Globespinners » Netherlands http://www.globespinners.com Travel's Newest Twist Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:05:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Upload a Photo and Win an Amsterdam Trip http://www.globespinners.com/2010/01/upload-a-photo-and-win-an-amsterdam-trip/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.globespinners.com/2010/01/upload-a-photo-and-win-an-amsterdam-trip/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:44:32 +0000 Betsa Marsh http://globespinners.com/blog/?p=903 Free 75 pxEnter to win a trip to Amsterdam with the new “Just be. In Holland” contest. Click on weekly and answer a question about Holland for a chance to win a prize that highlights a different aspect of the country.

Each week’s prize (one winner per prize) will be:

  • Feb. 18: A traditional Batavus Dutch bicycle; or
  • Feb.  25: A Carbon chair designed by Marcel Wanders and Bertjan Pot.

In addition to the weekly prizes, one grand prize winner will be awarded:  two round-trip, business-class tickets on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to Amsterdam and a four-night stay at the Sofitel Amsterdam The Grand. Just  upload a photo showing how you would “Just be. In Holland.” between Feb. 4 and March 4, 2010. The most creative entry will be selected.

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]]> http://www.globespinners.com/2010/01/upload-a-photo-and-win-an-amsterdam-trip/feed/ 0 Lend an Ear to Van Gogh iPhone App http://www.globespinners.com/2009/10/lend-an-ear-to-van-gogh-iphone-app/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.globespinners.com/2009/10/lend-an-ear-to-van-gogh-iphone-app/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:36:03 +0000 Betsa Marsh http://globespinners.com/blog/?p=597 icon-monumentThe Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is the first museum on the European Continent to have an iPhone application. The application, “Yours, Vincent,” was developed to accompany the exhibition “Van Gogh’s letters: The artist speaks,” running through Jan. 3. The application allows people with an iPhone or an iPod touch to zoom in on 120 original Van Gogh letters exhibited alongside the works that Van Gogh was writing about. “Yours, Vincent” can be downloaded free via the App Store in iTunes and is available in English and Dutch.

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