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Holland Herald<br />

JUNE <strong>2012</strong> YOUR COPY TO KEEP<br />

THE<br />

go!<br />

ISSUE


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Cover photo by Cody Thornton<br />

Holland Herald<br />

JUNE <strong>2012</strong> YOUR COPY TO KEEP<br />

THE<br />

go!<br />

ISSUE<br />

15 The go! fi les<br />

Spinning dinners, city streets, and<br />

wrestling in dresses<br />

24 Facts & fi gures<br />

Go! by numbers, factoids and tiny<br />

nuggets of info<br />

38 Psychology<br />

How do some athletes always seem<br />

to win? A look behind the myths of<br />

sports psychology<br />

47 Travel tale<br />

A writer recalls his early 1990s<br />

journey to pen the fi rst guidebook<br />

to the newly reunifi ed Germany<br />

Zambia<br />

54<br />

A canoe safari down the Lower<br />

Zambezi brings you closer to the<br />

wildlife than you might imagine<br />

42<br />

Photo series<br />

A series of Dutch Olympic hopefuls in<br />

unusual settings by photographer<br />

Bastiaan Heus<br />

CONTENTS<br />

The go! issue<br />

This month’s go-getting cover image comes from reader Cody Thornton,<br />

winner of the Holland Herald photo competition (see p81), and was shot<br />

in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The photo (which can be seen in full in the July issue)<br />

captures the excitement of travel and the urge so many of us have to simply<br />

go — to explore and see what happens. The diver in this shot made<br />

a safe, if inelegant splashdown. Also on the go are the poppetjes (little<br />

dolls) pictured above from the miniature city Madurodam (see p65) in The<br />

Hague. To celebrate the park’s recent refurbishment, we have sent them on<br />

a trip, and they can be seen on their travels throughout the magazine.<br />

London<br />

30<br />

Hackney, host to the Olympics, is<br />

London’s wild east, full of hidden<br />

greenery and creative excess<br />

50<br />

Coral Triangle<br />

The work of World Wide Fund for<br />

Nature to protect south-east Asia’s<br />

Coral Triangle<br />

08<br />

65<br />

69<br />

81<br />

Frontlines<br />

Little bits of<br />

everything<br />

Updates<br />

What’s on in<br />

The Netherlands<br />

Touchdowns<br />

The best<br />

city guides<br />

Photo<br />

competition<br />

Your chance<br />

to inspire us<br />

and win<br />

Holland Herald 5


CONTENTS<br />

KLM Travellers Check<br />

87 Hartman quarterly<br />

KLM CEO Peter Hartman<br />

88 Products & services<br />

Seat-mates and extra comfort<br />

91 Flying Blue news<br />

The latest info for frequent fl yers<br />

93 Entertainment<br />

A world of audio and video<br />

95 KLM takes care<br />

Working with WWF The Netherlands<br />

97 KLM partners<br />

KLM’s extensive partner network<br />

111 *<br />

Shopping<br />

Enjoy our wide selection<br />

of tax-free products on<br />

intercontinental and<br />

selected European fl ights<br />

6 Ho Hol Holland ol o lan la dH d dH d Herald HHera<br />

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98 Plane facts<br />

KLM’s fl eet in focus<br />

101 Route maps<br />

The world at your fi ngertips<br />

108 Airport hubs<br />

Amsterdam and Paris<br />

109 Amsterdam map<br />

Around town<br />

110 Fit for fl ying<br />

Tips and exercises<br />

*The Shopping section is not included in Holland Herald on most short-haul fl ights<br />

Holland Herald<br />

holland-herald.com<br />

Volume 47 Number 6<br />

June <strong>2012</strong><br />

Published by Ink, London, UK<br />

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Amstelveen, The Netherlands<br />

KLM Media Manager<br />

Lotte Gouverneur<br />

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Photo Editor Janine Bekker<br />

Contributors Rodney Bolt, Frederic Courbet,<br />

Marleen Daniels, Dragon 76, Pip Farquharson,<br />

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Jane Szita, Angela Tweedie, Sam<br />

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View the world down to the finest detail.<br />

The new 20.3 megapixel NX200.<br />

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system camera. Thanks to the 20.3 megapixel sensor and the maximum ISO value of<br />

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fast and accurate autofocus captures even fast-moving objects in razor-sharp quality.<br />

You can fi nd more details about the exceptional capabilities of the new NX200 compact<br />

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Frontlines<br />

Arts, design,<br />

culture, events<br />

and ideas from<br />

across the globe<br />

{}<br />

Herbs are best when<br />

they’re super-fresh, so<br />

guarantee a steady<br />

supply by growing<br />

your own. This Half<br />

Pint Garden herbgrowing<br />

kit is foolproof.<br />

Comes with<br />

seeds (basil, mint and<br />

thyme) and<br />

peat pellets. Just<br />

add water. See<br />

thebalconygardener.<br />

com.<br />

8 Holland Herald<br />

Words: Annemarie Hoeve<br />

Half-pint planter<br />

PHOTOGRAPHY<br />

DUTCH<br />

Cat vs canine<br />

Design n ■ Claw-tamer<br />

Dutch designer d i EikSt Erik Stehmann h i isn’t ’t afraid f id of f reversing i the<br />

natural order of things with his dog-shaped scratching post<br />

for cats. Originally a one-off creation for his own moggy,<br />

Gerrit (pictured here), it was such a hit with the feline in<br />

question that it’s now gone into production. “Gerrit loves it.<br />

At fi rst he was a little scared, but after a while he jumped<br />

on top and wouldn’t get off again,” Stehmann says. The<br />

designer claims to like dogs as much as cats.<br />

How original?<br />

Images ■ Flickr sunsets<br />

The scratching sc<br />

post is called<br />

Opposites Oppos Attract<br />

and can ca be ordered<br />

via th the website<br />

erikstehmann.nl.<br />

erikste<br />

Much of Penelope<br />

Umbrico’s work<br />

features collages<br />

of images found<br />

on the internet,<br />

ranging from<br />

universal remote<br />

controls to dogs on<br />

pillows, and people<br />

called Leonard. See<br />

penelopeumbrico.<br />

net.<br />

Photo courtesy Museum<br />

of Contemporary<br />

Photography Chicago<br />

Proving that we’re all suckers for a bit of summer romance is artist<br />

Penelope Umbrico. She collected thousands of portraits taken at<br />

sunset on photo-sharing website Flickr to create a series of collages.<br />

The title of each collage refl ects the total number of hits she gets for<br />

the search term ‘sunset’ on Flickr at any given time. This piece, for<br />

example, is called: Sunset Portraits from 9,807,121 Flickr Sunsets on<br />

9/24/11. It may not be catchy, but it is informative.


TREATS<br />

BOOKS<br />

Inspired by classic travel<br />

alarm clocks, the Geneva<br />

Sound d System t Model d l XS<br />

combines MP3 speakers, an<br />

amplifi er, radio and an alarm<br />

clock into a compact,<br />

travel-tough clamshell case.<br />

See nl.genevalab.ch.<br />

Merckx<br />

Half Man, Half Bike<br />

Nicknamed ‘The Cannibal’<br />

for his insatiable appetite for<br />

victory, Belgian cyclist Eddy<br />

Merckx is considered the<br />

best cyclist of all time, having<br />

won the Tour de France fi ve<br />

times and 445 events in<br />

total. Now leading<br />

UK cycle<br />

writer writer WWilliam<br />

Fotheringham<br />

Fotherin<br />

speaks to those<br />

surrounding surround<br />

Merckx aat<br />

the<br />

pinnacle of his<br />

career in<br />

an in-<br />

depth portrait po of<br />

this living legend.<br />

Published by Yellow<br />

Jersey Pr<br />

Press.<br />

Travel<br />

Old skateboards<br />

converted into<br />

new sunglasses by<br />

Barcelona’s Vuerich<br />

Brothers create<br />

a sunny brand of<br />

urban eco-chic. See<br />

vuerichb.com.<br />

The trendsetting<br />

performing arts festival<br />

With Witth<br />

h Metrobowl, Dutch<br />

designer dessig<br />

gner Frederik Frederik Roijé maps<br />

his hiss<br />

ffavourite<br />

avourite cities in cast<br />

aluminium, aluumminium,<br />

transforming them<br />

into o eye-catching bowls for<br />

lovers love of cosmopolitan design.<br />

See roije.com.<br />

Holland Festival<br />

FRONTLINES<br />

Culture<br />

The extraordinary performing arts festival,<br />

which takes place from 1-28 June, features a<br />

staggering number of international dance,<br />

drama, opera, visual arts, fi lm and music<br />

productions. Highlights of this year’s 65th<br />

edition include The Life and Death of Marina<br />

Abramovic featuring Antony (from Antony<br />

& The Johnsons); Alain Platel’s large-scale<br />

production C(H)OEURS; and the opera Waiting<br />

For Miss Monroe, inspired by the book Victim:<br />

The Secret Tapes of Marilyn Monroe. For more<br />

information see hollandfestival.nl.<br />

And for more events in Amsterdam and The<br />

Netherlands, turn to pages 65 and 67.<br />

Full Tilt in Marseille<br />

Accommodation ■ Art hotel<br />

Boutique art hotel Au Vieux<br />

Panier in Marseille recently asked<br />

French graffi ti artist known as<br />

‘Tilt’ to add his signature touch<br />

to one of the rooms. The result<br />

couldn’t be more schizophrenic,<br />

with exactly half the room<br />

a chaos of colour (including<br />

curtains and bed linen) and the<br />

other left white. The room’s split<br />

personality makes it feel like<br />

you’re getting two for the price<br />

of one. See auvieuxpanier.com.<br />

Holland Herald 9


NEW<br />

10 Holland Herald<br />

No-sweat tattoo<br />

Running ■ Pace yourself<br />

Take the en-route arithmetic out of<br />

running with the PaceTat ‘tattoo’. These<br />

removable body transfers help you<br />

pace yourself during marathons. With a<br />

breakdown of split time goals in a large<br />

font, it’s easy to read while on the move.<br />

Available in 20 different fi nish times and<br />

in miles as as well as kilometres.<br />

See pacetat.com.<br />

Outdoor hangouts<br />

Gear ■ Suspended tents<br />

Rough, uneven ground is a natural<br />

enemy to all campers. Avoid such<br />

earthly problems altogether by taking<br />

to the air in this suspended tent called<br />

Tentsile. This clever (not to mention<br />

highly comfortable-looking) design<br />

can be strung from surrounding trees,<br />

or in their absence, can be supported<br />

on a portable frame like a hammock,<br />

transforming any terrain into a personal<br />

outdoor playground. See tentsile.com.<br />

Photo: Photo@nognob2004<br />

Bikini Lines<br />

Eco-awareness ■ World’s largest painting<br />

The Cactus Dome on Runit Island in the Marshall Islands isn’t<br />

your average artist’s canvas. With a concrete surface area<br />

of almost 9,000 sq metres, it’s visible from outer space and<br />

encases radioactive debris from atomic test blasts conducted in<br />

Bikini and the surrounding atolls in the 1940s and 1950s. Painting<br />

the dome would make it the world’s largest painted artwork.<br />

And that’s just what Christian Forestell plans to do through<br />

crowd funding. Money raised will go to children affected by the<br />

2011 Tohoku tsunami in Japan and the Tepco nuclear reactor<br />

meltdown. See bikinilines.net.<br />

DUTCH<br />

Photo: Mauritshuis, The Hague<br />

Miss Pearl Earring<br />

Art ■ 17th-century beauty contest<br />

Art<br />

Also known as the ‘Mona Lisa of the North’, Dutch master<br />

Johannes Vermeer’s most famous painting must be Girl<br />

with a Pearl Earring. Over 300 years after its creation, a<br />

beauty pageant was held in its current hometown, The<br />

Hague, to fi nd a modern likeness of the enigmatic young<br />

girl. A photographed portrait of the winner will temporarily<br />

replace the original while the painting is on show abroad.<br />

The winner was 16-year-old Zonne Holtslag. Her prize? A<br />

set of pearl earrings of course.<br />

Photo: Joost van den Broek/ Hollandse Hoogte


Mountains of time<br />

Keen to foster long-term<br />

thinking, The Long Now<br />

Foundation is currently<br />

building a solar-powered<br />

clock to run for 10,000<br />

years, deep inside the<br />

base of a Texas mountain.<br />

It will tick once every year.<br />

The clock’s chimes have<br />

been programmed not to<br />

repeat themselves for its<br />

ten millennium lifespan.<br />

There’s no set completion<br />

date yet. With 10,000 years<br />

to go, what’s the rush?<br />

See longnow.org.<br />

24/7 cupcakes<br />

Fancy a midnight snack?<br />

Soon you can satisfy your<br />

sweet tooth at a local<br />

‘cupcake ATM’. This is<br />

already a reality in Beverly<br />

Hills, where Sprinkles<br />

bakery recently started<br />

selling cupcakes around<br />

the clock from a vending<br />

machine. The company<br />

has plans to expand the<br />

indulgent service to other<br />

cities, including New York,<br />

Chicago and London. The<br />

icing on the cake? Each<br />

machine stocks up to 600<br />

of the tiny treats.<br />

Illustration: Allan Grotjohann<br />

UPCYCLING<br />

Website<br />

Calling all bookworms!<br />

Urban architecture<br />

■ Phone booth libraries<br />

With the modern abundance of mobile<br />

phones, the trusty old phone booth<br />

has become redundant; an urban<br />

antique. Architect and artist John<br />

Locke is converting the New York<br />

species into mini-libraries by fi tting<br />

them with bright orange bookshelves<br />

fi lled with donated books. It’s part of<br />

his ongoing urban intervention project<br />

called the Department of Urban<br />

Betterment. With 13,659 pay phones<br />

on New York pavements (according<br />

to Locke), there is plenty of potential<br />

for free reads.<br />

See gracefulspoon.com.<br />

Reef view<br />

Nature ■ Underwater spy cam<br />

The Thetrustyoldphonebooth<br />

trusty old phone booth<br />

has become redundant<br />

FRONTLINES<br />

Leave bird’s-eye panoramas to the birds; if you want a new look at the natural<br />

world, go for a virtual dunk down under and take in life as seen by the local fi sh.<br />

In an aquatic version of StreetView, Catlin SeaView Survey will soon be capturing<br />

interactive 360-degree photos of ocean reefs, starting with the biggest and best:<br />

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Images will be available from September. Get a sneak<br />

peek at catlinseaviewsurvey.com.<br />

Holland Herald 11


BE MY GUEST<br />

ON A TRIP<br />

TO LONDON<br />

RUUD GULLIT<br />

Dutch football legend


Convince me at<br />

klm.com/bemyguest<br />

Journeys of Inspiration


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reclined, in the autumn darkness.<br />

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THE FILES #01 GO!<br />

Disco frog<br />

The funky amphibian<br />

throwing disco moves here<br />

was captured by amateur<br />

snapper Shikhei Goh. Part of<br />

the growing 500px photo<br />

community, he has become<br />

a self-confessed macro<br />

photography addict since<br />

buying a DLSR camera<br />

in March last year.<br />

500PX.COM<br />

Holland Herald 15<br />

Photo: Shikhei Goh/Catersnews


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GENIET, MAAR DRINK MET MATE


THE FILES #02 GO!<br />

Urban trawl<br />

This hectic scene comes<br />

from Kolkata, India, courtesy<br />

of Dutch photographer Martin<br />

Roemers. Part of an ongoing<br />

series called Metropolis, it<br />

won fi rst prize in the Daily<br />

Life Stories category of the<br />

World Press Photo award in<br />

2011. Taking in Cairo, Mumbai,<br />

Manila, Jakarta, Istanbul and<br />

other giant conurbations,<br />

he explores how we live<br />

and commute in big,<br />

21st-century cities.<br />

MARTINROEMERS.COM<br />

Holland Herald 17<br />

Photo Martin Roemers/Hollandse Hoogte


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by Bibi van der Velden<br />

Snakes are central to the Fine Jewellery collection Forbidden Fruit by Bibi van<br />

der Velden. The collection consists of 18 carat yellow, red and white gold rings,<br />

pendants, necklaces and earrings combined with diamonds and coloured stones.<br />

For the full collection, visit our website<br />

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THE FILES #03 GO!<br />

Ready to go<br />

This image comes from a<br />

series on empty playgrounds,<br />

mostly in Hong Kong, by<br />

Australian photographer Ward<br />

Roberts. Tightly cropped, with<br />

an emphasis on the lines of<br />

the courts and surrounding<br />

buildings, they have a slightly<br />

claustrophobic feel and<br />

washed-out colour, but<br />

suggest the possiblity of<br />

games to come. The calmness<br />

of the images often contrasts<br />

with the shooting of them, as<br />

Roberts sometimes breaks in<br />

to the courts, just as he did<br />

as a child, although then it<br />

was to play games, rather<br />

than take photos.<br />

WARDROBERTSPHOTO.COM<br />

Holland Herald 19<br />

Photo: Ward Roberts


THE FILES #04 GO!<br />

Andes slam<br />

In plaits, petticoats and<br />

bowler hats, these Bolivian<br />

women are not typical<br />

competitors in lucha libre, a<br />

sport normally associated<br />

with men. They are members<br />

of Mamachas del Ring, an allfemale<br />

troupe who<br />

supplement their income<br />

with a sideline in<br />

professional wrestling.<br />

Holland Herald 21<br />

Photos: Juan Jose Gonzalez Galaz/Storee.se


ADVERTISEMENT<br />

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Rotterdam is known nationally and internationally as a city<br />

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fast times run by both men and women, while the 40th<br />

edition of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a<br />

great success. These annual events and more, such as the<br />

upcoming City Racing Rotterdam and the first edition of<br />

the two-day World Ports Classic cycle race to Antwerp and<br />

back, alternate with non-recurring top events such as the<br />

EC Baseball and the EC Handball. Who will win? The crowd<br />

certainly will, regardless of who takes home the medals.<br />

CITY RACING ROTTERDAM<br />

If fast cars, flaming tailpipes and the scent of burning rubber<br />

on the air make your heart beat faster, Rotterdam is the<br />

place to be on Sunday 26 August. The city where anything<br />

can happen will be taken over by Ferraris, Lamborghinis,<br />

Bugattis and Porsches, racing through the main roads of the<br />

city centre. For the 8th time running, the Formula 1 circus<br />

will test the perceptions of nearly half a million visitors in a<br />

spectacle as breathtaking as a Grand Prix. The daring drivers<br />

competing in the <strong>2012</strong> edition will include the Mercedes<br />

AMG Petronas Formula 1 team and their very talented driver<br />

Nico Rosberg, who won his first GP this year in China. Where<br />

else could it be but Rotterdam, known as the Dutch city of<br />

sports – and with good reason.<br />

ROTTERDAM<br />

WELCOMES YOU<br />

CITY RACING ROTTERDAM<br />

26 AUGUST<br />

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Supper club<br />

Stockholm-based snapper<br />

Philip Karlberg clearly likes<br />

to play with his food. For<br />

his personal series, 33rpm,<br />

he has taken old vinyls,<br />

added desserts, and set<br />

them spinning. This is<br />

Jolene, by Dolly Parton, and<br />

candied pear with a sweet<br />

red wine reduction.<br />

PHILIPKARLBERG.COM<br />

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Photo: Philip Karlberg, set designer: Mattias Nyhlin


Facts<br />

figures +<br />

Numbers, knowledge<br />

and nuggets of go! info<br />

Words: Anna Whitehouse<br />

Illustrations: Sam Vanallemeersch<br />

Man power<br />

1 super hero<br />

His utility belt might not be as nifty<br />

as the comic book version and he<br />

has not fought the Joker, but Zoltan<br />

Kohari is still a Batman of sorts. In the<br />

southern Slovak town of Dunajska<br />

Streda, the 26-year-old wears a DIY,<br />

leather Batman costume – complete<br />

with bat symbol on the chest and<br />

pointy ears. His mission? To clean<br />

the streets of his hometown, help<br />

the elderly with their shopping and<br />

generally keep an eye on suspicious<br />

activity. “I just go around helping, I<br />

suppose,” he said. “Like Batman.”<br />

Hairing off<br />

5 razor strokes<br />

A group of 2,150 Greeks set a new<br />

world record for most people<br />

shaving in one location. The hairy<br />

bunch, who were instructed to<br />

have at least 24 hours of growth,<br />

gathered in a supermarket in<br />

Thessaloniki for the shave-off.<br />

Allowed only five strokes with the<br />

razor, they beat the former record<br />

of 1,868 shavers (who used an<br />

excessive six strokes) that was set<br />

in Mumbai in 2009.<br />

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Cut to the chase<br />

75 zombies<br />

Feeling a little sluggish at the gym? A new iPhone<br />

app called Zombies, Run! offers a bit of an adrenalin<br />

boost. Created in Canada, this narrated game has<br />

75 flesh-eating zombies encouraging extra activity.<br />

“It’s hard to speed up your pace on your own,<br />

but not when there’s a zombie chomping at your<br />

heels,” said the app’s co-creator Adrian Hon.<br />

“ Don’t go around saying the<br />

world owes you a living. Th e world<br />

owes you nothing. It was here fi rst”<br />

Hands on<br />

12 cups<br />

Mark Twain<br />

More than 100 people gathered<br />

recently in Tokyo to vie for the title of<br />

Japan’s fastest hands. The competitors<br />

were competing to stack a set of<br />

plastic cups into a pyramid in the<br />

shortest time possible. The winner,<br />

for the fourth year running, was Sota<br />

Takamori, who came in at 1.93 seconds.<br />

Bog off<br />

1,489 peat bogs<br />

GO!<br />

The annual World<br />

Bog Snorkelling<br />

Championships in Wales<br />

requires competitors<br />

to don a snorkel and<br />

flippers and take to one<br />

of the country’s 1,489<br />

peat bogs. The main rule<br />

of the quirky event is to<br />

use a ‘unique’ swimming<br />

technique. In the past,<br />

techniques have included<br />

the ‘crocodile’, where the<br />

competitor used his fore<br />

arms to ‘snap’ his way up<br />

the bog.


Facts<br />

figures +<br />

Cocky bull story<br />

400,000 calves<br />

Dairy cows across the world are<br />

mourning the loss of ‘Jocko’, one of<br />

the most virile bulls to walk this earth.<br />

Leaving behind more than 400,000<br />

offspring, the French bovine had an<br />

industrious 17-year career that saw<br />

him rake in a small fortune for his<br />

owners. “An international star from<br />

the Prim’Holstein breed, this bull<br />

rose to become an unquestionable<br />

reference and was ranked third<br />

globally in terms of use,” said a<br />

spokesperson for the virile stud.<br />

Just desserts<br />

€252.1 million win<br />

An 81-year-old Rhode<br />

Island woman, who<br />

used to sleep cuddled<br />

up with her weekly<br />

lottery ticket in a Bible,<br />

pocketed a whopping<br />

€252.1 million PowerBall<br />

prize in a recent draw.<br />

One of the highest<br />

jackpots ever in the US,<br />

the first thing Louise<br />

White wanted after<br />

collecting her cheque<br />

was some rainbow<br />

sherbet dessert. “I<br />

couldn’t just go out and<br />

spend all that money,”<br />

she said. “But I did want<br />

something sweet.”<br />

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“Spread love everywhere you go.<br />

Let no one ever come to you without<br />

leaving happier”<br />

Romance is dead<br />

€1.2 billion settlement<br />

Top cat<br />

29km per hour<br />

A four-legged robot, affectionately called<br />

‘Cheetah’, has set a new land speed record<br />

for robots by running at 29km per hour on a<br />

treadmill at a laboratory in Massachusetts.<br />

The former record was made by ‘Panther’, who<br />

ran 21km per hour in 1989.<br />

Mother Theresa<br />

Crowd<br />

surfing<br />

1 billion travellers<br />

GO!<br />

British media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s first divorce was the most<br />

expensive in history. For Anne Murdoch to go, he shelled out a<br />

reported €1.2 billion, far beyond Tiger Woods’ €74 million settlement<br />

with his former wife Elin.<br />

The annual Chunyun<br />

season (otherwise<br />

known as the Spring<br />

Festival Holiday) in China<br />

is the largest human<br />

migration on earth and<br />

usually lasts 40 days in<br />

April and May. Last year,<br />

more than one billion<br />

people migrated from<br />

the north to the south<br />

of the country.


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TRAVEL LONDON<br />

Regent’s Canal<br />

runs from<br />

Paddington<br />

in the west to<br />

Limehouse in<br />

the east<br />

The wild


east<br />

Goat races, sock<br />

wrestling and poetry<br />

slams; east London is<br />

the city’s creative hub<br />

and home to some<br />

glorious hidden nature.<br />

Ahead of next month’s<br />

Olympics, Matthew Lee<br />

goes exploring<br />

PHOTOGRAPHY: MARLEEN DANIELS<br />

TRAVEL LONDON<br />

It was once the case that<br />

tourists only visited Stratford if they had<br />

been aiming for the birthplace of<br />

William Shakespeare but got on the<br />

wrong train.<br />

Th is year, however, this once shabby<br />

corner of east London boasts a shiny new<br />

stadium, a gargantuan shopping centre<br />

and, of course, the biggest sporting event<br />

in the world.<br />

And while large-scale investment may<br />

have transformed one of the poorest<br />

parts of London, on the other side of the<br />

River Lea — a javelin throw from the<br />

stadium’s western wall — the<br />

atmosphere is very diff erent.<br />

It’s claimed that Hackney Wick is<br />

home to more artists per capita than<br />

anywhere else in the world. Around 700<br />

artists’ studios are hidden among the<br />

factories and warehouses of this old<br />

industrial zone. In their varying states of<br />

disrepair, these buildings initially appear<br />

imposing. But get up close to the brick<br />

and concrete and you’ll fi nd a restless<br />

cultural scene.<br />

Th e centre of activity is the Mother<br />

Studios, opened in 2001 by Joanna<br />

Hughes, whose fruitless search for<br />

aff ordable workspace ended when she<br />

chanced upon Hackney Wick.<br />

“It was rough round the edges then,<br />

and no developer would touch it,” she<br />

recalls. “Th e atmosphere was industrial<br />

and unforgiving but perfect for artists, so<br />

I opened my studios, put up adverts and<br />

held an open day — there was a mad<br />

rush for spaces. It’s been full ever since.”<br />

Th e pioneering Elevator Gallery,<br />

reached by entering a stark red lift ,<br />

occupies Mother’s attic while downstairs,<br />

43 functional studios are used by over 50<br />

creatives. Th eir number includes Dutch<br />

artist Eva Roovers, who specialises<br />

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in still-life photography and<br />

sculptures made from found objects.<br />

“I left Th e Netherlands for London<br />

because it’s a huge creative hub, and<br />

when I arrived everybody pointed me<br />

towards Hackney Wick,” she says,<br />

tinkering with work that will be<br />

exhibited in Amsterdam later this year.<br />

“I remember my fi rst visit, seeing<br />

nothing but warehouses everywhere, but<br />

eventually I found the amazing places<br />

and people behind their walls. It’s great<br />

to have the encouragement of<br />

professional artists all around me.”<br />

From the pathway behind the<br />

nearby Stour Space, a not-for-profi t art<br />

gallery that houses the excellent Counter<br />

Cafe, you can begin to explore east<br />

London’s web of waterways.<br />

Th e Hertford Union Canal forms the<br />

southern border of Victoria Park, one of<br />

east London’s biggest green spaces and<br />

home to splendid statues, memorials and<br />

even a stone alcove from the original<br />

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TOP<br />

Columbia Road<br />

Flower Market<br />

RIGHT<br />

Brick Lane<br />

OPPOSITE PAGE<br />

Liverpool Street<br />

Station is a gateway<br />

to Europe’s financial<br />

capital, and its<br />

most creative<br />

neighbourhoods<br />

London Bridge. Th e park’s western edge<br />

runs alongside the Regent’s Canal, which<br />

stretches from the Th ames through to<br />

Little Venice in the north-west of the city.<br />

Th is complex network can be confusing,<br />

but a day-long excursion with the<br />

London Bicycle Tour Company puts<br />

things into focus.<br />

Th eir ‘Olympics’ tour starts at<br />

Waterloo, crosses the river at Tower<br />

Bridge, and pedals eastwards onto the<br />

Th ames Path in Wapping.<br />

A century ago this district was a slum<br />

rife with disease and overcrowding.<br />

Suff ering terrible bomb damage during<br />

the Second World War, it was largely<br />

derelict until 20 years ago. Its startling<br />

recovery is echoed right across the tour,<br />

from the skyscraper-studded Docklands<br />

— once a no-go zone — up to the<br />

glittering Olympic Park.<br />

But this gentrifi cation isn’t allconsuming<br />

and shades of old east<br />

London add charm and colour to the<br />

waterways. Luxury property<br />

developments rub shoulders with<br />

crumbling factories; clapped-out<br />

houseboats are docked beside mini<br />

yachts; spray painting and stencilling<br />

jostle for wallspace with banners<br />

advertising high-rise riverside offi ces.<br />

At the Shadwell Basin, the tour passes<br />

Cable Street, where in 1936 a march by<br />

the British Union of Fascists descended<br />

into violence. A plaque marks the spot<br />

where “the people of east London forced<br />

back the march of the Blackshirts.”<br />

Th ere’s a long, proud history of<br />

activism and radicalism in east London<br />

that can still be felt in the anarchist<br />

bookshops of Whitechapel, the street art<br />

of Shoreditch and the vegan cooperatives<br />

of Hackney.<br />

It’s the same tradition of nonconformism<br />

that makes the east’s<br />

nightlife among the most exciting in<br />

Europe. Central London may have the<br />

theatres and cinemas, and west London<br />

has the museums, but the east is where<br />

new ideas begin.


“ Hackney<br />

Wick may have<br />

more artists<br />

per capita<br />

than anywhere<br />

on earth ”<br />

TRAVEL LONDON<br />

Holland Herald 33


In the early 1990s, the then-lifeless<br />

districts of Hoxton and Shoreditch<br />

became home to young, fashionable<br />

artists such as Damien Hirst and Tracey<br />

Emin. Th is infl ux fuelled east London’s<br />

creative boom, a fl urry of activity that<br />

ultimately resulted in higher prices,<br />

pushing the creatives further out, now as<br />

far as the Olympic Stadium.<br />

Th is movement has seen Dalston, a<br />

district with large Turkish and<br />

Caribbean populations, overtake<br />

Shoreditch as London’s hub for hipsters:<br />

a subculture of young people into nonmainstream<br />

music, fi lm and fashion.<br />

Venues such as Power Lunches, where<br />

local bands rehearse, record and<br />

perform, and Cafe Oto, where eclectic<br />

and bizarre music from around the world<br />

is the norm, attract people who wouldn’t<br />

be seen dead in a Coldplay T-shirt.<br />

But for some, even live music is a<br />

tired concept. At Dalston’s Victoria pub<br />

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TOP<br />

Brick Lane street<br />

life<br />

FACING PAGE<br />

Allen Park<br />

LEFT<br />

The area around<br />

Spitalfields is<br />

awash with<br />

boutiques<br />

on a Monday evening, a group of<br />

performance poets are rhyming on<br />

subjects as diverse as feminism,<br />

astrophysics and toilet etiquette.<br />

“Poetry is defi nitely cool now,” says<br />

Hammer & Tongue’s host and<br />

co-organiser Michelle Madsen, moments<br />

aft er treating the audience to a piece<br />

about Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a Northern<br />

Irish astrophysicist.<br />

“Th e poets battle against each other to<br />

win over the audience,” she explains,<br />

insisting that spoken word is absolutely<br />

the next big thing.<br />

Th at’s just the tip of the alternative<br />

nightlife iceberg. At Th e Book Club in<br />

Shoreditch, there are nights themed<br />

around table tennis, while at the George<br />

Tavern in Whitechapel, a group called<br />

Die Freche Muse host a 1920s-style<br />

Berlin cabaret with burlesque and<br />

Dixieland jazz.<br />

For a totally immersive experience,<br />

Live Art Speed Dating at Stoke<br />

“ Central<br />

London has the<br />

theatres, west<br />

London the<br />

museums, but<br />

the east is<br />

where new<br />

ideas begin ”<br />

Newington International Airport sees<br />

brave audience members spending four<br />

minutes in the company of numerous<br />

‘dates’, local performance artists off ering<br />

unpredictable one-on-one experiences.<br />

And for the last word on<br />

unconventional fun, head to one of east<br />

London’s most traditional buildings.<br />

Bethnal Green is home to one of<br />

London’s few remaining working men’s<br />

clubs, private members’ bars that are<br />

part-owned by their working class and<br />

exclusively male clientele.<br />

Some members of Bethnal Green<br />

Working Men’s Club have been drinking<br />

here since the 1950s, but a few years ago<br />

the club almost closed permanently.


It was saved by Warren Dent, who<br />

discovered its inimitable retro-British<br />

stylings while scouting for a venue for a<br />

magazine photoshoot.<br />

“It’s still the same members’ club<br />

downstairs,” says Dent, sitting at a table<br />

in his half of the building, which hosts<br />

anything from sock wrestling and David<br />

Lynch-inspired cabaret to hot dog eating<br />

contests and a monthly book club where<br />

only novels by cult American author<br />

Richard Brautigan (like Trout Fishing in<br />

America) may be discussed.<br />

It’s a world away from the bingo and<br />

darts downstairs. “Sometimes the old<br />

guys wander upstairs and see some<br />

pretty unusual scenes,” he laughs.<br />

Th e venue feels like east London in<br />

microcosm — an unlikely fusion of the<br />

traditional and the contemporary that<br />

somehow works. Olympics organisers<br />

speak enthusiastically about regeneration<br />

and revitalisation, and in Stratford this<br />

may be the case, but it’s been happening<br />

across east London for 20 years, a<br />

development not so much driven by<br />

money as by an unquenchable creative<br />

urge. It’s a process that isn’t only<br />

transforming east London’s social and<br />

cultural scene; it’s also breathing new life<br />

into the green spaces — the parks, rivers,<br />

gardens and farms that make this side of<br />

town so rewarding.<br />

Literally reaping the benefi ts of<br />

exploration are Katherine Craughwell<br />

and George Livesey of the Bulrush<br />

Supper Club, a pop-up restaurant where<br />

every dish contains ingredients found in<br />

east London’s wild spaces.<br />

“In Hackney we’ve found elderberries,<br />

rosehips and edible pine that can be<br />

made into a syrup for cocktails,” explains<br />

Craughwell.<br />

“Along the Regent’s Canal we found<br />

crab apples, wild cherries and a few types<br />

of edible plum, and around Lea Valley,<br />

near the Olympics site, there’s wild garlic<br />

and hawthorn bushes. Th ere’s lots of<br />

food around Hackney Marshes, but be<br />

careful, there are poisonous plants<br />

around too.”<br />

For a unique introduction to foraging<br />

in east London, seek out Th e Amazings, a<br />

local social enterprise that encourages<br />

retired people to share their life skills.<br />

One popular course involves looking for<br />

food in the less-than-appetising setting<br />

of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.<br />

For more unlikely urban nature,<br />

Spitalfi elds City Farm, a volunteer-run<br />

home for donkeys, pigs and goats a short<br />

hop from Brick Lane and its famous<br />

Bangladeshi restaurants, has recently<br />

raised funds in a typically atypical east<br />

London manner.<br />

On the same day Oxford and<br />

Cambridge universities race boats along<br />

the Th ames, two caprine contenders run<br />

a lap of the farm. It’s called the Oxford &<br />

Cambridge Goat Race and this year it<br />

took in almost £10,000.<br />

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TRAVEL LONDON<br />

“London’s city farms are such<br />

wonderful and unlikely spaces, a bit of<br />

the countryside in the big city,” says<br />

Simeon Rose, a goat race co-organiser.<br />

“We were blown away when 400 people<br />

turned up for the fi rst event four years<br />

ago and now we regularly attract around<br />

1,500 punters.”<br />

On 5 August, if all goes to plan, Usain<br />

Bolt will attempt to reclaim his 100metre<br />

sprint title at the Olympic<br />

Stadium. Th e eyes of the world will be on<br />

east London, but for a certain breed of<br />

local, the year’s big race ended when the<br />

goat marked ‘Cambridge’ crossed the<br />

line fi rst. v<br />

London fact fi le<br />

GETTING THERE<br />

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Airport Schiphol.<br />

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RIGHT<br />

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Victoria Park<br />

N<br />

Victoria Victo c<br />

Park<br />

Regent’s<br />

Park<br />

WHERE TO STAY<br />

Malmaison (malmaison.com)<br />

in cripplingly hip Clerkenwell is<br />

Hyde Park Big Ben<br />

a particularly sleek and wellpriced<br />

spot within striking<br />

distance of the banking district,<br />

London<br />

Heathrow<br />

Airport<br />

and a gateway to the east. Muse (diefrechemuse.<br />

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co.uk) does decadent 1920s<br />

cabaret. Stoke Newington<br />

Power Lunches<br />

International Airport<br />

(powerlunchesltd.co.uk) (stkinternational.co.uk)<br />

for Dalston’s coolest local for quirky events. Bethnal<br />

bands. Cafe Oto (cafeoto. Green Working Men’s Club<br />

co.uk) for experimental (workersplaytime.net) for<br />

music. Hammer and Tongue<br />

(hammerandtongue.co.uk)<br />

happenings in a retro setting.<br />

does regular spoken word ART<br />

slams. The Book Club Mother Studios<br />

(wearetbc.com) for wild and (motherstudios.co.uk),<br />

wonderful nights. Die Freche artists’ studios in Hackney<br />

UK<br />

London<br />

Europe<br />

London<br />

Hackney Wick<br />

Olympic O<br />

Stadium S<br />

Thames<br />

Wick. Elevator Gallery<br />

(elevatorgallery.co.uk) for<br />

cutting-edge London artists.<br />

Stour Space (stourspace.<br />

co.uk) has the excellent<br />

Counter Cafe. Eva Roovers<br />

(evaroovers.net) is a Dutch<br />

artist in Hackney Wick.<br />

GREEN SPACES<br />

Baja Bikes (bajabikes.<br />

eu) offers great day-long<br />

cycling and walking tours<br />

of east London and other<br />

areas, with English, French<br />

and Dutch spoken. Tower<br />

Hamlets foraging tours<br />

arranged through The<br />

Amazings (theamazings.<br />

org). Spitalfi elds City Farm<br />

(spitalfi eldscityfarm.org).<br />

FURTHER INFO<br />

yeahhackney.com<br />

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TRAVEL LONDON<br />

“London’s city farms are such<br />

wonderful and unlikely spaces, a bit of<br />

the countryside in the big city,” says<br />

Simeon Rose, a goat race co-organiser.<br />

“We were blown away when 400 people<br />

turned up for the fi rst event four years<br />

ago and now we regularly attract around<br />

1,500 punters.”<br />

On 5 August, if all goes to plan, Usain<br />

Bolt will attempt to reclaim his 100metre<br />

sprint title at the Olympic<br />

Stadium. Th e eyes of the world will be on<br />

east London, but for a certain breed of<br />

local, the year’s big race ended when the<br />

goat marked ‘Cambridge’ crossed the<br />

line fi rst. v<br />

London fact fi le<br />

GETTING THERE<br />

KLM operates several direct<br />

daily fl ights to London<br />

Heathrow from Amsterdam<br />

Airport Schiphol.<br />

36 Holland Herald<br />

RIGHT<br />

A traditional ice<br />

cream van in<br />

Victoria Park<br />

N<br />

Victoria Victo c<br />

Park<br />

Regent’s<br />

Park<br />

WHERE TO STAY<br />

Malmaison (malmaison.com)<br />

in cripplingly hip Clerkenwell is<br />

Hyde Park Big Ben<br />

a particularly sleek and wellpriced<br />

spot within striking<br />

distance of the banking district,<br />

London<br />

Heathrow<br />

Airport<br />

and a gateway to the east. Muse (diefrechemuse.<br />

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Mind<br />

games<br />

Sports psychology has become a<br />

vast industry. But what does it actually do,<br />

wonders Jane Szita<br />

“The difference between a gold medal and fi nishing<br />

fourth comes down to the six inches between your ears,” says<br />

sports psychology professor Ian Maynard, of Sheffi eld Hallam<br />

University in the UK.<br />

“Th ese days, there’s little to choose between the top athletes<br />

of any sport in terms of preparation, skill or talent,” he says.<br />

“Meanwhile the pressures are enormous, and how they cope<br />

with them is key. It’s mentality that decides who wins.”<br />

This perception has driven the rapid development of sports<br />

psychology, a profession born in 1938 when psychologist<br />

Coleman Griffi th arrived at baseball team the Chicago Cubs.<br />

Hired by its forward-thinking owner, he was bitterly resented by<br />

the coaches, who constantly tried to obstruct the ‘headshrinker’.<br />

Times have changed since Griffi th’s day, helped by success<br />

stories like that of Tiger Woods, who early in his career worked<br />

with psychologist Jay Brunza, using hypnosis and subliminal<br />

messages. “My mind is my biggest asset,” Woods said at the<br />

height of his career. “I expect to win every tournament I play.”<br />

Today, Maynard estimates that 2,000 universities off er<br />

degrees in sports psychology, and there are 6,000 professionals<br />

worldwide. Th e methods they use vary, but typically include<br />

positive thinking, visualisation and relaxation techniques.<br />

British sports psychologist Martin Perry describes his role as<br />

“getting people to perform the best they can.” He talks of helping<br />

golfers conquer the dreaded ‘yips’ – involuntary jitters caused by<br />

“trying to control the club too much” – and supporting<br />

trampolinists, gymnasts and divers suff ering from ‘lost move<br />

syndrome’, in which sudden blackouts play havoc with a wellrehearsed<br />

routine.<br />

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“Oft en, athletes can be on the point of giving up their sport<br />

when they come to me,” says Perry. “You have to work hard to<br />

develop their confi dence so they can start again.”<br />

But sports psychologists say they can boost performance even<br />

where nothing is ostensibly wrong. “Athletes perform best when<br />

they are in ‘the zone’,” explains Slovenian tennis psychologist<br />

Tomaz Mencinger. “In the zone, the mind is clear and free of<br />

emotion, and the player has a relaxed intensity. If the level of<br />

arousal is too high, the body will tense up; if it’s too low,<br />

concentration will be lost.”<br />

According to Mencinger, “Th e ultimate goal of sport<br />

psychology is almost unattainable – the acceptance of<br />

everything that happens to achieve the calm, Zen-like state in<br />

which you play your best.” Success is not so much all in the<br />

mind, then, as in not letting the mind get in the way.<br />

Sports psychology, says the tennis psychologist, can be either<br />

“a short-term fi x, dealing with symptoms like anger or<br />

frustration,” or “a long-term treatment of the negative beliefs<br />

that are usually the underlying causes.”<br />

He cites the case of a leading young player who kept losing<br />

matches in the fi nal stages. It emerged that he felt sorry for his<br />

opponent. “We had to work on getting him to realise that he was<br />

not responsible for his opponent’s feelings,” Mencinger recalls.<br />

Behind the work of ‘applied’ sports psychologists like<br />

Mencinger, there is a raft of supporting research by academics<br />

like Gert-Jan Pepping of Groningen University, Th e Netherlands.<br />

“Negative emotions impair performance,” he says, explaining<br />

his research in football. “And emotions are contagious. So how<br />

do you induce positive ones?” One way is by celebrating


PSYCHOLOGY GO!


PSYCHOLOGY GO!<br />

success. Pepping studied 151 penalty shoot-outs to discover<br />

that teams who celebrated raucously aft er a goal were more likely<br />

to win than those who didn’t.<br />

“Not many dare, because of the stress of the situation, but<br />

those who punch the air ensure that 80% of their next<br />

opponent’s shot will miss,” he says.<br />

His colleague Jan Norel works with local football team<br />

Heerenveen, passing on fi ndings about ‘group cohesion’. “Th e<br />

footballers were confused to start off with, because they didn’t<br />

see what we could off er,” says Norel. “But now they understand<br />

how an individual can improve the team, and vice versa.”<br />

One factor in successful teams recently identifi ed at the<br />

University of Califonia, Berkeley, is touch. In a study of the NBA<br />

championship, researchers Michael Kraus and Dacher Keltner<br />

found that the teams who touched the most, won the most.<br />

Th e psychological benefi ts of team sports are behind the work<br />

of the Positive Coaching Alliance, a movement established in the<br />

USA by Jim Th ompson to ensure that sport teaches young<br />

athletes life lessons beyond ruthless competition.<br />

“Th e prevailing model of coaching today is what I would call<br />

a win-at-all-cost mentality,” says Th ompson. In contrast, his<br />

method is based on individual improvement, emotional<br />

fulfi lment, respect for rules, teammates, opponents and offi cials.<br />

Th omson insists that teams so trained are more likely to be<br />

winners. “When coaches focus primarily on winning, rather<br />

than mastery, they instill anxiety in their players and undercut<br />

their confi dence,” he says. “Getting the psychology right is<br />

crucial for coaches who want to succeed both on the scoreboard<br />

and at life lessons.”<br />

“ Success is about<br />

not letting the mind<br />

get in the way ”<br />

For some, current models don’t go far enough. Sports<br />

scientist Wolfgang Schöllhorn believes that cognitive techniques<br />

like visualization interfere with physical abilities.<br />

His own methods utilise the unconscious mind, by focussing<br />

on variety and diff erence rather than the repetition and<br />

correction of traditional training.<br />

His techniques have gained some acceptance. “In 2001, I<br />

visited Barcelona FC to discuss my method,” says Schöllhorn.<br />

“Actually, they were already doing it, but I encouraged them to<br />

go further.”<br />

Th e Mainz University professor is now researching<br />

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meditation and other practices as performance enhancers in<br />

sport. Th e results are encouraging. “Aft er four weeks, athletes<br />

improve by between 30 and 100%,” says Schöllhorn.<br />

Once again, Barcelona is apparently ahead of the pack: “I<br />

recently heard that Pep Guardiola meditates before every game,”<br />

he adds. “You have to realise that lots of teams use these<br />

strategies already, but they won’t talk about them. It’s a secret of<br />

their success that they don’t want to share.”<br />

But nowhere is the success of sports psychology more<br />

apparent than in its crossover to the mainstream. Companies<br />

such as the UK’s Lane4 consultancy, which works with Deutsche<br />

Bank, Honda and 3M and was founded in 1995 by sports<br />

psychologist Professor Graham Jones and Olympic gold medalwinning<br />

swimmer Adrian Moorhouse, have popularised the<br />

idea that business leaders can learn from elite athletes.<br />

Th ey too need to perform consistently, and so can benefi t<br />

from athletic qualities such as the kind of resilience that sports<br />

psychologists call ‘mental toughness’.<br />

“Th e lessons of sport can be easily translated into business,”<br />

says Martin Perry, who believes sport’s importance in society<br />

makes it a natural source of learning: “Sport engages us more<br />

than any other spectator event.”<br />

Ian Maynard agrees that sports psychology, far from being<br />

just the preserve of top athletes, can benefi t us all. “It can teach us<br />

how to lead, how to be a team player, how to motivate ourselves<br />

and others, and how to deal with anxiety, pressure and defeat,” he<br />

says. “Th ese are vital life skills that are just as relevant to a sixyear-old<br />

kid in school as to an Olympic gold medallist.” v


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With the London Olympics beginning next<br />

month and Euro <strong>2012</strong> running throughout June,<br />

we profile the work of renowned Dutch sports<br />

photographer Bastiaan Heus<br />

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Carlijn Welten,<br />

hockey<br />

This was shot on<br />

Utrechtsestraat, Amsterdam,<br />

near Welten’s home. “She<br />

was fun, making jokes and<br />

being spontaneous,” says<br />

Heus. “The only thing I miss<br />

now is the shoes. Maybe<br />

if she had worn heels it<br />

would’ve been even funnier.”


“We make a photo<br />

together. It’s not just me<br />

telling them what to do ”<br />

PHOTOGRAPHY GO!<br />

Jessey Voorn, basketball<br />

This image was taken on a public<br />

basketball court in Amsterdam. Heus<br />

explains that “I asked Jessey to wear his<br />

normal clothes, because it looks stranger.<br />

He’s in a kind of suit.’’ Heus involves<br />

his subjects in the shooting process as<br />

much as possible, often asking them<br />

to suggest poses. “They are all sports<br />

people, so proud of their bodies.”


PHOTOGRAPHY GO!<br />

Marichelle de Jong,<br />

boxing<br />

“I was crossing this bridge<br />

on the way to the interview,<br />

and thought it looked like<br />

the ropes on a ring. It was<br />

a litle risky, because she<br />

could have fallen in.’’<br />

Roy Curvers, cycling<br />

This image was taken in<br />

Limburg, with the scene<br />

a little limited by the<br />

surroundings. “There was<br />

nothing else in the area,<br />

so we had no choice.<br />

We had to be quick in case<br />

a farmer came along and<br />

was not so happy.’’


Rea Lenders, trampoline<br />

For this image, Heus had a small trampoline set up outside,<br />

the size of which made jumping diffi cult. “I wanted to have her<br />

above the trees,” he says. “If people look at the camera and<br />

smile, then everything looks much easier.”<br />

For more of Bastiaan’s work, see bastiaanheus.nl.<br />

Photos: Bastiaan Heus/Beeldagent<br />

Irene Schouten,<br />

skating<br />

Heus tends to scout the<br />

local area before a shoot,<br />

and he spotted these horses<br />

near Heerenveen on his<br />

way to see Schouten.<br />

“I had to pray they would<br />

still be there in 15 minutes,”<br />

he says. They were, but<br />

Schouten had to make<br />

various peculiar noises<br />

to get them all to stare<br />

at her at once. ‘‘It took a<br />

lot of shots.’’<br />

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On the road<br />

with Rula<br />

Novelist and travel<br />

writer Rodney Bolt recalls<br />

writing the fi rst guide to a<br />

newly reunifi ed Germany,<br />

in this exclusive story<br />

“Just go!”<br />

I wasn’t so sure.<br />

My fl atmate Juanito was daring me to take up an off er to write a guidebook to Germany. It was 1991, and a<br />

few months earlier, the country had doubled in size. My book would be one of the fi rst guides. If f I did it.<br />

Not only was the new Germany huge, but because it was once a collection of (mostly rich) principalities,<br />

even the smallest towns seemed to have something to write about – churches or palaces, famous paintings, a<br />

historic centre. Everywhere seemed important. And expensive. I knew that guidebook writing was no allexpenses<br />

paid glee trip. But if I signed on the dotted line, I would be setting off with a tiny advance to pay my<br />

own way through one of the costliest countries in Europe. I still don’t have the faintest idea what possessed<br />

me to say ‘yes’.<br />

First step was to bundle transport and accommodation together, spending a sizeable chunk of the advance<br />

on a Volkswagen camper van – a gracefully aging 1978 model, whose registration (RUL 871 T) inspired the<br />

nickname ‘Rula’.<br />

A yacht builder had done the conversion to camper van, so instead of the usual Formica and plastic, Rula<br />

was resplendent in mahogany and equipped with all sorts of intelligently placed cupboards.<br />

But if this was to be my home, I reasoned, then it needed a more personal touch. Out went foam cushions,<br />

and in came a futon with a fi ne olive-green Egyptian cotton cover. Th en came Liberty’s off -cut curtains,<br />

TRAVEL TALE GO!<br />

Holland Herald 47


and (carefully wrapped in dishcloths) my favourite china – hand-painted<br />

Japanese teacups, and chunky 19th-century plates. “It’s more campest van than<br />

camper van,” said Juanito dryly.<br />

But he gave Rula a fi ne goodbye gift – a No. 8 at the local car wash (the works,<br />

including wheel buff ) and a full tank of petrol. Friends brought bottles of bubbly and –<br />

crowded into the van and spilling out across the pavement – we had a farewell party. Th en I locked<br />

up and went indoors for my last night for some time in a proper bed.<br />

The next few months were lived at a frantic pace. In order to fi t everything in, I had a rough rule: two<br />

to four days for a city; a day and a night for a largish town. Small towns and villages had to be whisked<br />

through in a couple of hours. I had to make quick decisions as to how much I’d end up writing about a place,<br />

and allot time accordingly.<br />

Minor museums – those collections of post coaches, porcelain, antique dolls or bakers’ implements with<br />

which Germany abounds – warranted minutes and three lines of text. Even larger collections had to be taken<br />

in at speed. In one museum in Frankfurt, I caught myself jogging. It took me years to learn once again how to<br />

visit a museum for pleasure.<br />

Castles were a particular problem. Th ere were hundreds of them, and most could only be seen by joining a<br />

two-hour tour. Luckily, they were oft en very busy. I became expert at slipping away from the group that was<br />

entering a room, and joining the one that was leaving it, quickly gleaning information along the way, and<br />

group-hopping my way to freedom within ten or 20 minutes.<br />

Work began at 8am, and fi nished late at night – once I’d sorted out cafes, restaurants and nightlife – seven<br />

days a week. At times I felt like a singer on tour who forgets what town he’s performing in. More than once, I<br />

started off at a tourist offi ce with: “Good morning. I’m writing a guidebook to Germany and I was wondering<br />

if there was any information you could give me on…on…on your beautiful town.”<br />

Restaurants were reviewed by spotting likely looking places during the day, then cycling around at night<br />

on Rula’s sidekick (a white folding bicycle with basket, dubbed ‘Th e Nun’s Bike’ by Juanito), and pressing my<br />

nose to windows. Th ere’d be two rounds, one at starter time, another for the main course and pudding –<br />

checking on whether diners were local, what they were eating and if they were<br />

enjoying their meal.<br />

Around 10pm, made ravenous by the aromas and cycling, I’d head back to Rula to<br />

“It’s more<br />

campest<br />

van than<br />

camper van ”<br />

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cook up a budget meal of brown rice and beans. It wasn’t long before I started telling<br />

her about the day’s mishaps.<br />

And then the money ran out. I’d seen it coming. Th ere’d been many a grumble with<br />

Rula (“It’s all very well for you”) when I’d used all my grocery money making sure she<br />

had enough petrol. Soon, even campsites became prohibitively expensive. We slept at<br />

the side of the road. But Rula was pretty self-suffi cient. All we really needed was water<br />

for the storage tank under the fl oor. Graveyards were a boon: there’s always a tap so<br />

that people can top up water for their Loved One’s fl owers, and there’s usually good<br />

parking for the night.<br />

Every couple of days, I’d go into a local swimming baths for a shower – until I hit on the Great Hotel<br />

Scam. Back in the days when hotel rooms still had door keys (rather than electronic cards), people who were<br />

checking out would leave their doors open to let the maid know they had left . Around nine in the morning,<br />

I’d sail through the lobby of a big, commercial three- or four-star hotel – the sort that would have lots of<br />

business guests checking out at the same time – go up a few fl oors, and take my pick. Th ere is many a hotelier<br />

in Germany to whom I owe the price of a hot shower.


In the East, I could camp in city centres. Towns were still pocked with bomb sites and derelict lots which,<br />

as western prosperity began to seep in, were used as ad hoc car parks. In Dresden, I found a vast empty plot<br />

behind the station. In the far corner stood a single tree and a huge, white American car. I pulled Rula in close<br />

alongside it and went off to work.<br />

Late that night I was woken up by torchlight outside the window. “Th ieves,” I thought, realising how far<br />

away I was from any other apparent habitation. I was just about to turn the radio on, and talk to myself in a<br />

variety of loud voices to give the impression that Rula contained a posse of burly men, when something made<br />

me peek outside. All four doors of the white Chevvie were open, their inside panels had been removed,<br />

and – not one metre away – a man was stuffi ng the hollows with little plastic<br />

packages. Two others waited.<br />

Every movie I had ever seen about innocent witnesses to murder and<br />

mayhem replayed itself for me. I went from planning to be six burly men to<br />

wishing I was invisible. Dreadfully aware of misting-up windows, and that<br />

every movement seemed to make Rula creak, I crept out from under the<br />

duvet so that the bed looked empty, and pushed myself as close as I could<br />

against the wall. I stayed there, naked and terrifi ed, for more than two hours<br />

before the doors slammed and the Chevvie roared away.<br />

Of course, life wasn’t all brown rice and beans. Here and there across the<br />

country, the publishers had arranged a few free nights in luxurious hotels. I<br />

still remember those beds, every one of them. But the problem with really<br />

posh hotels is that breakfast is oft en not included in the overnight rate. And<br />

it costs – sometimes more than my weekly grocery allowance – so I’d slip<br />

out for a roll and coff ee at a cheap café nearby. Until I got to the Frankfurt<br />

Kempinski. A former country manor, the hotel is surrounded by a vast park,<br />

way out of town. Th ere was only one solution. Each morning, dressed in my<br />

jogging togs, I’d stride energetically through the lobby as if setting off on a<br />

run around the lake. Th en I’d sneak off to Rula at the farthest end of the car<br />

park, and boil myself an egg.<br />

“Graveyards<br />

were a boon:<br />

there is<br />

always a<br />

water tap,<br />

and usually<br />

good<br />

parking ”<br />

I spent winter in Bremen, writing up what I’d covered so far and teaching English to top up the<br />

coff ers. Next spring Rula and I set off again, but it took months more travelling and a second dark Bremen<br />

winter before the book was fi nished. Finally, almost two years to the day since we had set out, with Rula<br />

stuff ed to bursting with brochures, fi les and booklets, we aimed for the German border.<br />

By this time, she was beginning seriously and frequently to conk out. I made one last bargain with her:<br />

“Just get me home, and you can retire forever.” Rula kept her side of the deal. Just. Two blocks away from<br />

home, she suddenly stopped. Aft er a lot of coaxing, she spluttered on a bit, getting me to the front door. Next<br />

morning she wouldn’t start. And she never went again. At least, not to my knowledge. dge. Two months later, she<br />

was stolen – an act which at the very least must have involved towing her, or loading ng her up on to a lorry. But<br />

then Rula was worth that sort of eff ort.<br />

Rula had class. v<br />

Rodney Bolt’s guide to Germany is now out of print. He now writes biography and historical storical fi ction and has<br />

written travel articles for Th e Daily Telegraph, Vogue and Condé Nast Traveller. His s fi ctional life of Christopher<br />

Marlowe, History Play, was published by HarperCollins, and Lorenzo Da Ponte (a biography iography of Mozart’s<br />

librettist) is published by Bloomsbury. See rodneybolt.com.<br />

TRAVEL TALE GO!<br />

Holland Herald 49


Underwater<br />

THIS PAGE<br />

A star puffer fish in<br />

the Coral Triangle<br />

off West Papua,<br />

Indonesia<br />

INSET, FACING PAGE<br />

Pet-Soede in<br />

her natural<br />

environment


PROFILE GO!<br />

wonder<br />

WWF’s Lida Pet-Soede on the fi ght to<br />

protect the Coral Triangle, an area<br />

of sparkling and rare marine diversity<br />

When a middle-aged<br />

mum off ers to do an underwater rap in<br />

front of thousands, two things are<br />

certain. One: her pre-teen daughters will<br />

‘totally’ disown her. Two: she must have a<br />

very good reason.<br />

Step forward, or perhaps wade this<br />

way, Netherlands-born Lida Pet-Soede.<br />

As head of the World Wide Fund for<br />

Nature (WWF) Coral Triangle Initiative,<br />

Pet-Soede is on a mission to get us to<br />

“stick our heads in the water” to<br />

appreciate what lies under the sea’s<br />

surface.<br />

In the Coral Triangle, that’s iridescent<br />

corals, psychedelically-hued fi sh, magical<br />

mollusks, turtles, sharks, mantas and<br />

countless plants. Spanning Malaysia,<br />

Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New<br />

Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Timor-<br />

Leste, the Coral Triangle generates an<br />

estimated $12 billion a year from naturebased<br />

tourism, much of which comes to<br />

the region’s coral-encrusted 132,800km<br />

of tropical coastline.<br />

WORDS: ANGELA TWEEDIE<br />

Th is six million sq kilometre area<br />

holds one third of the world’s coral reefs<br />

and reef fi sh. It covers just 1% of the<br />

earth’s surface but contains more species<br />

in two football pitches-worth of its waters<br />

than the entire Caribbean.<br />

But researchers warn that overfi<br />

shing, climate change, pollution and<br />

coastal development will so seriously<br />

deplete the reefs (which provide coral fi sh<br />

with food and breeding grounds) that by<br />

2050, they will provide half the fi sh<br />

protein they do today.<br />

With 125 million people relying on<br />

these reefs for their food and income, the<br />

threat to human health and wellbeing, as<br />

well as marine species, is very real.<br />

Pet-Soede says the plight of the area is<br />

overlooked because of its ‘invisibility’.<br />

“My tree-hugger friends have it a bit<br />

easier in that respect. Within the last 20<br />

years, the deforestation on the island of<br />

Sumatra has been shocking – you can see<br />

that. But when the problem is under the<br />

surface of the ocean, it’s not so visible.”<br />

Over the past 16 years, this 44 year-old<br />

fi shery biologist has worked with WWF<br />

to fi nd solutions that protect marine life<br />

but also work for local communities.<br />

“I’ve always been intrigued by the<br />

balance between using natural resources<br />

sustainably, so that basically you can<br />

fi sh forever, while retaining the<br />

ecosystem for the long-term,” she says.<br />

While completing research in<br />

Indonesia for her doctorate in tropical<br />

fi sheries management, she was<br />

approached by WWF. “And, basically, I<br />

never left ,” she says. “WWF was<br />

interested in how we could solve the<br />

tension between poverty, or people who<br />

think they have no alternatives, and this<br />

very delicate ecosystem. I managed to<br />

help bring the topics of sustainable<br />

fi sheries, responsible trade and economic<br />

issues into their programme,” she says.<br />

Though progress is being made,<br />

Pet-Soede argues: “Th ere are just too<br />

many people taking too many fi sh. It’s<br />

pretty straightforward. We cannot keep<br />

meeting the demand for tuna and shrimp<br />

from the USA, China and Japan.<br />

“Th e Indonesian government and<br />

others in the Triangle have agreed to<br />

protect at least 10% of their oceans by<br />

setting up Marine Protected Areas,<br />

[MPAs]. We are on the way to achieving<br />

that,” she explains, “but it has been a<br />

hard slog to secure the current 2% made<br />

up of MPAs.”<br />

Another WWF goal is to reduce the<br />

number of sea turtles that die as ‘bycatch’<br />

of fi shing. Six of the world’s seven sea<br />

turtle species are either endangered or<br />

critically endangered, while the status of<br />

the seventh is unknown.<br />

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PROFILE GO!<br />

Says Pet-Soede: “Th e fi shermen don’t<br />

want to catch turtles! Th eir operational<br />

expenses are high and they just want to<br />

fi ll up their boats with big tuna, but the<br />

turtles and sharks go aft er the same bait<br />

as tuna and wind up in the fi shing gear.<br />

So one of the things we have started<br />

doing is introducing circular hooks.<br />

Th ese are a slightly wider hook,<br />

developed in Latin America, which<br />

enable the turtles to work themselves free<br />

but are still eff ective with tuna.<br />

“People oft en don’t realise that many<br />

of the small- and medium-scale<br />

fi shermen love the ocean; they respect it<br />

and everything in it, and they will<br />

enchant you with stories of whales and<br />

other marine life. If they have a viable<br />

alternative for more sustainable fi shing,<br />

they will take it, and we’re working on<br />

that,” she says.<br />

WWF is working with major buyers,<br />

large supermarkets, hotel and restaurant<br />

chains in Asia, the USA and Europe, to<br />

persuade them to buy fi sh that have been<br />

caught sustainably.<br />

“To date, we have mainly been doing<br />

this kind of industry work with the<br />

‘friendlies’, but we are moving to the big<br />

local and regional traders, who are<br />

sometimes not so enlightened.<br />

“Th at said, people do want to fi nd<br />

smarter ways to do business and we want<br />

to fi nd solutions to the problem rather<br />

Intercontinental<br />

passengers who would like<br />

to know more about the<br />

Coral Triangle can fi nd the<br />

documentary Fish Wars on<br />

their infl ight entertainment<br />

system. For more on KLM’s<br />

partnership with WWF-The<br />

Netherlands, see page 95.<br />

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Indonesia<br />

Australia<br />

Coral triangle<br />

than yelling at them. We also have the<br />

opportunity with the media now in<br />

Indonesia, to increase pressure on the<br />

political will through blogging on online<br />

news. And there are now many stories<br />

about the environment, so politicians are<br />

putting it higher on their agenda.”<br />

Tourists have a role to play too, she<br />

believes, and are generally becoming<br />

more enlightened. “What is encouraging<br />

is the use of economic power by tourists<br />

to support credible dive centres. We see<br />

a huge rise in the number of people who<br />

are interested in diving, and that can<br />

only increase the visibility of the Coral<br />

Triangle and the desire to protect it,” she<br />

explains.<br />

“Everybody should come and see how<br />

amazing this place is, and that defi nitely<br />

includes sticking your head into the<br />

water. What it doesn’t mean is that you<br />

need to dive in extreme places. One of<br />

my favourite places to dive is Komodo,<br />

which is rich in underwater life but is<br />

dry and desolate above the surface. You<br />

need to be an accomplished diver to dive<br />

some of the Komodo sites, but it isn’t the<br />

Limestone<br />

rocks of Raja<br />

Ampat islands<br />

off West Papua,<br />

Indonesia<br />

“ When the problem is<br />

under the surface of the ocean, it’s<br />

not so visible ”<br />

only type of experience you can have. I<br />

would encourage everyone to try to dive<br />

in the Coral Triangle; this is a<br />

remarkable place.”<br />

KLM has a long-running partnership<br />

with the Dutch chapter of WWF,<br />

working to make aviation more<br />

sustainable, to develop sustainable biofuel<br />

and also to help protect nature.<br />

And what of the underwater rap? “I<br />

am trying to get a former Miss Indonesia<br />

to do that with me. If 5,000 people buy a<br />

$5 spot in the Coral Triangle through<br />

WWF website, I have committed to<br />

attempt the challenge. It’s a bit of fun,<br />

and hopefully my kids will not be<br />

completely mortifi ed, but I’m also doing<br />

it to get the message out there, and for<br />

people to take notice. Th ese issues are not<br />

so far removed from your daily life, even<br />

if you do not dive or ever expect to. You<br />

don’t have to be a conservationist to make<br />

the right choices,” says Pet-Soede.<br />

“I personally think you should eat<br />

seafood, I think you should eat it and<br />

enjoy it, but just don’t waste it and when<br />

you buy it, make the right choice.” v<br />

Photos: Lida Pet-Soede; Main image: Jurgen Freund/Bluegreen Pictures/Hollandse Hoogte


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TRAVEL ZAMBIA<br />

the riverbank<br />

Lower Zambezi by canoe is an unforgettable<br />

alternative to land safaris. Just brush up on your<br />

hippo etiquette before you go, says Andy Round<br />

PHOTOGRAPHY: FREDERIC COURBET/GETTY IMAGES<br />

Chongwe River<br />

Camp, where the<br />

Chongwe River<br />

meets the Zambezi<br />

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There’s nothing like paddling a canoe down the<br />

crocodile-infested Lower Zambezi to clarify your position in<br />

the food chain. Especially if you’re under close surveillance by<br />

dozens of bug-eyed, territorial hippos who are spreading out<br />

into a semi-submerged pincher formation just metres away.<br />

Fortunately, guide and guru Ant Elton has a plan. “Over<br />

there, paddle through the gap between that big bull and the<br />

shore,” he whispers. “See those two crocodiles on the far sand<br />

bank? Head towards them.”<br />

Towards those fi ve-metre-long, prehistoric killing<br />

machines?<br />

“Yes. No. Stop!”<br />

On the bank to our right, a hippo the size of a van barrels<br />

out of the high grass and explodes into the water in front of<br />

our canoe.<br />

And disappears.<br />

What’s he doing? Sharpening his tusks under the fragile<br />

frame of our canoe? Planning a two-tonne highjack followed<br />

by a tourist takeaway? Has he gone?<br />

Guide Tanya Blake smiles from the other canoe. “He’s long<br />

gone. You do know that hippos are herbivores.”<br />

“It gets the adrenalin fl owing though, eh?” grins her<br />

colleague Danielle Stewart.<br />

Indeed. More nerve-wracking than a novice bungee jump.<br />

So you learn hippo etiquette quickly in a Zambezi River<br />

canoe: show lots of respect; keep your distance; don’t come<br />

between a mother and her baby; watch out for high-diving<br />

macho bulls…<br />

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Musician in<br />

one of Lusaka’s<br />

many markets<br />

Lusaka is a thriving<br />

African capital that<br />

doesn’t make concessions<br />

for tourists. That’s a good<br />

thing, but to understand<br />

the city, you need<br />

someone like Tobia<br />

Tembo, a former street<br />

child who has reinvented<br />

himself as a guide.<br />

Tembe can provide fi rstperson<br />

insight into<br />

townships where children<br />

play in muddy streets,<br />

charcoal markets thrive,<br />

and the witch doctor is<br />

always busy.<br />

Dusty football pitches<br />

provide fi elds of dreams;<br />

murals celebrate the time<br />

Oprah Winfrey came to<br />

visit, and local artist<br />

Misheck shows children<br />

how to make trinkets from<br />

discarded plastic.<br />

But it’s the city’s markets<br />

that blaze their way into<br />

your memory. Thousands<br />

jostle in and out of<br />

hangar-sized buildings<br />

bulging with second-hand<br />

shoes, football shirts,<br />

reconditioned mobiles,<br />

books and baby clothes.<br />

Outside, hot caterpillar<br />

snacks roast in pans;, the<br />

noise is deafening, the<br />

sights bewildering, but it’s<br />

undiluted Africa.<br />

lusakaexperience.com


TRAVEL ZAMBIA<br />

“A hippo<br />

the size of a<br />

van barrels<br />

out of the<br />

high grass and<br />

explodes into<br />

the water<br />

in front of<br />

our canoe ”<br />

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TRAVEL ZAMBIA<br />

RIGHT<br />

A bush road<br />

by the river<br />

FAR RIGHT<br />

A hippo<br />

says hello<br />

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PREVIOUS PAGE<br />

Hoge Veluwe<br />

National Park is<br />

known for its<br />

free white bikes —<br />

1,700 of which are<br />

available for visitors<br />

LEFT<br />

Ranger Henk<br />

Ruseler surveys<br />

open grassland


FAR LEFT<br />

An elephant<br />

crosses from<br />

Zimbabwe to<br />

Zambia<br />

LEFT<br />

Sam<br />

Mukankaulwa<br />

tries to hook a<br />

tiger fish<br />

TRAVEL ZAMBIA<br />

Of course, this is all very well and good, but there is a<br />

more powerful natural force at play here than hippo<br />

acrobatics. It’s the Zambezi itself. Th e river dictates the ebb<br />

and fl ow of wildlife. It draws the thirsty out of the bush, cools<br />

hot-tempered herbivores and feeds patient predators. And a<br />

canoe is the perfect front-row seat to enjoy all the action.<br />

“A canoe is less intrusive to wildlife than a bunch of safari<br />

trucks chasing an animal on land,” says Chris Fenner, owner<br />

of the River Safari Company. “Here the bush extends for<br />

thousands of square kilometres and there are only a handful<br />

of camps and lodges. Th ere’s a lot of wildlife and not many<br />

people. It’s not on the mass tourism trail and you can get very<br />

close to the animals, particularly in a canoe.”<br />

He’s not wrong. Within an hour of being on the water, a<br />

bull elephant decides our arrival is the perfect opportunity to<br />

audition for a starring role on the Discovery Channel.<br />

With big ears fl apping, enormous head shaking and a sideto-side<br />

swagger powered by teenage testosterone, he plunges<br />

into the river and crashes through the shallows towards us.<br />

Unfortunately, the shallows are not shallow for long, and<br />

suddenly all we can see is an indignant trunk and a couple of<br />

semi-submerged tusks. Within minutes, the youngster is<br />

hauling his glistening black body onto a sandbank. “He was<br />

really enjoying himself until he got into deep water,” says<br />

Fenner. “Did you see that glint in his eye?”<br />

To be just a short drive from Lusaka and this close to<br />

wildlife feels like an extraordinary privilege, but for those<br />

living by the river, the daily roll-call of all creatures great and<br />

small is just part of Zambezi life.<br />

“Th ere are always elephants here,” says Jane Keogh of the<br />

Kasaka River Lodge. “Th ey like to walk through the lounge<br />

area, down the steps, past the library, to the river to drink.”<br />

Th at night I’m safe under a luxury camp duvet, but outside<br />

the room, in the African darkness, something is grunting and<br />

groaning. “Hippos are like giant gardeners,” laughs Jane’s<br />

husband Sean the next morning. “See how he mowed the<br />

grass on the lawn outside your room.”<br />

Th e next evening at Chongwe River Camp, a short boat<br />

ride downstream, the deep baritone of two lions booms<br />

through the night chorus somewhere across the river. It’s a<br />

real Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer roar that shakes the ice in your<br />

gin and tonic and reaches deep inside to rattle something in<br />

your primeval DNA.<br />

Lions are not the only beasts designed by nature to freeze<br />

the blood. Halfway through a morning game drive with<br />

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guide Prince Kapunga, we stop for tea and cake by an<br />

innocent-looking pool.<br />

“Th e crocodile that lives here must be about 80 years old<br />

and four to fi ve metres long,” he says. “Th e old crocs are the<br />

worst because they have to become more cunning to<br />

compensate for their age. Th is one likes to use water<br />

vegetation to camoufl age himself… and these guys only need<br />

to eat once a year.”<br />

Back in the safety of the Land Rover, we enjoy a crash<br />

course on the 760 diff erent species of bird that inhabit<br />

Zambia. Th e eagles have all the best stories.<br />

Earlier, an American tourist earlier had shown us a<br />

photograph of a giant Fish Eagle with a baby ‘crocodile’<br />

dangling from its beak.<br />

“Crocodile! It might have been a water monitor,” laughs<br />

Kapunga. “But you can’t take anything for granted with<br />

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RIGHT<br />

Taking tea in<br />

a channel off<br />

the Zambezi<br />

ABOVE<br />

Sea eagles are<br />

a big attraction for<br />

bird watchers<br />

LEFT<br />

Kasaka Camp at night<br />

FACING PAGE<br />

Luxurious Chongwe<br />

River House<br />

eagles. Th e Marshall Eagle can carry off a baby impala.”<br />

Zambia is an ornithological heaven for serious bird<br />

watchers, who migrate to the bush in search of rarity.<br />

“Usually, they ask to see just one specifi c species, let’s say a<br />

rare Purple-crested Turaco. We then spend hours looking<br />

for one; the birders spend 40 minutes watching it, and that’s<br />

it. We go back to the camp. Mission accomplished,” says a<br />

smiling Kapunga.<br />

Such passionate levels of patience also infuse visitors<br />

who come to fi sh in Zambia. Up the Chongwe River, past<br />

the convergence point with the Zambezi where the hippos<br />

bob their giant heads and socialise every morning, near an<br />

area where explorer David Livingstone took a break on the<br />

way to Victoria Falls, we’re sitting on a boat loaded with<br />

fi shing tackle and a cooler box of fresh sausage rolls.<br />

“Tiger Fish are very popular,” says guide Sam<br />

Mukankaulwa. “Th ey really put up a fi ght, so once you feel


TRAVEL ZAMBIA<br />

“Old crocs become more cunning to<br />

compensate for their age ”<br />

one, pull quickly to strike and reel him in slowly to tire him<br />

out. Th e biggest one I’ve ever caught? About 24 pounds. But<br />

whatever the weight, you have to be very careful when you<br />

remove the hook, they have big curved teeth.”<br />

Th e stripy-scaled Tiger is not the only fi sh in the Zambezi.<br />

For those who like monster-sized challenges, the terminally<br />

ugly Vundu catfi sh is a real catch. “Th ey can grow as big as a<br />

man,” grins Sammy. “You need a big net.”<br />

We don’t catch a thing. And a few hours later on a night<br />

safari, we don’t see the big cats we’d been hoping for. But<br />

that’s Africa. Not everything’s guaranteed. Except the<br />

accommodation. Whether you choose to camp on an island<br />

or check into a fi ve-star lodge, the experience is unforgettable.<br />

“During the rainy season we dismantle the camp and<br />

nature just takes over,” says the manager of Chongwe River<br />

Camp, Flossie Shawa. “Th en we come back, cut the high<br />

grass, take the camp out of storage and the wildlife trims<br />

the lawn.”<br />

Th e rustic ambience of Chongwe is pure Out of Africa<br />

luxury, but for true romance an expedition beneath the<br />

endless African night sky is an essential Zambian experience.<br />

After a day dodging hippos on the channels and<br />

sandbanks that criss-cross the Zambezi, we set up camp<br />

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TRAVEL ZAMBIA<br />

A trader in<br />

another of<br />

Lusaka’s bustling<br />

markets<br />

on a nearby island. While fl apping tents are anchored<br />

and a pot of Bolognese bubbles, a fellow canoeist is warned<br />

against washing her smalls in the crocodile-black river. “Not<br />

the wisest thing to do here,” says Elton drily.<br />

Ant Elton is exactly the sort of person you need when<br />

you’re surrounded by hippos or fi nd a lion leaning against<br />

your tent. He accessorises his vast experience with Marlboros<br />

and great stories.<br />

“When I started running canoes in 1987, there were no<br />

lodges, no other canoes, and this place felt a long way from<br />

anything; you wouldn’t want to get into trouble then.”<br />

In 1952, when Size Kapululia was born, it was another<br />

planet. “Long before this area was designated the Lower<br />

Zambezi National Park we were moved from our village<br />

which was by the river,” he remembers. “Was that a good<br />

thing? Yes, when I was a boy there were too many bush<br />

animals and the air was always thick with tsetse fl ies. Too<br />

many people were dying from sleeping sickness.”<br />

Fast forward to the 21st century and we fi nd ourselves<br />

speeding up the Zambezi on the sleek deck of a sonarequipped<br />

speedboat driven by Dimitri, one of the owners of<br />

Lusaka’s Great Wall of China Casino. “Hippo watching in<br />

canoes! I think I’ll stick with speed boats,” he shouts through<br />

the Zambezi spray.<br />

Th at night in the Zambian capital, Dimitri hosts a table at<br />

new nightclub Liv. By 11pm, the multi-level fl oors are fi lling<br />

up with men in short sleeves and high hopes tracking<br />

beautiful girls with long legs and high heels.<br />

Th e wildlife is more sophisticated here, but the spinning<br />

lights and Lusaka remixes can’t compare to the star-spangled<br />

sky and lion duets of the Lower Zambezi at midnight. v<br />

62 Holland Herald<br />

Lower Zambezi fact fi le<br />

N<br />

GETTING THERE<br />

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Zambia<br />

KLM operates three direct<br />

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Lusaka<br />

Victoria Falls<br />

CANOE SAFARIS<br />

River Horse Safaris is<br />

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can organise everything<br />

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accommodation. Prices for<br />

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Just minutes from Lower<br />

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frequent visits from elephants<br />

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Stephen Marley & Guests, and<br />

The Kyteman Orchestra.<br />

Leijpark, Tilburg; festivalmundial.nl<br />

DE PARADE 21 June-26 August<br />

This carnivalesque open-air<br />

theatre festival opens at<br />

Rotterdam’s Museumpark (21<br />

June-1 July), before heading to<br />

The Hague (6-15 July), Utrecht<br />

(20 July-5 Aug) and Amsterdam<br />

(10-26 Aug).<br />

deparade.nl<br />

OPEN GARDEN DAYS<br />

23-25 June<br />

Jars of jam and chutney<br />

abound as the picturesque<br />

Vollenhoven Country Estate<br />

opens to the public for<br />

the weekend.<br />

Landgoed Vollenhoven,<br />

Utrechtseweg 59, De Bilt; +31 30<br />

2200032; landgoedvollenhoven.nl<br />

PARKPOP 24 June<br />

Europe’s largest free-entry pop<br />

festival features Amy<br />

Macdonald and Boyce Avenue,<br />

and impressive homegrown<br />

acts, Blaudzun and Splendid.<br />

Zuiderpark, The Hague; parkpop.nl<br />

TT ASSEN MOTO GRAND PRIX<br />

28-30 June<br />

Some of the world’s best<br />

motorcycle riders race around<br />

Assen’s famous circuit.<br />

tt-assen.com<br />

ROCKIN’ PARK 30 June<br />

Snow Patrol, Elbow and dEUS<br />

are in the line-up for this<br />

annual music fest.<br />

Goffertpark, Nijmegen;<br />

rockinpark.nl<br />

EXHIBITIONS<br />

MADURODAM Ongoing<br />

After extensive renovations,<br />

the mini-version of this minicountry<br />

is back, with new<br />

interactive features and a few<br />

intrepid residents who’ve been<br />

travelling the world (see p5).<br />

George Maduroplein 1, The Hague;<br />

madurodam.nl<br />

DAVID BATCHELOR: MAGIC<br />

HOUR Until 9 September<br />

Sculptures, drawings and<br />

paintings by Scottish artist<br />

HOLLAND UPDATE<br />

A colourful past<br />

Around 50 contemporary sculptures<br />

created by leading South African artists<br />

over the last 60 years – refl ecting<br />

the political and social turmoil in ‘the<br />

Rainbow Nation’ – line the Lange<br />

Voorhout avenue (until 9 Sept) and spill<br />

into Museum Beelden aan Zee.<br />

THE RAINBOW NATION; Until 30<br />

September; Museum Beelden aan<br />

Zee; Harteveltstraat 1; +31 70 3585857;<br />

beeldenaanzee.nl<br />

Batchelor (born 1955),<br />

renowned for his colourful<br />

oeuvre consisting of found<br />

light-industrial objects and<br />

domestic utensils.<br />

GEM, Stadhouderslaan 43, The<br />

Hague; +31 70 3381133; gem-online.nl<br />

‘MAGIC HOUR’, 2004-05<br />

Photo: David Batchelor<br />

GIGS<br />

Guns N’ Roses 4 June<br />

Ahoy (Rotterdam)<br />

Elvis Costello (solo) 7 June<br />

Muziekgebouw Frits Philips<br />

(Eindhoven)<br />

Shiela E 10 June Boerderij<br />

(Zoetermeer)<br />

UB40 11 June 013 (Tilburg)<br />

Jay-Z + Kanye West 15 June<br />

GelreDome (Arnhem)<br />

Red Hot Chili Peppers<br />

28 June Goffertpark (Nijmegen)<br />

Info and tickets: livenation.nl<br />

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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)<br />

EVENTS<br />

OPEN GARDEN DAYS<br />

15-17 June<br />

The charming gardens and<br />

coach houses hidden behind<br />

17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century<br />

canal houses open to the<br />

public for one weekend.<br />

Amsterdam’s canal ‘belt’;<br />

opengardendays.nl<br />

HET BALLET PERFORMS FORSYTHE<br />

Photo: Angela Sterling<br />

BILL & MRS B<br />

23 June-1 July<br />

Het Nationale Ballet<br />

performs four works by<br />

the groundbreaking<br />

choreographer, William<br />

Forsythe: One Flat Thing<br />

Reproduced, In the Middle,<br />

Somewhat Elevated<br />

and Steptext.<br />

Muziektheater, Amstel 3;<br />

+31 20 6255455; het-muziektheater.nl<br />

EXHIBITIONS<br />

RON GALELLA: PAPARAZZO<br />

EXTRAORDINAIRE!<br />

8 June-23 August<br />

Photos of Mick Jagger, Greta<br />

Garbo, Marlon Brando, Andy<br />

Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank<br />

Sinatra and many more<br />

comprise this exhibition of<br />

work by the pioneer of<br />

paparazzi photography.<br />

Foam, Keizersgracht 609;<br />

+31 20 5516500; foam.nl<br />

IMPRESSIONISM:<br />

SENSATION & INSPIRATION<br />

16 June-13 January 2013<br />

Highlights of the world-famous<br />

Impressionist paintings from<br />

the vast collection of the<br />

Hermitage Museum in<br />

St Petersburg.<br />

Hermitage, Amstel 51;<br />

+31 20 5307488; hermitage.nl<br />

MONET’S ‘WOMAN IN THE GARDEN’<br />

Photo: State Hermitage Museum<br />

WORLD PRESS PHOTO<br />

Until 17 June<br />

Last chance to see this<br />

prestigious exhibition of<br />

photojournalism here.<br />

Oude Kerk, Oudekerksplein 23; +31<br />

20 6766096; worldpressphoto.org<br />

EMMY ANDRIESSE<br />

Until 30 September<br />

Photos by Andriesse (1914-<br />

1953), depicting Jewish life in<br />

Amsterdam in the first half of<br />

the 20th century.<br />

Joods Historisch Museum;<br />

Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1;<br />

+31 20 5310310; jhm.nl<br />

RESTAURANT<br />

STORK<br />

A high-ceilinged industrial<br />

building houses this stylish<br />

but unpretentious fi sh<br />

restaurant with a bar area,<br />

open kitchen and waterfront<br />

terrace. It has an impressive<br />

menu which includes the<br />

catch of the day as well as<br />

non-fi sh options (though few<br />

offerings for vegetarians). Get<br />

the free ferry from Amsterdam<br />

Central Station and cycle there<br />

in fi ve minutes or phone<br />

Stork’s taxi (+31 20 6312727).<br />

Opposite Gedempt Hamerkanaal<br />

96 (Amsterdam-Noord);<br />

+31 20 6344000; restaurantstork.nl<br />

AMSTERDAM UPDATE<br />

Stan the man<br />

This exhibition on Stanley Kubrick<br />

explores all aspects of his fi lmmaking<br />

genius: from screenplays to storyboards,<br />

set models to props, and costumes to<br />

clips of his fi lms and documentaries.<br />

Running parallel is a retrospective of<br />

Kubrick’s oeuvre, from The Killer’s Kiss<br />

(1955) to Eyes Wide Shut (1999).<br />

EYE; 21 June–9 September <strong>2012</strong>;<br />

IJpromenade 1; +31 20 5891400;<br />

eyefi lm.nl<br />

GIGS<br />

Elvis Costello & The<br />

Imposters 5 June Melkweg<br />

The Stone Roses 12 June<br />

Heineken Music Hall<br />

Lou Reed 14 June<br />

Heineken Music Hall<br />

Paul Weller 15 June<br />

Heineken Music Hall<br />

Garbage 19 June Melkweg<br />

Limp Bizkit 20 June Melkweg<br />

Tom Petty & The<br />

Heartbreakers 24 June<br />

Heineken Music Hall<br />

Jack White 25 June Heineken<br />

Music Hall<br />

Pearl Jam 26-27 June<br />

Ziggo Dome<br />

WEBSITES<br />

iamsterdam.com<br />

Comprehensive city portal<br />

specialbite.com<br />

Cool restaurant reviews<br />

eat-amsterdam.com<br />

Food news and dining deals<br />

dutchnews.nl<br />

Daily Dutch news in English<br />

hollandtrade.com<br />

For business opportunities<br />

amsterdam.info<br />

Useful tourist information<br />

lastminuteticketshop.nl<br />

museumtickets.nl<br />

REMEMBER! This copy of Holland<br />

Herald is yours to take off the plane.<br />

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NATIONAAL AUTOMOBIEL MUSEUM<br />

Bord’Eau Restaurant Gastronomique<br />

at De L’Europe Amsterdam<br />

Nieuwe Doelenstraat 2-14, 1012 CP<br />

Amsterdam, The Netherlands<br />

The first automobile in the Louwman Automobile Museum’s<br />

collection was a 1914 Dodge purchased in 1934. Since that<br />

time, it has grown to 250 different automobiles, and they come<br />

from all over the world.<br />

The collection is laid out in a beautiful airy building designed,<br />

in large part, by American architect Michael Graves, which<br />

allows for ample space to show each car in its best light. All of<br />

the cars in the collection are notable for one reason or another:<br />

innovation, design, uniqueness. Visitors will find cars used in<br />

films (James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5) or owned by the famous<br />

(Elvis Presley’s Cadillac Fleetwood and Prince Bernard’s<br />

Ferrari 500 Superfast Speziale). What is believed to be the oldest<br />

automobile in the world is in the collection as well as some<br />

experiments that were never mass-produced.<br />

Of course the museum isn’t just about automobiles. It’s about<br />

culture and how different cultures have influenced the design of<br />

the automobile. It’s about how values and tastes have changed<br />

over time. Each car has a story to tell and these stories have<br />

been brought together into one cohesive narrative to give the<br />

visitor an overview of how the automobile we know today came<br />

about and the many forces and personalities that influenced it.<br />

Included alongside the cars is an impressive collection of<br />

artwork with an automobile theme. The Louwman Museum’s<br />

collection is the largest privately owned collection of automobiles<br />

in the world, and while it is certainly enjoyable for car enthusiasts,<br />

it is also interesting for history buffs and for anyone<br />

who enjoys beautiful things.<br />

LEIDSESTRAATWEG 57 | 2594 BB DEN HAAG | TEL.: + 31 (0)70 - 304 73 73 | WWW.LOUWMANMUSEUM.NL<br />

Choose your sublime restaurant centrally located on<br />

the banks of the Amstel River in Amsterdam.<br />

Bord’Eau will exceed all your expectations.<br />

Ask for the special ‘All In Lunch’ from € 68 per person<br />

Bord’Eau is open for lunch and dinner from Tuesday to Saturday. For reservations<br />

and/or more information please call +31 (0)20 531 16 19 or email bordeau@leurope.nl


ROLAND, THE CITY'S PROTECTOR<br />

Hansa heritage<br />

Once a member of the Hanseatic League, Germany’s smallest city-state boasts more<br />

than 1500 years of history. A medieval centre and riverfront parks and dining make<br />

Bremen a sensational summer destination.<br />

WHAT TO SEE<br />

Medieval meander<br />

Wander the medieval lanes in<br />

Schnoor, with its many shops<br />

and the Kunsthalle Bremen<br />

(kunsthalle-bremen.de). A climb<br />

up the tower at Cathedral of<br />

St Peter (stpetridom.de) in the<br />

Old Town offers a bird’s-eye<br />

view of the city. Next to the<br />

former defensive moat, Am<br />

Wall park is a charming place to<br />

relax on a summer’s evening.<br />

WHERE TO EAT<br />

Beer in the garden<br />

Cafes and restaurants line the<br />

Schlachte along the Weser<br />

river. Summer means beer<br />

gardens on the water:<br />

Feldmann’s Bierhaus<br />

(feldmanns-bierhaus.de) serves<br />

genuine Bremen cooking, while<br />

Paulaner’s (Schlachte 30; +49<br />

421 1690691) specializes in<br />

Bavarian. Im Viertel (Sielwall 2A;<br />

+49 421 79432688) offers<br />

traditional German dishes and<br />

homemade cakes.<br />

WHERE TO SHOP<br />

Craving Kluten<br />

Schnoor is a tangle of tight<br />

lanes full of boutiques.<br />

Böttcherstrasse (see Don't<br />

miss) caters to upscale<br />

shoppers. Markets are out on<br />

most of the squares around the<br />

Town Hall. Hachez (hachez.de),<br />

a chocolatier near the Town<br />

SUNNING ON THE SCHLACHTE<br />

Hall, is well worth a visit to buy<br />

Bremen's traditional Kluten,<br />

cubes of peppermint, partly<br />

covered in chocolate.<br />

HOW TO GET THERE<br />

KLM operates four direct daily<br />

fl ights to Bremen Airport from<br />

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.<br />

Tourist information<br />

bremen-tourism.de<br />

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travel information? Check out<br />

KLM’s Destination Guide pages<br />

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TOUCHDOWN BREMEN<br />

A SEAFARING HISTORY<br />

DON’T MISS<br />

Architectural<br />

gem<br />

Between Marktplatz and the<br />

river, the Böttcherstrasse is<br />

crowded with an impressive<br />

collection of Gothic and Art<br />

Nouveau architecture. Once<br />

the home of barrel makers,<br />

the street was transformed<br />

between 1922 and 1931 by<br />

coffee magnate Ludwig<br />

Roselius and is now home to<br />

several art museums,<br />

workshops, bars, restaurants,<br />

shops and an historic<br />

Glockenspiel that chimes at<br />

regular intervals.<br />

boettcherstrasse.de<br />

MIX OF OLD AND NOUVEAU<br />

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Photo: Jürgen Howaldt


Visit Saint Barbara‘s Cathedral in Kutná Hora – late-Gothic<br />

architectural gem and UNESCO World Heritage site<br />

www.middleczech.cz<br />

is unique example of late Gothic<br />

architecture was started in 1388 and it was<br />

completed 500 years later.<br />

e Central Bohemia Gallery (GASK), opened in 2010, not only displays modern art. Its most valuable item is the Kutná Hora<br />

Illumination, a rare 15th-century miniature acquired at an auction at Sotheby’s in London for over half a million pounds.


IMPOSING ARCHITECTURE<br />

Pole position<br />

Enjoy hearty food, boutique shopping and historic strolls. Poland’s capital is a<br />

forward-looking metropolis, where historic palaces meet modern architecture, cosy<br />

cafes compete with fashionable clubs and thousands will visit for Euro <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

WHAT TO SEE<br />

Art and parks<br />

Dubbed ‘The Polish Versailles’,<br />

the 17th-century Wilanów<br />

Palace Museum (wilanowpalac.art.pl)<br />

houses a priceless<br />

collection of masterpieces. The<br />

Warsaw Rising Museum<br />

(1944.pl) details the doomed<br />

1944 rebellion against Nazi<br />

occupation. In the Old Town,<br />

you’ll fi nd the Royal Castle<br />

(zamek-krolewski.pl).<br />

The city's National Stadium<br />

will host fi ve Euro <strong>2012</strong> matches<br />

(uefa.com).<br />

WHERE TO EAT<br />

Taste of tradition<br />

Sushi and fusion are all the<br />

fashion, though game<br />

features heavily on local<br />

menus, as do dumplings and<br />

sausage, as is served at central<br />

Chlopskie Jadlo<br />

(chlopskiejadlo.pl). Attractive<br />

Rózana Restauracja Polska<br />

(restauracjatradycja.pl) is<br />

candlelit and elegant, with all<br />

the gilt and antique trappings<br />

of a Polish stately home.<br />

WHERE TO SHOP<br />

Malls and markets<br />

Encased within a huge glass<br />

bubble, Złote Tarasy mall<br />

(zlotetarasy.pl) is exceptional,<br />

with a mix of western shops<br />

and local goods. Those looking<br />

for designer fashion should<br />

investigate the boutiques on<br />

Trzech Krzyzy square. Bargain<br />

SQUARES AND CRESCENTS<br />

hunters have a few outdoor<br />

markets to visit, the most<br />

notable being the Bazar na<br />

Kole (99 Obozowa St).<br />

HOW TO GET THERE<br />

KLM operates three direct<br />

daily fl ights to Warsaw Frederic<br />

Chopin Airport from Amsterdam<br />

Airport Schiphol.<br />

Tourist information<br />

warsawtour.pl<br />

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travel information? Check out<br />

KLM’s Destination Guide pages<br />

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klm.com. Content provided by<br />

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TOUCHDOWN WARSAW<br />

DON’T MISS<br />

Chopin in<br />

the park<br />

From mid-May to the end of<br />

September, the Fryderyk<br />

Chopin Society presents<br />

concerts in Warsaw's Royal<br />

Łazienki Park. Celebrated<br />

pianists from around the<br />

world perform at noon and<br />

4pm at the foot of Waclaw<br />

Szymanowski’s imposing<br />

Chopin Memorial in honour of<br />

Poland’s most famous musical<br />

son. Admission is free.<br />

tifc.chopin.pl<br />

SZYMANOWSKI’S CHOPIN<br />

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METROPOLIS BUILDING ON THE GRAN VIA<br />

Spain reigns<br />

With world-class art collections, tasty tapas, Sunday markets and a great street<br />

buzz, Spain’s capital encapsulates the country’s colour and culture. There’s<br />

something for everyone, from designer fashion to foodie haunts, from Old Masters<br />

to serious clubbing.<br />

WHAT TO SEE<br />

On the museum trail<br />

The ‘Golden Triangle’ of the<br />

Prado (see Don’t miss), Reina<br />

Sofi a (museoreinasofi a.es) and<br />

Thyssen-Bornemisza<br />

(museothyssen.org) museums<br />

warrants several days’<br />

exploration. Lesser-known<br />

Lázaro Galdiano Museum (fl g.<br />

es) and Museum of the San<br />

Fernando Royal Academy of<br />

Arts (rabasf.insde.es) offer<br />

similar quality, but fewer crowds.<br />

WHERE TO SHOP<br />

High street and<br />

handicrafts<br />

Chueca boutiques around Calle<br />

Almirante offer alternative<br />

designers to the ultra-chic shops<br />

in the Salamanca area, while<br />

Calle Fuencarral is packed with<br />

fashionable international brands.<br />

The best place for handicrafts is<br />

around Plaza Major.<br />

WHERE TO BOOGIE<br />

Feel the nightlife<br />

From the seven-level Kapital club<br />

(grupo-kapital.com) to the disco<br />

bars of trendy Chueca,<br />

alternative Malasaña, stylish La<br />

Latina and multicultural Lavapiés<br />

areas, Madrid’s nightlife is vast<br />

and varied. Café Comercial (7<br />

Glorieta de Bilbao) and Café del<br />

Círculo de Bellas Artes<br />

(circulobellasartes.com) and<br />

Vinoteca Barbechera (27 Calle<br />

CAFE CULTURE<br />

Príncipe) are great places to<br />

warm up before the serious<br />

clubbing begins.<br />

HOW TO GET THERE<br />

KLM operates fi ve direct<br />

daily fl ights to Madrid Barajas<br />

Airport from Amsterdam<br />

Airport Schiphol.<br />

Tourist information<br />

turismomadrid.es<br />

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travel information? Check out<br />

KLM’s Destination Guide pages<br />

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TOUCHDOWN MADRID<br />

SPANISH-STYLE FAST FOOD<br />

DON’T MISS<br />

Perfect Prado<br />

The Prado Museum in the<br />

Paseo del Arte is one of the<br />

world’s fi nest repositories for<br />

fi ne arts. It contains an<br />

unrivalled Spanish collection,<br />

including Goya’s The Third of<br />

May and Velázquez’<br />

Las Meninas. It also has<br />

several Italian and Flemish<br />

paintings, such as Bosch’s<br />

The Garden of Earthly Delights.<br />

museodelprado.es<br />

GARDENS AT THE PRADO<br />

Holland Herald 73


THE MYTHICAL FOUNDERS OF KIEV<br />

BOLD BUILDING<br />

Ancient city, bright future<br />

One of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, Ukraine's energetic capital boasts a rich<br />

cultural history. But this ancient city is anything but sleepy, with its chic cafes and<br />

bars that love to spill out into parks and terraces on warm summer nights.<br />

WHAT TO SEE<br />

Saintly sights<br />

Gold-domed St Michael's<br />

Monastery (6<br />

Tr'okhsvyatytel's'ka St) crowns<br />

the Old Town, from which<br />

cobbled Andriivs'kyi Descent<br />

leads to picturesque Podil.<br />

Main street Khreshchatyk<br />

leads south to Lypky where<br />

the Art Nouveau gem House<br />

with Chimeras – the<br />

Gorodetsky House (10<br />

Bankova St) – nestles among<br />

other architectural gems.<br />

WHERE TO EAT<br />

Best borscht<br />

The elegant Old Town offers<br />

high-end options, while<br />

central Khreshchatyk Street<br />

has everything from cheap<br />

and tasty stolovaya (canteens),<br />

such as Domashnya kuxnya<br />

(16-22 Khmelnytskoho St; +380<br />

44 2342918), to elegant Euro-<br />

Asian fusion at Concord (42<br />

Pushkins'ka St; +380 44 2347788).<br />

Reasonably priced beer tents<br />

line the riverside parks of Lypky<br />

and Pechersk in summer.<br />

WHERE TO BOOGIE<br />

Upbeat Ukraine<br />

Kiev's bars span the city, with<br />

smoky clubs and bars lining<br />

Khreshchatyk – spilling out<br />

onto leafy terraces in summer.<br />

Cool upmarket places like<br />

Bar on 8, on the eighth fl oor of<br />

the Hyatt Regency (5 Ally<br />

Tarasovoi St; +380 44 5811234),<br />

cluster around the Old Town<br />

and increasingly hip Lypky.<br />

Summer sees live dance<br />

venues and casual beer tents<br />

in the parks of Pechersk.<br />

HOW TO GET THERE<br />

KLM operates two direct daily<br />

fl ights and has twelve weekly<br />

code-share fl ights operated<br />

by Ukraine International to<br />

Kiev Borispol Airport from<br />

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.<br />

Tourist information<br />

traveltoukraine.org<br />

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travel information? Check out<br />

KLM’s Destination Guide pages<br />

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TOUCHDOWN KIEV<br />

DON’T MISS<br />

Football fever<br />

The Ukraine and Poland play<br />

host to the UEFA European<br />

Football Championship this<br />

year. The tournament begins<br />

in Warsaw on 8 June, with the<br />

fi rst games on Ukrainian soil<br />

the next day. On 11 June, play<br />

moves to Kiev’s Olympic<br />

Stadium, which also hosts the<br />

fi nal on 1 July.<br />

uefa.com<br />

FAN-TASTIC FOOTBALL<br />

Photo: Katatonia82/Shutterstock<br />

Holland Herald 75


Hotel Diplomat Stockholm, the exclusive<br />

privately-run four star deluxe lifestyle hotel, is<br />

superbly situated in the heart of Stockholm’s<br />

financial, cultural and shopping district with<br />

the lush Djurgården around the corner.<br />

International atmosphere filled with art, music<br />

and our Scandinavian Brasserie T/BAR.<br />

DIPLOMATHOTEL.COM +46 8 459 68 00


SHOWING BRAZIL'S COLOURS IN VILA ISABEL<br />

Carnival and cariocas<br />

With everything from chic beaches to boho back alleys and the world’s largest urban<br />

rainforest, Brazil’s second largest city is famous for its laid back atmosphere,<br />

breathtaking natural beauty and carnival – one of the biggest parties in the world.<br />

WHAT TO SEE<br />

Natural beauty<br />

Riding the cable car (bondinho.<br />

com.br) to the top of<br />

Sugarloaf Mountain reveals<br />

blissful views of the city and<br />

Guanabara Bay. The<br />

downtown Museu de Arte<br />

Moderna (mamrio.com.br)<br />

showcases contemporary<br />

Brazilian painters. Outdoor<br />

enthusiasts can hike the trails<br />

of the Floresta da Tijuca, the<br />

world’s largest urban rainforest.<br />

WHERE TO SHOP<br />

Beach boutiques<br />

Trendy urban shoppers head<br />

to Ipanema’s boutique-lined<br />

streets to browse for elegant<br />

shoes, stylish beachwear and<br />

tropical fashions. Less expensive<br />

stores cluster in Copacabana’s<br />

main street. For more original gifts<br />

and keepsakes, visit the outdoor<br />

Feira Hippie Ipanema<br />

(feirahippieipanema.com) market<br />

on Sunday.<br />

WHERE TO BOOGIE<br />

Brazilian beats<br />

Music lovers fl ock to antiquestudded<br />

Rio Scenarium<br />

(rioscenarium.com.br) or cosy<br />

Carioca da Gema<br />

(barcariocadagema.com.br) for<br />

outstanding samba parties. The<br />

young and beautiful meet at<br />

upscale dance clubs in Ipanema<br />

like Baronneti (baronneti.com.br)<br />

and Nuth (nuth.com.br). Sample<br />

spicy, neat cachaças spirit at<br />

Photo: Celso Pupo/Shutterstock<br />

GONDOLA TO SUGARLOAF<br />

Academia da Cachaça<br />

(academiadacachaca.com.br).<br />

HOW TO GET THERE<br />

KLM operates three direct<br />

fl ights a week to Rio de Janeiro<br />

International Airport from<br />

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.<br />

Tourist information<br />

rioguiaofi cial.com.br<br />

Looking for travel information?<br />

Check out Discover the Life of<br />

the Cariocas on the iFly TV<br />

channel on YouTube or head to<br />

KLM’s Destination Guide pages<br />

— and book your fl ight — on<br />

klm.com. Content provided by<br />

Frommer’s Unlimited © <strong>2012</strong>,<br />

Whatsonwhen Limited.<br />

TOUCHDOWN RIO<br />

STREET SWEETS<br />

DON’T MISS<br />

Iconic view<br />

Atop Mount Corcovado<br />

stands Christ the Redeemer<br />

(Cristo Redentor), arms<br />

outstretched, protecting the<br />

thriving metropolis. The<br />

30-metre-high landmark has<br />

come to symbolize the city.<br />

Visitors no longer need climb<br />

the 220 steps to the top;<br />

three panoramic elevators<br />

and four escalators now<br />

provide leisurely access to<br />

the monument and the<br />

views beyond.<br />

RIO'S PROTECTOR<br />

Holland Herald 77


Find the cosiest holiday cottages<br />

along the Dutch coast at www.aanzee.com


NATURE'S BRIDGE<br />

Sun, sea and salsa<br />

The Caribbean island of Aruba dances to salsa, dines on red snapper and sunbathes<br />

year-round. Its charming capital, Oranjestad, combines pastel-coloured, Dutch colonial<br />

houses with bustling shops and trendy eateries.<br />

WHAT TO SEE<br />

Natural charm<br />

Aruba's ancient indigenous<br />

cultural and colonial heritage<br />

have been beautifully<br />

captured at the National<br />

Archaeological Museum<br />

Aruba (namaruba.org).<br />

Discover exotic cacti, aloe<br />

plants and rare tropical<br />

fl owers on the hiking trails at<br />

Arikok National Park<br />

(arubanationalpark.org), or<br />

catch sunset views from the<br />

California Lighthouse on the<br />

island's north-western tip.<br />

WHERE TO EAT<br />

Island fusion<br />

European culinary traditions<br />

fuse with feisty Caribbean<br />

fl avours making use of the<br />

island’s bountiful tropical<br />

produce. Savour fi sh dishes at<br />

Ventanas del Mar (tierradelsol.<br />

com), lobster with lemon-garlic<br />

butter at The Flying Fishbone<br />

(fl yingfi shbone.com) and<br />

Aruba’s famous half-moon<br />

pastries at The Pastechi<br />

House (42, Caya GF<br />

Betico Croes).<br />

WHERE TO BOOGIE<br />

Latin beats<br />

Aruba's nightlife is<br />

concentrated around the Palm<br />

Beach and Eagle Beach<br />

resorts, with a choice of<br />

ramshackle bars, beer joints<br />

and fl ashy dance clubs. Salsalovers<br />

will enjoy Latin beats at<br />

Cuba's Cookin' (cubascookin.<br />

com) while MooMba Beach<br />

Bar (moombabeach.com)<br />

pumps out calypso.<br />

HOW TO GET THERE<br />

KLM operates four direct<br />

fl ights a week to Aruba Queen<br />

Beatrix Airport from Amsterdam<br />

Airport Schiphol.<br />

Tourist information<br />

aruba.com<br />

Looking for handy, up-to-date<br />

travel information? Check out<br />

KLM’s Destination Guide pages<br />

— and book your fl ight — on<br />

klm.com. Content provided by<br />

Frommer’s Unlimited © <strong>2012</strong>,<br />

Whatsonwhen Limited.<br />

TOUCHDOWN ARUBA<br />

IGUANA VACATION<br />

DON’T MISS<br />

Pre-Columbian<br />

craft<br />

Unique to the island are<br />

intricate masks and pots<br />

made from resin from the<br />

mopa mopa tree, dyed and<br />

processed according to<br />

traditions of Aruba's<br />

indigenous Quillasinga tribe.<br />

INTI in Oranjestad and sister<br />

store The Mask on the north<br />

side of the island offer<br />

dazzling selections.<br />

mopamopa.com<br />

MOPA MOPA MASKS<br />

Photo: courtesy mopamopa.com<br />

Holland Herald 79


Foto: CH/www.visitnorway.com<br />

WHEN ARRIVING AT OSLO AIRPORT, YOU ARE IN THE HEART OF THE<br />

OSLO REGION AND CAN EASILY VISIT ALL PARTS OF THE REGION.<br />

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Foto: VisitOSLO/Matjaz Intihar


JUST AFTER SUNRISE AT THE GUNUNG BROMO VOLCANO ON JAVA, INDONESIA. PHOTOGRAPHED BY ERIK KIEVIT<br />

Inspire us with<br />

your world<br />

Travelling is a great source of inspiration,<br />

and photography is a great way of<br />

capturing those special moments.<br />

Whether it’s landscapes, architecture,<br />

portraits or close-ups, creativity can be<br />

drawn from many sources.<br />

Show us your ‘Journeys of Inspiration’<br />

photos, and you could win two<br />

return tickets to a KLM destination of<br />

your choice!<br />

A goody bag every<br />

three months!<br />

Exact goody bag may differ from those shown<br />

How does it work?<br />

Every three months, there’s a new<br />

theme. At the end of each quarter, we’ll<br />

give away a KLM ‘goody bag’ to three<br />

photographers who, in our opinion, have<br />

sent in the most inspiring photographs<br />

within the theme.<br />

At the end of the year, we’ll choose an<br />

overall winner and two runners-up (see<br />

‘What you can win’ for details) from the<br />

quarterly winners.<br />

The theme<br />

For April, May and June <strong>2012</strong>, the theme<br />

is Landscapes.<br />

Don’t be late…<br />

Entries for Landscapes this quarter must<br />

be received by 1 July <strong>2012</strong>. See the<br />

holland-herald.com website for details.<br />

Get inspired<br />

Visit holland-herald.com for a selection<br />

of beautiful entries from previous years.<br />

PHOTO CONTEST<br />

What you can win<br />

THE GRAND PRIZE<br />

Two intercontinental Economy<br />

Class return tickets on KLM flights.<br />

FIRST RUNNER-UP<br />

A KLM voucher*, value €500, to<br />

be used towards the purchase of<br />

a KLM ticket.<br />

SECOND RUNNER-UP<br />

A KLM voucher*, value €250, to<br />

be used towards the purchase of<br />

a KLM ticket.<br />

*Vouchers can be redeemed at most IATA-accredited travel<br />

agents worldwide. Tickets issued in exchange for vouchers<br />

must bear the same name as that on the voucher.<br />

CONTEST RULES • Photographs can be submitted digitally<br />

(high-res is recommended) or printed (up to 10x15cm) • Photos will<br />

not be returned • Holland Herald, KLM, MediaPartners Group and<br />

the publishers, Ink Publishing, accept no responsibility for lost<br />

material • Copyright clearance and permission of subjects are the<br />

responsibility of the photographers. KLM and Ink Publishing<br />

acquire the rights for future use of the images • The competition is<br />

open to readers of Holland Herald who are 18 years of age or older<br />

on the date of entry and who have flown with KLM during the<br />

entry period • Entrants for the Grand Prize will be notified as soon<br />

as possible after the relevant quarter • Employees of KLM, Ink<br />

Publishing and MediaPartners Group, participating promotional<br />

agencies, contributors to Holland Herald, and the families of any<br />

of the above are not eligible to enter this competition • The<br />

judges’ decisions are final • No prizes can be exchanged for cash.<br />

Holland Herald 81


JUST AFTER SUNRISE AT THE GUNUNG BROMO VOLCANO ON JAVA, INDONESIA. PHOTOGRAPHED BY ERIK KIEVIT<br />

Inspire us with<br />

your world<br />

Travelling is a great source of inspiration,<br />

and photography is a great way of<br />

capturing those special moments.<br />

Whether it’s landscapes, architecture,<br />

portraits or close-ups, creativity can be<br />

drawn from many sources.<br />

Show us your ‘Journeys of Inspiration’<br />

photos, and you could win two<br />

return tickets to a KLM destination of<br />

your choice!<br />

A goody bag every<br />

three months!<br />

Exact goody bag may differ from those shown<br />

How does it work?<br />

Every three months, there’s a new<br />

theme. At the end of each quarter, we’ll<br />

give away a KLM ‘goody bag’ to three<br />

photographers who, in our opinion, have<br />

sent in the most inspiring photographs<br />

within the theme.<br />

At the end of the year, we’ll choose an<br />

overall winner and two runners-up (see<br />

‘What you can win’ for details) from the<br />

quarterly winners.<br />

The theme<br />

For April, May and June <strong>2012</strong>, the theme<br />

is Landscapes.<br />

Don’t be late…<br />

Entries for Landscapes this quarter must<br />

be received by 1 July <strong>2012</strong>. See the<br />

holland-herald.com website for details.<br />

Get inspired<br />

Visit holland-herald.com for a selection<br />

of beautiful entries from previous years.<br />

PHOTO CONTEST<br />

What you can win<br />

THE GRAND PRIZE<br />

Two intercontinental Economy<br />

Class return tickets on KLM flights.<br />

FIRST RUNNER-UP<br />

A KLM voucher*, value €500, to<br />

be used towards the purchase of<br />

a KLM ticket.<br />

SECOND RUNNER-UP<br />

A KLM voucher*, value €250, to<br />

be used towards the purchase of<br />

a KLM ticket.<br />

*Vouchers can be redeemed at most IATA-accredited travel<br />

agents worldwide. Tickets issued in exchange for vouchers<br />

must bear the same name as that on the voucher.<br />

CONTEST RULES • Photographs can be submitted digitally<br />

(high-res is recommended) or printed (up to 10x15cm) • Photos will<br />

not be returned • Holland Herald, KLM, MediaPartners Group and<br />

the publishers, Ink Publishing, accept no responsibility for lost<br />

material • Copyright clearance and permission of subjects are the<br />

responsibility of the photographers. KLM and Ink Publishing<br />

acquire the rights for future use of the images • The competition is<br />

open to readers of Holland Herald who are 18 years of age or older<br />

on the date of entry and who have flown with KLM during the<br />

entry period • Entrants for the Grand Prize will be notified as soon<br />

as possible after the relevant quarter • Employees of KLM, Ink<br />

Publishing and MediaPartners Group, participating promotional<br />

agencies, contributors to Holland Herald, and the families of any<br />

of the above are not eligible to enter this competition • The<br />

judges’ decisions are final • No prizes can be exchanged for cash.<br />

Holland Herald 81


ADVERTORIAL<br />

Off the beaten track<br />

Rare species – and rarer visitors – are the big drawcards for Tanzania’s southern parks<br />

TEEMING WITH WILDLIFE yet light on visitors,<br />

the pristine wilderness of Tanzania’s southern<br />

parks offer adventurous safaris off the beaten<br />

track. The major southern parks comprise<br />

Mikumi, Ruaha and Udzungwa Mountains, and<br />

afford an exciting mix of different habitats and<br />

wildlife. The best time to visit is during the dry<br />

season – June to November – when the roads are<br />

more hospitable. The dry season also fi nds the<br />

animals concentrated around the rivers, making it<br />

much easier to see everything.<br />

Mikumi National Park is easily accessed<br />

from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city. The<br />

park borders the Selous Game Reserve and is<br />

home to abundant wildlife including buffaloes,<br />

elephants, hippos, lions, leopards, giraffes, zebras<br />

and more. It is also famous for 6m-long pythons<br />

and is the ideal good stop-over point on the way<br />

to Udzungwa and Ruaha.<br />

Not a conventional game-viewing destination,<br />

Udzungwa Mountains National Park is famous for<br />

its bio-diversity and the unique plant life found in<br />

its rainforests. Iringa red colobus and Sanje crested<br />

mangabey are among its rare primates, while<br />

numerous species of birds can be found. Activities<br />

include hiking to the Sanje waterfalls or a climb to<br />

the top of Luhombereo, Udzungwa’s highest peak.<br />

Ruaha National Park, a scenic, fi ve-hour drive<br />

from Mikumi, is now both Tanzania’s largest park<br />

and its largest elephant sanctuary, and is also<br />

home to a number of animals which are rarely<br />

found further north. These include wild dogs,<br />

roan and sable antelopes, and the greater kudu.<br />

There are also lions, leopards, cheetahs and<br />

hyenas, as well as vast numbers of hippos and<br />

crocodiles around the Great Ruaha River.<br />

With yet more parks to choose from – such as<br />

Katavi and Saadani – Tanzania’s southern parks<br />

promise unforgettable sights and experiences.<br />

For further information contact:<br />

The Director General, Tanzania National Parks<br />

PO Box 3134, Arusha, Tanzania<br />

Tel: +255 27 250 3471, fax: +255 27 250 8216<br />

E-mail: info@tanzaniaparks.com<br />

www.tanzaniaparks.com


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Travellers Check<br />

KLM PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND INFORMATION FOR PASSENGERS<br />

Photo: KLM/MAI<br />

1952<br />

An aircraft marshaller<br />

giving two thumbs up to<br />

Convair CV-240 PH-TEE,<br />

'Jan Steen' on the apron<br />

at Schiphol Airport.<br />

contents<br />

Hartman quarterly 87<br />

Products & services 88<br />

Flying Blue news 91<br />

Jac Goderie column 91<br />

KLM entertainment 93<br />

KLM takes care 95<br />

KLM partners 97<br />

The fleet 98<br />

KLM route maps 101<br />

Schiphol, hub gates 108<br />

Amsterdam map 109<br />

Fit for flying 110


BE MY GUEST<br />

ON A TRIP TO<br />

NEW YORK<br />

YFKE STURM<br />

Dutch fashion model<br />

Convince me at<br />

klm.com/bemyguest<br />

Journeys of Inspiration


Cooperate<br />

and connect<br />

TEAMWORK IS THE WAY FORWARD<br />

Next month, the Olympics<br />

begin in London. Athletes<br />

from around the world<br />

will gather in the British<br />

capital to show off their<br />

skills and compete with<br />

one another before a<br />

worldwide audience.<br />

Sport unites the world; sport brings<br />

people together. KLM has something in<br />

common with sport; we have been bringing<br />

people together for more than 92 years. In<br />

the beginning, we did this from our home<br />

base in The Netherlands, but a network<br />

quickly developed which still forms the<br />

basis for the destinations we fl y to today.<br />

Of course, we don’t operate our<br />

network on our own; we have partners.<br />

KLM has partners across the globe<br />

with whom we maintain a wide variety<br />

of cooperative relationships. Growth<br />

‘Building better<br />

connections means<br />

better service’<br />

opportunities for business are naturally<br />

a consideration, but our fi rst priority is to<br />

provide our customers with the maximum<br />

number of options, both in destinations<br />

and fl ight frequency. In recent months,<br />

KLM has strengthened and expanded<br />

partnerships in a number of areas. In<br />

Eastern Europe, for example, agreements<br />

with Ukraine International allow us to<br />

offer more frequent fl ights to Kiev – just<br />

in time for this month’s European Football<br />

Championship in Ukraine, but continuing<br />

well after Euro <strong>2012</strong> ends. In Africa, we<br />

are strengthening our Joint Venture with<br />

Kenya Airways, improving connections<br />

between the Amsterdam and Nairobi hubs.<br />

Building better connections between<br />

the two airlines’ networks ensures that<br />

our customers have more choice and<br />

better service.<br />

Within the KLM Group ties are being<br />

strengthened as well. KLM and transavia.<br />

com now have codeshare agreements<br />

which allow the two networks to work<br />

together seamlessly. Customers from<br />

around the world can fl y more easily to<br />

transavia.com destinations via Schiphol,<br />

giving them more choice and more comfort.<br />

KLM HARTMAN QUARTERLY<br />

Bringing people together isn’t just<br />

something we do on a network level.<br />

Starting this month, Meet & Seat is<br />

available on fl ights from Amsterdam to all<br />

intercontinental destinations. Via LinkedIn<br />

and Facebook, you can choose who you<br />

sit next to during your fl ight. You could<br />

even choose to meet each other before<br />

your fl ight if you like.<br />

Corporate social responsibility is<br />

also a primary concern for KLM, and we<br />

want to do our part to safeguard the<br />

environment. That’s why KLM actively<br />

supports the World Wide Fund for Nature<br />

in their efforts to protect the Coral<br />

Triangle. You can read more about this<br />

project in this issue of Holland Herald<br />

(page 50). On intercontinental fl ights,<br />

Infl ight Entertainment also features a fi lm<br />

about this unique wildlife area in Asia (see<br />

page 93).<br />

PETER F. HARTMAN,<br />

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,<br />

KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES<br />

Holland Herald TRAVELLERS CHECK 87


KLM to go<br />

Five smartphone apps bring KLM’s<br />

products and services to your<br />

fi ngertips, no matter where you are.<br />

KLM App<br />

With the KLM App, you can book<br />

a fl ight, check in, select a seat,<br />

store your boarding pass, follow<br />

the status of your fl ight, view your Flying<br />

Blue Miles balance or ask KLM a question<br />

via Facebook or Twitter. Available in<br />

English, Dutch, German, Italian, French,<br />

Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese<br />

(traditional and simplifi ed).<br />

KLM Tripshake<br />

Looking for travel inspiration?<br />

Select a continent and travel<br />

dates – or leave it all up to<br />

chance – and shake your phone. You can<br />

book a fl ight directly via the app. Available<br />

in Dutch, English and German.<br />

KLM Passport<br />

Share your travel memories<br />

in a fun and inspiring way.<br />

Pick a theme and add your<br />

travel photos; the app creates a unique,<br />

personal holiday movie for you. The app<br />

adds a stamp in your digital passport for<br />

every movie you make.<br />

KLM Movies & More<br />

Provides a complete listing of all<br />

the programming on board KLM’s<br />

intercontinental fl ights. Movies,<br />

TV, Music and Kids listings are included,<br />

with full synopses and trailers for features<br />

in Latest Movies.<br />

KLM Houses<br />

Images and descriptions of all<br />

92 KLM Delft Blue Houses are<br />

included in this handy app.<br />

Locate the original houses on Google<br />

Maps and keep track of the ones you<br />

have with the built-in checklist.<br />

88 Holland Herald TRAVELLERS CHECK<br />

Meet your seat-mate<br />

Expanded to include all KLM<br />

intercontinental routes, KLM Meet<br />

& Seat is a service that connects<br />

passengers with each other.<br />

Passengers can link their Facebook<br />

or LinkedIn profi les to the next KLM<br />

fl ight they will be on. Passengers on<br />

intercontinental fl ights who have signed<br />

up can see each other’s profi les and – if<br />

they see a connection – get in touch.<br />

For a demo video, visit youtube.com/<br />

klm and search ‘Meet & Seat’.<br />

Tweet KLM for your fare<br />

Priority services<br />

worldwide<br />

KLM and SkyTeam partners expand<br />

availability of SkyPriority, a collection<br />

of priority services for First/Business<br />

Class passengers and SkyTeam Elite Plus<br />

members, including Flying Blue Platinum<br />

and Gold members. The SkyPriority label<br />

appears on the boarding passes of<br />

eligible passengers, and signs bearing<br />

the red label make priority services easy<br />

to fi nd at airports around the world.<br />

SkyPriority includes priority checkin,<br />

baggage drop-off, boarding and<br />

baggage fi rst-on-belt, as well as priority<br />

at immigration and security and at ticket<br />

offi ces and transfer desks. SkyPriority is<br />

now available in all airports served by<br />

KLM and AIR FRANCE and will be visible in<br />

more than 1,000 airports by 2013.<br />

Finding a KLM ticket price couldn’t be easier. Send a tweet to @KLMfares with a<br />

departure city and a destination – for example Amsterdam to Singapore – and we’ll<br />

tweet you back within one minute with the best fare available for a return ticket.<br />

You can also narrow the scope of your request by adding the month you want to<br />

fl y or specifi c fl ight dates (in dd-mm format) in your tweet.


Travel together<br />

Planning to take a trip with a group<br />

of friends? KLM Trip Planner makes it<br />

easy. Set up a travel group and invite your<br />

Facebook friends. The app helps you<br />

organize and decide on a destination,<br />

dates and fl ights – and can even suggest<br />

a destination to match your group’s<br />

interests. To get started, head to<br />

tripplanner.klm.com.<br />

PLAN A GET-AWAY WITH YOUR FRIENDS<br />

KLM PRODUCTS & SERVICES<br />

Manage<br />

your KLM account<br />

À la carte options<br />

In addition to standard in-fl ight meals,<br />

KLM Economy Class passengers can<br />

choose from fi ve à la carte menus –<br />

Japanese Delight, Bella Italia, Indonesian<br />

Rice Dish, Nature’s Favourite and an<br />

alternating, theme-based meal. The menus<br />

are available on most intercontinental<br />

fl ights departing from Amsterdam and cost<br />

between €10 and €15. They can be ordered<br />

from 90 days to 48 hours prior to departure<br />

on klm.com when booking online or<br />

afterwards via ‘Manage my Booking’.<br />

Take advantage of the convenience<br />

of your own account on klm.com.<br />

With a personal KLM or Flying Blue<br />

account, you can manage your profi le<br />

and personal preferences, and access<br />

a wide range of online products and<br />

services. Your personal details and<br />

preferences – and those of your<br />

travelling companions – will be at your<br />

fi ngertips every time you book a fl ight.<br />

Visit klm.com to set up your account.<br />

Extra ccomfort<br />

last minute<br />

Seats in the Economy Comfort zone, in<br />

the front of the Economy cabin, have more<br />

legroom (10cm more) than standard seats<br />

and recline twice as far. Economy Comfort<br />

seats can now be purchased on board –<br />

depending on availability. To be sure of an<br />

Economy Comfort seat, you can book a<br />

seat in advance at the kiosk in the airport<br />

or – up to 90 days before fl ying – when<br />

buying a ticket online or via ‘Manage my<br />

Booking’ on klm.com.<br />

MORE CHOICE IN IN-FLIGHT MEALS<br />

Holland Herald TRAVELLERS CHECK 89


An impulse fl ight<br />

Two nights’ sweet dreams<br />

Simple to join, so much to experience.<br />

Enrol at klm.com or airfrance.com<br />

A scenic drive<br />

An escape<br />

for two<br />

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KLM ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Frenchly fantastic<br />

It’s a given that most French fi lms will be<br />

successful in France – and certainly in<br />

Paris. But does that always mean<br />

international success? Not necessarily,<br />

but Intouchables has been a<br />

resounding success at home and abroad.<br />

In France alone, more than 20 million<br />

people saw the fi lm, and it has earned<br />

more than $350 million internationally.<br />

But why? Simply put, the story strikes<br />

a universal chord and the chemistry<br />

between the two main characters is<br />

undeniable. Phillipe, a severely<br />

handicapped aristocrat, cannot live<br />

without 24/7 assistance. The assistant<br />

he hires is Driss – Senegalese born,<br />

street tough, just out of prison and with<br />

a chequered past. But opposites attract<br />

and the two men have an instant click.<br />

The story made me laugh and cry.<br />

Somehow it manages to be both a<br />

realistic slice-of-life story and a fairy tale.<br />

It could have taken place anywhere –<br />

from Washington DC to Beijing – but the<br />

fact that the backdrop is Paris is, of<br />

course, an added bonus.<br />

JAC GODERIE<br />

Renowned Dutch movie reviewer and<br />

programmer of KLM Infl ight Entertainment.<br />

UNLIKELY MATES IN ‘INTOUCHABLES’<br />

For more information on KLM entertainment,<br />

see page 93.<br />

Holland Herald TRAVELLERS CHECK 91


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‘JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND’ FULL OF STRANGE AND WONDERFUL SURPRISES<br />

LATEST MOVIES<br />

21 Jump Street (Comedy, Action)<br />

Intouchables (Comedy, Drama)<br />

John Carter (Action, Fantasy)<br />

Journey 2 (Action, Comedy)<br />

Man On A Ledge (Crime, Thriller)<br />

TELEVISION<br />

People and Planet<br />

Fish Wars<br />

This documentary provides amazing<br />

images of a uniquely beautiful part of the<br />

ocean in Southeast Asia known as the<br />

Coral Triangle. But how long will its beauty<br />

last? The area faces threats on many<br />

fronts, and WWF is striving to preserve this<br />

endangered natural resource for future<br />

generations. For a feature on the Coral<br />

Triangle, see page 50 of this issue of<br />

Holland Herald.<br />

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Safe House (Crime, Mystery)<br />

Shame (Drama)<br />

The Vow (Romance, Drama)<br />

This Means War (Action, Romance)<br />

W.E. (History, Romance)<br />

ASIA’S AWESOME CORAL TRIANGLE<br />

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Now N available on an iPhone near you…<br />

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entertainment e to choose from on board,<br />

why w not check out the options before you<br />

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you y a sneak peek at all the movies, TV,<br />

music m and stuff for kids available on your<br />

next n fl ight. The app is available for iPhones<br />

and a will be released for Android and iPads<br />

this t summer.<br />

*All content is offered on wide-body aircraft fl ying intercontinental routes and is updated<br />

around the fi rst of each month.<br />

Photo: © Jürgen Freund / WWF-Canon<br />

KLM ENTERTAINMENT*<br />

KLM FM – Spotlight<br />

Candy Dulfer<br />

By the time her debut album Saxuality had<br />

notched up a million sales, Candy Dulfer<br />

had become a real Dutch jazz diva – at<br />

the age of 19. Just a couple of months<br />

earlier, she’d topped the charts across<br />

Europe with her recording of Lily Was<br />

Here, a fi lm theme she’d recorded with<br />

Dave Stewart of Eurythmics in a single<br />

take at the end of a studio session. Since<br />

then, the alto saxophonist has worked all<br />

over the world, performing with big names<br />

including Prince, Lionel Richie, Van<br />

Morrison, Beyoncé and Angie Stone.<br />

JAZZ SENSATION CANDY DULFER<br />

Getting started<br />

For a complete listing of the more<br />

than 1,000 hours of entertainment<br />

available, check your personal<br />

interactive screen. You can also<br />

check listings on klm.com before<br />

your next fl ight.<br />

CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE<br />

Holland Herald TRAVELLERS CHECK 93


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KLM & WWF-NL<br />

PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES AROUND THE WORLD<br />

Announcing<br />

KLM Takes Care<br />

This month KLM launches KLM Takes<br />

Care. With this new initiative, we bring<br />

together all our Corporate Social<br />

Responsibility (CSR) activities under a<br />

common brand – making it easier for our<br />

customers to identify them. In the coming<br />

months, wherever you see the Takes Care<br />

logo, you’ll recognize KLM’s CSR initiatives.<br />

The introduction of Takes Care<br />

coincides with the launch of a new<br />

website klmtakescare.com. On the<br />

website you can ask KLM questions<br />

regarding CSR projects and fi nd additional<br />

information on KLM CSR activities as well<br />

as details regarding KLM’s partnership<br />

with WWF-The Netherlands.<br />

RESPONSIBLE COFFEE<br />

KLM TAKES CARE<br />

“Helping to make the world a better place”<br />

KLM has long been a pioneer in making<br />

aviation more sustainable and, with this in<br />

mind, KLM and the Dutch chapter of the<br />

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-NL)<br />

entered into a unique partnership in 2007.<br />

At the end of 2011, this partnership was<br />

renewed for a period of four years. The<br />

three main goals of this cooperation are<br />

to decrease CO 2 emissions on all levels, to<br />

develop sustainable biofuels and an<br />

international market for them, and to<br />

protect natural resources at home and<br />

around the world. With these activities<br />

and with existing and new initiatives<br />

throughout the business, we are showing<br />

that the aviation industry as a whole can<br />

be made more sustainable. For more<br />

information, check out the new<br />

klmtakescare.com website or the People<br />

& Planet channel on your personal screen<br />

(on intercontinental fl ights).<br />

Coming soon:<br />

UTZ Certifi ed coffee<br />

Making aviation sustainable on all<br />

levels is an important ambition for<br />

KLM. Starting next month, all coffee<br />

served on board KLM fl ights worldwide<br />

will be UTZ Certifi ed. UTZ is a programme<br />

and label for sustainable farming<br />

worldwide. Sustainable farming supports<br />

farmers, farm workers and their families<br />

and communities while safeguarding the<br />

earth’s natural resources, now and in the<br />

future. The UTZ Certifi ed programme has<br />

been working towards these goals for<br />

nearly ten years and is one of the largest<br />

sustainability programmes in the world for<br />

coffee, cocoa and tea. For more<br />

information, visit utzcertifi ed.org.<br />

Holland Herald TRAVELLERS CHECK 95


WITH SKYTEAM’S GLOBAL NETWORK ACROSS ALL<br />

CONTINENTS, TRAVELING HAS NEVER BEEN SO SEAMLESS.<br />

Our 16 member airlines connect you to the world seamlessly. SkyTeam offers more than<br />

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you to get wherever you need to go. Mileage earned can be redeemed on all member airline<br />

flights. Visit skyteam.com


Our partners, your benefi ts<br />

AIR FRANCE KLM, Europe’s largest airline group, is a<br />

member of SkyTeam, an alliance of 16 airlines.<br />

This offers you a variety of benefi ts such as: 926 global<br />

destinations, access to 490 lounges worldwide, a coordinated<br />

timetable for improved connections, and more opportunities to<br />

earn Flying Blue Level and Award Miles. Award Miles can be<br />

Code-share partners<br />

KLM and its main partners<br />

Other KLM partners<br />

Combined code-share and<br />

Flying Blue partners<br />

KLM PARTNERS<br />

spent on fl ights, or with over 100 non-airline partners, such as<br />

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tier, each offering different benefi ts such as access to airport<br />

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Flying Blue partners<br />

You can earn and/or spend Miles with all SkyTeam alliance members and KLM’s Flying Blue partners; Flying Blue is AIR FRANCE KLM’s loyalty programme. For detailed information, visit klm.com or<br />

airfrance.com. A code-share partner means that even though you have booked a KLM fl ight number, you may fi nd yourself travelling on a service operated by that partner.<br />

Holland Herald TRAVELLERS CHECK 97


Artwork KLM fl eet: Hans Murris, KLM Engineering & Maintenance, SPL/WM<br />

KLM PLANE FACTS HOW BIG, HOW SMALL, HOW FAR…?<br />

1920 17 May: the fi rst KLM fl ight<br />

from London to Amsterdam.<br />

1933 The Fokker F-XVIII Pelican<br />

sets a new record for the fl ight<br />

Amsterdam-Jakarta of four days, four<br />

hours and 35 minutes.<br />

1934 October: the McDonnell<br />

Douglas DC-2 Uiver wins fi rst prize<br />

in the handicap section, and<br />

second prize overall in the<br />

London-Melbourne Air Race.<br />

1946 KLM launches its<br />

scheduled service between<br />

Amsterdam and New York.<br />

1960<br />

KLM introduces the<br />

McDonnell Douglas DC-8 into its<br />

fl eet, marking the beginning of the<br />

‘jet age’.<br />

1971 KLM’s fi rst Boeing<br />

747B heralds the start of the<br />

‘wide-body’ age.<br />

1989 KLM is the fi rst European<br />

airline to introduce the new<br />

generation 747-400s.<br />

2003 KLM introduces the fi rst of<br />

its Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, followed<br />

in 2008 with the 300ER variant.<br />

2005 KLM starts adding the<br />

fi rst of 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft to<br />

its fl eet.<br />

2008 KLM begins a gradual<br />

introduction of the EMBRAER 190 to its<br />

Cityhopper fl eet, replacing some of its<br />

Fokker 100 aircraft.<br />

2011 KLM becomes the fi rst<br />

airline in the world to operate<br />

commercial fl ights using biofuel.<br />

KLM’s fuel effi ciency performance is one<br />

of the best in Europe thanks, in part, to<br />

its effi cient network and modern fl eet.<br />

The klm.com/csr website provides<br />

more detailed information on KLM’s<br />

corporate social responsibility and<br />

sustainable air transport activities.<br />

98 Holland Herald TRAVELLERS CHECK<br />

Boeing 747-400<br />

22 920 11,500 64.44 35,000<br />

(Combi 16) (Combi)<br />

390,100 415 70.67 yes!<br />

(Combi 396,900) (Combi 275)<br />

Boeing 747-400ER Freighter<br />

4 920 11,500 64.44<br />

412,800 112,000 70.67<br />

Boeing 777-300ER<br />

5 900 12,000 64.80<br />

351,543 425 73.86 yes!<br />

Boeing 777-200ER<br />

15 900 11,800 60.90<br />

297,500 318 63.70 yes!


McDonnell Douglas MD-11<br />

Airbus A330-200/300<br />

Fleet data information valid at magazine publication date<br />

KLM PLANE FACTS<br />

10 880 11,000 51.96<br />

280,300 285 61.21 yes!<br />

11 880 8,800 60.30<br />

3 880 8,200 60.30<br />

230,000 243 58.37 yes!<br />

233,000 292 63.69 yes!<br />

Boeing 737-900 Boeing 737-800<br />

5 850 4,300 35.80<br />

76,900 189 42.12<br />

Boeing 737-700<br />

18 850 3,500 35.80<br />

64,000 129 33.62<br />

Fokker 70/100<br />

26 743 2,400 28.08<br />

4 740 2,400 28.08<br />

38,000 80 30.91<br />

44,400 100 35.53<br />

23 850 4,100 35.80<br />

73,700 171 39.47<br />

KEY<br />

NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT<br />

MAX. TAKE-OFF WEIGHT (KG)<br />

WINGSPAN (M)<br />

EMBRAER 190<br />

22 850 3,300 28.72<br />

45,600 100 36.25<br />

CRUISING SPEED (KM/H)<br />

MAXIMUM PASSENGERS<br />

SCALE: 1CM = APPR. 6.3M<br />

TELEPHONE ON BOARD<br />

RANGE (KM)<br />

TOTAL LENGTH (M)<br />

MAX. FREIGHT (KG)<br />

Holland Herald TRAVELLERS CHECK 99


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E7<br />

Gates M M4 H5 Gates H<br />

M3 4 H4<br />

M2 H3<br />

M1 H2<br />

H1<br />

G11-16<br />

Lounge 6<br />

3<br />

G3<br />

4 T9<br />

G5<br />

1 3<br />

G2 G7<br />

2<br />

3<br />

G4 G9<br />

Lounge<br />

G6<br />

3<br />

G8<br />

F3<br />

F4<br />

F5<br />

Gates G<br />

3<br />

F7<br />

F6<br />

F9<br />

Gates F F8<br />

Gates C<br />

Gates C<br />

T Transfer desk<br />

T Transfer desk<br />

Self-service transfer<br />

Self-service transfer<br />

KLM Crown Lounge<br />

KLM Crown Lounge<br />

Paris / Charles De Gaulle Airport Terminal 2, France<br />

B34 B30 B26 B22 B18<br />

B36 B32 B28 B24 B20 B16 B14 to B1 - B8<br />

Gates B 4<br />

B35 B31 B27 B23 B17 B15 B13<br />

TERMINAL 2E<br />

C88-C89<br />

A48-A49<br />

A46-A47<br />

A44-A45<br />

C90-C91 A50-A51 A42-A43<br />

A40-A41<br />

D74<br />

D53-D54<br />

D76<br />

B33-34<br />

D55-D56 D72-D73 B21-B22 B31-B32<br />

D57-D58 D64-D65 B23-B24 B26-B27-B28B29-B30<br />

D60-D61<br />

D61-D62 D70-D71 B25<br />

C86-C87 C84-C85 TERMINAL 2C<br />

TERMINAL 2A<br />

C14<br />

C16<br />

C12<br />

C10<br />

C8 C6 C4<br />

C82-C83<br />

C80-C81<br />

C7 C5<br />

T<br />

T<br />

T<br />

E51<br />

-<br />

E76<br />

4 4 3<br />

5<br />

TERMINAL 2E<br />

D14 D12<br />

D4<br />

D16<br />

5<br />

1 1<br />

D68 D10 D8 D62 3<br />

GATES E51 TO E76 D18<br />

D66 D64<br />

D22<br />

D24<br />

D26 T<br />

D3<br />

D28<br />

D5 D59<br />

D7 D61<br />

5<br />

1 1<br />

D63 1<br />

5<br />

4<br />

4 4<br />

D31 D41<br />

3<br />

D71<br />

T<br />

D42 D43<br />

E2<br />

D44D72<br />

D73<br />

Thalys/RER/TGV<br />

T<br />

T<br />

D46D74<br />

F41-F43 D48D76<br />

F21-F25<br />

D52D78<br />

T<br />

E4 E3 Railway station<br />

D54D82<br />

F56 T F44-F45 F36 T F26<br />

D56D84<br />

D47<br />

D86<br />

D49 D77<br />

F54-F55 F46 F35 E6 E5<br />

D51 D79<br />

F27<br />

F2<br />

F1<br />

D53 D81<br />

TERMINAL 2G<br />

D55 D83<br />

F34<br />

F53<br />

F47 F28<br />

D57D85<br />

E8<br />

GATES G21 TO G40<br />

D87 F48 F33<br />

F52<br />

F29<br />

TERMINAL 2F<br />

TERMINAL 2D<br />

TERMINAL 2B<br />

F32<br />

F49<br />

F51<br />

Schengen F30<br />

F31<br />

F50<br />

D29D27D25D23D21<br />

M5 H6<br />

Gates M M4 H5 Gates H<br />

to C21 - C26<br />

4 M3 4 H4<br />

Gates C C15 - C18<br />

4<br />

M2 H3<br />

C13<br />

C9<br />

T3<br />

M1 H2<br />

C11<br />

T2<br />

Schiphol Plaza<br />

H1<br />

3<br />

G11-16<br />

8<br />

Lounge<br />

Lounge 6<br />

3<br />

G3<br />

1<br />

4 T9<br />

D2<br />

G5<br />

D60<br />

1<br />

12<br />

3<br />

G2 G7<br />

3 2<br />

3<br />

5<br />

T5 T4<br />

2<br />

G4 G9<br />

1<br />

3<br />

Lounge<br />

G6<br />

Lounge<br />

3<br />

F2<br />

2<br />

Holland Boulevard<br />

G8<br />

F3<br />

T6<br />

F4<br />

F5<br />

Gates D<br />

Gates G<br />

3<br />

F7<br />

5<br />

F6<br />

Schengen<br />

F9<br />

Gates B-C, D 59-87, M<br />

Gates F F8<br />

7<br />

E7<br />

E15 E9<br />

T Transfer desk<br />

E18 E17<br />

E20 E19<br />

Self-service transfer<br />

Gates E E22<br />

KLM Crown Lounge<br />

E24<br />

KEY<br />

Check-in<br />

Self-Service Check-in<br />

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Gates E<br />

Gates E<br />

E15 E9<br />

E18 E17<br />

E18 E17<br />

E20 E19<br />

E22 E20<br />

E24 E22<br />

E24<br />

E19<br />

KLM<br />

Crown<br />

KLM<br />

KLM<br />

Crown<br />

Lounge<br />

25<br />

Gates D<br />

Passport control /<br />

Security check<br />

A1 Gate Numbers<br />

Baggage Claim<br />

4 Walking distance from point to<br />

point (average time in minutes)<br />

25 Gates D<br />

Gates D<br />

Gates M<br />

Top Level<br />

Second Top Level floor<br />

Second floor<br />

M7<br />

M6 M7<br />

KLM and Alitalia flights arrive at and<br />

depart from Terminal 2F, Gates F21 to F36.<br />

Air France flights arrive at and depart from<br />

Terminals 2C, 2D, 2E and 2F.<br />

KLM Crown Lounge<br />

KLM Crown 52 Lounge<br />

52<br />

H7<br />

M5 M6 H6 H7<br />

Top Level<br />

Second floor<br />

M7<br />

M6<br />

H7<br />

Gates H<br />

KLM Crown Lounge<br />

52<br />

KLM flights arrive at and<br />

depart from gates B, C, D, E, F.<br />

Air France and Alitalia<br />

flights arrive at and depart<br />

from gates B and C.<br />

Korean Air flights arrive at<br />

and depart from gate G.<br />

Delta flights arrive at and<br />

depart from gate E.<br />

Czech Airlines flights arrive<br />

at and depart from gate D.<br />

Aeroflot flights arrive at and<br />

depart from gates B and G.<br />

KLM passengers travelling to<br />

Antwerp (Thalys) and<br />

Rotterdam (NS): Please<br />

collect your luggage in<br />

Amsterdam and exchange<br />

your KLM (e-)ticket for a<br />

Thalys or NS ticket at the<br />

Netherlands Railways<br />

(NS ) desk at Schiphol<br />

Plaza (just past immigration).<br />

Passengers with access<br />

to KLM’s Crown Lounges<br />

who are arriving on<br />

intercontinental flights and<br />

transferring to European<br />

(Schengen) flights are<br />

kindly advised to use Crown<br />

Lounge 25, located near the<br />

Schengen gates and behind<br />

passport control.<br />

Delta, AeroMexico, Korean Air and Aeroflot<br />

flights arrive at and depart from Terminal 2E.<br />

Czech Airlines flights arrive at and depart<br />

from Terminal 2D.<br />

Self-service transfer<br />

Landside connection shuttle<br />

to/from Terminal 2G<br />

T Transfer desk 1 Transfer by shuttle 1 outside Customs Area<br />

Air France Lounge<br />

Transfer by shuttle bus inside Customs Area<br />

Transfer by train<br />

Transfer by shuttle bus inside Customs Area,<br />

only between 7:30am and 4:15pm


Hand baggage rules at EU airports<br />

To increase passenger safety, security rules for hand luggage are in place for all fl ights, in accordance with<br />

European Union regulations. When passing through security control, you will be required to present liquids, gels,<br />

pastes, lotions and aerosols separately, in individual containers of not more than 100ml, packaged in a resealable,<br />

transparent plastic bag (maximum volume 1 litre, 1 bag per person).<br />

Airport shopping<br />

in the EU<br />

Within the European Union, liquids<br />

and gels that you purchase after<br />

passing through passport control<br />

or on board the aircraft will be<br />

packaged and sealed for you,<br />

together with the receipt. The<br />

unbroken seal is valid for 24 hours.<br />

Airport shopping<br />

outside the EU<br />

If you buy liquids or gels at a<br />

non-EU airport and change planes at<br />

an EU airport, your purchases will be<br />

confi scated at the EU airport security<br />

check. This can also happen for<br />

purchases you make on board an<br />

aircraft operated by an airline from<br />

a non-EU country. For further<br />

information, visit klm.com.<br />

KLM AMSTERDAM MAP<br />

Animal products<br />

To prevent the spread of animal<br />

diseases, you are prohibited from<br />

entering the EU with meat, meat<br />

products, milk and milk products. Small<br />

quantities for personal use are<br />

permitted on arrival from Andorra, the<br />

Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland,<br />

Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino and<br />

Switzerland. For further information,<br />

visit europa.eu.<br />

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KLM FIT FOR FLYING<br />

Our handy hints can help you to stay feeling great both during and after the<br />

fl ight. Exercises should be performed slowly with steady, even breathing<br />

10 TIMES 15 TIMES 30 TIMES 5 TIMES 10 TIMES 15 TIMES<br />

Feet<br />

With your heels on<br />

the fl oor, stretch your<br />

toes upwards. Then,<br />

keeping your toes on<br />

the fl oor, stretch your<br />

heel upwards.<br />

Relax whilst fl ying<br />

Statistics show that fl ying is much safer<br />

than many situations in our daily lives<br />

The crew in control of the plane are<br />

highly trained and experienced<br />

KLM aircraft are maintained and designed<br />

to withstand all sorts of turbulence<br />

Try to relax — breathe in deeply through<br />

your nose, hold for three seconds and<br />

exhale slowly<br />

KLM partner, VALK Foundation, can<br />

offer support to people with a fear<br />

of fl ying. Visit valk.org or<br />

call +31 71 5273733<br />

HOUSE RULES<br />

Rotate your foot fi rst<br />

in one direction and<br />

then the other.<br />

All electronic devices must<br />

be turned off completely whilst<br />

walking to/from the aircraft, and<br />

during take-off, approach<br />

and landing.<br />

The only electronic devices<br />

which may be used during<br />

the fl ight and ground<br />

stop are:<br />

• Mobile phones, PDAs or<br />

other devices with a ’fl ight’<br />

mode or ‘fl ight safe’ setting.<br />

This must be activated<br />

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Ankles Knees Shoulders Legs Back and arms<br />

Raise your leg,<br />

tensing the muscles<br />

of your thigh.<br />

During the fl ight<br />

With your hands<br />

on your thighs, rotate<br />

your shoulders in a<br />

circular motion.<br />

Ear pain? Pinch your nose shut,<br />

close your mouth and swallow or<br />

blow out against your closed mouth.<br />

Alternatively, chew gum<br />

Stimulate your circulation by<br />

walking around in the cabin<br />

and stretching<br />

Avoid sitting with your legs crossed<br />

as this restricts circulation<br />

Taking your shoes off might be<br />

more comfortable<br />

Drink plenty of water and not too<br />

much alcohol<br />

before the aircraft<br />

doors are closed.<br />

• Laptops, if the<br />

WLAN/WiFi is<br />

turned off.<br />

• Electronic games,<br />

MP3, DVD and<br />

CD players.<br />

Cabin crew can request all<br />

electronic devices to be switched<br />

off completely if circumstances<br />

so dictate.<br />

Bend forward slightly.<br />

Wrap your hands<br />

around your knee<br />

and raise it to your<br />

chest. Hold for 15<br />

seconds.<br />

Reducing jetlag<br />

Place both feet<br />

fl at on the ground<br />

and hold in your<br />

stomach. Bend<br />

forward, moving<br />

your hands down<br />

your legs.<br />

Start adjusting your body clock<br />

to the time zone of your<br />

destination the night before departure<br />

by going to bed earlier or later<br />

Don’t eat too heavily the night<br />

before you leave, or drink too<br />

much alcohol<br />

Eat protein-rich meals at times<br />

that are normal for your new<br />

time zone<br />

At your destination, take light<br />

exercise, such as a walk<br />

Spend at least 30 minutes in daylight<br />

Drinks are served one<br />

at a time to passengers<br />

occupying their assigned<br />

seats. For safety reasons,<br />

the purser may close the bar.<br />

Passengers are not permitted to<br />

drink alcoholic beverages brought<br />

on board with them or<br />

purchased on board.<br />

Smoking, including<br />

artifi cial cigarettes, such as<br />

‘SuperSmokers’, is strictly forbidden<br />

at all times on KLM fl ights.


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