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The Passion Issue Welcome to the Passion Issue. The image on the cover is of a Blue Passion Flower (or Passiflora Caerulea, if we’re being formal). It is native to South America, but cultivated all over the world. Its fruit tastes a little bit like blackberries.
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Facts & figures
Passion by numbers, from multiple marriages to failed musical careers and intense inventors
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Desserts in the desert Peru is known for the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. But the capital, Lima, is a destination in its own right. A culinary hotspot, it mixes giddy nightlife and a vibrant art scene, while deserts, beaches and wildlife wait nearby
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The passion files
Stories of passion, from illicit kisses captured forever to an obsessive sculptor’s suitcase
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Thoughts on passion
Do we really need to ‘find our passion’, and if so, does it do us any good?
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Passion for taste
Top chefs are relentless in their search for new flavours, as these extreme examples show
Europe’s wildlife
Surfing España
Some of the best images from the Wild Wonders of Europe project, currently exhibiting in The Hague
Málaga and Tarifa may just be the coolest, sportiest, most relaxed spots on Spain’s southern coast
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Frontlines Little bits of everything
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What’s on in The Netherlands
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Chris Mendoza, head of the agency 180 Amsterdam, explains why the city is a global advertising hub
Updates Touchdowns The best city guides
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Arts, design, culture, events and ideas from across the globe Words: Annemarie Hoeve
Must-see ■ Painting biology Artist Klari Reis’ eye-catching work takes place where art intersects with science. Her studio is like a laboratory. She mixes paints, pigment and industrial dyes with a special epoxy polymer, so colours and textures can bleed into each other, showing biological processes seen under an electron microscope. Her work has been on show all over the world, with the next exhibition scheduled for this winter, at the Los Gatos Museum of Art in California.
For her PetriProjects series, Reis hand-painted Petri dishes, transforming each one into a mini work of art. Grouped together on steel rods, these installations, with as many as 150 Petripaintings, are a high-impact blast of colour to brighten any empty space. See klarireis.com
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Mobile monochrome
This one-of-akind ‘nautical sculpture’ was on show earlier this summer in St Tropez, Monte Carlo, before being auctioned off by prestigious Parisian auction house Artcurial last month.
Photo: Vincent Germond 2010. Veilhan / ADAGP, 2010
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{{ Continuing its tradition of sending Earthly souvenirs into orbit, NASA will fly a picture of your face into space on its final two shuttle missions. Just upload a head shot onto faceinspace. nasa.gov
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Most art is just for looking at. This blue beauty will actually take you places. Named after the code for sky blue in the RAL colour coding system, this speedboat was designed by French artist Xavier Veilhan and can travel at up to 40 knots. He is fascinated by mechanics and transport. “I love cars, boats, skiing, biking, planes… as a means of opening up a different, dynamic vision,” he explains. See veilhan.net
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Textbook physics is behind this latest design by Italian collective Acquacalda, which ensures that no guest gets more than the rest. It’s certainly playful. But is it practical? See acquacaldadesign.it
Do you spend more time in the air than you do on land? Get the codes of your favourite airport hubs printed on a T-shirt. It’s not nerdy, really. See hubwear.com
This Liquid Image Scuba Series item has a full HD camera built into a scuba mask, so you can wow the landlubbers with all of your underwater escapades. See liquidimageco.com
Culture
In 2005 the event drew 1.8 million visitors iamsterdam.com
SAIL ■ August 19-23
Just once every five years, a magnificent array of boats from all over the world – tall ships, steam vessels, historical yachts, and classic craft – descend on Amsterdam’s waterways for a five-day programme of music, culture and nautical events. Highlights include the spectacular arrival of the fleet and fireworks above the city’s IJ harbour, which provides a great backdrop to the free activities. See sail2010.nl for more details. For further events in Amsterdam and the rest of The Netherlands, turn to the Updates section on pages 61 and 63 of this magazine. The future
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Digi-me Back up your brain The dream of using technology to achieve immortality is not new. First there was cryonics - locking your mortal remains in a freezer, in the hope that one day technology will become advanced enough to revive body and soul. And now comes Lifenaut, a kind of digital cryonics. You upload key details about your inner being, creating a digital identity that lives on. It can include pictures, video, maps of where you’ve been and your innermost thoughts and feelings. The basic service is free, but be prepared to invest a lifetime feeding your ‘Mindfile Account’ with enough data to make your posthumous avatar a realistic version of you. You can also store DNA samples, for (potentially) growing a new body. See lifenaut.com
Don’t let your brain go to waste. Save all of your knowledge, ideas and memories for future generations in an everlasting online avatar.
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FRONT LINES Cartoons in Knokke
Science fiction scales new heights with a robot fish designed by Maurizio Porfiri at NYU-Poly (Polytechnic Institute of New York University). He studied leadership qualities among fish and hopes that one day, robot fish will lead entire schools into safe waters, away from dangers such as power plant turbines. See poly.edu
Home to the famous comic book Tintin, Belgium is a cartoon Mecca. This year sees the 49th edition of the International Cartoon Festival in Knokke-Heist. More than 2,500 cartoons from all over the world were submitted for this year’s competition, and a total of 300 will be on display until September 12. See cartoonfestival.be
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Follow that fish
Photo: Roel Backaert Design; Molenaar & Van Winden Architecten/WAM Architecten
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Architecture directly appeals to the emotions Wilfried van Winden
Multi-story hotel Pick ’n’ mix architecture With an estimated population density of 397 people per square kilometre, The Netherlands is rather crowded. Perhaps this latest piece of architecture is the solution. The new Inntel Hotel in Zaandam opened its doors this spring, and was designed by architect Wilfried van Winden. He defines his eclectic style as ‘fusion architecture’. His aim? To create ‘a home away from home’. The 12-storey designer mashup incorporates everything from traditional workers’ cottages to an eye-catching replica of a blue house that Claude Monet painted here in 1871. See inntelhotelsamsterdam zaandam.com
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Young Dutch entrepreneur Merijn ten Thije combined his international ideals with his business instinct and founded !SYOU sneakers. Created with designers from different countries around the world, the first collection comes from Burkina Faso. Next up is Colombia. See isyou.com
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” This is the opening of the ghoulish revamp of Jane Austen’s 1813 literary classic Pride and Prejudice by Seth GrahameSmith. He injected the book with zombie combat scenes and made The New York Times’ bestseller list. Now his learned brand of horror is gaining ground elsewhere. The film, starring Nathalie Portman, is due in 2011 and it’s also been made into a game for your mobile phone.
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Keeping watch
Totally timeless! Jewellery ■ Metal bracelet Provin Proving that less sometimes really is more is this accessory a by German designer Denise Julia Rey Reytan. The collection is called T1MEPEACE and he her message is that to enjoy life more, you need to lose track of time.
The laser-cut ‘watches’ come in two sizes and are made from nickelfree stainless steel. There are various materials to choose from: 24-carat goldplated, silver-plated, dark platinum grey and, recently, red, yellow, white or black lacquer. See reytan.de
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What would you do for $5? On the web website fiverr.com there are over 5,0 5,000 services available for this p e paltry sum. Offers range from the practical, like restructuring yourr ting a résumé, to the quirky, like getting puppet show made just for you, to meone sing the obscure, like having someone Happy Birthday in Armenian over the phone to the person of your choice. See fiverr.com
Runpee iPhone application There are new iPhone Apps emerging daily. Runpee tells you the best time to visit the toilet during any film. Just input the name of the film and your phone will give you advance warning, vibrating a few minutes before the most auspicious bathroom break. Afterwards, it fills you in on what you missed. See runpee.com
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Pie in the sky Food ■ Eating in the London Eye Reservations can already be made for one of the highlights of the upcoming London Restaurant Festival – dining in the London Eye. For 11 nights between October 4 and 18, the London Eye will transform into a revolving restaurant with 11 of the capital’s top chefs (including Gordon Ramsay, front right of picture) each in their own capsule, cooking a three-course meal. Each capsule seats ten and can only be reserved as a whole. See visitlondon.com
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Numbers, knowledge and nuggets of Passion info
Low flyers Released in ‘82 Passion Killers were a band from Barnsley in the UK that reached not-so-heady heights in the early 1980s. The band included three members of Chumbawamba. Their only album, released in 1982, failed to chart.
Words: Anna Whitehouse Illustrations: Sam Vanallemeersch
Bright spark 1,093 patents Passionate inventor Thomas Edison filed a whopping 1,093 patents in his lifetime. When he died in 1931, he held an impressive 34 patents for the telephone, 141 for batteries, 150 for the telegraph and 389 for inventions for electric light and power. And that doesn’t include his work on movie cameras.
Solidarity for singles
“Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place” Ice-T, American rapper
Egg-shaped fruit Nine types
Celebrate April 14 For anyone lacking a little passion in their lives, commiserate with South Korean singletons on April 14. For ‘Black Day’, the unlucky in love dress up in dark clothes and chow down on black food, such as noodles with black bean sauce.
There are nine different varieties of passion fruit in supermarkets across the globe. The Black Knight from the USA is shaped like an egg and has dark purple-black fruit, while the Golden Giant from Australia has yellow flesh and is the size of a tennis ball.
Cobra kisser 19 snakes A passionate Thai snake charmer broke the Guinness World Record for kissing 19 cobras in a day. Khum Chaibuddee gave each reptile a peck on the head and then moved onto the next to beat the previous record of 11. Thailand’s Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum, which organised the record-breaking attempt, had a medical team on standby, in case any of the snakes got a little too frisky.
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Present tense Almost €110
“Chase down your passion like it’s the last bus of the night” Terri Guillemets, quotation anthologist
The average American man spends the equivalent of nearly €110 on Valentine’s Day, while the average woman spends €58, according to the American National Retail Federation. Among other things, the day usually sees a significant increase in the sale of guns.
Constantly engaged 94 vows The world’s most passionate couple may be Lauren and David Blair of Tennessee, USA. The pair have renewed their wedding vows 94 times since getting married in 1984. “We knew this was the real thing and wanted to declare our love in front of as many people as possible,” says Lauren. “I’ve said ‘I do’ in a kilt at a blacksmith’s shop in Scotland, on Jimi Hendrix’s couch at the Hard Rock Café in London, and atop the 160-metre-high Skylon Tower, overlooking Niagara Falls,” adds David. The most memorable time? In front of the famous ‘sexpert’ Dr. Ruth Westheimer in a New York restaurant.
Ding dong Top 10 Passion Fruit was a Eurodance group that hit the charts in 1999 with The Rigga-DingDong-Song. According to lead singer Maria Serrano, “Our style is sweet and bouncy, with sugar-coated lyrics and catchy rhythms, reflecting the characteristics of a passion fruit.”
Floaty coat One parachute Franz Reichelt was a passionate Austrian tailor who invented the coat parachute. Known as The Flying Tailor, he designed a special garment to open up in the air and allow someone to fly or float gently to the ground. It didn’t catch on.
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Candy fan 418 Pez dispensers A desire for 1980s’ trinkets has turned Kevin Rej into quite the obsessive. He owns 418 Pez (handheld sweet dispensers for children) including all the Simpsons and Disney characters – from Goofy through to Simba from The Lion King – and an Elvis Presley.
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This famous image from Life magazine was captured on August 14, 1945. It was thought to show a passionate embrace between a couple celebrating the end of the Second World War. But in truth, the sailor in this picture was kissing every woman in New York’s Times Square, and the nurse was married to another man. The woman in question, Edith Shain, can be seen below in 2005, aged 86, at the Times Square Kiss-In, an event held every August 14, where couples recreate the scene. Shain died in June this year, and the sailor has never been identified. TIMESSQUARENYC.ORG
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Main image: Alfred Eisenstaedt/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. Inset: Mario Tama/Getty Images
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Heart of glass This is the Ventricle Vase. It was hand-blown by Eva Milinkovic of Tsunami Glassworks in Canada, and the swirls of colour are meant to represent the many emotions of the human heart. They include purple for passion, red for love, and blue for melancholy.
Photo: Eva Milinkovic
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This bedraggled competitor is taking part in a Tough Guy race in the UK’s West Midlands. It’s a chance for passionate athletes to race across eight miles of muddy fields, rope swings, uphill scrambles, water-filled tunnels and fire walks, then crawl under barbed wire (while machine-gun blanks are fired overhead), and plunge into icy water. It’s held in mid-winter, and claims to be the toughest race in the world. On average, around one third of starters fail to complete the course. Injuries are common, and in 2000 a competitor died of a suspected heart attack. TOUGHGUY.CO.UK
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Where going further meets going greener
Aéroports de Montréal firmly believes that when it comes to the environment, it’s important to walk the talk. That’s why we’ve already implemented programs to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions both within and beyond our facilities. For example, we’ve improved our HVAC efficiency by 70%, and we’re also concentrating on better lighting management.
In terms of ground transportation, we’re actively working towards the implementation of an airport shuttle, and our vehicle fleet is more eco-friendly. And in recent developments, our ongoing involvement in promoting green spaces near our site will contribute to the reproduction of monarch butterflies that migrate to Mexico. That’s a lot more than just talk. To find out more, visit www.admtl.com.
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Head case Swedish artist Michael Johansson (below) has an almost obsessive passion for neatness and filling spaces. His sculptures have included filling every square centimetre of a caravan with kitchen products, fitting a series of different-sized storage boxes in alcoves in people’s homes and, on a grander scale, creating a perfect rectangle from old cars, camper vans and storage containers. This piece is called Packa Pappas Kappsäck (Pack Daddy’s Suitcases), the name of a Swedish tounge-twister. He sourced the cases from flea markets, seeking out pieces that would fit perfectly within each other.
Inset: Henrik Lund Jørgensen
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This gent with a passion for fashion is a sapeur in the Republic of the Congo. The sapeur movement is dedicated to dressing well, and inspired by 1970s’ musician Papa Wemba. The image is part of a series by photographer Francesco Giusti that came second in the Arts and Entertainment Stories category of this year’s World Press Photo competition. World Press Photo exhibitions are being shown around the world throughout the year. WORLDPRESSPHOTO.ORG
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Photo: Francesco Giusti, francescogiustiphoto.viewbook.com
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Fashion for
Why are we so keen to find our passion, wonders Jane Szita. And does it do us any good when we do? ILLUSTRATIONS: CAROLYN RIDSDALE
The planet is
awash with the passionate. Job applicants, teachers, sportswear companies and estate agents – wherever you look, people, firms, and teams bandy the word around with reckless abandon. It’s claimed as a positive attribute, as a sign of commitment, and something to be embraced. But is this necessarily true? When the P-word first entered the English language, in the Middle Ages, it had very different associations. Derived from the Latin verb pati, meaning to suffer, it referred to the crucifi xion of Christ. It quickly came to mean any emotion, positive or negative. In the 16th century, Shakespeare gave us its fi rst recorded use in an erotic sense, in Titus Andronicus. And by the 1800s, we were introduced to ‘crimes of passion’, as violent, jealous forms of emotional obsession. But today, having ‘a passion’ is considered vital. It’s claimed almost as the sole thing needed for success, an attitude exemplified by Gary Vaynerchuk, the brash, hugely successful entrepreneur who started the website Wine Library TV. His book,
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Crush It! Why Now is the Time to Cash in on your Passion, insists that belief and desire are enough. If you’re passionate about something, he tells us, you’ll make it work. Yet far from being vital to success, passion can be dangerous and distracting. For thousands of years, philosophers from the Stoics onwards stressed the importance of using reason over raw emotion. Level-headedness in times of crisis is something we admire in athletes, statesmen, generals and business leaders. During Barack Obama’s candidacy for US president, a Time magazine article accused him of a ‘passion gap’. “One of the great strengths of the Obama candidacy has been the sense that this is a guy whose blood doesn’t boil,” runs the story.
Apple is the brand that Europeans are most passionate about, according to a survey by online research agency Panelteam. Sony came in second, followed by Coca-Cola, Samsung, and adidas. However, local brands made a strong showing. Douwe Egberts (coffee) gets Dutch consumers most excited, as does Bauli (cakes) in Italy. British brands such as Cadbury, Marmite and Sainsbury’s rate highly in the UK, while in German-speaking lands, Milka is the favourite. Source: Panelteam, European Passion Study 2010.
Modern psychology has established both the pitfalls and positives of passion. According to Robert Vallerand, of the University of Quebec in Montreal, passion is “a strong inclination toward a self-defining activity that one likes or even loves”. In Vallerand’s view, while many of us play the guitar or basketball, these activities can only be regarded as our passions if we think of ourselves as guitarists or basketball players. In his research, Vallerand found that 85% of us have at least one activity that we see as defi ning who we are – usually not work, but a hobby of some sort – and that typically we spend 8.5 hours per week on it. PASSION
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While our passions defi ne us, their effects on our lives can be good and bad. So an obsessive dancer with an injury avoids resting and recovering; while one with a healthy passion will do what is needed to preserve his or her fitness. Cal Newport holds a Ph.D. in computer science from MIT, and has written several books on how to achieve academic success. “Passion seems to be a common source of problems,” he says. “For some, they have too many passions and don’t know where to focus their energies. For others, it’s the lack of a passion, or maybe a belief that their particular passion won’t bring them somewhere worth going.” For him, the idea that we can all discover our passion and make use of it is “a dangerous fiction”. All too often, the P-word is a cop-out for those lacking inspiration or motivation. “Passion is the feeling generated by mastery. It doesn’t exist outside of serious hard work,” he says, “almost any superficial interest can be transformed into a passion with hard work.”
Fellow author and academic Natalia Ilyin works in a more creative field (design) but is equally suspicious. “To say that a bunch of software engineers or graphic designers are passionate about their work is to try to inject sex and confusion and addiction and desire into a kind of work that is essentially asexual, organised, left brain, and sober,” she says. For her, passion simply means ‘focus’. Perhaps fi nding your ‘passion’ is overrated. Maybe, we’d all be better off just working hard at something we quite like. As Dr Dinesh Sing, of Delhi University, said recently, pop psychology’s idea of passion is “looking for quick fi xes. Passion really requires deeper inner reflection – it’s a lifelong process”.
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Vita appassionata The Italians are the most passionate people in Europe, according to a recent survey of 10,000 Europeans. Some 37% of Italians see themselves as passionate, followed by 25% of Spaniards and 12% of French people. But this does not transfer to their professional lives. Italians were the least passionate about their jobs, with only 57% happy to go to work, compared to 89% of Danes, 86% of Dutch people, and 73% of Germans. Source: Panelteam, European Passion Study 2010.
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FAR LEFT: Dalmatian pelicans in Lake Kerkini, Macedonia, Greece. At 16 kilos and with a three-metre wingspan, these pelicans vie with the great bustard and the mute swan for the title ‘world’s heaviest flying bird’. All three species live in Europe. Destination: Thessaloniki TOP: A heath fritillary butterfly on Mount Baba in Galicica National Park, Macedonia (FYROM). Destination: Skopje BOTTOM: A loggerhead turtle hatching eggs in the Dalyan Delta, Turkey. Destination: Istanbul Holland Herald
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ABOVE: A bee-eater tossing a bumblebee in its beak in Pusztaszer, Hungary. Destination: Budapest LEFT: A European grey wolf prowls past a European brown bear in Kuhmo, Finland. Destination: Helsinki
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Photos: All Wild Wonders of Europe/naturepl.com, and, from page 32: Pelicans; Peltomäki: Butterfly; Maitland: Turtle; Zankl: Bee-eater; Varesvuo: Wolf and bear; Widstrand: Mantis; Zankl: Water lily; Lundgren.
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Peru is known for its Inca heritage, but today its capital is becoming a global culinary hotspot. Andy Round tucks in PHOTOGRAPHY: GABRIELA HENGEVELD
Gastón Acurio swaggers into his restaurant, La Mar, in Lima powered by rock-star shades, leather jacket and staggering international success. Taking a hearty swig from a foamy Pisco Sour, one of the greatest chefs in South America unleashes a food manifesto for a new Peruvian world order. “I want chefs from Peru to be as internationally celebrated as footballers are from Brazil,” says the 43-year-old. “When I started my career there were no culinary schools in Peru, now there are 6,000 Peruvian trainee chefs. That’s enough for an army. An army that can take over the world.” As a student, Acurio told his family he was studying law in Europe. Instead, he was secretly learning the culinary alchemy that would create a restaurant empire that today stretches across Europe and the Americas. His face illuminates books, posters, magazines and television shows. He’s a real Latin star. “There is a perception that Peru is a developing country,” he says, gesturing at the smart Miraflores diners and achingly cool interior design. “As you can see, that’s not always Holland Herald
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the case. We just need to capture our Peruvian essence and present it to the world in a sophisticated, compelling, international way.” Food and its consumption is a national obsession in Peru and visitors using Lima simply as a transit point to the Inca trail and Machu Picchu are missing a culinary trick. Time magazine recently described the capital as “a city of destination restaurants”. The American magazine is not wrong. Stop for a while, follow the food, and it will take you to some extraordinary places. First, go to where it all begins; places like Lima’s Chorillos Fish Market. Here the shrimp, squid, octopus and more than 700 varieties of fish fly out of the Pacific straight to waiting food stands to be transformed into ceviche (raw seafood, marinated in lime juice and chili until ‘cooked’) or jalea (chunks of fried seafood) served up with potatoes and chili sauce.
“Outside, past the wing-tip, is the monkey. You see it?” says co-pilot Gregory Pena in Spanish, then Japanese, then English, as our tiny Cessna tilts 90 degrees. “Now on your right, the astronaut. In the rock? Yes?” The plane lurches to the right, wing-tip pointing down. “Now the humming bird, the hands, now the tree.” These are the mysterious giant animals, birds, shapes and figures of the Nazca Lines that are carved into 500 square kilometres of stony UNESCO-protected desert plain 300km south of Paracas. Ranging in size between 30 and 300 metres, it’s best to take to the air to see them properly (even if the experience is a little stomach-churning). Asked what they represent, Pena gives a little shrug. “Agricultural symbols, astrological charts, astral flight paths. I don’t know,” he says. “And I don’t think anyone ever will.”
It’s all about the ingredients. At San Isidro Market, there are tomatoes the size of footballs, bananas big enough to be used as canoes and more than 3,000 types of potato. This is a land of supersized crops and bountiful supply. Peru may be troubled by the occasional tsunami or earthquake, but it has never done famines. “The weather in Peru has 90% of the world’s climates in one country – from deserts and mountains to glaciers and coast – and this creates an incredible diversity of ingredients,” says Michael Owens, the Lima Hilton Hotel’s food and beverage manager. “What’s more, the Humboldt Current off Peru provides probably the richest range of
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marine life in the world. There’s a lot to eat here.” But ingredients are just the beginning. Some 500 years of immigration have also given Peruvian food a unique flavour, says Hilton chef Gustavo Valcárcel. As Europeans, Africans, Japanese and Chinese landed on Peruvian shores, each new wave was forced to rethink their traditional recipes and use local produce. You can see the results all over Lima. ‘Chifas’ across town sell Chinese food with Peruvian creole touches. At Huaca Pucllana, opposite the holy site that gave the restaurant its name, Peruvian dishes like chili-soaked strips of beef (lomo salta) or soup with shrimp and potatoes (chupe de camarones) sit next to Italian ravioli stuffed with goat’s cheese and Peruvian pumpkin. At La Mar, seafood can come presented ‘northern creole style’ on ‘black beer rice’ and with a mild, yellow chili cream.
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At über-fashionable Malabar, diners can share a guinea pig. Eating this traditional dish, called cuy, was once a kind of backpackers’ culinary rite of passage, like chewing fried scorpions from street vendors in Bangkok. But at Malabar, it is a delicacy, the skin roasted into a crispy crackling that more closely resembles succulent Peking duck than a baked family pet. This is the work of owner Pedro Miguel Schiaffino, the ‘jungle chef’. He can typically be found haunting the markets of the Peruvian Amazon in search of inspirational ingredients such as alligator steak or river snail.
Lima’s culinary flair first claimed global attention with Nobu. The story of the restaurant brand beloved of footballers, foodies and fi lm stars begins in Lima, in 1973, with creator Nobuyuki Matsuhisa mixing Peruvian
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LEFT: Marinera Norteña dancers BELOW: Works at the Mari Solari Barranco handicraft gallery
claim Pisco Sour is their “Chileans invention. It’s not. It’s ours. The world should be clear about that” influences with Japanese ritual to create gourmet gold. “We knew each other in Japan and I helped him start his restaurant here,” says Toshiro Konishi, the owner of Lima’s most famous sushi bar, Toshiro’s. “We both wanted to maintain the purity of traditional Japanese food but we found the local produce and traditions irresistible,” he says, serving dishes of sushi, flavoured with chili and duck foie gras produced in the Andes. “Look at ceviche, for example, it is very close to sashimi.”
Ceviche is a Peruvian culinary cornerstone. At the restaurant Brujas de Cachiche (The Witches of Cachiche), guests are invited to mix their own. “Take four spoons of lime,” says the restaurant’s Maripili de Alcorta, adding flavours to a collection of octopus, flounder and squid. “Now two of fish stock with chili, coriander, celery, red onion, salt, pepper. Now mix.” Ceviche takes the clean, fresh flavour of sashimi, and adds a citrussy, gently spiced zing. It is spectacularly delicious.
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ABOVE AND LEFT: The Bellestas Islands FACING PAGE: The dramatic coastline of Paracas
Pisco Sour is ceviche’s liquid equivalent – a uniquely Peruvian flavour experience. “The secret is in the measures,” explains barman Jael Ramos. He pours out a couple of ounces of Pisco (Peru’s grape-based brandy), one of lime juice, an egg white, sugar syrup, five cubes of ice, and it all goes in the blender. It was a favourite drink of actor John Wayne when he haunted the Hotel Maury in Lima’s picturesque old town. Here, 68-year-old barman Eloy Cuadros has been serving drinks every day for 50 years. “We Peruvians are sleepy,” he admits. “We should do more to protect our Pisco Sour reputation. Chileans claim it’s their invention. It’s not. It’s ours. The world should be clear about that.” It’s also clear that it remains a drink of choice. In the fashionable Barranco area, it fuels many late nights, whether at contemporary, arty bar/restaurant Ayahuasca, the rugged, drink-splashed floor of legendary dive bar Juanito’s, the nearby bar of Picas, where girls are self-consciously fashionable in copycat black, or the more relaxed Santos,
with its pool tables, sofas and balconies overlooking Lima’s illuminated but simple wooden ‘Bridge of Sighs’.
“I love this city because it is so underground, so unexpected,” says Dutch expatriate and theatre producer Jeroen van der Zalm. “This is a place where the warmth of networks is very important, and you feel that anything could be possible.” Lima fashion designer Lalo Salini Gambini, meanwhile, talks about Lima’s ‘implosion parties’ where Facebook networks convert into cheap, spontaneous club nights in condemned buildings complete with DJs and bands. Mari Solari, a Welsh expat and owner of the Las Pallas artisan store, says she has seen her Barranco neighbourhood change from an unfashionable village into an international fusion of bohemian cultures, while Victor Delfin, the selfstyled 83-year-old Picasso of Peru, is more poetic. His sculptures crowd out his gardens and just about every public park in the city. “Lima? It’s like a relationship with your
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across dunes, rocks and vertigo-inducing cliffs. Or head inland, over those dunes, past abandoned cottages and geometric squares of irrigated green, to the reed-fringed Morón oasis. “There is a legend that Morón – Peru’s Robin Hood – would hide here using reeds as a snorkel after robbing the rich,” says Raphael Rodriguez, of Buggy Adventures. The water’s lovely, but the oasis is also a great place to enjoy a bit of sand-boarding, aptly demonstrated by Josue, the young son of one of Rodriguez’s employees. Simply strap on a smooth wooden plank, then hurtle down the 50-metre slope into the water. It may be even more refreshing than a Pisco Sour.
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mother,” he says. “And that’s a relationship that you can never break.” Three hours south of the capital is the fresh air and endless blue ocean of Paracas. “This area has always been a great retreat from Lima,” says Carlos Rangel of the local Hilton resort. “It offers everything, a mix of sea sports, relaxation and nature reserves.” He’s not wrong. The rocks of the nearby Ballestas Islands – known as Peru’s Galapagos – teem with thousands of Peruvian boobies, cormorants, terns, penguins and basking sea lions. Dolphins often escort boats back to shore. Adventure-seekers can charge along the coast in a Mad Max-style buggy to the Paracas National Reserve, skidding
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Part of a revolution In the last decade, Amsterdam has become an advertising hub to match London and New York. But what lies ahead in these austere times? We talk to Chris Mendola, head of agency 180 WORDS: ANNEMARIE HOEVE PHOTOGRAPHY: MERLIJN DOOMERNIK
The battered bikes by a little canal house do not suggest a top creative agency. Particularly when smaller ad firms have been hit hard by shrinking budgets worldwide. And Amsterdam (pop. 750,000) does not suggest a hub of advertising to rival London (pop. 7.5 million) or New York (pop. 8.5 million). But with firms like 180 Amsterdam, StrawberryFrog, and the local arm of Wieden+Kennedy, the city has been surprising adland for a decade. “It just works,” explains ex-New
Yorker Chris Mendola, who founded 180 Amsterdam in the Dutch capital with two partners in 1998. He mentions practicalities, like its location near major markets, but then quickly cuts to the real reason: “I love it here. We put in long hours, but getting on your bike late at night after a long day and riding home along the canals is an absolute joy. I’ve lived in busy cities, and I’ve lived and worked out in the country; this is a very unique place. You have some of the most cosmopolitan,
ambitious people in the world here, but also this great appreciation for quality of life. That combination is a precious commodity.”
While big agencies may have offices spread across every corner of the globe, that says little about how international they are, believes Mendola. “We have a saying in the agency, ‘creativity without frontiers’. That’s about coming up with ideas that can travel across media and cultural boundaries. There is something about Amsterdam that attracts a much more international mindset,” he says. The firm has 32 different nationalities among its (coincidentally) 180 staff. Together, they muster up global campaigns for the likes of adidas, one of 180’s biggest clients. In the reception area, the latest adidas artwork covers an entire wall. It’s football meets Sin City, in a massive floor-toceiling, graphic novel-style illustration. The accompanying film features
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tons and tons of clutter “There’s out there, so great work that gets the world talking stands out ”
football heroes Lionel Messi, David Villa and Zinedine Zidane. “Pretty much everyone here has been working on the adidas World Cup campaign at some point,” Mendola says. The company also helped to create the logo on the football for the recent World Cup. It features 11 different-coloured threads, representing the 11 members of each team, as well as South Africa’s 11 official languages. So, how does a young, relatively small company like 180 win such big accounts? Mendola breaks down his formula: “It’s really, really simple. There’s tons and tons of clutter out there, so great work that gets the world talking is going to be what stands out. If people on the street are talking, tweeting, or blogging about our work, everything else follows.” But in advertising, the rules of the game are always changing. “The industry’s gone from being a one-way broadcast, where you are shouting to people about yourself or your products, to a two-way conversation. The consumer also might be helping to develop the product, or the brand,” Mendola says. And the digital world means the boundaries are shifting even further. “The industry used to be about paid media – like buying media on TV,” says Mendola. “Now it’s also about earned media, like social networks. But it’s also about own media. Because so many clients have their own media, like websites, it’s really now about creating an
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eco-system where the client can have a relationship with the consumer,” he adds. And the industry will continue to evolve (“every three months,” Mendola jokes), but his mantra remains the same. Again, it all revolves around “brilliant, famous work”, which is what he expects to see on the résumé of any young hopeful who comes knocking on his door. While he stresses that this can only be achieved by daring to take risks, he has noticed that clients have become more conservative, and blames the recent recession. “It feels like we’ve been making more compromises than we’ve wanted to make, and we don’t want to make compromises,” he says resolutely.
A fondness for fearlessness is reflected in the firm’s name. “We found a quote by Francis Ford Coppola about making Apocalypse Now: ‘Whenever you get in trouble, do a 180-degree turn, turn the situation halfway around, don’t look for the secure solution, don’t pull back from the passion, turn it on full-force.’ It’s still relevant to what we do today,” Mendola says. So how does such a noncompromising attitude gel with the Dutch, known world-wide for their culture of consensus? “I very much enjoy the Dutch. There’s no nonsense, which is a very refreshing quality. They’re ambitious people, but with such a straightforward nature. I love that. After all, who has time to waste?”
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says Erich Kapfenberger, an Austrian pilot who’s lived in Tarifa for more than 30 years. “It’s called the Costa de la Luz [coast of light] because in the afternoon you have the sun reflecting onto the coast across 5,000 kilometres of water, and it gives a very special glow. Every three hours, the plants grow another millimetre and the sun moves in the sky, so the landscape and the colours are always changing. When you fly 350 or 500 metres high, it’s like a tapestry. You’ll go bananas.” The Costa de la Luz runs along the Atlantic coast of Spain, from Huelva down to Tarifa. Perched with a view over the Strait of Gibraltar, Tarifa is where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic Ocean, and where Europe’s southern-most point is separated from Africa by only 18 kilometres of water.
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Flying high “Until we reach the top of the runway, you can always change your mind,” says Erich Kapfenberger. “After that, we’re in the air and it’s too late.” He starts the engine, scanning the sky to the west and muttering that we’re going to miss the sunset, as he makes a last round of checks to the microlight plane (below). He climbs in, dons his leather aviator helmet, and asks if I can hear him through the headphones. We taxi to the end of the gravel road, turning left toward some windmills. Erich pauses just long enough to pat my ankle reassuringly before revving the engine and launching the little dragonfly of an aircraft into the sky. As we climb, we gaze at the setting sun. Its last rays glint off the arms of the windmills, drawing long shadows to the east and dancing across the wildflower-covered hills. Scanning the campo from this height, the last of the Poniente wind blowing in our faces, the daily grind seems a million miles away.
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Every summer, this town of 16,000 doubles in size, its growth fuelled by a burgeoning windsurf scene in the 1980s and the explosion of kiteboarding over the last ten years. Today, Tarifa attracts sports enthusiasts and hippies, and is a chilled-out haven along Spain’s southern coast. Erich first came for the wind as much as the light. Now known locally as Erich de Loco (for his bossy manner as much as his infamous windsurfing adventures), he arrived in Tarifa in 1979 and stayed because he sensed potential. A pioneer of the town’s windsurfing scene, he carved and sold his own compact yellow boards, which were designed purely for speed. Between 1983 and 1990, he rode the
strong Levante wind across the Strait of Gibraltar to Morocco (and back) more than 500 times. These days, he’s most often seen buzzing the beaches in his microlight, or teaching hang-gliding lessons, in his calm, guru-like way from on top of the dunes at Punta Paloma. “Everyone is responsible for their own luck, and I’m very happy my luck has brought me here,” he says. “The 50 kilometres from Tarifa to Vejer de la Frontera is the most beautiful part of the country.”
“Every day, the conditions are a surprise,” says Nacho Yuste, owner of the Kite Obsession school and Spain’s first kiteboarding champion in 2001-2002. “We have two kinds of wind here. The westerly Poniente wind is a very nice,
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steady wind that’s not too strong. The kite does what you want, but then you have waves because it comes from the Atlantic. And the easterly Levante wind is a gusty, off-shore wind that’s more challenging with the kite, but the water is flat. Here, we can have everything: flat water, waves, 12-knot wind or 40 knots.” On the water, the former freestyle champ makes the sport look easy. Certainly much easier than it feels the first time you raise your kite, lose your connection with terra firma, and the wind drags you across the sand. These days, Nacho prefers wave riding to freestyle’s jumps and tricks, and it’s a sheer delight to watch his elegant turns as he carves the face of the wave, dancing the board between sea and sky. “Before, kiteboarding was quite a radical sport, only for daredevils,” he says
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from beneath his tatty baseball cap and mop of black hair bleached reddish by the sun. “With the new bow kites, you have a lot more control, and it’s very easy to de-power. It’s made kiting safer, opening it up to everyone, from kids aged 8 to 60- or 70-year-olds.” Kiting newbies must learn to control the kite on shore before venturing into the water, but Nacho reckons that “as soon as you start to ride a few metres, it’s like a drug. You become obsessed.” The beaches are filled with colourful kites from March to October, coasting high as a freestyler jumps in a graceful arc, or crashing into the frothy waves as a novice loses momentum. The wind here means Tarifa may not be ideal for dedicated sun worshippers. But it’s free from the high-rise hotels that dominate other parts of the coast.
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Instead, the unspoiled white-sand beaches that run west from town are backed by dunes that lead into fields of grasses and wildflowers stretching all the way to the sierra.
Dutch entrepreneur Zoë er recruitment Ouwehand-Reid sold her business in The Netherlands to build the stunning ning Dar Cilla guest house here. re. She’s also shed a guide to self-published the town – Tarifa: Inside Out and Round ound About. t “There’s so o much more to this area than meets the eye,” she says. ys. “It’s not just windsurfi rfing and lying on the beach. The countryside yside is absolutely
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beautiful. The Roman ruins in Bolonia, the wildlife... There’s much more to enjoy.” And across the sea, Africa lies just 35 minutes away by ferry. From good vantage points in Tarifa, there are breathtaking views of Morocco. A day trip to Tangier, reckons Ouwehand-Reid, always leaves visitors “exhausted, but richer for the experience”. Further up the Spanish coast, Cádiz is thought to be the oldest, continuously-inhabited city in the Iberian peninsula. It’s from the neighbouring Palos de la Frontera port that the New World was discovered. Or, as Ouwehand-Reid has it, “in fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”. She sounds for a moment like a high-school history teacher, which seems appropriate for a place that feels like a living, 3,000-year-old museum. The relaxed attitude of Cádiz is an enticing counterpoint to Tarifa’s busy and windwhipped summer beaches.
Morocco
GETTING THERE
Cute designer rooms in the
KLM operates several daily
heart of the old town.
flights from Amsterdam
At Hotel Dos Mares
Airport Schiphol to Madrid
(dosmareshotel.com), fall
Barajas Airport. High speed
asleep to the sound of the
trains connect to Málaga in
sea, a few steps away.
just over two hours.
WHERE TO EAT ´LAGA MA
Mesón el Picoteo (Calle
View the new Museo
Mariano Vinuesa, Tarifa; +34
Picasso Málaga
956 681 128). Reserve a table
(museopicassomalaga.org),
at the restaurant of twin
join famous locals for tapas
brothers Antonio and Javier
at El Pimpi (Granada 62),
for delightful Spanish fare
then retreat to the romantic
from an impeccable kitchen.
Palacio Blanco boutique
The grilled artichokes are a
hotel (palacioblanco.com).
local favourite. Gadir (Ctra de los Militares, Vejer de la Frontera; +34 666 657 672). Modern Spanish cuisine with a great view.
WHAT TO DO Delta Club Tarifa (deltaclubtarifa.com). Private
Tarifa is governed by the breeze. Locals constantly
hang-gliding lessons and
check the latest conditions, and hotels provide bedtime sweets attached to the next day’s forecast. Its beaches are a paradise for lovers of wind and waves, and its surroundings offer glorious nature and enchanting history. There are many more reasons to come here than just the light.
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STAYING IN TARIFA
(kiteobsession.com).
Dar Cilla (darcilla.com).
Professional teachers who
Lovely, self-catered
kiteboard year-round.
apartments with a stunning
Toros de Carlos Núñez
terrace overlooking Morocco.
(torosdecarlosnunez.es).
El Escondite del Viento
Bulls raised for top matadors
(elesconditedelviento.com).
for three generations.
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Miniature city Madurodam, all of Holland in just one city! The world-famous miniature city Madurodam, which is located within a stone’s throw of Amsterdam, is an excellent place to familiarise with all the surprising features the Netherlands has to offer. The Alkmaar cheese market, the Peace Palace of The Hague, the Royal Palace on the Amsterdam Dam Square, the Cathedral Tower of Utrecht, the canal houses of Amsterdam, and parts of the Delta works, everything Holland is famous for can be found replicated to the smallest detail on a scale of 1:25.
Open year round.
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Dishing
From edible soil to roasted bone marrow, a passion for new ways of eating drives all of these top chefs WORDS: CECILY LAYZELL
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EXTREME FOOD
the dirt
Well-done and rare
Great Dane René Redzepi’s inventive approach is evident in his baby veg ‘planted’ in edible malt soil, seen here. Critics dubbed his restaurant Noma, in Copenhagen, the ‘stinking whale’ for its ‘sea and soil’ ingredients, so it made quite a ripple when it landed at the top of Restaurant Magazine’s 2010 World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. The 32-year-old chef is a staunch proponent of Nordic cuisine and exclusively uses ingredients available in the region. He’s quite literally saying “eat dirt” to his critics.
Beef covered in charcoal may sound like the result of a botched barbecue, but at Les Créations de Narisawa it is one of the signature dishes. The gastronomic artist at this French-inspired Japanese restaurant in Tokyo is Yoshihiro Narisawa. His beef is cooked to tender perfection using the laborious arosser technique of basting in hot oil before dusting with sumi charcoal made from charred vegetables. This attention to detail is part of what he calls “putting nature on a plate”. He adds, “Guests should not only be eating a meal, they should absorb life itself ”.
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The whole hog
menu with tripe, “Aheart, intestines, and other tidbits that most chefs discard
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“It’s only polite, when you’ve hit it on the head, to use all of the animal,” says Fergus Henderson, in considerate British fashion. The chef at St John in London has spearheaded nose-to-tail eating, and his menu is liberally sprinkled with tripe, heart, intestines and other tidbits that most chefs discard. His roast bone marrow has several sections of beef bone, which are roasted until the marrow is soft and gelatinous, accompanied by toast and a simple flat-leaf parsley salad.
Marine biology Anyone who thought algae were just a slimy nuisance to be removed periodically from their goldfish bowl should think again. Sergio Herman, the chef at Oud Sluis in Zeeland, The Netherlands, certainly has. Taking his inspiration from the nearby North Sea, the rock-star lookalike flirts with elements of molecular gastronomy in his pursuit of originality. His inventiveness has been recognised with three Michelin stars. For one of his fish dishes, he turns algae into gravy. “The turbot combined with asparagus and algae is beautifully balanced, with the fine structure and sweet flavour of the asparagus and the briny flavour of the plants,” he says lovingly. Who knew ‘scum’ could have such positive connotations?
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ROTTERDAM WORLD ART Rotterdam Art City Rotterdam is well-known for its modern and innovative port, the exciting sport events and its architecture. Rotterdam has lots to offer on design, art and culture. In 2010 Holland Art Cities highlights the ten major museums in the Netherlands. Rotterdam is represented by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Kunsthal Rotterdam. As part of the Rotterdam Art City programme, in which other Rotterdam cultural institutions also participate, both institutions present a splendid exhibition of an internationally renowned artist.
Edvard Munch From September 18, 2010 until February 20, 2011 the Kunsthal Rotterdam presents a large overview of the famous Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944). All paintings and works on paper are from private collections and will be seen in the Netherlands for the very first time. Edvard Munch, Madonna, 1896 Lithograph, 60,5 x 44,5 cm, Private collection, Courtesy of arslonga@vitabrevis.no ©Munch Museum / Munch Ellingsen Group / Pictoright Amsterdam 2010
All Eyes on Kees van Dongen From September 18, 2010 until January 23, 2011 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam is staging a major exhibition of paintings by the internationally renowned Rotterdam-born artist Kees van Dongen (1877-1968). The exhibition in Rotterdam will show colourful examples of Van Dongen’s portraiture and extravagant Parisian masterpieces. Kees van Dongen, A Finger on her Cheek, 1910 Oil on cloth, 65 x 54 cm, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Photo: John Tromp. Pictoright Amsterdam
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World stage Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, this international festival brims with high-quality, cutting-edge theatre staged by companies from all over the world. Performances take place in the Noorderplantsoen park – which lends it a summer festival vibe – and various venues in downtown Groningen. NOORDERZON PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL August 19-29; noorderzon.nl ‘FML’ FROM BELGIAN DIRECTOR POL HEYVAERT
EVENTS
staged at various locations within the historical centre of Utrecht. This year’s theme is ‘Louis Quatorze: Two Centuries of French Baroque Music’.
Het Prinsenhof, Sint Agathaplein 1,
DELICIOUS ROTTERDAM August 19-22 For four days, the public can sample dishes from Rotterdam’s top restaurants in tents set up on the city’s verdant Parklaan.
Delft; 0900 10102020 (NL only);
heerlijkrotterdam.nl
HORTUS FESTIVAL Until August 28 Weekly chamber music recitals performed in beautiful gardens in Haren, Vught, Utrecht, Leiden and Amsterdam. hortusfestival.nl
DELFT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Until August 8 Intimate concerts performed in a historic 15th-century setting.
delftmusicfestival.nl
SUMMER DARKNESS August 13-15 Music and parties take place at various locations in Utrecht, with the focus on Gothic, metal, darkwave, electro and techno music.
LOWLANDS August 20-22 This year’s culture ‘n’ camping fest features Massive Attack, Snow Patrol, Air, Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem and The Specials – along with dance, film, visual arts, literature and street theatre.
summerdarkness.nl
Walibi World, Biddinghuizen;
oudemuziek.nl
23, Rotterdam; +31 10 4419400; boijmans.nl
REDUCED TO RUBBLE Until September 26 70 years ago, on May 14 1940, German Luftwaffe planes bombed Rotterdam. One hundred drawings, prints and paintings depict the devastating consequences, and include work by famous ‘Rotterdammers’ such as Henk Chabot and Dolf Henkes – and even German soldiers. Het Schielandshuis, Korte Hoogstraat 31; +31 10 2176767; hmr.rotterdam.nl
0900 10102020 (NL only);
PINKPOP CLASSIC August 14 Iggy Pop, Fun Lovin’ Criminals and The Cult are among those set to appear at this one-day music festival.
lowlands.nl
Landgraaf; 0900 3001250 (NL
PREUVENEMINT August 26-29 Sample exquisite food and wine at this festive culinary event in the heart of Maastricht.
only); pinkpopclassic.nl
Vrijthof Square, Maastricht;
Megaland, Hofstraat 13-15,
preuvenemint.nl
SUMMER JAZZ BICYCLE TOUR August 28 Cycle along the beautiful Reitdiep valley (north-west of Groningen), stopping off for improvised jazz concerts held in medieval churches and farmers’ barns. zjft.nl
IGGY (PINK)POP Photo: David Lefranc/Kipa/Corbis
FESTIVAL OUDE MUZIEK August 27 to September 5 Concerts of ‘old music’ are
TAKE A BOW Hear violinist Eva Stegeman perform at the Hortus Festival
EXHIBITIONS ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT Until September 26 Van Lieshout’s latest sculptures illustrate a new culture resulting from a society of over-consumption and scarce resources. Travel to the exhibition on the Aqualiner, which departs from Rotterdam’s Willemskade.
WAR ART The Tyranny oF the Steel Helmets (1947), by Jan Henrik Verstegen
GIGS The Cult August 3, Paard van Troje (’s-Gravenhage) Kasabian August 11, Tivoli (Utrecht) Info and tickets: livenation.nl
Submarine Wharf, Heijplaatstraat
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Screen scene This superb, open-air film festival screens an eclectic choice of international art-house movies, documentaries, animations and shorts. Cinema seats are swapped for deckchairs; art installations dot the waterside terrain (just west of Centraal Station); and DJs spin following the films. What’s more, entrance is free! PLUK DE NACHT August 5-15 Het Stenen Hoofd; plukdenacht.nl TWO’S COMPANY AT PLUK DE NACHT
EVENTS AMSTERDAM GAY PRIDE August 5-8 Street parties, club events and the irrefutable highlight: Saturday’s boat parade through the canals. amsterdamgaypride.nl
city’s canals and waterways. grachtenfestival.nl
LITESIDE FESTIVAL August 20-22 An East-meets-West fusion of music, dance, performance, literature, visual arts, film and club culture.
DE PARADE August 6-22 This colourful, olde-world theatre festival has pitched its tents in the Martin Luther Kingpark. Take the special ‘Parade Boat’ there from the opera house (Stopera) – and don’t miss perennial favourite De Levende Jukebox (The Living Jukebox).
Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek,
deparade.nl; paradeboot.nl
KWAKOE SUMMER FESTIVAL Until August 29 This huge multicultural festival takes place in the Bijlmer district every Saturday and Sunday.
GRACHTENFESTIVAL August 14-22 Mainly classical music concerts held in historic locations on and around the
Haarlemmerweg 8-10; liteside.nl
UITMARKT August 27-29 Free-entry performances offer glimpses of the new cultural season. Various locations; uitmarkt.nl
the Hermitage, St Petersburg, depict the origins of modern art. This extensive collection of avant-garde masterpieces is on display for the first time in The Netherlands. Hermitage Amsterdam, Amstel 51; +31 20 5308751; hermitage.nl
CHARLOTTE SALOMON Until October 17 A selection of work by Salomon (1917-1943) chosen by three famous figures from the literary world: Jonathan Safran Foer, Bernice Elsenstein and Ernst van Alphen. Jewish Historical Museum, Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1; +31 20 5310310; jhm.nl
EXHIBITIONS
Rijksmuseum, Jan Luijkenstraat 1;
CHOOSING CHARLOTTE One of Bernice Elsenstein’s choices from Salomon’s oeuvre Life or Theatre?
+31 20 6747000; rijksmuseum.nl
RESTAURANT WATER MUSIC A touch of brass at the Grachtenfestival Photo: Ronald Knapp
MATISSE TO MALEVICH Until September 17 Around 75 paintings from the world-famous collection of
Cornelis Trooststraat 56-58; +31 20 6760923; tjingtjing.com
GIGS Dandy Warhols August 4, Paradiso Goldfrapp August 18, Paradiso Robin Gibb August 31, Heineken Music Hall
WEBSITES
kwakoe.nl
AMSTERDAM’S CANAL BELT Until September 6 Paintings, prints and drawings showing the spectacular expansion of 17th-century Amsterdam.
secrets – straddles the ground floor of two adjacent houses in the Pijp district. The ownerchef serves up traditional delights such as creamy biltong soup with Cheddar and KWV vintage port, and Indonesian-inspired bobotie. Don’t miss the regular braaie (barbecues) held in the peaceful, shaded garden at the rear.
TJING TJING A veritable home from home, this South African restaurant – one of Amsterdam’s best-kept
dutchnews.nl Daily Dutch news in English specialbite.com Cool and comprehensive restaurant reviews underwateramsterdam.com An insider’s city guide iamsterdam.com The city’s most comprehensive portal amsterdam.info Useful tourist information lastminuteticketshop.nl Half-price tickets to events REMEMBER! This copy of Holland Herald is yours to take off the plane.
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Photo: Hollandse Hoogte/Frank Guiziou
TOUCHDOWN GENEVA
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ENJOY THE JET D’EAU
TAKE A COLOURFUL STROLL IN LES GROTTES
Tick-tocking the boxes WHAT TO SEE
(laperledulac.ch), while fiery
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Left, right
Thai curries are on the menu at
ch), prêt-à-porter fashion at
Wander along the Left Bank to
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Geneva’s Flower Clock (Quai
geneve.com) on Geneva’s Right
and gourmet treats in the
du Mont Blanc), ablaze with
Bank. The Bohemian Pâquis
Globus food court (globus.ch).
6,500 blooms and feel the
district provides everything
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from steak-frites to Mexican
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KLM operates five direct daily
Général-Guisan). St-Pierre
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Airport from Amsterdam Airport
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(olivierdeprovence.ch) for rustic
Schiphol.
views across Lake Geneva. On
Provençale dishes.
the Right Bank, explore the UN monolith Palais des Nations
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HOW TO GET THERE
Tourist information
WHERE TO SHOP
geneva-tourism.ch
Bain des Pâquis pier (bains-
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unique gifts such as
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Ham it up In the cobbled lanes of Geneva’s Old Town, Au Pied de Cochon is an institution for fans of its namesake pieds de cochon, pig’s trotters. The delicious smell of roast meat curls around guests entering the woodpanelled bistro, where locals polish off hearty Lyonnaise staples, from garlicky snails to andouillettes sausages. pied-de-cochon.ch Holland Herald
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The Alpine scenery, lakefront strolls, hearty food and Mont Blanc views are a wake-up call you will want to take. Home to clockwork rhythm, but with an artist’s soul, Switzerland’s diplomatic hub has a lot more than chocolate on offer.
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Rediscover your inner culture buff in a capital that’s more like an open-air gallery than a conventional cityscape. Revel in Italy’s art and architecture, memorable markets and home-style Tuscan cuisine.
Art in abundance
WHAT TO SEE
steak), or tasty bean soup.
Mall (themall.it), an outlet in
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Dining options range from
Leccio Reggello.
Florence’s treasures are mainly
restored palace Alle Murate
found in the historic centre,
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HOW TO GET THERE
north of the River Arno. Visit the
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KLM operates a daily direct
iconic domed Cathedral of
near the Central Market or
flight, plus an extra direct flight
Santa Maria del Fiore
simple self-service Il
on Saturdays, Sundays,
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Florence Peretola Airport from
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Vecchio bridge to the Oltrarno
Out of the ordinary
district, home to Pitti Palace
Florence is home to great craft
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(polomuseale.firenze.it) and its
workshops and individual stores,
firenzeturismo.it
romantic Boboli Gardens
like apothecary Officina
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The queues for the Uffizi Gallery in central Florence will give you a clue: it’s the world’s finest collection of Renaissance art. You’ll never have time to view it all, but don’t leave without seeing Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and early works by Leonardo da Vinci. polomuseale.firenze.it
Photo: Hollandse Hoogte
PONTE VECCHIO AND THE UFFIZI
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TOUCHDOWN FLORENCE
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(hetvatsuriname.com) attracts a
Capital charm
(13a, Grote Combeweg), and
relaxed crowd and is the place
Visitors to Paramaribo soak up
curry dishes at Mix Food
to be during carnival season.
the old-world charm in the
(1, Zeelandiaweg). Art and food
city’s historical centre, where
go hand-in-hand at Zus & Zo
colonial mansions, churches
Café (twenty4suriname.com),
KLM operates six flights a week
and spires flank grassy parks.
while seafood is a speciality at
to Paramaribo J. A. Pengel
Marvel at rugged Fort
Dok 204 (dok204.com).
International Airport from
Zeelandia (surinaamsmuseum. net) and the opulence of the
HOW TO GET THERE
Heaven scent The mosques, temples, synagogues and churches of Paramaribo’s Independence Square are encircled by a ring of Flower Market sellers selling inexpensive fragrant floral offerings, brightly coloured posies and bunches of tropical blossoms in dazzling displays.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
WHERE TO BOOGIE
Presidential Palace
Birds of play
Tourist information
(Independence Square).
The city’s nightlife zone is a
suriname-tourism.org
Photo: Hollandse Hoogte/Jochem Wijnands
WHAT TO SEE
DON’T MISS
block of hotels, bars and
WHERE TO EAT
restaurants to where the night
Looking for handy, up-to-date
Mix it up
owls flock. Starzz (clubstarzz.
travel information? Check out
Paramaribo’s exciting fusion of
com) is a popular Euro-beat
KLM’s Destination Guide pages
Dutch, Indonesian, Indian and
club, while there’s all-night
– and book your flight – on
Chinese gastronomy is
salsa at the Havana Lounge
klm.com. Content provided by
evident in menus throughout
(13, van ’t Hogerhuystraat).
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TOUCHDOWN MANILA
The beat of the bay WHAT TO SEE
influences. Food stalls in Pasay
venues are open daily until
Heart of the matter
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2am or later.
Many Manila attractions cluster
(mandarinoriental.com) serves
around its Spanish heart on the
up dim sum, and tapas is on
bay. Start with Manila
offer at Tapella (gaudi-
KLM operates one direct daily
Cathedral, for an introduction
restaurant.com) in Makati.
flight to Ninoy Aquino
HOW TO GET THERE
WHERE TO BOOGIE
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
DON’T MISS
Clubs, bars and discos line the
Tourist information
Visit the wall
streets of Ermita, attracting
philtourism.com
Metropolitan Museum of
Late dates
Manila (metmuseum.ph) and National Museum of the Phillipines (philmuseum.tripod.
young professionals to its late-
com), both close to Rizal Park.
night parties. Latino Café
Looking for handy, up-to-date
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Havana (1903, M Adriatico
travel information? Check
seen in Makati and Malate.
Street, Remedio) has a vintage
out KLM’s Destination
Cuban feel, while the pavement
Guide pages – and book your
cafés at Remedios Circle are
flight – on klm.com. Content
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to the colonial city. For preHispanic art and history, visit the
The walled city of Intramuros, built by the Spanish in 1571, was the original location of Manila during colonial times. Fort Santiago is one of the main attractions inside the walls. Don’t miss the cell where national hero José Rizal spent his last days in 1896. intramurosadministration. com Holland Herald
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Photo: Hollandse Hoogte/ Chad Ehlers
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Capitalising on style
DON’T MISS
Multicultural Australia celebrates the mix with stylish shopping, edgy art and decadent bars. A shiny, sophisticated city, you’re in with a sporting chance of not wanting to leave.
WHAT TO SEE
Longrain (longrain.com.au) in
rooftops at Cookie
A crime to miss it
Chinatown and tapas at MoVida
(cookie.net.au).
Gaze at Ned Kelly’s death
(movida.com.au) near Federation
mask at the Old Melbourne
Square. Explore the Southbank
Gaol (oldmelbournegaol.com)
before dining on fresh seafood
KLM operates two daily flights,
and the city’s skyline from the
at Rockpool Bar & Grill
via Kuala Lumpur, to Melbourne
Eureka Skydeck 88
(rockpoolmelbourne.com). Asian
Tullamarine Airport from
(eurekaskydeck.com).
and ethnic cuisines proliferate in
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
The National Gallery of
the Inner North.
Victoria (ngv.vic.gov.au) houses Australian art. Take a
HOW TO GET THERE
Federation Square features geometrical patterning in sandstone and glass. This undulating cobbled piazza is both a bold landmark and arts precinct, and is a popular venue for events and celebrations. fedsquare.com
Tourist information
WHERE TO BOOGIE
visitmelbourne.com
tram to the favourite of local
Urban cool
sports fans, the Melbourne
Eccentrically furnished bars
Looking for handy, up-to-date
Cricket Ground (mcg.org).
are a city trademark, recreating
travel information? Check
lounges from the 1950s or
out KLM’s Destination
Hollywood bachelor pads of
Guide pages – and book your
Food for all
the 1970s. Seek them out in
flight – on klm.com. Content
The city laneways are a diner’s
unexpected places, like
provided by Frommer’s
delight, with Asian-fusion
Comme Wine Room (comme.
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com.au) or hovering above the
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ALENTEJO, PORTUGAL, PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOÃO FRANCISCA MADEIRA VIEGAS, A PREVIOUS WINNING ENTRANT
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KLM NEWS
“Ongoing fleet renewal and delicious cuisine”
Boeing ahead KLM took delivery of its newest Boeing 737-700 in June, marking the seventh of a total of 18 737-700s ordered by the airline. The new aircraft form part of KLM’s ongoing fleet-renewal programme. Two more B737s are expected in September (737-700) and December (737-800) 2010. A total of 11 more aircraft will be delivered in 2011, including a Boeing 737-800. The new Boeing 737s will gradually replace the current Boeing 737-300s and 737-400s in KLM’s fleet. A Boeing 737 sporting the SkyTeam
livery was also unveiled in June, the same month as the alliance’s tenth anniversary. It is the second aircraft in KLM’s fleet displaying the new livery: last year a Boeing 777-300ER was delivered with the distinctive SkyTeam colours. Members of the SkyTeam alliance – which provides unparalleled connectivity to 898 destinations in 169 countries – have agreed to decorate at least 1% of their fleets in SkyTeam livery. For a complete list of SkyTeam members, see page 95.
Photo: Xander Richters
KLM’S BOEING 737, FLYING THE SKYTEAM COLOURS
THE TEAM FLEW BACK TO SCHIPHOL WITH KLM
IATA HONOUR FOR PETER HARTMAN
Top post for KLM’s CEO KLM’s President and CEO, Peter Hartman, will become the new Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) from June 2011. Speaking after the announcement of his appointment, he said, “It’s an extraordinary honour to play such a role in the world’s most important air transport organisation. I’m looking forward to taking over the reins next year.” IATA’s Board of Governors formulates policy guidelines for the association’s member airlines. Peter Hartman will combine his new position with his responsibilities at KLM.
Teaming up
Linked in
The Dutch World Cup football squad arrived back in The Netherlands on July 12. Following the final match the previous evening at the Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg, which The Netherlands lost 1-0 to Spain, the team touched down in a KLM Boeing 777 at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol after the flight from South Africa. The following day, the Dutch national squad was given a rapturous reception by thousands of orange-clad supporters who gathered in the centre of Amsterdam and lined the city’s canals to greet them.
Get in the swing next month, as the KLM Open tees off at the Hilversumsche Golf Club in The Netherlands. The prestigious golf tournament takes place from September 9-12 and annually attracts a healthy number of Dutch golfing stars as well as international names. KLM has always had a firm affinity with golf as a sport, and has committed itself as sponsor of the Open until 2012, at least. Meanwhile, if you’re a Flying Blue member (or aspiring member), visit the Flying Blue Golf Club at fbgolfclub.com for great tips, advice, and links to further your game. Holland Herald
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KLM BEHIND THE SCENES
A dream occupation Wishes really do come true for some people. Take Wim de Groot, for example, a KLM Captain whose boyhood experiences were enough to kindle a passion which has remained with him to this day. Wim recalls very clearly the first time he was ‘bitten’ by the flying bug: “I was born in The Netherlands but raised in France near the Swiss border, and remember as a small boy being mesmerised by the birds gliding through the mountains there. I thought: ‘I want to do that!’ ” His wish was soon granted: “My father and some of his friends had bought a Piper light aircraft and they took me up in it. I think I was about eight or ten years old at the time, and my nose barely came over the dashboard – but I was hooked. I wanted to be a KLM pilot!”
WIM DE GROOT'S AMBITION TO BECOME A KLM PILOT BECAME REALITY
way round, it is your decision, if your ranking permits.” Despite all the current advanced technological developments in aviation, and increasing use of computer technology on board, a pilot is still always in the position to take complete manual control of the aircraft. “Flying can be an exciting combination of long-range, mostly instrument-controlled stretches – when you fly, as part of a team, over some fantastic landscapes, such as the frozen wastes of Siberia or the hot deserts of Africa – or the thrill of a successful manual landing in good weather,” says Wim.
Feel the force The infectious enthusiasm that Wim has for his job is something which he is keen to share: “My children are at the stage now where they are deciding what to study. I tell them, it doesn’t matter what you decide, as long as you take daily pleasure in what you do. “If anything, the passion I have for flying has increased over the years. I still get a tremendous kick out of easing forward the throttle in a beautiful Boeing 777 and feeling the force of 300 tons rising off the ground. There’s nothing like it!”
At the controls
“Experiencing different destinations and cultures is tremendously enriching” “There’s never a dull moment. Although we sit in the cockpit, we still like to keep in touch with our passengers. And experiencing different destinations and cultures is tremendously enriching.”
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After completing his flight training, Wim came to KLM via Transavia (now transavia. com). “I will never forget the first time I took control of a Boeing 737-200 during my time at Transavia,” Wim reminisces. “It was a fantastic feeling. Thanks to this experience I was able to join KLM. Finally, my boyhood dream became reality. “KLM offers so much flexibility for a career as a pilot. You don’t have to stay with the same aircraft type, for example. If you want to undergo training for another type, or if you prefer to fly within Europe rather than intercontinental, or the other
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KLM PEOPLE & PLANET
The sky’s the limit Air travel is something most of us tend to take for granted. We choose our destinations, book our flights and away we go, on holiday or business. But the aviation industry can also be a great force in providing charitable aid and help. The Dutch organisation Luchtvaart Zonder Grenzen (Aviation Without Borders) is an association of enthusiastic volunteers employed within the aviation sector, who offer their collective knowledge, contacts and facilities for humanitarian purposes around the world. LZG PROVIDES AID TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Into action It was formed in 1988, taking its initiative from Aviation Sans Frontières in France, and immediately went into action, supplying light aircraft for the United Nations to distribute aid during the famine in Sudan. Operation Lifeline Sudan quickly attracted other pilots to the organisation and other (retired) aviation employees as volunteers. People outside the sector also offered to lend a helping hand. Currently, Luchtvaart Zonder Grenzen (LZG) has approximately 60 volunteers. LZG lends its expertise and contacts
within the sector to facilitate small-scale projects both for itself and other help organisations. It mediates in the provision of pilots and light aircraft to developing countries, arranges freight transport of all sorts of aid and medical equipment, and provides escorts for unaccompanied children on long journeys by air, to undergo an operation for example. Within The Netherlands, LZG organises an annual ‘I Can Fly Day’ for sick and handicapped children, who get to fly as passengers in a
light aircraft, among other activities. Luchtvaart Zonder Grenzen operates wholly irrespective of race, religion, ideology or political persuasion.
Donate now To donate money and/or Flying Blue Miles to Luchtvaart Zonder Grenzen, or any other AirCares charity, visit aircares.nl or make a donation during this flight (see the last page of our shopping section). For more information on LZG, visit pzg.nl
APU – OK! While KLM has made great strides in minimising fuel usage and emissions, Its subsidiary airlines have also been busy with their own corporate social responsibilties. Take KLM Cityhopper, for example. Aircraft normally rely on an onboard, fuel-powered Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) to generate electricity for air conditioning and temperature control while waiting for push-back from the gate. By prudent use of mobile and stationary Ground Power Units (GPUs) and Pre-Conditioned Air (PCA) units at the pier and platform at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol where KLM Cityhopper aircraft arrive and depart, APU
A GPU GENERATES GROUND POWER
usage has been substantially reduced over the past year. GPUs are also now standard at all outstations where KLM Cityhopper flies to. Not using the APU saves fuel, maintenance, and causes less noise and emissions, benefiting ground crew, passengers and, of course, the environment. KLM Cityhopper made a considerable cost-saving in 2009, through less APU usage. In addition a C02 emission reduction was achieved of almost 2.8 million kilograms! Reduced APU usage is just one of many fuel- and C02-saving projects initiated by KLM Cityhopper. Holland Herald
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More Miles with two new airlines Flying Blue members can now ‘earn and burn’ their Miles with the latest airlines to join the SkyTeam alliance: TAROM and Vietnam Airlines. You can earn and redeem Miles on TAROM-marketed flights within the airline’s national and international networks, and on all Vietnam Airlines flights and Vietnam Airlines-marketed flights featuring the VN ticket code.
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BE INSPIRED BY SAN FRANCISCO
Whether you’re looking for inspiration or you’re ready to book, our handy online Destination Guide offers up-to-date, outof-the-ordinary information and practical advice for over 100 countries. Covering restaurants, shopping, nightlife, events and things to do, the guide also has practical tips about transport, currencies, visa requirements and current weather forecasts. Destination Guide is easily accessible via KLM’s website. Simply go to ‘Plan and Book’ at klm.com
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MANY TRANSPORT OPTIONS AT KLM.COM
KLM’s website offers much more than just flight tickets. You’ll find everything you need to get from home to your hotel and everything in between. Whether you require car rental, airport parking, or transport to and from a number of airports, it’s all available at the click of a button when you book your ticket. Our prices are never higher than bookings made directly with our partners.
Comfort choice KLM now have some great choices to make your journey in Economy Class even more comfortable! To arrive rested for that important meeting, why not try the new Economy Comfort zone, in the front of the Economy Class cabin? It offers seats with 10 cm more legroom than standard seating, and which recline twice as far! Or you can also choose more comfort by opting for an extra legroom seat or a seat in a row of just 2. These preferred seats are very easy to arrange: just go to ‘Manage My Booking’ on klm.com and simply reserve up to 90 days before departure. Your comfort will be assured! When checking in online, or at selfservice machines at the airport, these seats can also be reserved for a nominal fee, subject to availability.
KLM e-services make your travel planning faster, easier and more rewarding than ever. For example, you can tell us your travel experiences with the direct, easy-to-use ‘Contact us’ link via the ‘Customer Support’ tab on the website home page. Your communication can usually be handled within five days. KLM offers a full range of services via its website klm.com
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KLM PARTNERS
Our partners, your benefits AIR FRANCE KLM, Europe’s largest airline group, is a member of SkyTeam, an alliance of 13 airlines. This offers you a variety of benefits such as: 898 global destinations; access to more lounges worldwide; a coordinated timetable for improved connections; and more opportunities to earn Flying Blue Level and Award Miles. Award Miles can be spent on flights, or with over 100 non-airline partners, such as Marriott and Hertz. Level Miles count
our US joint venture partner, Delta Air Lines, we guarantee you a perfectly integrated network and superior customer service.
towards a higher membership tier, each offering different benefits such as access to airport lounges and extra baggage allowance. Together with
KLM and its main partners Founded: 1933 / Home base: Paris Fleet size: 427** / Passengers: 52 million AIRFRANCE.COM ** including Régional, Britair, Cityjet and VLM Airlines
Founded: 1928 / Home base: Atlanta Fleet size: 1,015 / Passengers: 170 million DELTA.COM Founded: 1919 / Home base: Amsterdam Fleet size: 210* / Passengers: 22 million KLM.COM * including KLM Cityhopper, Martinair and transavia.com
Other KLM partners Code-share partners
Combined code-share and Flying Blue partners
Flying Blue partners
You can earn and/or spend Miles with all SkyTeam alliance members and KLM’s Flying Blue partners in Flying Blue, AIR FRANCE KLM’s loyalty program. For detailed information visit klm.com or airfrance.com. A code-share partner means that even though you have booked a KLM flight number, you may find yourself travelling on a service operated by that partner.
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KLM PLANE FACTS
HOW BIG, HOW SMALL, HOW FAR…? Boeing 747-400
1920 May 17: the first KLM flight from London to Amsterdam.
1933 The Fokker F-XVIII Pelican sets a new record for the flight Amsterdam-Jakarta of four days, four hours and 35 minutes.
1934 October: the McDonnell Douglas DC-2 Uiver wins first prize in the handicap section, and second prize overall in the London-Melbourne Air Race.
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scheduled service between Amsterdam and New York.
1960
KLM introduces the McDonnell Douglas DC-8 into its fleet, marking the beginning of the ‘jet age’.
1971 KLM’s first Boeing 747B heralds the start of the ‘wide-body’ age.
1989
KLM is the first European airline to introduce the new generation 747-400s.
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2001 KLM is the first European airline to introduce the next generation of 737-900s.
2005 KLM starts adding the first of 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft to its fleet.
Artwork KLM fleet: Hans Murris, KLM Engineering & Maintenance, SPL/WM
2008 KLM’s first two (out of a total of six) Boeing 777-300ERs are put into operation.
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2008
KLM begins a gradual introduction of the EMBRAER 190 to its Cityhopper fleet, replacing some of its Fokker 100 aircraft.
Thanks to its efficient network, its modern fleet and many economical measures, KLM’s performance regarding fuel efficiency is one of the best in Europe. The website klm. com/csr gives full information on KLM’s corporate social responsibilty and sustainable air transport activities.
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SKYTEAM AIRPORT HUB GATES
Amsterdam / Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands B34 B36
B30 B32
B22 B24
B26 B28
B18 B20 B16
B14
B35
B31
B27
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B23
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B15
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to C21 - C26
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C8
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C9 C11
C6
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D10 D66
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T5 T4
D3 D5 D59 D7 D61 D63
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Lounge 2
Holland Boulevard
Schiphol World Avenue
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E4
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F7 F6
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F9
Gates F 7
F8
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E15
E17
Transfer desk E20
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Self-service transfer KLM Crown Lounge
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Schengen
KLM flights arrive at / depart from gates B, C, D, E, F. Air France and Alitalia flights arrive at / depart from gates B and C. Korean Air flights arrive at / depart from gate G. Delta flights arrive at / depart from gate E. Czech Airlines flights arrive at / depart from gate D. Aeroflot flights arrive at / depart from gates B or G. For KLM passengers travelling to Antwerp (Thalys) and Rotterdam (NS): Please ensure you collect your luggage in Amsterdam and change your KLM (e-) ticket for a Thalys/NS ticket at the Netherlands Railways (NS ) desk at Schiphol Plaza (just past immigration).
to B1 - B8
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Gates B
Passengers with access to KLM’s Crown Lounges and who are transferring to European (Schengen) flights are kindly advised to use Crown Lounge 25, located near the Schengen gates behind passport control, when arriving on intercontinental flights.
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Top Level Second floor KLM Crown Lounge
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Gates D KLM Crown Lounge
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Paris / Charles De Gaulle Airport Terminal 2, France TERMINAL 2E TERMINAL 2A
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KLM FIT FOR FLYING
Our handy hints can help you to stay feeling great both during and after the flight. Exercises should be performed slowly with steady, even breathing 10 TIMES
Feet
15 TIMES
Ankles
With your heels on the floor, stretch your toes upwards. Then, keeping your toes on the floor, stretch your heel upwards.
Rotate your foot first in one direction and then the other.
Relax whilst flying Statistics show that flying is much safer than many situations in our daily lives The crew in control of the plane are highly trained and experienced KLM aircraft are maintained and designed to withstand all sorts of turbulence Try to relax – breathe in deeply through your nose, hold for three seconds and exhale slowly KLM partner, VALK Foundation, can offer support to people with a fear of flying. Visit valk.org or call +31 71 5273733
30 TIMES
Knees Raise your leg, tensing the muscles of your thigh.
5 TIMES
10 TIMES
Shoulders
Legs
With your hands on your thighs, rotate your shoulders in a circular motion.
Bend forward slightly. Wrap your hands around your knee and raise it to your chest. Hold for 15 seconds.
During the flight Ear pain? Pinch your nose shut, close your mouth and swallow or blow out against your closed mouth. Alternatively, chew gum Stimulate your circulation by walking around in the cabin and stretching Avoid sitting with your legs crossed as this restricts circulation Taking your shoes off might be more comfortable Drink plenty of water and not too much alcohol, tea or coffee
15 TIMES
Back and arms Place both feet flat on the ground and hold in your stomach. Bend forward, moving your hands down your legs.
Reducing jetlag Start adjusting your body clock to the time zone of your destination the night before departure by going to bed earlier or later Don’t eat too heavily the night before you leave, or drink too much coffee or alcohol Eat protein-rich meals at times that are normal for your new time zone At your destination, take light exercise, such as a walk Spend at least 30 minutes in daylight
HOUSE RULES All electronic devices must be turned off completely whilst walking to/from the aircraft, and during take-off, approach and landing. The only electronic devices which may be used during the flight and ground stop are: • Mobile phones, PDAs or other devices with a ’flight’ mode or ‘flight safe’ setting. This must be activated
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before the aircraft doors are closed. • Laptops, if the WLAN/WiFi is turned off. • Electronic games, MP3, DVD and CD players. Cabin crew can request all electronic devices to be switched off completely if circumstances so dictate.
Drinks are served one at to passengers occupying their assigned seats. For safety reasons, the purser may close the bar. Passengers are not permitted to drink alcoholic beverages brought on board with them.
a time
Smoking, including artificial cigarettes, such as ‘SuperSmokers’, is strictly forbidden at all times on KLM flights.
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