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Your Vilnius city guide: Vilnius? Lithuania!
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Slow Summer in Switzerland: why Arosa is the best summer destination
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Switzerland with children: Arosa is the destination for the whole family
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New restaurants in Amsterdam: This is the Barts Boekje list
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The nicest restaurants in Maastricht (for dinner)
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Best restaurants in Hilversum
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You don't want to miss this accommodation (a find via Airbnb) in Azumino, Japan.
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Touring the world in the Netherlands: the Tony's x Barts Boekje route
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M Pies is your new favorite deli on Javastraat in Amsterdam East
Team Barts Boekje recently traveled to @arosa.official in Switzerland and it was so much fun!
The village at 1800 meters is wonderfully quiet and at the same time just as cozy as in winter. So we’ll just say it like it is: Arosa might just be the finest summer destination you never thought of for the summer. Also ideal for a last-minute trip.
We aren't going home yet. Not by a long shot, because we are playing out the Dutch summer. With a road trip, because we hereby crown the Netherlands the road trip country.
We started at the chocolate aisle. Ten @tonyschocolonely_nl bars with ten colors as a base, and for each color, we looked for a place in the Netherlands where that same color is in the name. A village, a hotel, a beach bar, a two-star restaurant—if the name fits, it counts.
And so this route straight through the Netherlands came into being, which you can drive in a loop, with the addresses you shouldn't miss at every stop. Sleeping, eating, coffee, and things to do.
Now available at bartsboekje.com
We. Love. Ericeira! The place where we stood on a surfboard for the first time (left us wanting more: @casa_quintas made us do it!) and where we thoroughly enjoyed the town and the amazing restaurants.
In this post, I've already included a small list, but there is more! Comment below asking for the link and I will send you the full guide (incl. the very best surf school).
Here in 'our beautiful Breda' there is still 1 week of vacation left and our kids finally saw their best friends/boyfriends again today (making half hearts was the thing here the whole vacation…).
We put them all back in the @urbanarrow today (they happy, we happy).
Part 3 of our mini-series: fun things in and near Breda to get through this last week of the holidays in tip-top condition (also great for South Holland, who still have 2 weeks left) and also fun in less sunny weather and (almost) everything is cargo bike-friendly from Breda city centre 🔆
* shopping for new school supplies at favorite @kloffies_koffies (no dumplings please🤪)
* picking flowers at @pluktuingewoonbuiten
* to @dierenparkdeoliemeulen (pedal a bit further, but a really great tip)
* getting ice cream and playing at @boerderijdegrens
* @pukkemukdongen (seems far but is less than half an hour by cargo bike!)
* Learn and observe at @reptielenhuisdeaarde
* Playing and eating pancakes at @dennenluchtbreda
Want more? Then you simply have to download the (free!) Bakfiets Gids via bartsboekje/shop.
Partners
Video @julesreijnders
On the pedals @heartinhard
Saved the best for second-to-last... The artists' village of Saint-Paul-de-Vence has been on my wishlist for years for two reasons (there isn't much else, but what there is is so worth it): La Colombe d'Or and Fondation Maeght.
A case of IYKYK (the private museum was one of the first museums for modern art in Europe and remains the leading one. It was founded by the Maeght couple, who exhibited work by many of their friends there. Matisse and Miró, for example). And in La Colombe d'Or (hotel and restaurant), numerous artists left their work behind: the dream. And no, it did not disappoint.
Perhaps even better: this was also the place where we found two gems of hotels and restaurants. So not the aforementioned ones. But definitely the surprise of the holiday.
Food and drink:
La Colombe d'Or (book months in advance during high season)
Le Remparts (in the village itself, very nice)
La Guinguette (must!)
Doing:
Maeght Foundation
Petanque on the square in Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Of course, no 'gatekeeping' here: please just comment under this post again to receive the links! Booked everything again (super last minute) via @bookingcom
