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Every second week of September is the Open Monument weekend in the Netherlands. In 2011 I have chosen Rotterdam to explore. First to Van Nelle Ontwerpfabriek, a former factory of tea, coffee and tobacco. Second, to Llyodkwartier or haven area of Rotterdam. Llyodkwartier is an amazing renewal project from the point of number of buildings, variations and approaches. It is too much to absorb in one

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Belitung terkenal karena timahnya. Pada zaman Hindia-Belanda, tepatnya sejak 1860 didirikan NV Billiton Maatschappij, untuk mengeksplorasi timah dan hasilnya diekspor ke Belanda. Di kota yang bernama Arnhem, Belanda, timah itu diolah dan diekspor ke berbagai negara. Produksi timah dari pabrik pengolahan yang bernama Hollandsche Metallurgische Bedrijven tersebut (lebih populer disebut "Billiton"

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Enkhuizen is an old port city in North Holland which was used to be based for the Dutch Indies Trading Company (VOC). More info on the city : www.vvvenkhuizen.nl (they have English version, too). But what I like when I visit a place is the street furniture. Here I took some pictures from Enkhuizen.

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Menyambung diskusi tentang ruh bangunan bersejarah dengan menghidupkan berbagai aktivitas, prinsip yang sama juga berlaku untuk revitalisasi obyek-obyek bersejarah lain. Bangunan atau bentuk fisik lain semata-mata adalah wadah. Yang kita ingin perkenalkan pada masyarakat adalah nilai-nilai sejarahnya. Caranya? Dengan melakukan aktivitas, bisa berupa simulasi aktivitas pada masa lalu atau

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As an Indonesian who lives in the Netherlands, sometimes I am amazed how much related these two countries until now. I can find a glimpse of it very often and everywhere like this poster in Utrecht. It is summarized as "Inspiring Indonesia..an exhibition of paintings and painted porceleins in Zeist by two Dutch artists."

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When foreigners come to the Netherlands for the first time, they want to see icons of the country. Famous icons like,Windmills.....Clogs and how to make them by a Dutch young boy in a traditional custom.... ....or a Dutch girl with a touch of traditionality.......When millions of people want to do it then this need should be accomodated in an organized way. The Dutch know how to this. They lead

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This summer the sun doesn't come too often to the Netherlands, we have a lot of rainy and grey days. But luckily the Netherlands is a country with the highest density of museums. So it is perfect to visit museums on a rainy day. One of the most interesting museum for me is the Gevangenismuseum or the Prison Museum in Veenhuizen.On 18 May 1975 the first Prison Museum in Veenhuizen was open and

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Pelestarian bangunan bersejarah di Indonesia identik dengan dana yang besar. Akibatnya, sedikit sekali bangunan bersejarah yang dilestarikan. Pertanyaannya apakah pelestarian memang selalu harus dimulai dengan perbaikan fisik yang memakan dana relatif besar? Jawabannya adalah tidak selalu harus demikian.Perbaikan fisik pada tahap awal perlu dilakukan sebatas keamanan dan kenyamanan untuk

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Amsterdam Southeast has metro service which has been in operation for about 30 years. The metro is rather old, but not only that. Graffiti is one of big problem. It makes the metro looks dirty. Cleaners have to work hard from time to time to clean up the graffiti. The new metro is said to come soon but before it comes there must be a solution to refresh the old metro and to combat the

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I visited Iran as a tourist about 15 years ago, mainly interested in seeing with my own eyes the result of Islamic Revolution after ten years declared. One scene I saw in Teheran then, was a small boy who was crying of happiness when he got a cassette of Michael Jackson. I thought, what was the big deal with a cassette of Michael Jackson? After I wachted a film during the Iran Film Festival in

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Sabtu, 5 Juni lalu, saya ikut jalan-jalan ke Apeldoorn dan sekitarnya bersama organisasi pecinta pusaka di Belanda bernama Heemschut. Naik bus antik peninggalan Perang Dunia Kedua. Salahsatu obyek kunjungan adalah Radio Kootwijk, stasiun pemancar yang untuk pertamakalinya menghubungkan Belanda (Kootwijk) dan Hindia-Belanda (Bandung).Sapaan "Hallo Bandoeng..." sangat terkenal di Belanda sampai

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Kita bisa berkomentar bahwa kontur tanah di Belanda memang datar jadi enak bersepeda, tetapi angin dan cuaca yang tidak menentu juga tidak menyiutkan nyali orang Belanda untuk bersepeda. Hujan, salju dan badai terus saja mengayuh sepeda. Ke kantor, ke pasar, sendirian atau membawa anak-anak pun dilakukan dengan bersepeda. Strata sosial dan ekonomi tidak signifikan lagi kalau soal bersepeda.

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Begitu dong, kalau mau membangun hotel modern tidak usah selalu menghancurkan bangunan bersejarah. Ini contoh bagus di Amsterdam, bekas rumah sakit yang dibangun tahun 1891 sekarang direnovasi untuk menjadi hotel bebrintang empat dengan 120 kamar, restoran dan kafe. Fungsi bangunan ini sudah berubah beberapa kali dan terakhir kali menjadi kantor Pemerintah Kota Amsterdam Wilayah Timur.

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When I visited the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam, I needed to wash my hand and I found this cute ceramic on the toilet. Just one ceramic next to the door. The text means "A Nice museum." What a touch.

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Universitas Amsterdam berpartisipasi dalam perayaan 150 Tahun Max Havelaar dengan menggelar pameran berjudul : "Ini Bukan Roman, Tetapi Sebuah Tuntutan!" Kesan tentang daerah Lebak, Banten, yang disimbolkan dengan kerbau, kostum bupati dan dapur tradisional.Pemutaran film "Saidjah dan Adinda"Saidjah dan Adinda merupakan jendela kisah Max Havelaar, tentang sejarah percintaan dua sejoli pribumi.

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Sekitar 150 tahun yang lalu buku Max Havelaar terbit (tahun 1859). Buku yang menurut Pramoedya Ananta Toer berperan mengakhiri kolonialisme Belanda di Indonesia. Tahun ini Belanda seperti mengalami "demam Max Havelaar" : sejak awal tahun hingga akhir tahun berbagai acara diselenggarakan seputar Max Havelaar dan penulisnya Eduard Dowes Dekker alias Multatuli. Cukup mengesankan melihat daftar acara

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I do hope that museums in Indonesia will actively participate in International Museum Day, 18 May 2010. Especially because the theme this year inspired by the Eastern cultures : social harmony. The ICOM, organizer, put it beautifully about the social harmony, "to agree but to stand out, to look for common ground but to keep the difference." This is the link to the International Museum Day. It

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Lawang Sewu is one of the most beautiful historical building in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. It is belongs to the Indonesian Railway Company. Unfortunately appreciation of some people to historical buildings so far limited to a belief that spirits live in these buildings and they do activities to explore this mistical aspects. The owner has to specifically put a sign for public not to allow

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On the third week of January 2010 finally our pilot project of heritage education in Yogyakarta came to an end. We organized an exhibition of the achievements of the participated schools, hosted by Karta Pustaka, the Dutch Cultural Centre in the city. It was a joyful evening with a lot of children around, playing traditional music and games and fantastic illustrations of the exhibition. We have

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For our heritage education pilot program, I visited Yogyakarta regularly in the last two years. I always stayed in the unique accomodation "Hotel Mustokoweni". It is an oase in the middle of Yogya that starts to be hectic and noisy. It feels also almost like a home to stay here, in an old house which usually owned by grandparents.

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Finally I can be proud to see that people in Yogyakarta and Jakarta start to campaign about bicycles. It is still in the beginning and not massal yet but it is getting there. Any good initiative should be appreciated.These are bicycles in Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. It is not clear for me for whom since they are only few. My eyes caught an interesting advertising though that these

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Inilah suasana Tropen Museum pada hari Minggu sore, 17 Januari 2010. Ramai dengan anak-anak yang bermain, menyalurkan kreativitas melalui workshop, orang dewasa yang mempelajari kebudayaan dari berbagai negara dan apapun yang ditawarkan museum ini. Di Amsterdam ada dua mall yang buka pada hari Minggu dan ramai dikunjungi orang, tetapi museum juga buka dan sama ramainya dengan mall-mall itu.

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On Sunday, 17 January, I joined a tour inside the Royal Tropical Institute (or KIT) in Amsterdam. I have been here many times and saw the name of Tjong A Fie and the Deli Maatschappij whom I am familiar with on the wall. They are with many others donated some money to build this building. Knowing that Tjong A Fie and the Deli Maatschappij played important roles in the history of Medan, North

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Manneken Pis (Dutch for little man urinating), also known in French as the petit Julien, is a famous Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. It was designed by Jerome Duquesnoy and put in place in 1618 or 1619.Again, an example how to promote biking in the city centre. When does Jakarta follow this initiative?

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Sebagai orang Indonesia, melihat patung Jan-Pieterszoon Coen di kota kelahirannya, Hoorn, Belanda bagian utara, mau tidak mau jadi ingat pelajaran sejarah Hindia-Belanda. Oh jadi ini wajah sang gubernur jenderal yang dikenal oleh semua anak sekolah dasar di Indonesia itu. Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587-1629) lahir di Hoorn, Gubernur Jenderal VOC dan pendiri Batavia yang sekarang bernama Jakarta.

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Cosmopolitan Chicken Project is the work of Belgian artist, Koen Vanmechelen. This art work takes place in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam. He wants to develop a super-hybrid chicken. Enjoy....

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The Principal 2009 Prince Claus Award goes to Simón Vélez, an architect from Colombia who promotes bamboo through his works. On Wednesday he received the Award from Prince Constantijn, one of the son of Prince Claus and Queen Beatrix, in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam. Simón Vélez has been doing an amazing works with bamboo and it doesn't look like "the wood for the poor" anymore in his

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Most people don't want to miss this famous "fritkot" (French fries) when they visit Antwerpen in Belgium.Don't mind with a long queue in winter. .Or for famous pastries with the famous Belgian chocolates.....And don't miss the Belgian wafels, fresh from oven.Public telephone as street furniture. Stylish designed. They didn't forget to give a credit to the designers.Not everything old and grey in

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Saturday, 14 November, on a sunny afternoon and I am still in love with the Chocolate Festival. After attending the opening ceremony in the Amsterdam' s harbour a week before, now I am joining the Choca Tour organized by the Centre Library of Amsterdam. The guide started with showing a cacao bean. It is something I take for granted because in Indonesia I saw it often, but not for the Dutch

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I love chocolate. I love heritage. And Amsterdam offers the two of them between 7-22 November during the Chocolate Festival! Looking at the programs I learned that a chocolate festival is much more than simply eating chocolates. They organise a bicycle tour and a walk to trace a history of chocolate in Holland. They display an exhibition about Chocolate Expedition of van Houten whom I am sure

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A beauty that I saw this week : a lamp in the former office of the Dutch Trading Company, a succesor of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The Building itself called "De Bazel" and it is worth visiting when you are in Amsterdam.

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The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was the Dutch trading company in the past who brought a lot of wealth to Holland. The admirals of VOC sailed to far away destinations with ships. Two of them were "the Batavia" and "the 17 Provinces." Lelystad has built the replica of the Batavia completely and open it for public since 1995. The complex for these ships called "Bataviawerf."The Batavia ship was

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Factory outlets became a trademark of Bandung in West Java, Indonesia. My home town Bandung has an acute traffic problem every weekend due to factory outlet tourism. People is starving of branded products, left-over exported quality products. Bandung has begun its factory outlet tourism years ago and it becomes a mecca for shoppers in Indonesia. In the Netherlands factory outlet -in my opinion-

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Building of the childcare de Boomspijker in area of Nieuwemarkt Amsterdam. I came here for a presentation about nomination of Amsterdam as the UNESCO World Heritage City. This nomination is an interesting story and hopefully next year we will hear the decision. But this time I just wanted to share my impressions about the glass windows of the building. Colourful, beautiful and well maintained.

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Taking a walk during a Saturday afternoon in 's-Graveland, North Holland, my eyes catched the wooden chairs along the way. They were so inviting.....This area is managed by Natuurmonumenten (Natural Heritage) organisation in the Netherlands. They do amazing works.

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These days the city centre of Amsterdam is full with art elephants. In different positions and different colours. They are beautiful and attract attentions due to their sizes. I got off from my bike to read what this is all about. They are all Asian elephants! I remember my days in Lampung, Sumatra, when I drove my car and saw wild elephants from distance. My only hope was that the locals would

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On the way to the office this morning, radio Nederland 2 played "New York New York." The Dutch is proud to tell the history of Captain Henry Hudson who found a place in 1609 that became New York now. It means exactly 400 years ago. New York is used to be called New Amsterdam.Today, 8 September, the commemoration takes place in New York. The Empire State Building is decorated orange (the Dutch

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Weesp, a city with about 17,5 thousands population is a cute place for me. Everything is in human scale here, intimate and friendly. Having a lot of canals with bridges and floodgates, they know how to promote their city using these characters. Every year they organise "Sluis en Bruggenfeest" or literally translated as "Floodgate and Bridge Party." Here are some images from the party in 2009.

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This "Beeld en Geluid Instituut" (The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision) looks after, and releases, 70 per cent of the Dutch audio-visual heritage. In total, around 700,000 hours of television, radio, music and film, making Sound and Vision one of the largest audio-visual archives in Europe. But the institute is more than just a collection. Sound and Vision is the business archive of the

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Yerseke, in Province Zeeland, at the border of Netherlands with Belgium, is famous with its mussel and oyster farms. The village with about six thousand inhabitants organizes A Mussel Day in August every year. People comes from far away to taste their mussels and oysters. This kind of farming is also the main industry in this place. We had to drive for hours to get there but when a plate of

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After biking around Kinderdijk on the sunny hot day yesterday, I went to Rotterdam to spend my afternoon. I parked my car in the area called Museumkwartier, it means an area for museums. I share some pictures here. Next to my car, I saw this restauration project : Here is the restauration of foundation of the State Monument Arminius. I always feel good to see this kind of sign, it means positive

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Well, it is summer, sunny and the temperature even reached 29 degree Celcius! On this hot day yesterday, 19 August, I decided to bike around Kinderdijk, one of the World Heritage Site in the Netherlands, close to Rotterdam.I quoted from the link above the information :19 Windmills CombinedThe mill network at Kinderdijk dates from the middle of the 18th century and basically comprises two rows of

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Beginilah kalau orang-orang Indonesia di Belanda merayakan Pesta Kemerdekaan RI yang ke 64, di Sekolah Indonesia di Wassenaar, 15 Agustus 2009. Dijamin puas dengan berbagai makanan Indonesia, hiburan musik (dangdut paling popoler!) dan boleh joget sepuasnya. Cuaca cerah sekali dan buat ukuran Belanda cuaca yang cerah termasuk rezeki yang patut disyukuri.

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I visited "Pasar Perron" in the Train Museum Utrecht last Friday. Pasar Perron is an annual event in the museum in August. All programs and food are about Indonesia or even more precise : the Netherlands Indie. If I smell the food, see the durian, the becak, listening the music on the stage, looking around the batik stalls plus enjoying the exhibition about old trains and stations in Indonesia, I

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One of the biggest man-made structure in the world is Delta Project in Province Zeeland, the Netherlands. The ambition was to manage the sea water to keep some part of the country dry and liveable after the flood disaster in 1953. The red lines are the Delta Project NAP is Normaal Amsterdams Peil, that means average water level of the North Sea. In 1953 it exceeded the normal level and about

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I am aware about foreign assistances for developing countries including Indonesia. And I am aware it is very complicated to conduct such a gigantic mission. But it doesn't justify inefficiency of the assistance. When I read the works of Greg Mortenson in Pakistan and Afghanistan through the book "Three Cups of Tea" I agreed with his approaches of assisting the locals. I said to myself, that

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One of my favourite street furniture is signage or anything that related to words and design. I found them always interesting to see; how people convey a message in a nice way, short and precise. Challenging. I share here pictures that I have taken from my last trip to Harmburg, Oslo, Stockholm and Goteborg.

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The idea of ecomuseum is relatively not popular in Indonesia although the country has a lot of potential to create many of it. I have visited few of them and one situation that I found is that all these museums need more activities for visitors. It is not only the case of Indonesia, when I visited an ecomuseum in Sweden, the same case occured. It is run by volunteers and they can only afford

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I envy the city centre that has public bicycles for rent. When will Jakarta do the same? Or maybe culturally impossible? Or probably the weather doesn't permit? I personally think nothing is impossible as long as the local government wants it. I have just visited three big cities : Hamburg, Oslo and Stockholm. All of them have public bikes facilities. Will these bikes survive in the middle of

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Many people in Holland has a habit on Sunday afternoon. They take a walk and then go to a pannekoek or poffertjes houses. Both of them are traditional Dutch snacks made from flour, egg, milk and a bit of salt. You can eat them with almost anything as many fantasies as you have, or simply with sugar powder. Last Sunday I skipped the walk part, just went directly to the poffertjes place in Laren.

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I like Vinkeveen because it is surrounded by water : lakes and canals. Everywhere you go you see water. Not only water but beautiful water surroundings. This week they organize the summer party for community which basically a traditional market and a party fo children. What amazed me is that the local government works hard to market Vinkeveen during the summer. They publish a brochure which

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People in Vinkeveen, Province of Utrecht, knew how to enjoy the sunny day. They gave everyone 24 hours to create their own boats on Saturday, 4 July, and the next day they had to prove that their boats were not only beautiful but also strong enough for eight people. People, with bikinis, with shorts and anything in between, tried to cheer the participants. Or they sail themselves.

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An area called "de Betuwe" in Holland is famous of their fruits. Many farmers open their farms for public, including the one that we visited last Saturday, 4 July. It was a perfect program for the whole family members : close to nature, educative, delicious food, cozy atmosphere and gorgeous sunny day. You may harvest the strawberry and raspberry as much as you want. All about cheeries!Children

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Di Belanda, "Babboe" atau Babu bukan istilah kasar dan tabu. Para orangtua yang mempunyai anak lebih dari satu dengan bangga menggunakan istilah babu untuk sepeda mereka. Sepeda model lain yang juga cukup untuk membawa lebih dari satu anak, tapi yang ini namanya "Bakfiets"

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Dimuat di Warta Kota, 1 Juli 2009Jakarta berulang tahun jadi layak mendapat kado. Kadonya adalah informasi bagaimana agar Jakarta mempunyai ”paru-paru” yang memadai dan sehat. Jika ”paru-paru” Jakarta sehat maka akan sehat pula penduduk Jakarta.”Paru-paru” Jakarta adalah kawasan hijau yang menurut Undang-undang no. 26 tahun 2007 minimal 13,9 persen dari luas kota. Persentase itu sudah jauh

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One of my concern and also obsession for city development in Indonesia is to create a children friendly city. A city where children can play outside for free. A city with public places which are safe, green and accomodative to children's needs. This should become a policy for city development. We all talk about sustainable city and environment, and a children friendly city should be included. If

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I have a lot of sympathy for my fellow Indonesians in several cities like Jakarta and Yogyakarta who try to promote "Bike to Work." It must be hard to bike in a city of 12 million people like Jakarta, where no bike infrastructure at all. I have experienced it in Medan and decided not to put myself in danger.But in Holland, between spring and fall, if the weather permits, I bike in the evening

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Most of us know how sweet ice cream is. But there is a community who never ever taste the sweet of ice cream. That is community in Rwanda. "If people never know about ice cream while they produce milk, then life has never been sweet, either, to them, " said Odile Gakire Katese, from National University of Rwanda, who shared her experiences in Cafe Curiosity, Amsterdam, 25 June. She delivered a

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Nonton pertunjukan wayang Ki Enthus Susmono di Tropen Museum, 20 Juni. Acaranya dimulai tepat waktu, hadirinnya tertib dan tidak riuh rendah, harga karcisnya lumayan.Ketika Ki Enthus mulai bercerita tentang petualangan Bima di Kerajaan Hastina, rasanya seperti sedang berada di Jawa Tengah saja. Gamelannya dinamis, kisah wayangnya banyak improvisasi, tidak banyak kesempatan untuk mengantuk. Tapi

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If you are a tourist in Amsterdam, try to find one of the green area in the suburb of the city. Vondelpark is right in the middle of the city, but Amsterdam has many larger parks at its edges. One of them is called Amsterdamse Bos, means Forest of Amsterdam.This park is about one thousand hectares and built by about 50 thousand workers as part of government effort to solve economic crisis in 1930

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Globalization brings comfort of possibility to enjoy various fruits of any seasons anytime but the best local fruits still have to wait according to the natural cycles. For summer, red fruits like cherries, strawberries and raspberries are at their best tastes in Holland : not only sweet but also stunningly beautiful.(photo : http://www.dehoenderik-tricht.nl)(photo: www.50plusser.nl)I usually try

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Salahsatu berita hangat yang hampir setiap hari muncul di media massa di Belanda saat ini adalah tentang Museum Sejarah Nasional.(sumber foto : http://www.mecanoo.com/)Dua politikus dari Partai Sosialis dan dan Partai Kristen Demokrat pada tahun 2006 menulis sebuah pledoi tentang pentingnya sejarah bagi sebuah bangsa. Mereka mengusulkan dibangunnya Museum Sejarah Nasional yang mempromosikan

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Welcome in Strasbourg...... When the sun shines, terraces are the best places.Beautiful signs everywhere. Better than huge billboards.Once a while having cookies, sweets and chocolates is not a sin, isn't it?Public parks and open spaces are important in every city in every scale. They contribute to social life of the community. I miss this kind of public space in big cities Indonesia.Strasbourg

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About 30 fellows of Salzburg Global Seminar met in Chateau Klingental, France, 12-14 June 2009, to discuss "Preventing Genocide and Mass Violence : What can be learned from history?We talked a lot about Holocaust, Rwanda, Bosnia, Cambodia, Sudan, East Timor, Afghanistan and many more, which showed how cruel human being could be. It was scary to think that even until today mass violence still

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On 6 June I joined my friend, Hiroko, to the Japan International School in Amsterdam, to see a sport competition day for Japanese elementary school children in the Netherlands. There were about six hundred students participated in different kind of games. First of all, I was amazed that so many Japanese children in the Netherlands. I was told that before the economic crisis there were even

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Every year my family go to Texel four or five times. Every time I went to this island in the north of Holland, I always wondered if there is something new I could see or did. If all you have is a relatively small island, you have to be smart to promote it to keep the tourists coming the whole year around since tourism is important source of income. What does Texel say to the tourists? You get the

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We went to Tong Tong Fair (Pasar Malam Besar) in the Hague last week and Harm was excited to see this traditional toy from Indonesia. He has bought it and played with it with excitement and amusement. He said it was so wonderful that the Indonesian are able to create this kind of simple technical invention as toys. It produces sounds of bombardement and the machine was generated by the fire

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On Sunday, 24 May, I have joined a bike tour organized by the Architecture Centre of Utrecht, Aorta. This tour was supposed to introduce an urban development of an area called Leidsche Rhijn around Utrecht. This area is famous as a remain of Romans archeological site but also functioned as a satelite city of Utrecht.The tour started at 2pm around the Utrecht Central Station led by an architect.

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Dimuat di Warta Kota, 20 Mei 2009Jika saya anggota DPR atau pejabat pemerintah di Indonesia, biasanya saya mendapat jatah untuk studi banding ke luar negeri. Anggaplah saya studi banding ke Paris di Prancis, maka inilah kesan-kesan yang akan saya laporkan. Siapa tahu walikota atau gubernur di tempat saya tinggal mendapatkan inspirasi. Bukan luar negeri minded lho, habis jatahnya studi banding ke

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Perpaduan antara bangunan lama dan baru selalu menarik perhatian saya karena saya percaya pelestarian pusaka (heritage conservation) haruslah aktual dan menjawab kebutuhan zaman. Jadi tidak semata-mata dan sama sekali bukan untuk nostalgia. Jika memang niat ada banyak cara untuk mempertahankan bangunan lama dan mengkombinasikannya dengan bangunan baru. Dengan cara ini pelestarian pusaka dan

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Pada suatu pagi yang cerah minggu lalu saya bersepeda melewati Jembatan Berlage di Amsterdam. Kebetulan jembatannya sedang terbuka memberi jalan bagi kapal yang akan lewat. Mungkin kombinasi antara sinar matahari, sungai Amstel dan promenade sepanjang sungai yang bersih dan menyenangkan membuat Jembatan Berlage tampak cantik di mata saya. Walaupun usianya sudah 67 tahun (diresmikan tahun 1932)

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I tried to visit the World Heritage Sites as many as possible. But sometimes I forget to take a look the sites in my neighbourhood. I have found out that the Netherlands has seven world heritage sites, six are in the country and one is in Curacao, South America. So I decided that I will visit at least the six sites from now on. The first site I have visited last Saturday (16 May) was de

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With over 170 different nationalities and a 45% ethnic minority, the population of Amsterdam is one of the most diverse in Europe. It is a picture also of other big cities in the Netherlands. In a more personal perspective I could give you a tiny example of a dinner I have attended on 10 May. It was a dinner in a friend's house and all attendees cooked something specific from their origin

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Saturday and Sunday, 9-10 May 2009 were the Windmill Days in the Netherlands. I was always enthusiast about windmills. Somewhow it offers me a feeling about tratidion, history and something typical Dutch. My family and I biked to Abcoude to the first windmill but it was closed due to restoration. Then we went to Weesp and visited one of the windmill in Utrechtsestraat. The windmill is called "De

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Between 19-25 April I accompanied 6 colleagues from Yogyakarta and Jakarta on their visit to the Netherlands related to the heritage education pilot project sponsored by the the Dutch Government. We visited a lot of institutions and one impressed me : ANNO. ANNO is located in the Hague and this organization has task to promote history of Netherlands to public and education institutions. To give a

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Warta Kota, 27 Maret 2009 Bangunan berusia minimal 50 tahun yang mempunyai kekhususan dari segi arsitektural dan menjadi bagian dari memori kolektif masyarakat layak disebut sebagai bangunan bersejarah. Indonesia mempunyai banyak sekali bangunan bersejarah yang sifatnya tradisional maupun kolonial. Untuk melestarikan bangunan bersejarah, selain peremajaan secara fisik juga perlu adanya fungsi

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Warta Kota, 30 April 2009 Salahsatu aspek penting dalam pelestarian pusaka adalah pengelolaan lalulintas khususnya di kawasan bersejarah di pusat kota. Lalu lintas harus dibatasi seminimal mungkin untuk mengurangi dampaknya terhadap bangunan bersejarah sekaligus menciptakan kenyamanan bagi para pengunjung. Lalu lintas menciptakan polusi suara dan polusi udara; serta merusak fungsi sosial dan

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The Netherlands has a superb bicycle infrastructure. Almost the whole country is connected with bicycle paths. The bikers are treated with dignity and equal rights. Inside and outside city centres are possible to be explored by bicycle. In short, I do appreciate prioritization and promotion of bicycle in the Netherlands. From any point of views, it so easy to see how logic to use bicycle for

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The birds are apparently very happy in the spring. They sing beautifully the whole day. I could hear their songs from my bedroom, my guest room, my balcony and everywhere I bike in the early evening. It is beyond words when I was awaken every morning by the bird's songs. Sometimes I could catch a glimpse of them, beautiful green, red, yellow, blue, brown and gray. For me the birds are magic!It is

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That "Incredible India" is the marketing jargon of the Indian Tourism Board. And I agree about it. I learned about India from Kampung Madras, Medan, North Sumatra, India. Kampung Madras is an Indian enclave with market, restaurants, textile shops, Indian herb shops and temples. People from North and South of India have migrated here during the Dutch periods to work in plantations because the

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If a foreign tourist comes to Amsterdam, he/she might thinks how well conserved Amsterdam is. A lot of old buildings everywhere. But I found out that actually Amsterdam is not an exception from any other cities in the world who struggles to preserve its historical buildings. The battle happens here, too.The Friends of City Centre Amsterdam (in Dutch is VVAB) is nowadays struggling to avoid

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Once a while I joined a conference, like I did last week, two days conference in Mechelen, Belgium, to get back to the heritage habitat and got recharged. Especially the habitat of volunteers who talked about role of civil society in the field of heritage. I have to say this is the first time I mingled with heritage non-government organisation group in Europe. I remembered how exciting the

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On Monday, 23 March, as part of a conference, I joined a night tour in Mechelen, Belgium, to see artworks using lights from neon to LED. These artworks give a new dimension to places where history has left its marks: streets, squares and gardens. I myself felt entertained by these artworks; it was nice to know that artists could be very imaginative and creative. As the guide said the idea of

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Despite the sunshine, colourful flowers and lovely spring atmosphere, I am curious about burnout. What is burnout? Why can someone get a burnout?I have never known the term burnout before I came to Holland. I learn it here and notice that quite a number of people in my surroundings claimed to have it. In Holland if someone has a job and get a burnout leave which could happens for months, this

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I have never enjoyed the sunshine as much as in the four seasons country, especially after the chilled winter months! And on top of that, flowers are everywhere...Enjoy!

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Harm, his friend Roel and I are following news lately about the re-use of the ex-Immigration Office in Teuku Umar Street, Jakarta. The Dutch called it Kunstkring Gebouw built in 1913. Kunstkring means network of art. It used to be a building for art and artists in Batavia. After the Independence, it had various functions before it ended up as the administration building for the Immigration office

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This fact is new to me : Netherlands has the highest museum density in the world, about one thousands. Yes, 1000 museums in a country with about 16, 5 million populations. I realized there are a lot of museums in this country but I didn't think that many and the most in the world. Wow.I have to say that every year I was impressed with the number of people who joined the "Museum Nacht" (Museum

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One of the benefit of having foreign guests is a reason to visit touristic areas. One of them is Volendam, in the north part of Netherlands. This fishing village is hillariously famous for tourist and no visit to Holland is completed without Volendam. And that is exactly the reason why many locals avoid this place : crowded with tourists. Once a while I let myself to be a tourist in Holland, like

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A friend of mine in Canada has suggested me to read "Three Cups of Tea" and I put it in my reading list. But then a serendipity happened when one of my colleague in the office one day brought me several books and the "Three Cups of Tea" was amongst them! I was caught by the story of Greg Mortenson, an American who build schools in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan since mid 1990's. You

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Our regular family holiday destination is Texel, an island in the north part of the Netherlands, about 1,5 hours driving from Amsterdam. We have to take a 15 minutes boat trip at the end of the journey which create a sense of holiday despite the fact that it is relatively short distance.Texel is "only" about 16 thousands hectares with 13 thousands people. What makes it special is its traditional

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Journalists are important partners for heritage activists. Journalists and their media play an important role in setting an agenda in local and national issues. Lately, the Trowulan case appeared to the surface -more or less- was also part of the media's work. When I was in Medan, I had relatively friendly relationships with some journalists. Some of them were genuine in their interest and

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Club of Amsterdam Journal on their February edition presented an interesting topic for me : creative economy. The latest research about this topic was conducted by no less than five UN bodies : UNCTAD, UNDP UNESCO, WIPO and the International Trade Centre (ITC). It must be very important. The Club itself is an independent, international think-tank that organizes regular high-level discussions on

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I have learned about preservation efforts of the information technology yesterday during a conference "Nu voor Later!" (Now for Later!) in the Reinwardt Academy, Amsterdam, organized by Erfgoed Nederland.I have listened to a presentation about the Swedish IT-history: a Cooperation between Museum, University and Society by Peter Du Rietz, National Museum of Science and Technology (Tekniska museet)

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When I arrived in Holland in 2005 I looked for local heritage organizations. I found many but I have chosen to be a member of an organization where I live, De Vereniging Vrienden van de Amsterdamse Binnenstad or Foundation of Friends of Amsterdam City Centre. It is a non-profit organization which was established in 1975 and run by volunteers. Sounds familiar to me. My obligation is only paying an

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Last Sunday I went to a special cinema, Het Ketel Huis in a complex called Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam West. For a long time I paid attention to this industrial heritage because of its project scale which took a long process and periods to accomplish it. It happened I listened to the story of the project leader last year who told stories how complicated the whole process was but they made it at

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Yesterday (29 Jan) I was invited to the opening of exhibition about "Wayang Superstar" (wayang is puppet) with the 'dalang' (player) Ki Enthus Susmono. It was in the restaurant of Tropen Museum, Amsterdam. The guest were welcomed by traditional Indonesian drink, 'cendol' or 'dawet' and Indonesian snacks. And in this kind of occasion for sure I met a lot and a lot of friends and acquitances from

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Today ten years ago, an article about Sumatra Heritage Trust and built heritage in Medan appeared in the largest newspaper in the Netherlands, de Volkskrant, written by Wiecher Hulst. MEDAN koestert zijn erfstukken de Volkskrant, Traject, 23 januari 1999 (pagina 3) WIECHER HULST Several readers have contacted me and we keep in touch with each other even until today. With some, we become almost

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