Author: Jord

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Save room on your balcony

[yt]OhGovCMMIjI[/yt] Spaceless is a concept for zero-footprint balcony furniture — it’s a deck with pop-up, fold-flat recessed benches and tables, so that your little balcony can be a clear space when you want one, then turn into an al fresco dining area when needed. Link (via BoingBoing)

Worm up for auction on marktplaats.nl

Worm the Rotterdam stage for culture and music is on sale on marktplaats. Disregarding a very positive response by the Rotterdam Council for Art and Culture (RRKC) to WORM’™s plans concerning 2009-2012, it will not be possible to keep the organisation afloat with the amount of money assigned to it by this same council. It…
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Henk Hofstra: environmental art in Leeuwarden

People who read my blog now that I frequently post articles I have read on Boing Boing. This post is not different from that rule. There is just one funny twist about this one: I find it unbelievable that I have to read an American blog to know what is happening in Leeuwarden. Afterall my…
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Rotterdam panorama

Today I went to visit the Euromast in Rotterdam and made a couple of foto’s from the skyline. I used hugin to stitch them together. And here is the result:

Koninginnedag (Queensday) in Rotterdam

Every year on the 30th of April the Dutch queen celebrates her birthday. The day is celebrated with bands, beer and kids selling stuff on the street. I lived in Rotterdam from 1990 until 2000 and during those years “koninginnedag” has always been a pleasant party. I would normally watch a band, buy a beer…
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