Tilburg next Dutch city to embrace ‘drunk voting’

In many countries no alcohol is served on voting days. To let the people come to a measured decision, or just show up at all. Well in the Netherlands the opposite is happening. For the next municipal elections in March 2014 Tilburg, the sixth biggest city of Holland, opens a special voting booths at midnight…

Poetry: Vodka by Joel Brouwer

Everyone knows that most great poets were also very good drinkers. So it is high time to share some of their creations. From time to time we’ll bring you poems on drinking, odes to booze and adventures under intoxication. This time we bring you one with the catchy title Vodka. No wonder this creation by…

Bulgarian breakfast in Holland

Our tip for the weekend… Today we had a good cup (we ran out of soup bowls) Bulgarian tripe soup. Or shkembe chobra as they call it. This simple soup with the main ingredients tripe, garlic and chili pepper is a great cure for hangovers. I appologyze for the bad quality of the pictures, but…