Ever wondered what happens to your bag at an airport? Thrillist takes you behind the scenes journey through the conveyor system at Amsterdam Airport in Schiphol, Netherlands. Its feels like a rollercoaster ride! They attached a 360-degree camera to a checked suitcase, and it captured some pretty amazing footage. Watch the video below.
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Livestream of a Roundabout in The Netherlands
Dutch CRM software company Archie posted a live stream of a vehicles and bikes traveling through a roundabout in Purmerend, The Netherlands. Watch the live stream below. via: Laughing Squid
The Most Complex Borders in Europe
Most of you might already know about the most complicated border situation between Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands and Baarle-Hertog, Belgium. But, did you know the story behind it? Well, the border’s complexity results from a number of equally complex medieval treaties, agreements, land-swaps and sales between the Lords of Breda and the Dukes of Brabant. Generally speaking, predominantly agricultural… Continue reading The Most Complex Borders in Europe
Markthal Rotterdam: A Sci-fi Food Hall
Rotterdam’s sci-fi-looking fruit and vegetable market “Markthal Rotterdam” has just opened its doors in the Netherlands, offering tourists and residents the chance to grocery shop in style. Markthal is actually a combined food hall and apartment complex that contains 228 apartments, as well as 100 market stalls underneath its brightly-decorated archway. The facility has an… Continue reading Markthal Rotterdam: A Sci-fi Food Hall
Glow-In-The-Dark Smart Highway
Dutch companies Studio Roosegaarde and Heijmans, a road construction firm have installed a luminescent markings that glow green in the dark on a half-kilometer stretch of road in the Netherlands. The road markings absorb light during the day and emit the green glow at night, as a part of an energy saving smart highway project. Watch the video below.
Porsche 964 RSR Hits Barrier and Lands in River
A Porsche 964 RSR flips over a concrete barrier and lands upside-down in a river, during the Hellendoorn Rally in the Netherlands. Driver Harry Kleinjan appeared to brake too late into a corner, locking up his wheels and smashing into a barrier. Kleinjan and his co-driver walked away uninjured from the accident. Watch the video below
Driver Cheats Death After Horrific Crash
At first glance, it would be impossible not to think that there was at least one fatality in the pictures here. Guess what? No one was killed and the person driving the Audi S8 came out of this accident with only minor injuries. The accident occurred in Molenbeersel, Belgium near the border with the Netherlands. The report said that the… Continue reading Driver Cheats Death After Horrific Crash
Old Dutch Prison Turned Into a Luxury Hotel
Het Arresthuis was previously a place from which people desperately wanted to leave. As one of the Netherlands’ most feared prisons for almost 150 years. But following its closure and something of a makeover, people are now paying good money to spend a night at the former jail. This would be the only prison that… Continue reading Old Dutch Prison Turned Into a Luxury Hotel