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Shopping by appointment (Or: C&A on a time limit)
I can cross something else off my corona list: shopping by appointment (winkelen op afspraak). Yesterday I decided on a whim to check what the availability was for shopping appointments at C&A...
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Way more people than usual (Or: Even Google can’t handle it)
Today was the first day of relaxations for corona measures. Think of things like: The curfew has been lifted. Restaurant terraces are allowed to open from 12:00-18:00 daily.Appointments are no longer...
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Early morning shopping (Or: It still feels weird)
Early morning shopping was on the menu today. Early morning being in the city centre around 09:00, when shops were just opening and practically deserted. I didn’t go to any “popular” stores as that...
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My favorite color scheme (Or: Water pitcher by Blokker)
You know how as you get older you want to purchase new cups, plates or bowls because they look pretty? But you realize that would be silly because you have perfectly fine tableware at home (especially...
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August (Or: Did you know it is already time for Sinterklaas?)
Marco and I visited Action today. Action (English Wikipedia) is a cheap store, kind of like Dollar General in the US without saying everything is a dollar. Imagine my surprise (okay, not really) when...
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Mall of the Netherlands (Or: Like an inexpensive trip to America?)
The Mall of the Netherlands opened earlier this year. It is definitely an American style mall, complete with kiosks in the middle of the walkways. The owner is Westfield (the company that owns a lot...
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Rijswijk (Or: The evolution of In de Bogaard)
In de Bogaard is a shopping area in Rijswijk, not far from The Hague. Although I keep forgetting that the name changed from In de Bogaard to Bogaard stadscentrum (Bogaard city centre) last year. See...
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Somewhere it must be Christmas (Or: Decorations at TK Maxx)
TK Maxx is a European apparels and home fashion store. And if you are American and wondering if this is the same company as TJ Maxx, why yes, yes it is. This company thinks it is Christmas already:...
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Holiday lights at De Passage (Or: A place to shop at, a place to get warmer in)
De Passage is an outdoor, covered shopping area in the city centre. There are no doors, but if you want to get a bit warmer you can head to the middle of it where the cold outside air almost doesn’t...
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Christmas trees (Or: Crowds at the Mall of the Netherlands)
I decided to go to the Mall of the Netherlands yesterday (the Saturday right before Christmas), but at least I was smart enough to go right when they opened at 10:00. I also left around 13:00, around...
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