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What do you get when an ex-art critic/art school lecturer flees the busy London life to recuperate in the Netherlands?The answer is a beautiful limited edition art book which guides one to places in Amsterdam with ‘spirit of place’, whether they be parks, woods, museums, shops, restaurants, libraries, or simply places to sit.
After three years of research, by bike and on foot, Siobhan Wall is thrilled to have Quiet Amsterdam in her hands.
“Albina, a Surinamese restaurant in the Albert Cuypstraat, isn’t that attractive,” she says, “but the people working there are friendly, the food is good, nourishing and cheap, and you don’t feel disturbed by loud music – you can eat at your own pace and just sit there and relax.” Quiet Amsterdam is the ideal companion for anyone interested in the 'Slow Food' movement, too.
Enjoy this book. It is rare to find a publication that encapsulates such a wealth of information that is both practical and good for the soul. I would recommend this limited edition book – only 1,000 copies have been printed – as a gift to anyone visiting or who is already living in or around Amsterdam.
Visit www.imagefound.com for more information on Quiet Amsterdam.
Siobhan Wall’s blog, www.quietplacestosit.blogspot.com, also lists ‘quiet places’ in other parts of the world.
Review by Natasha Gunn
Images by Siobhan Wall (from Quiet Amsterdam).
Just in time for Christmas gift-giving, this book shoudl be a visual elixir to reorient in our lovely city after all the madness of Sint and the holidays has past!
ok in the book, but living there as a foreigner is so the opposite way, nice scenery, anti foreigner systems, gov, banks, utilities and this has filtered through to the people in every day life, you get rubbed up the wrong way so many times, that you become one of them or like i did leave.....
Just in time for Christmas gift-giving, this book shoudl be a visual elixir to reorient in our lovely city after all the madness of Sint and the holidays has past!
ok in the book, but living there as a foreigner is so the opposite way, nice scenery, anti foreigner systems, gov, banks, utilities and this has filtered through to the people in every day life, you get rubbed up the wrong way so many times, that you become one of them or like i did leave.....
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