 | 'Every day we play the Champions League here'Activin Wine Group, Bert de Boer's versatile family business, is always looking to the future. Since a few months, for example, it has been possible to use VR glasses at Albert Heijn or during a dinner at its own restaurant Hofstede Meerzigt in Zoetermeer to take a journey... Read more |
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 | Sleeping under Mondrian and MichelangeloThe penultimate facelift dates from 2012 and yet entrepreneur Emile Gassler already thought it was time to give his own Boutique Hotel Corona on the Buitenhof a whole new atmosphere. The reason is the expansion from 36 to a whopping 72 rooms. "Quite an operation... Read more |
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 | 'Our new project will be five times bigger than now'The cocktail shaker rattles on. It is Friday afternoon and restaurant Encore by Simonis is slowly filling up. Two gentlemen at the bar wait for their eldorado negroni. Further along, a group of guests are being served sushi and tempura. "Mmm, this spicy tuna maki is really tasty," says someone.... Read more |
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 | 'With us, every piece of jewellery is unique'Those who, when they hear the word goldsmith, picture an old man in a dusty coat will have to revise their opinion. Nowadays, it is precisely (young) women who have trained as goldsmiths, mostly at the Schoonhoven Craft School. Take Iris Camp (1987), owner of Atelier... Read more |
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 | This designer couple lives in their own concept storeNo, we really haven't had anything to drink, and yet at the top of the stairs of Studio van 't Wout, interior architects, we see a pink elephant. The little wooden artwork is part of Arie and Saskia Alderliesten's concept store as well as their home. Panorama Mesdag The showroom/store... Read more |
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 | Eating fries in the morning? Here it isE lf hours in the morning at Teds. The back two tables in Frederikstaat 32 are getting increasingly full. With a 'Piscine de Prosecco' in her hand, Sanne Huisman (37) watches the goodies coming out of the kitchen from the comfortable blue sofa. "Let's see, what... Read more |
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 | 'Urban omnivores' of interest to MauritshuisReopened in 2014, the Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, as the top museum in The Hague is officially called, is familiar to everyone, you might say. Every year, the institute on the Hofvijver attracts an average of 450,000 visitors. Much more can't even be achieved, as half a million is the critical limit. "If you come... Read more |
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 | Sleeping in Kasteel de Wittenburg, a dream in Wassenaar greeneryWe lucky visitors got to spend a night at Kasteel de Wittenburg in posh Wassenaar. This neorenaissance monument was owned around 1900 by jonkheer Helenus Marinus Speelman, who had the castle built on a green estate with impressive vapour chambers and distinctive stepped gables. After you climb the staircase... Read more |
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 | Reuring in romantic WassenaarSince taking office in 2012, Kasteel de Wittenburg's director Ralf Meppelder has been focusing mainly on large, one-day events. Now is not a good time, but normally many people know how to find the estate, hidden behind the Wassenaar woods. Like the Rabobank, which organised a high... Read more |
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