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5 hours ago, Rowan Amore said:

Canal City by the forums own @archangel969

You look smashing! Honoured by your visit!

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17 hours ago, Dorientje Woller said:

 

YAS, I am totally into HEILUNG. What a great band.

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Eefje de Visser with Storm (in Dutch).

 

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A friend of mine makes her own liqueur. I was with her recently and then I happened to see a nice old distillery set come by on Flickr the same day and couldn't resist it (ｅｑｕａｌ１０event). The set is now in the kitchen in the former sailor's corner house. Then I thought next: Canal city should not only have a beer brewery, but also a distillery for jenever (old spelling: genever = Dutch gin). Traditionally, in Dutch pubs, it is sometimes a custom to drink both beer and jenever. They call that a 'kopstoot' (headbutt) 🙂

 

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10 hours ago, Cinnamon Mistwood said:

These Dutch people sure are tall!

 

 

I guess I am the tall one LOL

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On 3/20/2024 at 5:42 PM, archangel969 said:

Another great (and recent) one from the Belgian band dEUS: How To Replace It

 

By the way, just an addition to those crazy music videos by dEUS: Belgium does have a tradition of surrealism and magical realism in the arts. Think of the painter Magritte.

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On 3/20/2024 at 8:20 PM, Dorientje Woller said:

Another Belgian gem featuring one of the ex female vocalists of Hooverphonic.

 

Yes, I absolutely love Hooverphonic!

 

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20 hours ago, Cinnamon Mistwood said:

Went to check out Canal City ysterday. @archangel969 did a great job!

Waiting impatiently for hot tea and stroopwafels.  These Dutch people sure are tall!

Enjoying the view of the canals and windmill

@Bagnu joined me for some sightseeing

And also wanted to skip the eternal image of the Netherlands and especially Amsterdam of the red light district and drugs in coffee shops. Many tourists who ask me for directions look for the red light district or a coffee shop while Amsterdam has so much more to offer. I know where to find them, but I smoked weed once when I was 18, got deathly ill and never smoked again after that. And I only go to the red light district because there are great authentic Chinese restaurants there (Nam Kee you must try!) and a nice gay bar.  Anyway, I didn't bring all this to Canal city;-).

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5 hours ago, Cinnamon Mistwood said:

Waiting impatiently for hot tea and stroopwafels.  These Dutch people sure are tall!

Oh, they are indeed very big LOL. I don't know if that's something typically Dutch. Tea with a stroopwafel or other waffle on top. But that's how I always serve stroopwafels myself. 🙂

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9 hours ago, Cinnamon Mistwood said:

Went to check out Canal City ysterday. @archangel969 did a great job!

Waiting impatiently for hot tea and stroopwafels.  These Dutch people sure are tall!

Enjoying the view of the canals and windmill

@Bagnu joined me for some sightseeing

Honoured with your vistit! Great pics and I hope you had a good time.

You just can't take everything from RL to SL if you make a kind of canal city, you have to choose. So I chose elements like the canals on two levels with wharf cellars, the canal houses with the specific facades ( by Uri Emerland of Steam & Mechanics) and a brewery, a market and a mill. They always say of Amsterdam that it is both a metropolis and a village because of its relatively small scale, but also its cosiness. That feeling: being in a city but at the same time the charm of a small village is what I wanted to portray.

And the desk in the mayor's room is by Dutchie, her animations are always great. I can totally recommend this one, you also have an adult version of course :-).

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A quiet afternoon on the canal at the wharf. Bloemengracht (Flower canal)

 

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42 minutes ago, Orwar said:

   Yep. It's meant to just show off the ambiance. The flashing light is from the lightning outside.

 

2 hours ago, Orwar said:

   Ooh, embedded Flickr videos now work? Neat.

Love this! Really atmospeheric.

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17 hours ago, archangel969 said:

The Netherlands' official entry for the Eurovision Song Contest: Joost Klein with Europapa. It does make me happy (well it's happy hardcore anyway).

 

What I love about this song is that it's not only addictively catchy and brings a big smile to your face, but it also has a deep message about coping with the loss of your parents. Joost Klein said in a TV show that the fire at the end of the video symbolises leaving the pain behind of losing his parents.

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23 minutes ago, Cinnamon Mistwood said:

I LOVE this song!  Thanks for sharing. It's been added to my playlist, but what the hell did I just watch?  I might have to look up the  meaning of the video, because I don't get it.  😄

Oh I love this band since 1989 when they were founded! I have no idea either, what the hell this was about  but my advice with this kind of surrealism is always to use your own imagination and be guided less by reason :-). At a painting course, a teacher once said - and I have never forgotten it: when you see/hear something for the first time, switch off your mind and judgement and experience it, live it.

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I am going to see this amazing accordionist live soon at the Bach Weeks in Lochem, east of the Netherlands. In his case, that means: J.S. Bach on the accordion!

 

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Another great (and recent) one from the Belgian band dEUS: How To Replace It

 

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And last Belgian band for now: Dez Mona live with Does it make you happy?

 

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And more Belgian: dEUS with Quatre main!

 

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Music from Belgian bands from the 80s are also great, the have a specific sound, different from the Netherlands. This is Oh La La La c'est Magnifique from TC Matic, the singer Arno Hintjens is sadly no longer among us.

 

 

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And (also Dutch) nostalgia from The George Baker Selection with Litlle Green Bag from 1970! The song later became famous as intro music from the movie Reservoir Dogs.

 

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The Netherlands' official entry for the Eurovision Song Contest: Joost Klein with Europapa. It does make me happy (well it's happy hardcore anyway).

 

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Canal city, City hall.

 

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54 minutes ago, archangel969 said:

And now Canal city is also in the destination guide (and editors picks). Very happy! It was a lot of work but it is so rewarding. I feel definately at home as I walk along the streets and alongside the canal.

https://secondlife.com/destination/canal-city

My home at SL ANd in RL now 🙂

 

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And now Canal city is also in the destination guide (and editors picks). Very happy! It was a lot of work but it is so rewarding. I feel definately at home as I walk along the streets and alongside the canal.

https://secondlife.com/destination/canal-city

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FINALLY ready!

Now in Second life: the long-awaited urban version of Dutch estate. What does that look like? Come and find out! Walk along the wharfs, visit the old Amstel Mill, the brewery, the Dutch market, the cheese shop and much more. Taste the city atmosphere with village cosiness as you can only find in Amsterdam, Utrecht or... Canal city!