![Two fishermen on a boat in an Amsterdam canal looking up](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-eelfisherman-1664x936-q30.jpg?x48679)
A Frisian Eel Fisherman in Amsterdam
On a cold day in January 2020 I was invited to come along on a boat ride with Bas Oosterbaan and his fellow skipper Gerben Brouwer. Despite the dreary…
![House Bartolotti, Amsterdam, front view with two chimneys](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-bartolotti-1664x936-q20.jpg?x48679)
Bartolotti House
Completed in 1620, the Bartolotti House was one of the largest merchant’s houses in the city, with a richly decorated and slightly curved facade (which…
![Hajenius Cigar Store, Amsterdam, front view](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-hajenius-1664x936-q30.jpg?x48679)
Hajenius Cigars on the Rokin
P.G.C. Hajenius Cigars, located on the Rokin 82–96, is a Dutch cigar brand, now owned by Scandinavian Tobacco Group. Started in 1826 as a cigar store…
![Close-up of rose-ringed paraqueet](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-green-invaders-1664x936-q20.jpg?x48679)
The Green Invaders
No, I'm not talking about Martians, but about the rose-ringed parakeet, a medium-sized parrot 40 cm (16 in) in length (including the long tail feathers).…