Rotterdam Kamera
Images from Western Europe
In case you have not guessed it: Kamera means camera in German.
It is a pretty different task to take photos of a place you live in. There is less of a feeling of discovery. This is obvious, since you already know the place itself. In a city the size of Rotterdam you will eventually have seen most of the . . .
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Feijenoord
Netherlands. South.
Back in Rotterdam. Berlin was great but now it is time for serious things such as finishing my studies and taking photos of the city.
It can actually be quite hard to "correctly" focus through the viewfinder with my new lens. A circumstance which can be frustrating at times. Luckily it is . . .
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EUROPA
Nordwest
I landed last week. A winter characterised by mild humid temperatures and grey skies. The Netherlands. Western Europe. A functional country, mainly consisting of infrastructure. Dug out of the ocean by its inhabitants, space in this place is the result of hard labour. Thus it must not be wasted.
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Dutch Drugs
Why weed is not cool in Holland.
Dutch people are always high, right? Wrong. They rarely are.
In fact, the most frequent coffeeshop customers are foreigners.
Actually the Netherlands rank pretty low in terms of cannabis consumption if you compare it to other countries. Less than the Czech Republic, the United States, France, Greenland, or even Liechtenstein.
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University Gentrification
Is campus Woudestein getting too expensive?
Campus Woudestein. Home to Rotterdams Erasmus University, which I happen to attend.
At an university with around 20,000 students you would expect an opportunity to eat cheaply. Then you better look somewhere else. Woudestein is expensive.
Here are the contributors:
1. Starbucks
Yes, there is a Starbucks . . .
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Welcome to tracksuit town
An introduction to Rotterdams "most dangerous" neighbourhood: Feyenoord
People often ask me where in Rotterdam I live. Their reaction to the answer often sounds like this:
"Feyenoord? Oh my god I would never go there! It is such a rough neighbourhood."
No, it's not. Instead it is time to look at some of the broad statements about this lovely area on the south side of the river . . .
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Cover image credit: http://Ernest Thiesmeier
