Home Sweet Caravan
Derek Blyth hits the road in a very Dutch phenomenon, the caravan.
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High Road to Culture in Flanders and the Netherlands
Derek Blyth hits the road in a very Dutch phenomenon, the caravan.
With its 500 kilometres of coast, the Netherlands is suitable for every holiday season. Thanks to the many beach bars, you do not have to compromise on comfort.
Derek Blyth visits the Sahara of the North.
The oldest Dutch department store chain De Bijenkorf is celebrating its 150th year.
Derek Blyth goes on a literary pilgrimage in Willem Elsschot’s Antwerp.
Derek Blyth ends up in a deserted village that refuses to die.
After having stood empty for 22 years, the Antwerp Stock Exchange building or the Handelsbeurs, opened to the public again.
Whenever Derek Blyth visits Amsterdam, he can't help but pop into the iconic Athenaeum Boekhandel. ‘Buying a book there is almost a religious experience.’
Derek Blyth pays tribute to the man who has shown us the way for more than four hundred years: the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator.
Utopia is not always an imaginary place. That is what Derek Blyth discovered when he entered the stunning city library of Aalst.
The pretty beach town of De Haan in West Flanders is dotted with reminders of its most famous visitor.