. It was great. There were loads of people and I had a good time and took some photos. Almost none of them came out. In particular, there were none of Rumy :-( At first I thought it was a ...

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