Amsterdam - Nemo

Have you seen Nemo? And no, I don't mean the clownfish, I mean the Science Center in Amsterdam. I've been there once before and went again last Thursday with two friends. And I still like it.

In Nemo you can do stuff in order to learn about science and technology. You can stand in a soap bubble to, well, learn about bubbles. You can do tests to see if you're able to recognize a thief, or to see what your favourite music can tell about you. You can have a dance battle at the dance machine or do a driving simulation that pretends you're drunk (I went to fast, ignored a light, crashed twice and drove on the verge).

A few times a day they also show an awesome chain reaction to explain potential and kinetic energy and more. There's also a lab in which you can do several experiments, an exhibition on teenagers, or as the site says, 'an exhibition about the head, the heart and the hormones'. Oh, and beware of the creepy Elektra, the 'largest humanoid robot in Europe' at the You, Me, Electricity exhibition.

Tip: have your lunchbreak on the roof, on which you can see a part of Amsterdam and find information about many buildings and places in Amsterdam. Great view and a lovely place to sit.

I had loads of fun and I recommend it to everyone who likes and dislikes science, because this is probably one of the few museums where you're not just allowed to touch things and do stuff, but just have to.

Amsterdam - Anne Frank House

Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who got famous by the dairy she kept during World War II. Not only can you read her story since it got published in 1947 due to her father, you can also visit the Secret Annex where Anne, her family, the family van Pels and Fritz Pfeffer hid from July 6 1942 till August 4 1944. 


I visited the Anne Frank House today and it's beautiful. Not like, pretty beautiful, but beautiful. The house tells such a strong and sad story and I felt quite weird walking there. The rooms are almost empty for reasons, but some old documents and original objects belonging to the 8 people are being displayed. There are a few short films being played in several rooms to tell the story of the people in hiding and there are quotes from Anne's dairy on the walls to help tell the story.

The museum is absolutely a place worth visiting. Tickets are not very expensive (€4,50 for teens up to 17 and €9,- for people older than 17). The queue is quite long though, for there can only be a certain amount of people inside the House and it's a very popular place to visit. I therefore recommend buying your tickets online.


It's also easy to find. Well, if you know where to find it. I, for one, was too stubborn to print/buy a map and sort of got lost in Amsterdam. That wasn't actually a bad thing, because in this way I saw some more of the city and I found the Waterstones (yay books). After that it was quite easily to find, because when you've reached the New Church (when you come from Central Station) you'll find signs that'll lead you the way.


I had quite some fun in the little time I spend in Amsterdam and I absolutely recommend a visit to the Anne Frank House. You can visit http://www.annefrank.org/en/ for some more information.

The idea

Hello there!

I'm a big fan of travelling and discovering new things and new cultures. I'd love to spend my time travelling, even if it's just a two-hour train trip to visit a college.
Anyway, I'm currently free from school for almost two months, from which I'll spend one week in the Dutch region called Zeeland and two weeks in the UK. Currently I'm either working, sitting at home or with friends. BO-RING! Except for the 'with friends'-part, but of course my friends won't be home all of the time. So I need something extra to do.
So I've been thinking of visiting some places here in the Netherlands and because writing is another hobby of mine, I'm going to share my visits with you. In this way I'm spending my time in an awesome way and you might get some ideas to visit when you're around.

I hope you enjoy my new journal and that you might get inspired by it. Oh, and by the way, my name's Becky.