Eerste bloempjes van ‘t jaar 😍

Picnic in the park season opened

As soon as we get a gay PM, the sun starts immediately shining and everyone is smiling. Coincidence? 🌈

Bavaria is not a serious place and the dialect even less so

Waiting for the day that NS is brave enough to put up signs that say “Don’t bring large luggage to the seating area” on Schiphol trains 🧳

Suddenly seeing lots of Vodafone ads 🤔

Utrecht’s buses aren’t bussin’

Discovered some nice Finnish psych disco with breathy glam vocals and sick bass open.spotify.com/track/7vlTEM...

It’s always super interesting when you realize how little of everything you take for granted is really universal. The other day, an acquaintance was talking about grilling and asked me what we like to throw on the grill. I said “we don’t really grill or have open fires in the backyard [1/2]

50 sheets!!!

Nice to see Helsinki building *actual* bike infrastructure www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2ps...

I'd love to learn the basics of Maltese as a soft landing to Semitic languages but the opportunity cost is too damn high. I could spend that time learning a more "useful" language.

Still a fan of this little guy, by the way. The perfect beginner espresso machine.

Germany once the train network gets fixed

I’m surprised that Amsterdam Noord doesn’t already have a bakery called Bakker IJ.

D’you know the capital of Alaska?

I’m a big fan of how this big plant always casts shadows in every direction depending on the source of light

🎉🎉🎉 🌳 nos.nl/l/2599903

Can we have one (1) singular platform where politics is banned? Wish there was one site where I could enjoy and share wholesome content without seeing his face. Give me some respite.

Living room collage wall is finally complete! ✅ I wanted a black magnet wall so that the screen doesn’t dominate everything visually. Now I still need to get magnets to hang up more photos and tchotchkes. Should I install a shelf that runs along the top edge of the magnet wall?

… aaaand D66 is rewarding the VVD again. The oldest story known to man.

Newest product of my woodworking obsession: my desk

Can we all agree that this pastel blob trend and scalloping were passé already in 2025? I'd love to start this new year with something a bit more authentic.

Deutschlehrer, ich rufen euch

euuuh nee?

One downside to going bald for the holidays is that your dome is now velcro and getting in and out of woolen sweaters requires thorough planning

Marimekko gingerbread cookies with matcha and cocoa for color (🌱)

Das ist das Leckere von Albert Heijn

Fleetwood Mac ought to issue a correction for spreading meteorological disinformation, erroneously linking thunder to the presence of precipitation

M - S - T - R - zachte G

Pastel holiday greetings

Nächste Station: Mönchengladbach Hbf, change here for the Piccadilly Line wild #CrossBorderRail connections available these days, didn't even know about this one...

Lapjesmarkt closing at 13:00 is actually so homophobic. You expect us to be done with brunch, how early?! 😳

Doesn’t matter how bad your friend’s haircut is, the first thing you say cannot ever be “what happened?!?”

Canal-oriented development

My uninformed toxic opinion of the day is that air fryers are gabakken lucht.

I know Americans overly romanticize Europe but I still think moving to a little house on a canal in the Netherlands could solve like 82% of my problems

At this point, I feel like I have a super easy time recognizing a Hungarian accent in Dutch. Meanwhile, I also haven’t got a clue what a Finnish accent sounds like. 🤔

Hans Island? @jayforeman.bsky.social

I find it very interesting how many non-Germans I’ve heard this year say that they’re “getting into lüften” like it’s some trend

Another day in the life of Jerena Carpenter: built and painted a bench for the dining nook. Somehow the fourth chair wasn’t working so a bench it is. We also gained more storage which is always great.

Ik voel me niet per se veilig

🎉

Rebuilt the previous owner’s shelf that collapsed last weekend bigger, better, and stronger

Back in Belgium 🇧🇪

Sterrenwacht, Utrecht

Spinvis in 't Zweeds. :-) "Nu är det onsdag, jag har en Golf GTI". www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W31...

Before and after

Why Moerdijk? Should have been Hoog Catharijne.

It’s already mid-November for Mamdani’s sake and there are still wasps and bumblebees checking out our flowers in the backyard. It’s so out of whack.