February 2014 Issue

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February 2014 Issue

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FEBRUARY 2014 YOUR COPY TO KEEP
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FEBRUARY 2014
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FEBRUARY 2014 YOUR COPY TO KEEP
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Illustration: Martijn de Kruijf. Hook kindly supplied by Cafe Toussaint, Amsterdam
ISSUE
The ideas issue
Welcome to the ideas issue. Our cover this month is inspired by
pareidolia: seeing things, usually faces, in inanimate objects. In this
case, a coat hook becomes an octopus, with the addition of a few
squiggles of illustration. Inside, we get an insight into the ideas of
Marcel Wanders, wonder how important it really is to be creative in
business, see how future cities might look, learn about the history of
ideas in Amsterdam, and explore Seoul and Istanbul. Enjoy your flight.
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15 The ideas files
Escapist ants, endangered tribes
and luminescent fruit
24 Facts & figures
Ideas by numbers
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38 Russell Shorto
The American author on how
Amsterdam invented liberalism
52 Future cities
Marcel Wanders
Creative thinking
Some of the grandest concepts
The revered Dutch designer talks
How important is creativity in
about how we will live in years
about the Stedelijk Museum’s
business? A vital component or
to come
retrospective of his work
overrated hype?
Travel
Regulars
Amsterdam (65), Calgary (67), Curacao (69), Florence (71), Jakarta (73),
Munich (74), Nairobi (77), The Netherlands (63)
08 Frontlines
56
Design, ideas,
travel and more
63 Updates
What’s on in
The Netherlands
67 Touchdowns
The best city guides
28
79 Photo competition
Your chance to inspire
us and win
Seoul
Istanbul
How the cool kids are taking over
Five ways to enjoy this vibrant,
South Korea’s high-tech capital
continent-straddling city
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Frontlines
Arts, design,
culture, events
and ideas from
across the globe
Words: Annemarie Hoeve
Boat n Mini yacht
NEW
All canvasses allowed
Small luxuries
It’s tough to be rich. You fork out millions to buy a mega yacht
and then can’t get it anywhere near that exclusive island marina
or secluded cove. Luckily, Naples-based firm Jet Capsule has
created a luxury ‘mini yacht’ just over seven metres long to taxi
you in. It can reach a top speed of 35 knots, fits up to eight
people and features a rooftop sunbed and mood lighting.
See jetcapsule.com.
Tramping grounds
Look! n Norway today
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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Make your own
masterpiece with a
new competition from
the Rijksmuseum
in Amsterdam. All
canvasses are
allowed (including
this scooter), as
long as the entry is
inspired by images
taken from the
museum’s online
Rijksstudio. The
deadline is 1 March.
See rijksmuseum.nl.
An odd intruder is redefining
the Norwegian landscape.
Bergen-based photographer
Eivind Senneset has decided
it is time to reveal the extent
of the invasion. What at first
glance looks like a traditional
landscape soon reveals an
unusual protagonist in the
distance: a trampoline. In some
shots the trampoline takes
centre stage, in others, it is
almost hidden. The message
is clear: trampolines are taking
over the country. And none of
them are being used.
See eivindsenneset.no.
FRONT LINES
TREATS
Handicrafts go stellar with the
Stitch the Stars calendar kit.
Comes with pre-punched holes
and glow-in-the-dark yarn. See
heatherlinshome.bigcartel.com.
Housing crisis blues? Cheer
yourself up with some prime
cardboard real estate in the
form of this press-out castle.
You can always count on
cardboard. See muji.eu.
Wellies are reduced
to their bare
bones with these
skeleton-print
rainboots by Be&D.
Also available with
a high-heeled print.
See beandd.com.
Travel
Sounds of the city
Dutch n Audio walk
What does a specific city sound like? Ordinary
tours give visitors lots of information, but
tend to lack atmosphere. That can’t be said
of the audio tours by Soundtrack City.
The aim is to provide an ‘augmented
aurality’ via specially composed
soundtracks for a number of walking
routes. What the listener hears through
their headphones merges with the actual
sounds of the city. Tours of Amsterdam
and Rotterdam can be downloaded
via soundtrackcity.nl.
His zero-gravity
rendition of David
Bowie’s Space Oddity
attracted 10 million
online views in three
days. Now astronaut
Chris Hadfield has
written a book
detailing how his
experiences aboard
the International Space
Station have reshaped
his views about how to
get the most out of life.
Published by Macmillan.
BOOKS
An Astronaut’s Guide
to Life on Earth
‘The Windmills
of Your Mind’
Illustration: Wolter Top
Noel Harrison
Above par
Golf n Custom putter
With an exclusive custom golf putter such as this
one, you can never blame bad performance on your
club again. Costing €30,000, the Epsilon VG002
French-made putter by Valgrine certainly couldn’t be
at fault. If you miss the hole with one of these, it’s
your own blunder. A trifle hesitant about the price?
According to the company, it’s not just a putter, but
an “aerodynamic sculpture”.
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FRONT LINES
Snooze attack
Japan n Tokyo nap cafe
Photo: Nap cafe Corne
INTERNET
When it all gets to be too much, the
hardworking women of Tokyo can
catch some extra zzzs at Nap Cafe
Corne; a cafe designed especially
for snoozing. The cost of some
shut-eye? About €1.30 (150 yen) per
ten minutes. Apart from napping,
customers can also make use of
changing and make-up rooms, a
selection of pillows and snacks. In
the evening, it turns into a karaoke
lounge. Perhaps this is why clients
need afternoon naps? Available to
women only. See corne.jp.
Chute for the stars
Design n World’s tallest waterslide
Photo: Hiroshi Yoda
Currently in the making at a German-themed
waterpark in Kansas City, USA, is a slide that
is being billed as the world’s tallest, steepest
and fastest. When completed, Verrückt
(German for ‘crazy’) will rise some 17 storeys
high; the exact height is still being kept
secret. Of course, more height also means
more stairs. The climb up will cover 264 steps.
Due to open in May. See schlitterbahn.com.
Barkitecture!
Illustration: Wolter Top
Design n Contemporary kennels
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Architecture for Dogs brings together architects who think most
doggy domiciles are dull. The breed-specific results are likely to
get owners hot under the collar. Along with the beagle house by
MVRDV, above, there is a fluffy den for a bichon frisé, a runway for
dachshunds, and a vanity table for toy poodles. Blueprints for each
design can be downloaded for free at architecturefordogs.com.
FRONT LINES
Photo: Corb!no
DUTCH
Take note!
Music n Harp revival
Dutch harpist Lavinia Meijer already has an impressive string of
successes to her name. Her last CD − an adaptation of music
by Philip Glass – is one of the best-selling classical albums in
The Netherlands of all time. Since then, she has signed an
exclusive contract with the prestigious Sony Music Classical
label. Her new work, Passagio, features music by contemporary
Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi. Discover Meijer’s work for
yourself in this month’s inflight audio programme.
See page 89 for more.
Marcel Wanders:
Pinned Up
Amsterdam n 1 February–15 June
The entire oeuvre of Dutch designer Marcel
Wanders comprises the first major design
exhibition to be held at Amsterdam’s
Stedelijk Museum following its reopening
in 2012. Ranging from the late 1980s to the
present, the exhibition includes lesserknown pieces as well as iconic works such
as the Knotted Chair (1995-1996), Egg Vase
(1997), Airborne Snotty Vases (2001), the New
Antiques (2005), and the Skygarden lamp
(2007). For more details see stedelijk.nl or
turn to the feature interview with Wanders
on page 42 of this magazine. And for more
events in Amsterdam and The Netherlands,
turn to pages 65 and 63.
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Europe
Africa
Asia
?
?
?
North
America
?
Location, location, location!
Geography n Guess your whereabouts
A fun game for geography nerds is Geoguessr. This online challenge selects
five random locations anywhere in the world. It’s up to you to figure out
where you are. The game makes use of Google Street View images so you
can look around for clues. It was designed by Swedish IT consultant Anton
Wallén and gained an instant internet following. Try it! See geoguessr.com.
THE FILES # 01 IDEAS
Insect antics
Indonesian photographer
Fahmi Bhs was on hand to
capture the moment these
ants had the bright idea of
teaming up to escape a
birdcage.
Photo: Reporters
500PX.COM/FAHMIBHS
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Photo: Alexander Khokhlov, make-up: Valeriya Kutsan, post-production: Veronica Ershova
Painted face
With flesh as his canvas,
Russian photographer
Alexander Khokhlov paints
one face on another. His
works, in collaboration with
make-up artist Valeriya
Kutsan, are part of an
ongoing project. “Everybody
is a field for experiments,”
he says. ALEXANDERKHOKHLOV.COM
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Squash caught
Photo: Reporters
Contortionist group Bodies in
Urban Spaces say they do
‘temporary intervention in
diversified urban
architectonical environments’.
In layman’s terms, that means
squishing yourself into
unusual spaces. Here one
member of the group, which
is lead by Austrian artist Willi
Dorner, is in Bangor, northwest Wales.
CIEWDORNER.AT
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Healthy glow
Photo: Reporters
Kirlian photography was first
discovered by Semyon Kirlian
in 1939. He found that by
passing a high-voltage
charge through an object on
a photographic plate, you
get an image of that object.
In this case, some
spookily glowing fruit.
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Saving time
This image is part of a remarkable
project by Netherlands-based
photographer Jimmy Nelson.
His idea is to capture images of
the world’s most visually
distinctive indigenous tribes
before their ways of life change
forever. The project, called
Before They Pass Away, has
taken him from Siberia to New
Zealand, Ecuador and Ethiopia,
and is now available as a large
format book published by
teNeues. BEFORETHEY.COM
Photo: ©Jimmy Nelson Pictures BV
TENEUES.COM
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Facts+
IDEAS
figures
Numbers, knowledge
and nuggets of ideas
Words: Anna Whitehouse
Illustrations: Sam Vanallemeersch
“Great people talk about ideas, average
people talk about things, and small people
talk about wine”
Fran Lebowitz
Call of the wild
Good vibrations
Gautam Sapkota managed to attract
hundreds of crows at a recent ‘crow
show’ in Kathmandu, Nepal, with his
unique chirping noises. “I told them to
come, sit, be quiet and fly away,” said
Sapkota, who does the shows to raise
awareness about the conservation
of birds. He says he can imitate the
sounds of 251 kinds of birds and plans
to broaden his conservation message
with an album that remixes Nepali
songs with the sound of a crane
(the feathered kind, rather than the
mechanical variety).
Curators at Manchester Museum in the UK were
perplexed when an ancient Egyptian statue in a
sealed cabinet rotated on its glass shelf. Rumors
abounded that it was cursed by an Egyptian god.
But an engineer has solved the riddle, discovering
that small vibrations from traffic and footsteps from
passersby were causing the 3,800-year-old stone
figurine to spin.
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3,800-year-old stone
Piano woman
8 hours
Independence day
€24 note
Lebanon will go ahead with plans
to issue banknotes marking 70
years since its independence
despite a spelling mistake on the
commemorative currency. The Frenchlanguage face of the special issue
50,000 pound note, which is worth
about €24, spells ‘independence’ as
it is written in English, rather than the
French ‘independance’. The bank said it
regretted the mistake, which it blamed
on the printing company.
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A concert pianist in
northern Spain faces
jail after her rehearsals
drove her downstairs
neighbour crazy. After a
three-day criminal trial
in the city of Girona,
the public prosecutor
asked the judges to jail
27-year-old Laia Martin
for 16 months for violating
noise ordinances. Martin’s
neighbour Sonia Bosom
claimed loss of sleep and
panic attacks were caused
by Martin’s eight hours of
practice a day from 2003
to 2007.
Facts+
figures
IDEAS
Blaze of glory
1km
A Russian torchbearer’s clothing caught fire as he carried the
Olympic flame for 1km through a Siberian city, ahead of this month’s
Sochi Winter Olympics. A clip posted on YouTube shows former
Olympic bobsledder Pyotr Makarchuk parading the torch in Abakan
when flames suddenly leap from the left shoulder and upper arm of
his jacket. Escorts immediately put out the flames and Makarchuk
was unharmed. The idea for the flame originated in ancient Greece,
and was reintroduced at Amsterdam’s Summer Olympics in 1928.
Bat crazy
1 ‘super’ hero?
A Singaporean man with an unusual
superhero-like name turned out to
be a criminal. Batman bin Suparman,
which means ‘Batman, son of
Superman’ in the Malay language,
was jailed for two years and nine
months for various offences, including
stealing his brother’s ATM card to make
withdrawals. Batman, who has his own
fan club on Facebook, became a social
media sensation after an image of his
ID was circulated online.
Lost world
160 million years
‘Misty’, the name given to a skeleton
of a diplodocus dinosaur that roamed
what is now the United States some
160 million years ago, was recently
sold for $651,100 at auction. It was
found by the teenage sons of German
dinosaur hunter Raimund Albersdoerfer
in Dana quarry in Wyoming.
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“Having knowledge but lacking the power
to express it clearly is no better than never
having any ideas at all”
Barking mad
€3,000 kennel
A company co-founded
by a former banker has
come up with a range
of high-end interior
items for pets, retailing
for as much as €3,000.
Discerning creatures may
appreciate a sofa lined
with luxe textiles from
Denmark or a birdcage
on stilts crafted from
aluminium and oak.
The company, Chimere,
even offers a lacquered
litter box for cats and a
minimalist, bell-shaped
fish bowl.
Pericles TRAVEL SOUTH KOREA
New
Seoul
Evening crowds in
Myeongdong
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South Korea’s capital is rapidly shifting from a
high-tech utopia to the world’s hippest hangout,
says local resident Nell McShane Wulfhart
PHOTOGRAPHY: MIKE BEECH
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Photo on this spread: Corbis
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“Public displays of affection
are discouraged, so those in love wear
matching clothes”
RIGHT
Golmok Vinyl & Pub
FAR RIGHT FROM TOP
Gyeongbok
Palace; graffiti in
Samcheong-dong
Seoul is changing.
The barbecue restaurants may
be as packed with Friday night office workers downing soju
clear grain liquor as they were decades ago, but today indie
bands play gigs on street corners, goth kids roam the lanes, and
grannies tap Samsung smartphones on the subway to a Zaha
Hadid-designed shopping plaza.
This is a mega-city of cutting-edge technology, quirky fashion
and a stubborn adherence to tradition. A place that always
surprises the first-time visitor.
There are guidebook-sanctioned sights, of course. Gyeongbok
Palace, first built in 1395 and the largest of the Five Grand
Palaces of the Joseon dynasty that ruled the country for five
centuries. There are traditional wooden homes of Samcheongdong – a hilly neighborhood full of art galleries and restaurants.
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But most can be seen within two days, leaving time to explore
beneath the surface: hiking an urban mountain with senior
citizens, sinking a microbrew in the hottest new neighbourhood,
and drinking coffee with a cat on your lap in an ‘animal cafe’.
Seoul’s re-invention is clearest in Gyungnidan, a tiny
neighbourhood in Yong-san district. Gyungnidan’s popularity
has exploded in the last 18 months as modernisation has spread
through the tiny golmoks, or back alleys.
Sandwiched between kimchi stew restaurants and
convenience stores are new, independent bars and restaurants
that are drawing crowds of resident foreigners and young locals.
It’s this kind of indie appeal that’s Gyungnidan’s real draw,
according to Sunghoo Yang, owner of new microbrewery
RIGHT
A rapper in
Hongdae Park
FAR RIGHT
A steep hill in
Anguk
BELOW
The
Cheonggyecheon
area
and pizza joint The Booth. “Every single shop in the
neighborhood is unique and has character,” he says.
In an attempt to launch a craft beer scene, three
microbreweries have opened in Gyungnidan. And here, ‘micro’
really does mean micro. Tiny Magpie Brewing Company, where
you’ll overhear English teachers comparing notes on their classes,
sells three craft brews and only has a few more seats, while The
Booth offers generous slices of pizza alongside their single beer
offering, a small-batch pale ale. At four years old, Craftworks
Taphouse is the granddaddy of Gyungnidan microbreweries,
serving seven beers – the Seorak Oatmeal stout is particularly
rich and filling.
“I love hanging out in Gyungnidan,” says photographer Shai
Jeong. “There are so many cool, fun places popping up all the time
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that bring a lot of unique character to this area. There’s also a
pretty even mix of Koreans and foreigners. I prefer Gyungnidan
to other areas because it has more of an underground, artsy feel.”
One of the artier places is Golmok Vinyl & Pub, a first-floor
bar lined with shelves of LPs, generally patronised by people who
prefer vinyl to MP3. Resident and guest DJs spin nightly,
although surprise live acts can pop up. Dark and homey, an
evening at Golmok is the antidote for locals who avoid Seoul’s
crowded, K-pop-blasting megaclubs.
This is a place of nature too. On weekend mornings, the (ultraefficient, ultra-clean) subway fills with talkative groups of senior
citizens, couples often dressed in matching state-of-the-art
hiking gear.
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“Seoul’s re-invention is clearest in Gyungnidan”
Namsan Mountain, a short walk from Gyungnidan, is one of
the city’s best climbing spots, and it’s the only one with an
observatory at the top. On a clear day the views of Seoul are well
worth the hike. No matter the weather, the aforementioned
seniors power-walk past younger hikers. Their vigour, not just for
climbing, but also for imbibing liberal servings of soju on the way
back down, is enviable.
To the north of the mountain sits Myeongdong, a place where
nature yields to urban excess. This high-energy shopping district
is the city’s crowded heart. The hilly streets are a hive of shops,
restaurants, vendors selling the latest handbags, hawkers pitching
free samples, and entire stores are dedicated to odd accessories
such as owl-shaped mobile phone cases.
But among the polite chaos, it’s the local couples that are the
most striking. Public displays of affection are tacitly discouraged,
so those in love demonstrate their allegiance through matching
clothes, be it Gap sweatshirts, Uniqlo vests, Nike sneakers or,
sometimes, entire outfits. Chic matching glasses – whether
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RIGHT
The Bau Haus
dog cafe
FAR RIGHT
FROM TOP
The fish market;
Namsan Hill
they’re optically necessary or not – can distinguish
particularly fashion-forward couples, who make an afternoon
date out of sharing coffee and a waffle at one of the many cafes.
For the more traditional, there is toppoki: glutinous rice
tubes swimming in a sweetish red sauce. This ultimate in Seoul
street food is sold at most Myeongdong stalls.
If caffeine is essential (and it might be, just to stay energised
enough to cope with Myeongdong’s bright lights and blaring
pop), a ‘cat cafe’ is a welcome refuge. Korean apartments are
often too small for pets, so animal cafes have sprung up to meet
the need for furry friends.
Lily Café is home to more than a dozen cats and charges an
entrance fee of around €5.50, coffee included. Inside, the cats
lounge around, are fed treats by adoring schoolgirls, and
languidly submit to being photographed several hundred times
a day.
Gangnam, as the most-viewed YouTube video in history
explained, has a style of its own. It first becomes clear at the
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area’s subway stations, plastered with ads for nose jobs,
surgical bum enhancements and before and after photos that
are so extreme they could easily be two different women. Up
at street level, gawk at the plastic surgery clinics and luxury
brand stores.
Amid the swank and surgery, however, lies a sleek structure
built from shipping containers.
Platoon Kunsthalle is an arts space/bar/live music venue
that promotes subculture events that you would be hardpressed to find elsewhere in Seoul.
Co-founder Tom Bueschemann says the location was
intentional. “The confrontation of subculture with the closeby design houses, commercial galleries and luxury brand
stores creates a tension and interaction between the two
worlds,” he says.
It’s the contrast that gives energy to Platoon – the
neighbourhood around it sees more Prada handbags than
Milan, but at the monthly night-time flea market, the
industrial-chic building heaves with crowds of Korean
TRAVEL SOUTH KOREA
Food that
fights back
Eat live octopus sannakji – at Noryangjin
Fish Market, a cavernous
hall of more than 700
seafood stalls.
Stallholders will grab a
small baby octopus from
the tank, chop it into
pieces, and tip it onto a
plate. Add a dash of chilli
paste and a shot of soju
and the meal is complete
– once the wriggling
pieces have been
successfully plucked and
chewed (the suckers
stick to the roof of the
mouth). Noryangjin is an
adventure in itself, says
student Saemi Lee, who
advises haggling: “with
the right skills and a
friendly attitude you can
usually get a bunch of
freebies.”
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hipsters, piles of clothing are heaped on the floor, edgy craft
projects are sold, and an MC hypes up the ready-to-party crowd.
Crowds are one constant in this ever-changing city. It’s
been said that Koreans would rather starve than eat alone, which
makes mealtimes a convivial experience.
But conviviality peaks in the noraebang, or karaoke room.
These tiny, immaculate spaces are places of beer, snacks and
song. Designer Hyun Eun Jung sums up the unique appeal: “it’s
incredibly freeing. Nobody cares if you can sing or not and
everyone is always happy to be together. Normally shy singers
can sing freely without shame, and encouragement to participate
is always present.”
The liberating nature appeals in a culture where conformity,
in behaviour and dress, is encouraged. After a long working day,
letting loose with the latest Girls’ Generation pop tune is an
unbeatable way to de-stress.
For serious relaxation, though, it’s the jimjilbang that
wins. Korean saunas are the embodiment of the local culture,
with their emphasis on health and their communal nature.
Siloam, behind Seoul station, is a popular five-storey
sauna with restaurants to an ice room. It is a very public
experience: everyone wears identical shorts and T-shirts,
groups lounge around on heated floors watching Korean soap
operas on a giant television, and some even work on laptops
(in this wired city, even the saunas have lightening-fast wifi).
The brave can have a full-body exfoliation performed by
two business-like women in bras and underwear, who scrub
so vigorously the skin comes off in flakes.
Tickets last for up to 12 hours, and sleeping mats
make these cheap places to spend the night. Locals often
make a stop on the way to the airport, to sweat, shower
and sleep before travel. It’s a wonderful way to bid farewell
to Seoul.
South Korea
Seoul fact file
Asia
Seoul
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GETTING THERE
Gyeongbok
Palace
KLM operates daily nonstop flights to Seoul Incheon
International Airport from
Namsan
Seoul
WHERE TO EAT
Jung Sik Dang (jungsik.kr) is
Seoul’s most exciting restaurant,
combining molecular
gastronomy and traditional
Korean ingredients, such as
bibimbap with basil sorbet.
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over the city and a location in
and can take lessons in
the heart of the business district.
making kimchi.
WHERE TO STAY
Rak Ko Jae (rkj.co.kr) is the polar
The Sheraton Seoul D Cube
opposite – in this traditional
DON’T FORGET
City Hotel (starwoodhotels.
Korean hanok turned hotel with
You can take this magazine
com) is a futuristic five-star
four beautifully simple wooden
with you, or read the article
hotel with panoramic views
rooms, guests sleep on the floor
again at holland-herald.com.
Map: Wolter Top. This map is for illustrative purposes only and should
not be considered authoritative.
Amsterdam Aiport Schiphol.
An Amsterdam
state of mind
Author Russell Shorto’s new
book claims Amsterdam is the
world’s most liberal city. He tells
Rodney Bolt how it exported
Dutch ideas around the globe
ILLUSTRATION: STUDIO GARCIA
“Amsterdam is
the cradle of liberalism. And we
modern western people, whatever our political persuasions, are
all liberal.”
So historian Russell Shorto describes the mainspring of his
new book Amsterdam: A History of the World’s most Liberal City.
The permissive sense of liberalism in Amsterdam today, he says,
relates back to a wider, grander sense of the word: “There is a
connection between the city that spawned Spinoza and the city
where John and Yoko came to hold their Bed-In for Peace.”
The book is a seemingly effortless sweep through nearly 1,000
years of history, in which Shorto reveals not only how and why
the idea of liberalism came to be born in Amsterdam, but how it
was exported across the world.
Now back in his native USA, after living in the Dutch capital
for six years, Shorto is author of a number of books, including
The Island at the Center of the World, a history of the founding of
Manhattan, and Descartes’ Bones.
He explains what first took him to Amsterdam: “My earlier
book, about the Dutch founding of New York, had brought me
back and forth quite a lot. I had a number of contacts in The
Netherlands, knew quite a few historians, and knew the research
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culture there. So Amsterdam seemed a good base when I decided
to do a book on European history. Initially, I had planned to
come for a year to work on Descartes’ Bones, but in the course of
that year I was offered the job of director of the John Adams
Institute [which promotes cultural exchange between The
Netherlands and the US]. And as the book was about René
Descartes, and he had spent most of his career in The
Netherlands, it all kind of fit together.”
Soon, the idea of a book on Amsterdam began to take root.
The seed was Shorto’s earlier book on Manhattan. “For me,
Amsterdam is a prequel to The Island at the Center of the World.
There, I argued that what made New York distinct from other
places in British North America was the fact that it was started by
the Dutch, and that the Dutch brought, in particular, a notion of
tolerance, which was the glue that held together the different
people living there. That, and the uniquely Dutch approach to
free trade – those two things, a multi-ethnic society and free
trade – are a sort of recipe for New York City. So once I was living
in Amsterdam, and the idea began to form that maybe I would
write a book about the city, very quickly I had the notion that it
might be worthwhile to explore how those things developed there
of all places.”
In an anatomy lesson worthy of the famed Doctor Tulp (the
Golden Age surgeon depicted in Rembrandt’s Anatomy Lesson
painting), Shorto skilfully bares the tendons linking thought,
commerce, culture, and even (perhaps especially) Amsterdam’s
topography, to reveal the early workings of liberal thought.
“Historically, people saw the advent of the European
Enlightenment as being in the 18th century, with its epicentre in
France and Paris,” he says. “But over the past couple of decades,
historians – Jonathan Israel chief among them – have been
asking what the origins of that were, and following the line back
to the Dutch Enlightenment of the 17th century. So I follow those
historians back, and then try to focus further on Amsterdam,
looking at how these developments came into being, and why it
happened here.
“The root of it all is economic, and a different type of
relationship to the land. Going back to the Middle Ages, you find
groups of individuals who take the decision to do the
backbreaking work of reclaiming land from the sea and rivers, by
building dykes and dams. Whereas in the rest of Europe you have
a feudal system in operation, this by and large does not exist in
The Netherlands. Instead, people become the owners of the land
they have created – there’s a famous Dutch saying: ‘God made the
earth, but the Dutch made Holland’. All this sets off a different
sensibility, a sense of possibility and of innovation – the idea that
you can make changes yourself. It’s a change that happens in the
mind, focusing more on the individual, and it leads in different
directions, to a focus on art and science, to the creation of the city
itself, the carving of the great canals.”
This spirit of individualism, Shorto argues, lies behind the
founding of the world’s first stock exchange in Amsterdam, the
flourishing of secular art, and the city becoming a crucible of
liberal thought, attracting such thinkers as Descartes and
Spinoza, and leading eventually to the export of a philosophy
based on individual freedom across the world.
Shorto continues: “As people realise they can make money,
and make changes to their lives, that leads to other thoughts
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BOOK IDEAS
There is a connection between the
“
city that spawned Spinoza and the city where John
”
and Yoko came to hold their Bed-In for Peace
and to other changes, and that leads into the development in
the shipping trade, and cornering the market in herring, and
ultimately the birth of the Dutch East India Company, which is
what sets the Golden Age and the rise of Amsterdam in motion.”
Shorto achieves this with a vivid sense of time and place. The
reader is in a coffee house with Spinoza, feels the fear of Brother
Jacobszoon as iconoclasts rampage through the city, perhaps
even sheds a tear as Shorto talks to a holocaust survivor.
Individual stories weave through the book. “I was writing a
book about liberalism, which is focused on individuals and the
importance of individuals,” he says. “So it made sense to do it by
means of biographies and individual characters. What also
struck me, having decided to focus on liberalism, is how much all
of these people you associate with Amsterdam come right back to
that. It becomes a good lens for understanding what they did.”
What of the present? Is Amsterdam still a major exporter
of liberalism? “One difficulty Amsterdam has is that what it helped
to spawn is now seen simply as being modern, as a normal aspect
of what it means to be a city. It’s no longer something unique, and
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if New York or London can do it, and are so much bigger, they can
charge forward in a way Amsterdam can’t. But what Amsterdam
has is its past, and city leaders are very conscious of this heritage, of
using it to brand the place. As former mayor Job Cohen once said
to me: ‘In Amsterdam, craziness is a value.’”
Now that Shorto is back in the US, his next two books will be
on America. He and his wife also wanted to be near their families
in Maryland. What has he carried back with him after his time in
‘the world’s most liberal city’?
“If I had to point to one thing, I think it’s that the American
political system is crazily polarized, while the Dutch system is in a
way the opposite,” he says. “You know the Dutch way – everyone
sitting around the table, thrashing things out, nobody allowed to
get up till it’s done. And I think somehow that has gotten into me.
In the US I look at these people yelling at each other, and I think:
‘Why don’t you just realise we are all part of the same thing, and
the other person means well.’ There’s a certain reasonableness that
has inadvertently crept into me.”
Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City is
available on amazon.com.
PROFILE IDEAS
The world of
Wanders
As a new exhibition at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum
celebrates 25 years of his work, Marcel Wanders reflects
on a quarter century of creativity
WORDS: MATT FARQUHARSON PHOTOGRAPHY: FULCO SMIT ROETERS
What does a
quarter of a
century’s worth of ideas look like?
A giant pile of crumpled Post-It notes,
perhaps. Maybe a few dog-eared
notepads or a coffee-stained sketch pad.
Or in the case of Marcel Wanders,
1,100 square metres of the Stedelijk
Museum. Amsterdam’s design and
modern art museum, it opens an
exhibition this month celebrating 25
years of his work.
That work has been described as “eye
candy that engages the brain” (The LA
Times) and Wanders himself as “the
Lady Gaga of the design world: a
constant font of ideas and energy who is
nearly impossible to ignore” (The New
York Times).
It ranges from furniture to interiors,
artworks, a golden clown nose, jewellery,
and the crockery, glassware and cutlery
in KLM’s World Business Class.
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But Wanders first grabbed the
world’s attention in 1996, through the
medium of a small seat.
The ‘knotted chair’ (see over page)
looks at first like a flimsy rope
construction that might collapse in a stiff
breeze. But the thread that makes it is of
aramid and carbon fibres. After being
hand-knotted into shape, it is
impregnated with epoxy resin, hung in a
frame to dry, and the result is firm
enough to handle the most generous
human rump.
Its engineering and deceptive
simplicity are so revered in design circles
that it is shown in the permanent
collections of the V&A Museum in
London and New York’s MoMA.
Having his work hung and analysed
as though it was art, then, is not really a
new experience.
But it has perhaps never before been
examined this publicly and on such a
comprehensive scale.
“I think it is just an amazing
opportunity,” he says. “I’ve been working
for quite a while, and in a way its very
fragmented, here and there, in time and
in place. Now there is a moment – and
also, I’m in the middle of my life – where
everything comes together for me.”
Wanders is in his studio in Jordaan,
just to the west of central Amsterdam.
On the ground floor is the flagship
gallery for Moooi, the furniture brand he
co-founded. Above that are dozens of
designers at iMac s in one long, lightfilled space.
He sits in a meeting room a floor
farther up, in a ‘smoke chair’: a thronelike black leather item by Maarten Baas,
that has its wooden frame blasted with a
blowtorch to give a burned finish.
“Humour is not the word. There’s
nothing to laugh about in the work,
but there is a lightness”
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Wanders talks of the
“
‘unexpected welcome’: designs with subtle
but significant twists on the usual”
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PROFILE IDEAS
ABOVE
A one-minute
blue vase
RIGHT
Knotted chair
LEFT
Some of the
team at work
FAR LEFT
A meeting room
at Wanders’ HQ
There are Moooi products and
Wanders’ designs throughout the building. Everything feels carefully considered,
right down to Wanders’ trademark outfit:
dark suit, open white shirt, neck beads.
It’s a style that he wears in almost every
photo shoot, and of it he says: “See, I’m a
designer, I make decisions. And if I make
them, it’s because I really like them…
I’m not going to think about them every
day. I think about them, really, really well
and then I’m done.”
He notices some smudges of dirt on
the office windows, and an assistant
makes a note to have them cleaned as
soon as possible.
For someone so used to creative control, handing over his work to a curator
(the Stedelijk’s Ingeborg de Roode) offers
a new perspective.
“Ingeborg comes from a cultural and
technical perspective and looks at the
work in a formal way. I look at my work in
a formal way but also a very practical and
philosophical way.
“Her view is now on show, which I
think makes it interesting and sometimes
a bit different to how I would present
myself,” he says.
The exhibition is split into three parts:
a white zone that has a formal analysis of
his products; a black zone for more
personal pieces (‘a tour iniside his head
and heart’); and a lounge that looks at his
role as art director for design brands.
“We look at this white and black area
for a few reasons,” says Wanders. “Some
of the work is more theatrical and needs a
different presentation. Some of the work
we want to explain more. Ingeborg as a
curator wants to tell a story…Some works
are answers to questions, some are
questions. Some are telling stories in a
very theatrical way, some tell it in a very
practical way.”
His work is often described as having
a sense of humour, but it’s a description
that doesn’t sit well with him.
“I think there is a lightness in the
work and a sense of positiveness,” he
explains. “Humour is not the word.
There’s nothing to laugh about in the
work, but there is a lightness.”
He does, however, liken his designs to
joke telling: “at the moment you know
we’re going straight forward, I make a
left. Every joke is like that. I put you on a
train, you know where we’re going, then
boom, I’m off the track.”
It is something Wanders calls the
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ABOVE
The light-filled studio
‘unexpected welcome’: subtle but
significant twists on the usual, like a
simple chair that happens to be made of
carbon-fibre rope.
The skill lies partly in telling good
ideas from bad. Or at least, making the
decisions that turn the latter into the
former (and knowing when to drop good
ideas that can’t find a home).
“A good idea resonates with its
audience,” says Wanders. “If it doesn’t
resonate with the audience then maybe
it’s just not the right idea at the right
spot. If we make an interior and it’s in
Miami or it’s in Amsterdam, then
different ideas resonate.”
Part of the studio’s charm has become
it’s mix of flexibility and adherence to it’s
own style.
“That’s the difference with bigger
studios that work in a less personal way.
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Their good idea is a good idea, and if 20
people at a table say a coffee machine
should be grey because that’s a great
idea, then probably it is. It’s just not my
great idea. So we make a yellow coffee
machine, which makes no sense, but if
you like yellow coffee machines that’s
the thing for you.
“The process of design is the process
of making choices. I think that’s what
we do all the time. If you’re a designer
you get really good at it, because every
day, every second, you draw, and decide
if that’s the direction you want to go.
“What’s really important to me is
the variety and diversity. We do very
industrial pieces and very artistic
pieces, we make very expensive things,
we make very cheap things.”
And perhaps the greatest challenge
is being creative within very tight
technical confines.
“Sometimes we get projects from
really unexpected areas,” he says of the
cutlery, crockery and glasswear he
designed for KLM’s World Business
Class.
“We can’t make the process of getting
the food on a plane less complex, because
it’s really complex structural work, but
we can make you feel that you’re really
treated in the best way possible.
“Creativity is easy for people who are
creative, but to put your creativity into
an area that is really very small and then
to get not just a result but the result. That
is really cool.”
For more of the same, head to the
Stedelijk.
Marcel Wanders: Pinned Up at the
Stedelijk runs from 1 February to 15 June.
See stedelijk.nl or page 12 of this
magazine.
BUSINESS IDEAS
What’s the
big idea?
From farming to fashion, business is full of firms that
claim to be ‘innovators’. But, wonders Rob Cromwell,
what does that actually mean, and is it really important?
ILLUSTRATION: RHONALD BLOMMESTIJN
If you were asked
to name a business that
encourages creativity in its staff, the likes of Apple, Google or
Pixar might be near the top.
Each is an innovator in a very different field, but what is it that
makes them a hotbed of ideas?
Is it the indoor beach shacks and hidden rooms (complete
with fully-stocked bars) that Pixar staffers can enjoy? Or perhaps
the Lego room and two-storey slide that Google employees use?
And in an age when firms in every industry claim that they
are innovators, are there really enough big ideas to go around?
According to Jan van den Ende, professor of innovation and
technology at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, there’s nothing
new about creativity in business – apart from the recognition it
now receives.
“Henry Ford gained success through creativity and
innovation – he didn’t invent the motor car or the production
line but bringing the two together made it affordable to the
masses,” he says.
For Van den Ende it’s an obvious equation that, “to be
successful in any business you have to innovate. If you don’t
innovate, you die.”
Van den Ende’s evangelism is a common refrain in the
business world, but for many firms the problem lies with
perceptions of what creativity actually is and where it belongs.
“Creativity doesn’t produce a single number, and businesses
judge things on numbers. That makes it difficult,” says Luc de
Brabandere, co-author of Thinking in New Boxes.
“Businesses like to put themselves in boxes, it simplifies
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things, but if the box is too rigid – or it’s the wrong box – the
company suffers. It won’t be flexible enough to adapt to
changing conditions.”
This adaptability is where creative thinking comes in, as
organisations look at constructing new ‘boxes’ for themselves.
“There’s no universal recipe for success,” he says, “each company
has to figure it out for themselves.”
He gives the example of Bic: “For decades they saw themselves
in the ‘we make things to write with’ box, and they struggled to
find growth. Then someone saw that they could equally be in the
‘we make disposable things’ box, and lighters and razors doubled
the business.”
With creative thinking, even large and well-established
companies can learn a few new tricks.
Those new tricks, however, are only any use if the company
is genuinely ready to use them.
History is awash with firms who have jumped on the creative
bandwagon with both verve and bundles of cash, but without a
suitable business plan in support.
And simply paying lip service to creativity can be terminal.
Film and camera maker Kodak filed for bankruptcy in 2012, but
it might have been different had it capitalised on its R&D
department’s invention of the digital camera in 1975.
Instead, the management insisted film remained the future
and the photographic giants lost out to electronics companies
more willing to adapt.
Kodak invested heavily in creativity, and the people they
employed delivered expertly, but as they were not set up for
BUSINESS IDEAS
“You can’t ask people for creativity
just to shoot it down”
reward both success and failure, because both are getting you
closer to something new. Only inaction should be punished.”
Which brings us neatly back to Google, the simple search
change, their opportunities were missed. For David Burkus,
author of The Myths of Creativity, it’s an all-too-familiar problem
that still exists today.
“We’re in a knowledge-based economy, so it’s beneficial to be
perceived as creative, but you can’t ask people for creativity just to
shoot it down – it reinforces the perception that you shouldn’t
share ideas,” he says.
The problem, he says, is that people are naturally biased
against new ideas, especially when there is a familiar and safe
alternative. The key to overcoming this is delaying judgment – it’s
what consumers do, and it means that good ideas can overcome
that bias in the end.
“It’s what’s helped Pixar have a string of hits,” he says. “Their
aim with every film is to get it from ‘suck’ to ‘non-suck’, so they
discuss ideas that they might think suck and respond with ‘yes,
and’ rather than ‘no’.”
Some $6 billion at the box office suggests this works.
It’s what Burkus calls refusing to see a lack of success as a
failure: “You learn something from every test that doesn’t work,”
he says. “The strong companies are those that encourage
experimentation within a sound business framework. You should
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engine that brought us the most detailed map of the world, the
most popular smartphone operating system, and an office with a
slide in it.
At Google, staying still has never been an option. “Move fast
and break things,” is what Eze Vidra tells entrepreneurs at
Google’s European Campus in London.
He’s in charge of a programme that offers free advice and
assistance to more than 20,000 start-ups each year, and while
every case is different, much of the advice remains the same:
“Think big, start small. When you first start out, the biggest
barriers are in your mind, so just remove them.”
For David Burkus, these are key bits of advice for any
business, new or old. “The most successful companies figure out
how much they can risk on experimentation and still be ok. They
don’t fear failure, but accept it as part of the process,” he says.
Google takes experimentation to its limits. A determination
to make radical change pervades the firm and is never more
evident than in their Moonshot programme, where they look
for tech solutions that improve results by a factor of ten, rather
than just 10%.
It’s a programme that echoes the real-world experience of
Axel Unger of IDEO, a firm that ‘helps organisations to innovate’:
“20 years ago clients asked for incremental change, but not any
more – now they want disruptive innovation that changes their
business and how they are perceived.”
While Google might be leading this disruptive innovation
charge, Vidra is at pains to make clear that it’s no free-for-all.
“You can’t just have chaos,” he says, “there need to be clear
pathways for new ideas to move up. Creativity is a tool and must
be used as such – if creativity becomes your goal then your
business will fail.”
But how many Googlers are actually creative thinkers?
According to Vidra, it’s a little bit in all of them, when you look at
how they spend their working week: “70% of the time you do the
job you’re paid to do, 20% is for personal projects to do with the
brand, and the remaining 10%? That’s for the crazy stuff.”
It is of course easier for an organisation worth $200 billion to
free up such time for its staff, but perhaps every organisation can
spare a few of its resources for the crazy stuff.
v
cities
By 2050, there will be 10 billion people on earth. So the planet’s
architects are thinking up some space-savvy utopias. Angela
Tweedie explains a few of the more remarkable ideas
Roaming homes
The words ‘mobile’ and ‘home’
don’t crop up in fancy
architectural circles very
often. But that might change
with the hot property to the
right. Designed for desert
heat, Christopher Daniel’s
California Roll House looks
like a gigantic sushi roll.
Extreme sunlight is deflected
from its energy-efficient
curves while the interior is
kept temperate. Held together
with a carbon-fiber truss
frame, this is a house that can
be quickly packed up and
re-erected in otherwise
inhospitable terrain. The only
part that moves automatically
is the hydraulically-powered
door (that, and perhaps the
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Photos: violentvolumes.com
Portable urban areas
emotions of an architectural
groupie or two).
Spain’s Manuel
Dominguez, on the other
hand, is taking things a few
strides further with the aptly-
named Very Large Structure.
There was a time when we
might move to the city. With
his plan, we’ll bring the city
right along with us.
Dominguez designed the
self-contained, nomadic
conurbation (below left) to
literally rise above
diminishing natural
resources, seek out a better
vista, or escape from flooding
and earthquakes.
Roaming the globe on its
caterpillar tracks, this
megalithic mechanical
metropolis is envisaged as
self-propelling.
Just as well really, as 400
tons of homes, shops and
offices would take a bit more
than peddle power from the
5,000 inhabitants.
URBANISATION IDEAS
Water worlds
Image: eVolo Magazine NYC
A whopping 70% of earth’s
surface is water. So why limit
our global house-search to the
rest? Makoko, a ramshackle
community on a lagoon in
Lagos, Nigeria, is already in the
midst of a watery rework that is
creating A-frame homes and
schools on stilts. The
deceptively fragile looking
structures sport solar panels,
water-catchment systems and
Japanese-designed compressor
pumps that add buoyancy
when movements are detected
beneath the surface.
Designed by NLÉ Architects
and supported by the United
Nations Development
Programme, it is set to be
complete by the end of 2014.
Taking the logic a step
Raising expectations
Superhigh skyscrapers
Any 10-year-old can tell you
that in the future, we will live
Image: www.vincent.callebaut.org
Floating conurbations
further, the Lilypad (above), by
Belgian Vincent Callebaut,
conceptualises a completely
self-sufficient floating city for
50,000 people.
Aquaculture gardens would
grow food and biomass,
suspended from three
mountainous domes allotted to
shopping, entertainment and
work, ballasted by a central
artificial lake. Far-fetched? Not
according to Callebaut: “Some
countries spend billions of
pounds working on making
their beaches and dams bigger
and stronger. But the Lilypad
project is actually a long-term
solution to the problem of the
water rising.” The Lilypad,
made of polyester fibres and
titanium dioxide, “could
become a reality by 2100”. But
then, so could a lot of things.
in space. Mankind already has
a five-bed detached dwelling
in a prime cosmic location:
the International Space
Station, completed in 2011.
But we are still a long way
from creating a true capital in
the stars.
We could raise our game
just a little with the help of
Stephen Yablon Architect’s
‘Yona on the Beach’ solution
to rising water levels and tidal
surges. This would give
beachgoers a ‘high-end’ bolthole resembling an off-shore
oil platform.
The structure is an open
network of steel interspersed
with decked public spaces,
shops, houses and a monorail.
Stairs and elevators would
provide access to higher
ground when the tide comes
in, or as needed.
But if an elevated
boardwalk isn’t sufficiently
‘tomorrow’, how about a
stratospheric network of
skyscrapers (left), courtesy of
Mingxuan Dong, Yuchen
Xiang, Aiwen Xie and Xu
Han?
Their idea for a network of
elevated bridges and buildings
linked to a grid that can be
expanded to any height means
humankind could live without
fear of quakes, floods or
earthly cares.
Far out.
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Hoarders avert your eyes.
With space at a premium,
those committed to life on
earth will need to downsize in
urban areas.
Kent Larson, an eminent
MIT professor and architect
of 15 years, has created
CityHome to maximise space
in cramped environs.
The 78sqm abode, due to
begin prototype build this
year, can host 14 for dinner,
sleeps four and still provides
two separate offices and a
meeting room. How? With
the help of a shifting wall
system that integrates
furniture, storage and
household paraphernalia.
If we’re not zipping around
in our own flying cars by
then, we might make use of
Going underground
Sub-surface cities
Designed by Dutch
architectural company
SeARCH and Christian
Muller Architects, Villa Vals
is a Swiss holiday retreat that
makes you want to dig in and
lay low.
Its four bedrooms are
flooded with light and views
of nature, it is thermallyinsulated and uses only the
hydroelectric power generated
by a nearby reservoir. So, it’s
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how about an entire
apartment in a container?
Adam Kalkin’s shipping
container house (below)
opens up at the press of a
button, and he has managed
the electric CityCar that folds
up when parking to take less
than one third of a regular
car-parking space.
And for those seeking
even tighter space savings,
to fit in a double bed, fullsized bathtub, kitchen and
dining room. It relies on
having space outside, but
gives new meaning to being
self-contained.
Photo: Peter Aaron/Reporters/Otto Archive
Compact dwellings
quite literally green.
Taking such ideas to their
logical conclusion, the cities of
tomorrow could be right
under our noses – and our
feet. New York, always a step
ahead, is taking a bold move
in that direction by reclaiming
spaces we would otherwise
consider uninhabitable.
The Delancey
Underground project (right)
will, funding permitted,
transform a Lower East Side
subway station by funnelling
sunlight through fibre-optic
Image: RAAD studio
Squeezed for space
Sleeping with
the fishes
Photo: Jesper Anhede/ Genberg Art Uw ltd
Underwater living
cables, meaning a kind of
permanent subterranean
spring, with no sunburn, no
winter and no rain.
While existing structures
are retrofitted with light,
elsewhere architects are
stooping to new depths in the
search for real-estate in Mexico
City, where a 65-storey ‘earthscraper’ tests city planning
laws that state that buildings
cannot be more than eight
storeys high.
This upside-down triangle
may point the way ahead.
Some might fantasise about
lounging on a private tropical
island, waves lapping the
shore. Not quite so many of us
might dream of sleeping
underwater - but that’s an
aspiration we might
increasingly warm to. Resorts
such as The Manta (left), off
the eastern coast of Tanzania,
already offer bedrooms
beneath the waves, where (for
€1,100 per night) you can
ditch the alarm clock for a
passing trumpet fish.
How much longer, then,
before we convert more of the
seabed into homely hubs?
William Erwin and Dan
Fletcher think it’ll be sooner
than you might expect. They
envision a future city
‘seascraper’ that will harvest
the ocean’s deepwater currents
to power homes, recreation
areas and commercial space.
They’re not alone in taking the
plunge. Underwater hotel
constructors Deep Ocean
Technology are already
looking to build large-scale
resorts and futurist designer
Philip Pauley is eyeing an
underwater world of selfsustaining habitats he calls the
Sub-Biosphere 2.
Pauley affirms: “We will
have a space colony eventually,
but in the near or mediumterm the future is going to be
living underwater as far as I
can see.”
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Istanbul
ways
Immerse yourself in the
bustling, buzzy, city that
straddles two continents
WORDS: JANE SZITA
1
Imperial
eats
Ottoman cuisine,
as rich and varied
as the empire
that gave rise to
it, has been
revived in recent
years by chefs
revisiting the
cookbooks of the
sultans. Good
restaurants for
this subtle and
sophisticated
cuisine include
Asitane (in the
Edirnekapi area),
Çiya Sofrasi
(Kadıköy, on the
Asian side), Kiva,
close to the
Galata Tower, and
Matbah next to
Aya Sofya.
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Ottomania!
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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF EMPIRE
Istanbul is falling in love again with its grand
imperial past. There is a blockbuster film called
Conquest 1453 (the year the Ottomans took over the
former Constantinople), an epidemic of Ottomanera soaps on TV, and the restoration of just about
every significant Ottoman monument in the city.
Dutch walking-tour book author Marc Guillet
recommends starting where the Ottomans did, in
Aya Sofya, to explore Istanbul’s glorious (and gory)
imperial history.
“Don’t miss the mausolea of the five sultans
buried in the Aya Sofya complex,” he says. “I never
see the mausolea without remembering that, when
the new sultan succeeded, his many half-brothers
would be strangled.”
Not surprisingly, given this quaint medieval
custom, nearby Topkapi shows how security
conscious the sultan was: even his personal bath is
equipped with (gold) bars, to keep assassins at bay.
Completing the Ottoman-era must-sees are the
beautiful mosques and hammams built by star
architect Sinan in the 16th century for Suleiman the
Magnificent, many of them newly restored.
Guillet also recommends looking further afield.
“Their empire was genuinely multicultural,” he says.
“Take a stroll around Fener, the former Greek area,
and neighbouring Balat, formerly the main Jewish
district, with their Orthodox churches and
synagogues, and you quickly appreciate the Ottoman
empire’s breadth and diversity.”
Photo: Sadik Gulec/Shutterstock
TRAVEL TURKEY
Photo: Gourmet vision/Imageselect
Fewer
visitors
reach the
Asian side,
but the trip
is justified
by the ferry
ride alone
Istanbul famously straddles two continents, but
with so much on the European side, some visitors
never leave: a pity, since the trip is justified by the
20-minute ferry ride alone. The view across the
Bosphorus shows off the domed and minaretstudded city skyline to great effect. Plus, the Asian
side offers a glimpse of what resident Marc Guillet
calls “the real, modern Istanbul.”
Gentrification is rife here as elsewhere in the
city, which has enjoyed a decade-long boom.
Kadıköy on the Asian side remains a beguiling
mix of Istanbul’s multiculturalism, complete with
bazaars, Orthodox churches like the astounding
Aya Triada, and the chic trappings of
contemporary gentrification. “It’s the cultural
heart of the city and it’s very young, so the
atmosphere on the Asian side is completely
different,” says Guillet.
Colourful and quirky, Kadıköy food market
(the city’s largest) is a true foodie heaven and as
quintessentially Istanbullu as the Grand Bazaar,
though with far fewer tourists. There are great
places to eat among the warren of little streets,
including the wonderful Çiya Sofrasi. To get there,
take a ferry from Besiktas, Kabatas or Eminönü,
and head for the Osman Ağa Mosque. On
Tuesdays, there’s a huge flea market called Salı
Pazarı - head for Hasanpa, a 10 minute walk from
the ferry terminal.
Photo: Martin Siepmann/Imageselect
A DAYTRIP TO ASIA
Photo: Hollandse Hoogte
Photo: Claudia Wiens/Alamy/Imageselect
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Sweet
nostalgia
Go east
Founded in 1923,
just like the
Turkish republic,
Baylan in Kadiköy
market is the
place to sample
local sweet treats
like pistachio
paste and
tulumba (a kind
of doughnut) as
well as French
patisserie
classics, in an
evocative vintage
interior. The cafe
was once the
meeting place for
the ‘Baylanist’
group of poets,
who would
probably
recognise it if
they walked in
today. Try the
house speciality,
KupGriye – vanilla
ice cream
smothered in
caramel sauce,
toasted almonds,
pistachios and
crème chantilly
(baylangida.com).
TRAVEL TURKEY
If the
glamour
palls,
meyhanes
offer a more
traditional
way of
having a
good time
Head for
the hills
For an alternative
to the Bosphorus,
head to the city
heights of Ulus
for panaromic
views of the city
and the sea. Ulus
29 (group-29.com)
and Sunset
(sunsetgrillbar.
com), both in the
same ritzy hilltop
neighbourhood,
are just the place
to enjoy a
cocktail as the
sun goes down.
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Meyhane mayhem
ISTANBUL NIGHTS
“In Istanbul, when we have fun, then we really
have fun!” So says Merve Yavuz, a local night owl,
explaining Istanbul’s legendary nightlife.
For a taste of total hedonism, the glamorous
clubs lining the Bosphorus are hard to beat – chic,
stylish and packed with beautiful people, they
also boast open-air terraces, perfect for steamy
summer nights. Anjelique (angelique.com.tr), with
its Ottoman-inspired décor by local design heroes
Autobahn, is Yavuz’s own favourite, but she will
also happily go to its neighbours Reina or Sortie,
or to Suada on an island in the Bosphorus.
For a less glamorous but still trendy option,
she recommends heading to the bars of Karaköy:
“It’s definitely the new hipster area.”
Emmy Hillel, who works for magazines such
as Vogue and Harper’s, agrees. “Gaspar in
Karaköy is currently the place,” she says. The
restaurant and bar is “where everyone goes.” More
Karaköy musts include Zelda Zonk – a rooftop
bar, club and restaurant with thrilling views – and
the highly regarded, atmospheric jazz club Nublu
(nubluistanbul.net).
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If the glamour palls, meyhanes offer a more
traditionally way of having a good time. These
convivial spots offer good food, lashings of raki,
live music and a lively crowd. “A meyhane is a
must,” says Yavuz. “Try Levendiz, a kind of Greek
tavern with music by the Bosphorus, or another
Greek, Eleos in Taksim. Zarifi, also in Taksim, is
considered a modern meyhane with its Turkish,
Greek, Armenian, Arab and Ottoman food.” But
whichever you opt for, no trip to Istanbul is
complete without a little meyhane mayhem.
Galata style
THE NEW DESIGN HUB
Photo: Claudia Wiens/Alamy/Imageselect
Tea with
Agatha
Christie
For local product design, see IKSV Design
Shop (iksvtasarim.com). Super-successful locals
Autobahn helped kickstart Galata’s design scene
here. Now, new cultural centre SALT is helping to
fly the flag, with a varied programme of
exhibitions, films, workshops and a restaurant and
cafe. After all that, hang out with the local design
types at nightspot Münferit (munferit.com.tr).
Galata’s grand
Pera Palace Hotel
was built in 1892
for passengers on
the legendary
Orient Express,
and it was here
that Agatha
Christie got the
idea for Murder
on the Orient
Express. Visit for
afternoon tea
and follow in the
footsteps of
Christie and other
guests, including
Alfred Hitchcock,
Hemingway,
Sarah Bernhardt,
Greta Garbo, King
Edward VIII and
Mata Hari.
The once
run-down
area now
has more to
recommend
it than just
views
Photo: Rawdon Wyatt/Alamy/Imageselect
The vertiginous Galata Tower – built by the
Genoese of medieval Constantinople – is the area’s
main landmark, but today the once run-down area
has more to recommend it than just views.
“In recent years, the designers have moved in,”
says Teike Asselbergs, a Dutch expat in Istanbul.
“Now there are some interesting new places and
lots of local talent on show, while some of the old,
traditional shops remain. It’s a nice combination.”
Serdar-I Ekrem Caddesi is the street for the
work of Istanbul fashion designers like Simay
Bülbül and Arzu Kaprol, and multi-designer stores
like Building, Lunarpark and Lillipud.
More local designers cluster on nearby
Camekan Sokak. Turkish talents – this time of the
winemaking variety – are also on show at Sensus,
which offers a chance to sample the best of local
vintages (it’s in the basement of the Anemon
Galata Hotel close to Galata Tower).
Contemporary local cuisine is well represented
too: Mikla offers a delicious take on modern
Turkish fare, as well as great rooftop views,
courtesy of Swedish-Turkish chef Mehmet Gürs
(miklarestaurant.com).
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TRAVEL TURKEY
No visitor
should leave
without
experiencing
a hammam
and a
bazaar
Upmarket
updates
While Istanbullus
haven’t
abandoned the
bazaar or the
hammam, they
have embraced
their modern
equivalents: the
mall and the spa.
Among the
multitude of
malls, Istinye Park
stands out for
glossy luxury and
for its groundfloor food market.
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SHOP AND STEAM
No visitor to Istanbul should leave without
experiencing a hammam (Turkish bath) or a
bazaar – and doing them on the same day (shop
first, then steam, obviously) is highly
recommended. Head for the 550-year-old Grand
Bazaar first, and don’t worry about getting lost:
“Just remember, when you walk uphill, you’re
heading back towards to Sultanahmet,” advises
Marc Guillet. “But if you walk downhill, then
you’ll reach the water and the Spice Bazaar.”
If you wander off, you’ll encounter a labyrinth
of lanes. Ottoman-design olive-oil soaps, tea
glasses and hammam bowls and towels are on
offer from the likes of Abdulla (abdulla.com).
When your feet are aching, head for the
Çemberlitaş Hamamı (cemberlitashamami.com.tr)
just a short walk away. This hammam, built in
1584 by the great architect Sinan, is one of the
city’s most beautiful. After lying on the heated
marble sıcaklık platform under a dome with starlike glass ‘elephant eyes’, you get a vigorous scrub
from an attendant, Roman-bath style, before
rinsing down, relaxed, reinvigorated, and with
baby-soft skin.
Istanbul
Turkey
Getting there
KLM operates two daily
non-stop flights to Istanbul
Ataturk Airport from
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
This map is for illustrative purposes only and
should not be considered authoritative.
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HOLLAND UPDATE
Photo: Vincent de Kooker
Dance off
Dance in all its diversity is celebrated
at this biennial event, with an
eclectic selection of companies and
artists from The Netherlands and
abroad. On the programme is a largescale dance performance of Lonneke
van Leth’s The Odyssey, with new
music by Maxim Shalygin.
HOLLAND DANCE FESTIVAL;
until 15 February; various locations in
The Hague; holland-dance.com
JUMP INTO THE HOLLAND DANCE FESTIVAL
EVENTS
PUZZLE 4 Feb-2 Mar
Dance, acrobatics and humour
meet in this piece by Italy’s
Kataklò Athletic Dance Theatre.
Various locations in The Netherlands;
wereldtheater.com
ART ROTTERDAM 6-9 Feb
Fresh new talent and the latest
developments in contemporary
art abound at this international
fair in the Van Nelle Factory.
SCRAPARTSMUSIC Until 9 Feb
The innovative Canadian
percussion-theatre group
renowned for their
performance at the closing
ceremony of the 2010 Winter
Olympics in Vancouver.
MOTORBEURS UTRECHT
20-23 Feb
Must-see fair of the year for
motorbike fanatics.
SCAPINO BALLET: THE GREAT
BEAN Until 14 May
Ed Wubbe’s work – based on
the renowned escapologist
Houdini and a fascination for
the circus.
wereldtheater.com
catching Marimekko outfits to
the contemporary
Marimekko Fatboys.
Kunsthal, Rotterdam; kunsthal.nl
Jaarbeurs Utrecht, Utrecht;
motorbeursutrecht.nl
JAIME HAYON Until 30 Mar
The first large-scale solo
exhibition of the work of Jaime
Hayon (Madrid, 1974), one of
the most acclaimed designers
of his generation.
ABN AMRO WORLD
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
10-16 Feb
This year’s edition includes
seven top-seeded players –
Juan Martin del Potro, Tomas
Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka,
Richard Gasquet, Jo-Wilfried
Tsonga, Milos Raonic and
Tommy Haas – vying for the
top spot in the most important
annual tennis event in
The Netherlands.
ervaardaarhier.nl
Ahoy, Rotterdam; abnamrowtt.nl
gemeentemuseum.nl
DEEP SEA 11 Feb-31 Jul
This iMAX film – narrated by
Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet
– tells the tale of the
remarkable creatures
inhabiting the ocean and is
projected through a fish-eye
lens (no pun intended) onto a
giant 840m² overhead dome.
Bullet For My Valentine 7 Feb
013 (Tilburg)
Gipsy Kings 17 Feb Vredenburg
(Utrecht)
The Presidents of the USA
20 Feb Tivoli (Utrecht)
Clannad 21 Feb Musis Sacrum
(Arnhem)
Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam;
artrotterdam.nl
ERVAAR DAAR HIER 8-27 Feb
A rare performance of the
award-laden theatre piece O
Jardim (The Garden) by
Leonardo Moreira, performed
by Brazilian company Cia Hiato.
Groninger Museum, Groningen;
groningermuseum.nl
scapinoballet.nl
EXHIBITIONS
MARIMEKKO: DESIGN FOR A
HAPPY LIFE 1 Feb-11 May
An extensive retrospective of
Finnish design brand
Marimekko; from fashion icon
Jacqueline Kennedy’s eye-
THE ANATOMY LESSON
Until 1 May
17th-century anatomical
paintings, including
Rembrandt’s The Anatomy
Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp,
displayed alongside
contemporary works.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague;
GIGS
Omniversum, The Hague;
LEONARDO MOREIRA’S ‘O JARDIM’
Photo: Otávio Dantas & Ligia Jardim
omniversum.nl
DRESS TO IMPRESS
Hat and dress by Annika Rimala, Piilo 1966:
Fabric design by Linssi, Kaarina Kellomäki
Info and tickets: livenation.nl
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AMSTERDAM UPDATE
Drawing inspiration
Six paintings by British artist Frank
Auerbach (born 1931) in dialogue
with works by Rembrandt. Like many
artists over the years – including Van
Gogh – Auerbach drew inspiration
from the Rijksmuseum’s worldfamous collection of Dutch Masters.
RAW TRUTH: AUERBACH –
REMBRANDT; until 16 Mar;
Rijksmuseum; rijksmuseum.nl
TWO MASTERS IN DISCUSSION
EVENTS
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN
2-14 Feb
Wagner’s epic work performed
by De Nederlandse Opera.
Het Muziektheater;
het-muziektheater.nl
BEETHOVEN EXPERIENCE
5-7 Feb
Frans Brüggen leads Orchestra
of the 18th Century, an ensemble
featuring period instruments,
through five of Beethoven’s
piano concertos; Kristian
Bezuidenhout tickles the ivories.
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ;
muziekgebouw.nl
AMSTERDAM SALSA FESTIVAL
7-9 Feb
Three days and nights of dance
workshops and professional
performances.
EXHIBITIONS
FÉLIX VALLOTTON: FIRE
BENEATH THE ICE 14 Feb-1 Jun
Paintings from various
international museums
combined with prints from the
museum’s own collection offer
an overview of every facet of
the 20th-century Swiss
painter’s oeuvre.
Van Gogh Museum;
vangoghmuseum.nl
400 YEARS OF CHILDREN’S
PORTRAITS 28 Feb-9 Jun
An extraordinary collection of
portraits by renowned artists
such as Dirck Santvoort,
Nicolaes Maes and Thérèse
Schwartze that the notable Van
Loon family commissioned of
their children.
THE QUAY BROTHERS’
UNIVERSUM Until 9 Mar
A major exhibition of the
extraordinary work of identical
twin animators from the US,
The Quay Brothers, including
their films and unusual sources
of inspiration.
EYE; eyefilm.nl
TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT
EXHIBITION Until 11 May
Authentic artefacts dredged up
from the wreck of the
Frans Halsstraat 76; +31 20 7372479;
‘unsinkable liner’ tell the story of thedutchco.nl
its fateful voyage.
Amsterdam Expo; amsterdamexpo.nl
Museum van Loon; museumvanloon.nl
WEBSITES
amsterdamsalsafestival.nl
HOUSEHOLD FAIR 15-23 Feb
The latest trends in home
design on parade.
IMPRESSIVE ENGINEERING
Photo: courtesy RMS Titanic, Inc., a subsidiary
of Premier Exhibitions, Inc.
RAI; huishoudbeurs.nl
Carré; carre.nl
GIGS
Rudimental 3&4 Feb Paradiso
Flux Pavilion 6 Feb Melkweg
Bill Callahan 10 Feb Paradiso
Gary Numan 14 Feb Melkweg
Suzanne Vega 16 Feb Paradiso
Avicii 23 Feb Ziggo Dome
John Newman 25 Feb Melkweg
The Meininger Hotel;
QUIMERAS 18 Feb
A ‘breathtaking’ show by
flamenco company Paco Peña.
Pijp district – is less than a
ten-minute walk from
Museumplein. The menu
offers a mix of global bestsellers sprinkled with
no-nonsense Dutch classics
such as stamppotje (mashed
potatos with vegetables) or a
cheese sandwich. It’s open
daily from 8am for breakfast,
through to lunch and dinner
(11am-11pm), with drinks and
snacks served until 1am.
RESTAURANT
YVONNE AND MACHTELD VAN LOON
Photo: courtesy Museum van Loon
THE DUTCH CO
This ‘international brasserie
with Amsterdam attitude’ –
located in a quiet part of De
iamsterdam.com
holland.com
eat-amsterdam.com
dutchnews.nl
museumtickets.nl
specialbite.com
lastminuteticketshop.nl
REMEMBER! This copy of Holland
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TOUCHDOWN CALGARY
FUN ON THE ICE
THE MODERN AND THE MOOSE
DON’T MISS
Naturally spectacular
Surrounded by jaw-droppingly beautiful scenery, this fun-filled city in Canada’s Rocky
Mountains is the perfect destination for lovers of hiking, skiing, winter sports and
rugged natural beauty.
Park perfection
Set in the Canadian Rockies
and within day-tripping
distance from Calgary, Banff
National Park is a UNESCO
World Heritage Site that offers
WHAT TO SEE
rugged mountain beauty and
tourist-oriented shops and
more casual Bottlescrew Bill’s
powder skiing at its finest.
clothing boutiques. Riley &
Pub (bottlescrewbill.com),
Mirror-like Louise and Moraine
Downtown Glenbow Museum
McCormick (realcowboys.com)
where the brave can sample
lakes are stunning in their
(glenbow.org) tells the story
is the place to put together
prairie oysters (bull testicles).
tranquility. pc.gc.ca
of Calgary's native peoples
your cowboy outfit, with a
Frontier heritage
HOW TO GET THERE
and pioneer settlers, while
huge range of hats, boots,
Heritage Park Historical
belts and buckles. Downtown
KLM operates six non-stop
Village (heritagepark.ca)
Mountain Equipment Co-op
flights a week to Calgary
brings history to life in an
(mec.ca) supplies quality
outdoor setting. For many,
outdoor gear – essential in a
attractions outside the city
Canadian winter.
are the main draw. Trek or ski
in the exhilarating wilderness
WHERE TO EAT
Tourist information
visitcalgary.com
of Banff (pc.gc.ca) and Jasper
Meat and greet
National Parks (pc.gc.ca).
Top-quality beef from Alberta's
Looking for handy, up-to-date
vast herds is the must-try
travel information? Check out
speciality in Calgary. You'll find it
KLM’s Destination Guide pages
served up in restaurants across
– and book your flight – on
The busiest downtown
the spectrum, from high-flyers
klm.com. Content provided by
shopping precinct is Stephen
such as Caesar's Steakhouse
Frommer’s Unlimited © 2014,
Avenue, which offers a mix of
(caesarssteakhouse.com) to
Whatsonwhen Limited.
WHERE TO SHOP
Outdoor essentials
WINTER PLAYGROUND
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TOUCHDOWN CURAAO
WELCOMING CARIBBEAN SMILES
COLOURS OF THE TROPICS
Into the blue
DON’T MISS
Colonial charm meets Caribbean cool on Curaçao. Enjoy historical monuments,
powdery sands and a sea the same shade of blue as the island’s famous liqueur.
WHAT TO SEE
Mei Mei (brakkeputmeimei.
dance until dawn to some of
com), or head to Jaanchies
the Caribbean's hottest DJs
Dive into the island’s seafaring
(15 Westpunt; +599 9 5233119) for
– try Club Zen (129 Salinjastraat;
history at the Curaçao
cheap, tasty snacks. Prices at
+599 9 4614443) for late-
Maritime Museum
the Il Forno Pizzeria (pizza.an)
night techno.
(curacaomaritime.com) or The
are equally pleasing while the
History lesson
HOW TO GET THERE
Curaçao Museum (Van
menu at upmarket Bistro Le
Leeuwenhoekstraat,
Clochard (bistroleclochard.com)
KLM operates nine direct
Willemstad; +599 9 4623873),
provides the perfect excuse for
flights a week to Curaçao Hato
housed in a handsome
a gastronomic splurge.
Airport from Amsterdam
19th-century mansion. Wild
and beautiful Christoffel
Airport Schiphol.
Join the club
Tourist information
org) offers hiking through a
Informal Curaçao offers
curacao.com
landscape of cacti and
numerous waterfront bars in
orchids, or swimming in the
which to while away the hours.
clear blue sea.
In Willemstad’s Gouverneur de
Rouville (de-gouverneur.com),
rum cocktails come served with
– and book your flight – on klm.
sea views and a cool breeze,
com. Content provided by
Thursday is lobster night at
while a ticket to Curaçao's
seafood eatery Brakkeput
nightclubs offers a chance to
Taste test
Since 1886, the genuine
Curaçao liqueur has been
made to an original recipe at
this Willemstad distillery using
the Curaçao ‘Laraha’ orange.
Take a self-guided tour of the
17th-century Chobolobo
Mansion (free entry) and
partake of the famous
blue nectar.
curacaoliqueur.com
WHERE TO BOOGIE
National Park (christoffelpark.
WHERE TO EAT
Drink to this
CHASE THE BLUES AWAY
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TOUCHDOWN FLORENCE
SUNSET OVER THE ARNO RIVER
FRESCOES AND STILL LIFES
Historically refined
Rediscover your inner art-lover in the capital of Italy’s famous Tuscany region. Revel in
the art, architecture, markets and cuisine of a city that feels like an open-air gallery.
WHAT TO SEE
bistecca alla Fiorentina
Lorenzo Market. For designer
(Florentine steak) or tasty bean
clothes make for Via de'
Florence’s treasures are
soup. Dining options range
Tornabuoni and Via de'
mainly found in the historic
from restored palace Alle
Calzaiuoli – or head to La
centre, north of the Arno
Murate (allemurate.it) to
Rinascente (rinascente.it) on
River. Visit the iconic domed
traditional Trattoria ZàZà
Piazza della Repubblica square.
Cathedral of Santa Maria del
(trattoriazaza.it) near the
Fiore (operaduomo.firenze.it)
Central Market or simple self-
and its exquisite 11th-century
service Il Vegetariano
KLM operates daily non-stop
baptistery. Cross the Ponte
(il-vegetariano.it).
flights to Florence Airport from
Florentine finesse
The queues for the Uffizi
Gallery should be a clue:
here you will find the world’s
finest collection of
Renaissance art. Seeing it all
is nearly impossible, but be
sure not to miss Botticelli’s
Birth of Venus and early
works by Leonardo da Vinci.
polomuseale.firenze.it
WHERE TO SHOP
find the Pitti Palace, home to
Tuscan treats
Tourist information
several museums and the
Florence is home to great craft
firenzeturismo.it
romantic Boboli Gardens
workshops and individual
(polomuseale.firenze.it).
stores like apothecary Officina
Profumo-Farmaceutica di
Hearty fare
Santa Maria Novella
(smnovella.it). Explore back
— and book your flight — on
Eating out in Florence means
streets like Borgo Santi
sampling a wealth of hearty
Apostoli for hidden gems. Pick
Tuscan dishes. Try a taste of
up leather goods at the San
WHERE TO EAT
Oozing culture
Vecchio bridge to the
Oltrarno district, where you’ll
HOW TO GET THERE
DON’T MISS
PICTURE PERFECT
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TOUCHDOWN JAKARTA
SCRAPING THE SKIES ABOVE JAKARTA
SPICE OF LIFE
Cultural crossroads
Bustling markets contrast with skyscrapers and chic boutiques in Indonesia’s capital,
where you can find the best in shopping and nightlife with the rich diversity of a
country that has been a trading centre since the seventh century.
WHAT TO SEE
in West Jakarta's Chinatown.
where the fashionable go to
Influences from Dutch colonial
party. Soak up the atmosphere
Indonesia's complex past is on
days can be seen at Café
and hear DJs of global repute on
display at the National
Batavia (Taman Fatahillah, Kota;
the legendary sound system at
Museum (Jl Medan Merdeka
+62 21 6915531), with its 300-year-
Stadium (stadiumjakarta.com).
Barat No. 12; +62 21 3868172) in
old dining room. Elegant
Central Jakarta and the Jakarta
restaurant Lara Djonggrang
History Museum (Jl Taman
(tuguhotels.com/laradjonggrang)
KLM operates one non-stop
Fatahillah No. 1; +62 21 6929101)
has a reputation for authentic
daily flight to Jakarta
in West Jakarta. North Jakarta's
Indonesian cuisine, with dishes
Soekarno-Hatta Airport from
Sea World (seaworldindonesia.
from across the island nation.
History at sea
HOW TO GET THERE
DON’T MISS
Mini tour
In South Jakarta, the Taman
Mini Indonesia Indah theme
park includes ten gardens,
14 museums and a miniature
Indonesian archipelago.
The 26 regional pavilions
provide a glimpse into the
traditional houses and
cultures of the countless
ethnic groups that make up
this nation of islands.
tamanmini.com
com) includes an 80m tunnel
that provides underwater
WHERE TO BOOGIE
Tourist information
views of deep-sea creatures,
Hip and hopping
including coconut crabs, sharks
Jakarta buzzes 24 hours a day.
and 4,000 species of fish.
Upstairs from Café Batavia, the
Churchill Bar (Taman Fatahillah,
Kota; +62 21 6915531) serves
cocktails in a Dutch colonial
Sizzling Asian food abounds at
setting. Kemang District has a
the Mangga Besar Night
busy live music scene. South
Market (Jl Mangga Besar Raya)
Jakarta's X2 Club (x2club.net) is
WHERE TO EAT
Richly varied
jakarta-tourism.go.id
GET A FEEL FOR THE COUNTRY
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TOUCHDOWN MUNICH
HEAD FOR THE HILLS
ON YOUR WAY UNDER GROUND
THE CHARMING CITY CENTRE
DON’T MISS
Dirndls and
Lederhosen
Lodenfrey, in the Altstadt,
is the world’s largest shop
specialising in traditional and
regional costume – and, yes,
that includes dirndls and
lederhosen. It also carries
international designer
fashions for the whole family.
There’s even a children’s
carousel inside the shop.
Maffeistrasse 7;
lodenfrey.com
Boisterous Bavaria
The capital of Germany’s Bavaria province is best known for beer halls, buxom
barmaids and old-fashioned Gemütlichkeit (cosy ambience), but the city’s glittering
palaces, extensive parks and trendy shops should not be missed.
WHAT TO SEE
which means plenty of Knödel
Ostbahnhof's Kultfabriek
(dumplings) and Spätzle
(kultfabrik.de), chill out at
Stroll through Schwabing’s
(noodles). Seehaus im
Jazzclub Unterfahrt
English Garden or soak up the
Englischen Garten (kuffler-
(Einsteinstrasse 42) or
atmosphere on Marienplatz
gastronomie.de) offers Bavarian
experience the folksy Bavarian
square in the city centre. In
favourites, with an adjoining
Jodierwirt (Altenhofstrasse 4).
Maxvorstadt, the extensive
beer garden. Tantris (tantris.de)
collections of the Alte
serves nouvelle cuisine, while
Pinakothek, Neue Pinakothek
Acquarello (acquarello.de)
KLM operates five daily non-
and the Pinakothek der
dishes up refined Italian dishes.
stop flights (four on Sunday)
Art of the state
Moderne galleries
(pinakothek.de) span two
Holland Herald
from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Beer and beyond
boasts an array of glittering
Munich’s nightlife is relatively
Tourist information
palaces including
small but extremely varied,
muenchen.de
Nymphenburg Palace
embracing world-class theatre
(schloss-nymphenburg.de).
and opera, chic bars including
Ksar-Barclub (Müllerstrasse 31)
in fashionable Gärtnerplatz and
traditional beer cellars such as
Munich is Germany’s
the Hofbräuhaus
gastronomic heartland and
(hofbraeuhaus.de) in the
Bavarian cuisine predominates,
Altstadt. Hit the dance floor at
Knödel (k)nosh
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to Munich International Airport
WHERE TO BOOGIE
millennia of art. Munich also
WHERE TO EAT
FOLLOW MY LEDER
HOW TO GET THERE
TOUCHDOWN NAIROBI
THE HEART OF BUSINESS IN EAST AFRICA
STUNNING LOCAL TRADITIONS
Into Africa
East Africa’s most lively metropolis, Nairobi is also Kenya’s safari gateway. Full of
boundless energy, the city is a place of great contrasts, where race and tribe combine
in a unique ‘Nairobi character’.
WHAT TO SEE
place to find beadwork, Akamba
does Hurlingham, home to the
woodcarvings and colourful
Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant
The AFEW Giraffe Centre
Swahili fabrics – but be prepared
(Argwings Kodhek Road; +254 20
(giraffecenter.org) lets visitors
to bargain. Community-
2728709). In central Nairobi,
get up close to these lofty
conscious Woodley Weavers
Tamarind (tamarind.co.ke) is a
creatures, while orphaned rhino
(woodleyweavers.com) teaches
top seafood restaurant.
and elephant are nursed at the
single mothers from the Kibera
David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
slums to hand-weave rugs and
(sheldrickwildlifetrust.org).
other items using locally
KLM operates daily non-stop
Bomas of Kenya
sourced fabrics and eco-friendly
flights to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta
(bomasofkenya.co.ke)
plant dyes. The high-quality
showcases Kenya’s rich cultural
weaving is matched by the
mosaic, while the Nairobi
imaginative designs.
Heads up
National Museum (museums.
or.ke) portrays the natural and
ethnic history.
WHERE TO EAT
Traditional tastes
HOW TO GET THERE
Safari favourites such as
lion, rhino, buffalo and hippo
roam the Nairobi National
Park, an untamed tract of
savannah in Langata.
Despite its suburban
location, the park has an
unfenced southern
boundary, crossed
seasonally by migratory
herds of wildebeest, zebra
and gazelle.
kws.org
magicalkenya.com
porridge) is widely available,
travel information? Check
while many menus add spicy
out KLM’s Destination Guide
For most visitors, African
elements of coastal Swahili
pages – and book your flight –
handicrafts are a priority.
cooking. Westlands has dozens
on klm.com. Content
Nairobi's Maasai Markets
of reasonable eateries, including
provided by Frommer’s
(numerous locations), started
Indian Haandi Restaurant
Unlimited © 2014,
by Maasai women, are the
(haandi-restaurants.com), as
Crafty bargaining
Go wild
Tourist information
The local staple of ugali (maize
WHERE TO SHOP
DON’T MISS
ANIMALS OF ALL STRIPES
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PHOTO CONTEST
GRASS-COVERED HOUSES IN SOUTHERN ICELAND. PHOTOGRAPH BY ANCA ROXANA DAICIULESCU
Inspire us with
your world
Travelling is a great source of inspiration,
The theme
and photography is a great way of
Every three months, there’s a new
capturing those special moments.
theme. From January until March 2014,
Whether it be landscapes, architecture,
the theme is Architecture, so go inspire
portraits or close-ups, creativity can be
our judges with structure and design.
drawn from many sources.
Show us your ‘Journeys of
How does it work?
Inspiration’ photos, and you could win
At the end of each quarter, we give
two return tickets to a KLM destination
away a KLM ‘goody bag’ to three
of your choice.
photographers who, in our opinion, have
submitted the most inspiring
photographs within the theme.
Prizes every three
months!
At the end of the year, we choose a
Grand Prize winner and two runners-up
Yearly travel prizes!
GRAND PRIZE
Two intercontinental Economy
Class return tickets on KLM flights.
FIRST RUNNER-UP
A KLM voucher*, value €500, to
be used towards the purchase of
a KLM ticket.
SECOND RUNNER-UP
A KLM voucher*, value €250, to
be used towards the purchase of
a KLM ticket.
*Vouchers can be redeemed at most IATA-accredited travel
agents worldwide. Tickets issued in exchange for vouchers
must bear the same name as that on the voucher.
from the quarterly winners. See inset (at
right) for prize details.
CONTEST RULES • Photographs can be submitted digitally
(high-res is recommended) or printed (up to 10x15cm) • Photos will
Don’t be late…
not be returned • Holland Herald, KLM, MediaPartners Group and
Entries for Architecture must be
material • Copyright clearance and permission of subjects are the
received before 1 April 2014. For full
acquire the rights for future use of the images • The competition is
details, see holland-herald.com.
the publishers, Ink Publishing, accept no responsibility for lost
responsibility of the photographers • KLM and Ink Publishing
open to readers of Holland Herald who are 18 years of age or older
on the date of entry and who have flown with KLM during the
entry period • Entrants for the Grand Prize will be notified as soon
Get inspired
as possible after the relevant quarter • Employees of KLM, Ink
Visit holland-herald.com for a selection
agencies, contributors to Holland Herald and the families of any of
of inspiring entries from previous years.
decisions are final • No prizes can be exchanged for cash.
Publishing and MediaPartners Group, participating promotional
the above are not eligible to enter this competition • The judges’
Exact prizes vary and may differ from those shown
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Travellers Check
klm products , services and information for passengers
Photo: KLM/MAI
1919
Big ideas have to
start somewhere. Here
Queen Wilhelmina of
The Netherlands walks
with KLM co-founder
Albert Plesman and General
Cornelis Snijders at the
ELTA (Eerste Luchtverkeer
Tentoonstelling
Amsterdam) air show
in Amsterdam North. In
October of that year, KLM
was formed and received
its royal designation.
Contents
Products & services
Flying Blue news Jac Goderie column
KLM entertainment
KLM Takes Care
Behind the scenes
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SkyTeam news
KLM fleet
KLM route maps
Schiphol, hub gates
Amsterdam map
Fit for flying
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KLM PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Tips from insiders
Get your travel tips from those who
know most – the locals. KLM staff are
stationed around the world and, via
@KLM_LocalEyes, they will be tweeting
from and about their hometowns. A new
destination will be featured every week,
with KLM staff who live in the area
giving inside tips on what to see and do.
If you’re not on Twitter, don’t worry. You
can find all the local tips and an archive
of previous destinations – including an
overview map – on klm.com/localeyes.
À la carte options
In addition to standard in-flight
meals, KLM Economy Class passengers
can choose from five à la carte menus:
Captain’s Choice, Champagne Delight,
Japanese Delight, Bella Italia and
Indonesian Rice Dish. The menus are
available on most intercontinental flights
departing from Amsterdam and cost
between €12 and €25. They can be
ordered from 90 days to 22 hours prior to
departure on klm.com, when booking
online or afterwards via My Trip.
JAPANESE DELIGHTS AWAIT YOU
Feel the difference
Seats in the Economy Comfort zone
– now available on nearly all
European flights – are located at the
front of the plane, which allows for
faster disembarkation upon arrival. They
also have substantially more legroom
than regular economy seats and recline
farther. Also available on all
intercontinental flights, Economy
Comfort seats can be purchased via
klm.com, at a kiosk at the airport, or on
board (depending on availability). Using
My Trip, Flying Blue members can also
purchase Economy Comfort seats using
Award Miles. Visit klm.com for full details
and to arrange your seat.
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KLM PRODUCTS & SERVICES
KLM
to go
KLM is at your
fingertips with
smartphone apps
KLM APP
Book a flight, check in, select a
seat, store your boarding pass
or view your Flying Blue Miles balance. Use
PayPal or a credit card to pay for bookings.
Available in ten languages.
KLM PASSPORT
DELIVER A GIFT TO A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS FLYING
Surprises on board
Looking for a unique gift idea for a friend or family member? KLM now offers
Wannagives, an on-board gift-giving option on intercontinental KLM flights (and
some long-haul European flights) departing from Amsterdam. Give a glass of
champagne, a bottle of perfume, chocolates or even a seat in Economy Comfort.
KLM’s cabin crew will hand-deliver your gift – beautifully wrapped, of course, and
with a personal message from you. Many gifts can also be delivered to a home
address. Visit klm.com/wannagives for a complete list of gifts you can give and
ordering instructions.
KLM on the go
The new KLM iPad app is now
available for free download via the
App Store. Explore the world of KLM
destinations and select one based on
your budget, the weather you are
looking for, flight time or travel theme –
diving, skiing or city trip, for example.
With the app you can also book your
tickets, manage your trip, check in and
save your boarding pass. It is ideal if
you are looking for a holiday destination
or if you are always on the go for
business. Later this year, the app will
also be available for Android tablets.
Share your travel memories:
pick a theme and add your travel
photos. The app creates a personal holiday
movie for you and adds a stamp in your
digital passport.
KLM MOVIES & MORE
A complete listing of all the
programming on board KLM’s
intercontinental flights, including full
synopses and trailers for the latest movies.
Also available for iPad.
KLM HOUSES
Includes photos and descriptions of
all 94 KLM Delft Blue houses. Locate
the original houses on your phone’s map and
keep track of your collection.
Service 24/7
THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
KLM offers social media services
via Twitter and Facebook in Dutch,
English, French, German, Italian,
Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese,
Spanish and Russian. Tweet us
or send a message with your
questions or for travel-related
assistance. We will reply to your
message within an hour and
get things taken care of within
24 hours.
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KLM FLYING BLUE NEWS
KLM ENTERTAINMENT
Combination deals
Flying Blue now offers a new way to
purchase products: Cash & Miles. With
Cash & Miles, you can use a combination of
money and Award Miles to buy products
online. Even if your Miles balance is limited,
you can supplement it with your local
currency to purchase awards. How about a
designer Tumi travel bag or a ticket to a
world-class museum with online ticket
agent Mr Ticket? New offers are added to
the list all the time. Check out the Flying
Blue Store at flyingblue.com for details.
COMBINE CASH AND MILES TO BUY AWARDS
Award yourself
Available exclusively online, Promo Awards@ save you up to 50% on the Flying Blue
Award Miles usually required for award tickets with KLM, AIR FRANCE and Air Europa. Please
note that Promo Awards@ are frequently updated and are subject to availability. For details
on this and other promotions, visit the new Flying Blue website at flyingblue.com.
Winter get-aways
TREAT YOURSELF TO A WEEKEND AWAY
With Flying Blue’s Winter Saver promotion,
members receive up to 30% discount at
Park Plaza and art’otels in The Netherlands,
Germany, United Kingdom and Hungary.
The discount applies to the Best Flexible
Rate, and especially for Flying Blue members
the regular restrictions are lifted. And you still
earn Award Miles for your stay. This offer is
valid until 31 March, subject to availability.
Visit flyingblue.com for all the details and to
book your wintery get-away.
Last man standing
Take the movie The Hangover – which has
become a trilogy because, after all, every
successful Hollywood film must have its
sequels – make it a bit more mature, sign
four big-name actors who have a few years
under their belts and you have all the
ingredients for Last Vegas.
Three friends in their 60s step out of
their comfortable (or shall we say boring)
lives for a weekend bachelor’s party for a
friend who has yet to wed. And where
better to do that than Las Vegas?
Robert De Niro is Paddy, a friend of the
soon-to-be groom, but it seems they share
a troubled past – something involving a
woman, of course. Kevin Kline is Sam, whose
wife sends him off on his wild weekend with
a gift box of condoms and the words every
man wants to hear: “what happens in Vegas,
stays in Vegas”. Morgan Freeman as Archie –
the eldest of the group and not altogether
healthy – sees a weekend away as a gift
from God, a chance to escape his coddling
son and daughter-in-law. There has to be a
groom, of course, and that would be Billy
(Michael Douglas), who is getting hitched to
a much, much younger woman.
Nope. Not one of the leading men
is under 60, but so what; that’s what
makes it fun.
JAC GODERIE
Renowned Dutch movie reviewer and
programmer of KLM Inflight Entertainment.
FUN TIMES IN ‘LAST VEGAS’
For more information on KLM entertainment,
see page 89.
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KLM ENTERTAINMENT*
HIGHLIGHTS
TELEVISION
People & Planet
Brain Games
Think your field of vision is really in focus,
or that your brain is focusing on
everything happening in front of you?
Think again. Your peripheral vision is
blurrier than a mobile phone camera from
1998! In this episode, host Jason Silva –
with help from deception specialist Apollo
Robbins and psychologist Brian Scholl,
director of Yale University’s Perception and
Cognition Lab – reveals surprising facts
about focus and attention.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH IS THOR
LATEST MOVIES
20 Feet from Stardom
(documentary, music)
All Is Lost (adventure, drama)
Captain Phillips (action, biography)
Gravity (sci-fi, thriller)
Inside Llewyn Davis (drama, music)
Last Vegas (comedy)
Mees Kees op Kamp (comedy, drama)
The Counselor (crime, thriller)
Thor: The Dark World (adventure, fantasy)
RADIO
LAVINIA MEIJER
Dutch DJs
Monte La Rue presents Deluxe
Sometimes referred to as the Lounge King,
Monte La Rue has spent more than 15
years at the top of his game. The Belgianborn DJ and producer has produced a wide
range of compilations and exclusive DJ
sets featuring his trademark sound –
laid‑back exotic grooves, electronically
submerged in waves of sensuality. In this
KLM exclusive, Monte La Rue has mixed a
2.5-hour deluxe DJ set of his own work.
KLM Spotlight
Lavinia Meijer
Dutch-Korean harpist Lavinia Meijer
presents classical harp concertos plus
contemporary arrangements of works by
Philip Glass and Italian composer and
pianist Ludovico Einaudi. “Following
Einaudi’s instructions, I fully embraced his
music. I realised that I could lose myself in
it,” says Meijer. Her CD – Einaudi by Lavinia:
Passagio – was produced by Andreas
Neubronner, who has received Grammy
Awards for 13 of his productions.
REVEALING THE GAMES YOUR BRAIN PLAYS
Getting started
For a complete listing of the more
than 1,000 hours of entertainment
available – from departure gate to
arrival gate – check your personal
interactive screen. Or check listings
before your next flight on klm.com
or using the KLM Movies & More
app for iPhone, iPad and Android.
MONTE LA RUE
*All content is offered on wide-body aircraft flying intercontinental routes and is updated
around the first of each month.
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KLM TAKES CARE
“A breakthrough in sustainable biofuels”
Image: courtesy Port of Rotterdam Authority; portofrotterdam.com
Fuelling progress
Interactive
CSR platform
ARTIST'S IMPRESSION OF THE FUTURE BIOPORT HOLLAND
The aviation industry worldwide is
responsible for two to three per cent of
all human CO2 emissions. Looking for
sustainable fuel alternatives is important
to reducing emissions, and it is essential
that biofuels not compete with food or
natural resources.
This is why KLM works closely with WWF‑NL
to stimulate the use of sustainable biofuels,
while ensuring that these meet the strict
sustainability criteria of the Roundtable for
Sustainable Biofuel.
Progress continues to be made in the
development of safe and sustainable
biofuels. But establishing a reliable supply
chain and market for biofuel is also a priority.
Together with key partners, KLM recently
signed an agreement to create the world’s
first bioport dedicated to promoting the
large-scale production and delivery of
sustainable biofuels.
KLM’s partners in this venture include two
Dutch ministries – Ministry of Infrastructure
and the Environment and Ministry of
Economic Affairs – as well as Schiphol Group,
SkyNRG, Neste Oil and the Port of Rotterdam.
Why a bioport?
In the past few years, KLM and other airlines
have shown that biofuels are safe and
sustainable options for the aviation
industry. KLM and its bioport partners feel
that it is now time to take steps to increase
and improve the production, delivery
methods and use of sustainable bio jet fuel.
What is a bioport?
A bioport is a demand centre – in the form
of an airport and its airlines – that is
supplied by a dedicated regional supply
chain. When biofuel feedstocks arrive at the
bio-refinery they are converted into
sustainable jet fuel and transported to
surrounding airports.
Bringing supply and production together
with demand, a bioport stimulates
innovation and market growth, decreases
CO2 emissions, creates employment
opportunities, improves supply security and
increases price stability.
For more information on KLM’s
biofuel initiatives and BioPort Holland,
planned for the Maasvlakte 2 at the Port
of Rotterdam, visit klmtakescare.com.
KLM Takes Care brings
together all of KLM’s corporate
social responsibility (CSR)
activities under a single brand.
The logo makes it easier for
customers to identify areas
where KLM is working on social
and environmental issues. Visit
klmtakescare.com to share
your ideas or find out more
about recycling and up-cycling,
biofuels, social programmes
and other sustainability
initiatives at KLM.
KLM & WWF-NL
The World Wide Fund for
Nature – The Netherlands
(WWF-NL) and KLM are
working together to create an
international market for
sustainable biofuels, to
reduce CO2 emissions, improve
fuel efficiency and make
catering more sustainable.
KLM also supports WWF-NL’s
nature conservation work,
including its Coral Triangle
projects in Indonesia.
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KLM BEHIND THE SCENES
“Much more than just new seats”
Please take your seats
KLM is in the middle of a major
upgrade and restyle of its World
Business Class (WBC), including the
installation of full-flat seats. How is
KLM working to make this happen as
quickly as possible? Holland Herald
spoke to Jorgen Hoogendoorn at
KLM Engineering and Maintenance
(E&M) to get the story from behind
the scenes.
In July of 2013, KLM unveiled its first
Boeing 747-400 aircraft with the new WBC
interiors, created by renowned Dutch
designer Hella Jongerius and her team.
Since then, KLM E&M have worked round
the clock to ensure that the rest of the
747 fleet are delivered on time.
A well-oiled machine
Changing the interior of a jumbo jet is no
small feat. Aeroplanes only make money
when they’re flying, so remodelling has
A BESPOKE CART CARRIES DESIGNER SEATS
to be done quickly. But safety is an
absolute priority, so the work also has
to be done right. Luckily, KLM E&M has
decades of experience keeping KLM’s
fleet in tip-top shape.
“The first refit we did took nearly three
weeks,” explains Hoogendoorn, Manager
Production Support Group Hangar 14, “but
we have fine-tuned the process. We get
a fresh aeroplane in on a Sunday evening,
and 12 days later – on Friday evening –
it’s ready to roll out of the hangar.” The
work continues 24 hours a day, with E&M
technicians working in three shifts. With
a team of 12 working each shift, that adds
up to more than 2,600 hours of work
per renovation.
“The changes we have to make are
extensive,” continues Hoogendoorn. “It’s
not just a question of replacing a few
seats. Carpets, wall coverings, closets and
even the seat layouts change.” Working
inside an aeroplane brings with it a unique
set of challenges. “Due to the size, weight
and shape of the new seats, we had to
develop new tools,” adds Hoogendoorn.
“We are moving large, bulky items in small
spaces, and we have to be very precise.
At the same time, we want to make sure
everyone is safe. Special lifts and jacks
were designed specifically for these WBC
renovations. With them, we can work
quickly and efficiently – and safely.”
An ongoing process
The last of the 22 Boeing 747s is
scheduled to be delivered with a new
interior in May 2014. When these are
ready, KLM E&M’s teams will begin with
work on 15 Boeing 777-200s in the fleet,
which are to be done by the end of
2015. The Boeing 777-300 and Airbus 330
aircraft will then follow.
For a more detailed look at the work
that has gone into renovating WBC,
check out wbc.klm.com.
GETTING IT JUST RIGHT: GENTLY HOISTING NEW SEATS INTO POSITION
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KLM SKYTEAM NEWS
“Around the world in 1,000 ways”
Plan your dream trip
SkyTeam has enhanced its Round the
World Planner, and you can now book
your dream trip directly via the planner.
Take advantage of our 19 SkyTeam
member airlines and earn frequent flyer
miles on all your flights.
Choose from three to 15
stops along the way, with
the flexibility of four fare
levels, ranging from
26,000 to 38,000 travel miles. Fare levels
are calculated automatically as your trip
takes shape, and the Go Round the World
Pass offers the same fares year round.
You decide the duration of your trip;
take ten days or up to a year. If you want
to stay an extra day at the beach or leave
a day early, fret not. You can change your
dates on the go by contacting the nearest
SkyTeam carrier.
Our network
No other Round the World product
offers as many options in countries such
as Mexico, Russia and Greater China.
Our partner airlines also offer more
connections between Asia and Latin
America – and between Europe and
Latin America – than any airline alliance.
The Go Round the World Pass can also
be combined with one of SkyTeam’s
regional Go Passes, such as Go Russia
or Go Mexico.
Special offer
To celebrate the launch of the new
booking tool, SkyTeam is offering up to
10% off the price of select Round the
World fares. Some conditions apply. Visit
skyteam.com for full details.
The SkyTeam network
KLM is a member of SkyTeam, an alliance
of 19 airlines that spans the globe. The
alliance provides benefits to customers
that include 1,024 destinations, access to
530 lounges worldwide, more coordinated
timetables for convenient connections,
enhanced check-in procedures and fast
and smooth transfers for you and your
baggage. SkyTeam hubs help to make this
coordination possible.
With SkyTeam’s extensive network,
itineraries with connecting flights are
easy to arrange. The combined flight
schedules give you more choices and
make connections faster and easier.
Passengers on any SkyTeam airline can
go to any of the partners for assistance
with reservations or while travelling. And
members of frequent flyer programmes of
all member airlines – including Flying Blue –
can earn and spend miles on all SkyTeam
member airlines.
For more information on the SkyTeam
alliance and network, visit skyteam.com.
Destinations
Daily departures
Year of formation
Headquarters
1,024
15,189
2000
Amsterdam
Countries
Annual passengers
Lounges
Website
178
569 million
530
skyteam.com
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KLM FLEET
Boeing 747-400 Passenger/Combi
NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT
CRUISING SPEED (KM/H)
RANGE (KM) MAX. TAKE-OFF WEIGHT (KG)
MAX. FREIGHT (KG)
7/15
920
11,500
390,100/396,900
35,000
MAXIMUM PASSENGERS
415/275
TOTAL LENGTH (M)
70.67
WINGSPAN (M)
64.44
PERSONAL INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
Boeing 747-400ER Freighter
NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT
4
920
11,500
412,800
MAX. FREIGHT (KG)
TOTAL LENGTH (M)
WINGSPAN (M)
112,000
70.67
64.44
Boeing 777-300ER
NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT
8
920
12,000
351,543
MAXIMUM PASSENGERS
425
TOTAL LENGTH (M)
73.86
WINGSPAN (M)
64.80
Boeing 777-200ER
NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT
15
900
11,800
297,500
MAXIMUM PASSENGERS
318
TOTAL LENGTH (M)
63.80
WINGSPAN (M)
60.90
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT
4
880
11,000
280,300
MAXIMUM PASSENGERS
285
TOTAL LENGTH (M)
61.21
51.96
WINGSPAN (M)
Airbus A330-200/300
NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT
12/4
880/880
RANGE (KM) 8,800/8,200
MAX. TAKE-OFF WEIGHT (KG) 230,000/233,000
MAXIMUM PASSENGERS 243/292
TOTAL LENGTH (M)
58.37/63.69
WINGSPAN (M)
60.30/60.30
Boeing 737-900
NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT
5
850
4,300
76,900
MAXIMUM PASSENGERS
TOTAL LENGTH (M)
WINGSPAN (M)
188
42.12
35.80
24
850
4,200
73,700
MAXIMUM PASSENGERS
TOTAL LENGTH (M)
WINGSPAN (M)
180
39.47
35.80
18
850
3,500
64,000
MAXIMUM PASSENGERS
TOTAL LENGTH (M)
WINGSPAN (M)
132
33.62
35.80
25
850
3,300
45,600
MAXIMUM PASSENGERS
TOTAL LENGTH (M)
WINGSPAN (M)
100
36.25
28.72
Boeing 737-800
NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT
Boeing 737-700
NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT
Embraer 190
NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT
Fokker 70
NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT
23
743
RANGE (KM) 2,400
MAX. TAKE-OFF WEIGHT (KG) 38,000
MAXIMUM PASSENGERS 80
TOTAL LENGTH (M)
30.91
WINGSPAN (M)
28.08
SCALE: 1CM = APPROX. 8.56M
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Mobile
Mobile
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TallahasseeGainesville
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Daytona
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ahua
Sarasota
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Reynosa Brownsville
Reynosa
Brownsville
orreon
Torreon
Monterrey
Monterrey
KLM and KLM code-share routes
in North America*
Zacatecas
Zacatecas
uascalientes
Aguascalientes
Tampico
Tampico
San Luis
SanPotosi
Luis Potosi
Merida
Merida
Queretaro
Queretaro Poza Poza
Rica Rica
Morelia
Morelia
Cancun
Cancun
Cozumel
Cozumel
Veracruz
Veracruz
Ciudad
del Carmen
Ciudad
del Carmen
Minatitlan
Minatitlan
Villahermosa
Villahermosa
Oaxaca
Oaxaca
TuxtlaTuxtla
Gutierrez
Gutierrez
pa/Zihuatanejo
Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo
Acapulco
Acapulco
KLM (from Amsterdam)
Alaska Airlines
Aeroméxico
Campeche
Campeche
Mexico
City City
Mexico
Puebla
Atlixco
Puebla
Atlixco
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale
MiamiMiami
Key West
Key West
Matamoros
Matamoros
Durango
Durango
alajara
Guadalajara
León León
a
West West
Palm Palm
BeachBeach
Fort Myers
Fort Myers
Nuevo
Laredo
Nuevo
Laredo
ima
Colima
Halifax
Halifax
Thunder
Bay Bay
Thunder
Chetumal
Chetumal
Delta Air Lines
WestJet
*See World Map for all intercontinental flights
SkyTeam member
Huatulco
Huatulco
Tapachula
Tapachula
103
European routes incl. SkyTeam and KLM code-share part
ASIA
Altay
Altay
KaramayKaramay
Yining
Yining
Urumqi Urumqi
KLM and KLM code-share routes
in North America*
Kuqa
Aksu
Kuqa
Korla
Hami
Hami
Ch
Korla
Aksu
KLM
(from Amsterdam)
Alaska Airlines
Aeroméxico
Datong Datong
Dongsheng
Dongsheng
Beijin
Ti
Delta Air Lines
WestJet
*See Hotan
World
Hotan
Hohhot Hohhot
Baotou Baotou
Dunhuang
Dunhuang
YinchuanYinchuan
Taiyuan Taiyuan Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuan
Map for all intercontinental flights
Handan Handan
Xining Xining
ChangzhiChangzhi
LanzhouLanzhou
SkyTeam member
Jin
Jining
Yun Cheng
Yun Cheng
Xian
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou
LuoyangLuoyang
Xuzhou Xu
Xian
Qiemo Qiemo
NanyangNanyang
Song Pan
Song Pan
KLM
Aer Lingus
Aeroflot
Air Baltic
Air Europa
Air France
Alitalia
Belavia
Lhasa
Lhasa
Bulgaria Air
Kathmandu
Kathmandu
Czech Airlines
Cyprus Airways
Estonian Air
Georgian Airways
Enshi
Jiujiang JiujiangTun
NanchanN
Changsha
Changsha
Tongren Tongren
Huai HuaHuai Hua
Lijiang
Guiyang Guiyang
Guilin
KunmingKunming
Mei XianMei
Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Wuzhou Wuzhou
NanningNanning
Dien Bien
PhuBien Phu
Dien
Beihai
Beihai
Hanoi HanoiHaiphong
Haiphong
Zhuhai Zhuhai
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Zhanjiang
Zhanjiang
Haikou Haikou
Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai
Shan
Shenzhen
Shenzhe
JinghongJinghong
Vientiane
Vientiane
Vinh
Bangkok Airways
Vinh
Sanya
Sanya
Dong HoiDong Hoi
China Airlines
Sukhothai
Sukhothai
Hue
China Eastern
Hue
Da NangDa Nang
China Southern
Tamky-Chulai
Tamky-Chulai
Garuda Indonesia
Korean Air
Malaysia Airlines
Sichuan Airlines
Vietnam Airlines
GanzhouGanzh
Guilin
Liuzhou Liuzhou
Dhaka Dhaka
KLM (including to Amsterdam)
Wu
Liping City
Liping City
Dali City Dali City
destinations in Asia*
Wuhan Wuhan
Dayong Dayong ChangdeChangde
Luzhou Luzhou
BaoshanBaoshan
Tengchong
Tengchong
SkyTeam member
Enshi
Chongqing
Chongqing
Jat Airways
Rossiya
Tarom
Lijiang
transavia.com
Yichang Yichang
Nanchong
Nanchong
Chengdu
Chengdu
Hefei
XiangfanXiangfan
Mianyang
Mianyang
Bangkok
Bangkok
Siem Reap
Siem Reap Pleiku
Qui Nhon
Qui Nhon
Pleiku
Tuy Hoa Tuy Hoa
Trat
Trat
Banmethuot
Banmethuot
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh
Xiamen Airlines
Phu Quoc
Phu Quoc
*See World Map for all intercontinental flights
Koh Samui
Koh Samui
SkyTeam member
Nha Trang
Nha Trang
Dalat
Dalat
Ho Chi Minh
Ho ChiCity
Minh City
Can Tho Can Tho
Rach GiaRach Gia
Ca Mau Ca Mau
Con DaoCon Dao
Phuket Phuket
104
Langkawi
Langkawi
Kota Kin
Penang Penang
Miri
Miri
Hohhot
Baotou
Dunhuang
Datong
Dongsheng
Da
Beijing
Tianjin
Dalian
Yinchuan
Taiyuan
Shijiazhuang
Mohe County
Mohe County
Handan
Xining
Jining
Yun Cheng
Heihe
Xian
Heihe
Qiqihar Qiqihar
Jiamusi JiamusiChengdu
Daqing Daqing
Harbin Harbin
Lhasa
Luzhou
Tongren
Lijiang
Yanji
Yanji
Tianjin Tianjin
n Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang
dan Handan
Yantai
Jinan
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou
ang
Xuzhou Xuzhou
Linyi
Jiujiang JiujiangTunxi
Tunxi
Yiwu
Nanchang
Nanchang
Changsha
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Jeju
Tamky-Chulai
Bangkok
Tuy Hoa
Yiwu
Banmethuot
Trat
Huangyan
Huangyan
Nha Trang
Dalat
Phnom Penh
Ho Chi Minh City
Phu Quoc
Okinawa
OkinawaKoh
Samui
Fuzhou Fuzhou
Cebu
Can Tho
Rach Gia
Ca Mau
Con Dao
Phuket
Mei XianMei Xian Jinjiang Jinjiang
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hai
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gzhou
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hangde
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g
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g
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Jining
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atong
gzhi
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Jiujiang
Changde
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Changchun
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Shenyang
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ohhot
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Nanyang
Song Pan
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Hailar
Hailar
KLM MAPS
Changzhi
Lanzhou
Weihai
Yantai
Jinan
105
Top level
Top level
Second
floor
Second floor
KLM
Crown
KLM
Lounge
Crown
25
Lounge
AMSTERDAM & PARIS AIRPORT HUB GATES
25 Gates D
Gates D
KLM Crown Lounge
52 Lounge
KLM Crown
52
Amsterdam / Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands
B34 B30 B26 B22 B18
B36 B32 B28 B24 B20 B16
B34 B30 B26 B22 B18
B36 B32 B28 4 B24 B20 B16
Gates B
Gates B
B35
B31
B35
B31
B27
B23
4
B17
B27
B23
B17
C14
C16
- C18
Gates C C15 C16
- C18
Gates C C15C13
C12
C14
C8
C10
to B1 - B8
B15
B13
Gates M M4 M5
Gates M M3 M4 4
4
4
C11
8
3
D8 D62 D2
D64 D4 D60
3
D8 D62
T5 T4
D64
D3
3D5 D59
T5 T4
D7 D61 D3
D63 D5 D59
D7 D61
D63
D41
D71
D41
D42
D43
D71
D44 D72
D73
D46D74 D42
D43
D48 D76 D44 D72
D73
D52 D78 D46D74
D54 D82 D48 D76
5
D47
D56 D84 D52 D78
D49 D77
D86 D54 D82
5
D79
D51
D47
D56 D84
D53 D81 D49 D77
D86
D55 D83 D51 D79
D57 D85 D53 D81
D87 D55 D83
D57 D85
D87
D10
D66
D10
D66
Schengen
Gates B-C, D 59-87, M
Schengen
2
2
1
3
F2
3
Holland Boulevard F2
Holland Boulevard
E2
F4
E6
E8
E15
7
3
E7
G5
G2
G5
3
G7
3
G4
G7
G4
G9
G6
G6
F3
F5
3
G9
G8
G8
Gates G
Gates G
F5
3
F7
F7
F9
F6
F8 F9
F8
E7E9
E9
E17
E15
E18
E18
E20
Gates E
Gates E
3
1
Gates F
Gates F
E5
7
1
F6
E3
E5
E8
H3 H4
H2 H3
Lounge
3
Lounge
3F3
F4
E3
E4
E6
Gates H
Gates H
H1 H2
G2
2
T6
T6
H4 H5
H1
G11-16
2
1
H6 H7
H5 H6
6 G11-16
Lounge 3
G3
4
T96
Lounge
3
G3
4
T9
12
E2
E4
T Transfer desk
T Transfer desk
Self-service transfer
KLM Crown Lounge
KLM Crown Lounge
M1
Train station
Train station
12
Lounge
2
Lounge
2
Gates D
Gates D
M1 M2
Schiphol Plaza
Schiphol Plaza
3
Lounge
8
1
Lounge
D2
1 D4 D60
D12
D68
D12
D68
4
M2 M3
T3
T3T2
T2
C5
D14
D16
D18
D14
D22
D16
D24
D18
5
D26
D22
D21
D28
D24
D23
5
D26
D25
D21
D28
D27
D23
D29
D25
D31
D27
D29
D31
H7
M5 M6
C6
to C21
C4- C26
C7
C9
M7
M6 M7
C8 4 C6 C4
C7
4 C5
C9
C13 C11
to B1 - B8
B14
B13
to C21 - C26
C10
C12
B14
B15
KLM flights arrive at and
depart from gates B, C, D, E, F.
Air France and Alitalia
flights arrive at and depart
from gates B and C.
Korean Air flights arrive at
and depart from gate G.
Delta flights arrive at and
depart from gate E.
Czech Airlines flights arrive
at and depart from gate D.
Aeroflot flights arrive at and
depart from gates B and G.
KLM passengers travelling to
Antwerp or Brussels by train
should collect their luggage
in Amsterdam and exchange
their KLM ticket or e-ticket
for a train ticket at the NS
(Dutch Rail) ticket &
information desk at Schiphol
Plaza (just past immigration).
E17
E19
E20
E22
E19
E22
E24
E24
Top level
Second floor
KLM
Crown
Lounge
25
Gates D
KLM Crown Lounge
52
Passengers with access
to KLM’s Crown Lounges
who are arriving on
intercontinental flights and
transferring to European
(Schengen) flights are
kindly advised to use Crown
Lounge 25, located near the
Schengen gates and behind
passport control.
Paris / Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 2, France
B34
B36
B30
B32
B22
B24
B26
B28
Gates B
B18
B20 B16
B35
B31
B27
B23
C12
B15
B17
C14
C16
Gates C
B14
Flights operated by KLM, Air
France and other members
of the SkyTeam alliance
arrive and depart from the
following locations within
Terminal 2.
to B1 - B8
4
to C21 - C26
C10
C8
C15 - C18
C6
C7
C9
4
C4
4
C13
B13
T3
T2
C5
C11
Lounge
1
D16
D18
D22
D24
5
D26
D21
D28
D23
D25
D27
D29
D31
D14 D12
D68
D10
D66
Schengen
8
3
D41
D71
D43
D73
Terminal 2G
Gates G21 - G40
2
12
1
Holland Boulevard
E2
Gates
Gates
M21 - M50 L21 - L53
KLM Crown Lounge
Terminal
2C
G7
Gates C80 - C91
3
Terminal 2A
Gates A37 - A51
G9
G4
G6
G8
F3
Gates G
F5
3
E3
F7
F6
E6
E5
Gates F
E8
7
F9
F8
E7
E9
E18
Transfer desk
F2
F4
E4
G2
Lounge
3
3
T6
G3
3
Train station
Thalys/RER/TGV
2
Lounge
2
H2
G11-16
G5
1
E15
T
6
Lounge 3
4
T9
Terminal
2E / station
Gates K21 - K51
Train
T5 T4
2G: Air France (Schengen
commuter flights)
Please consult onscreen
information in the terminals
for the most up-to-date
gate information.
H1
3
D3
D5 D59
D7 D61
D63
Gates D
M1
Schiphol Plaza
D2
D4 D60
D8 D62
D64
D42
D44 D72
D46D74
D48 D76
D52 D78
D54 D82
5
D47
D56 D84
D49 D77
D86
D51 D79
D53 D81
D55 D83
D57 D85
D87
China Eastern, China
2C: Aeroflot, Kenyan
M7
Southern, Delta, Korean
Airways, MEA & Saudia
M6
H7
Air,
Tarom & Vietnam
2D: Air Europa & Czech
M5
H6
Airlines
Airlines
H5
Gates M M4
Gates H
2E: Aeromexico, Air France
M3
H4 Air France (Schengen
4 2F:
M2
H3
flights), Alitalia & KLM
(non-Schengen flights),
E17
E19
Terminal
2F
E22Gates F21 - F56
Terminal 2D
Gates D53 - D78
E20
Gates E
Terminal 2B
Gates B21 - B33
E24
PX
Shuttle buses
inside customs
Walking route
inside customs
Shuttle buses
outside customs
Walking route
outside customs
Terminal 3
PR
Terminal 1
Automatic shuttles
PX
PR
Parking
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KLM AMSTERDAM MAP
For a list of events in the city this month,
see the Amsterdam Update on page 65.
Hand baggage rules at EU airports
To increase passenger safety, security rules for hand luggage are in place for all flights, in accordance with
European Union regulations. When passing through security control, you will be required to present liquids, gels,
pastes, lotions and aerosols separately, in individual containers of not more than 100ml, packaged in a resealable,
transparent plastic bag (maximum volume 1 litre, 1 bag per person).
Airport shopping
in the EU
Airport shopping
outside the EU
Within the European Union, liquids
and gels that you purchase after
passing through passport control
or on board the aircraft will be
packaged and sealed for you,
together with the receipt. The
unbroken seal is valid for 24 hours.
If you buy liquids or gels at a
non-EU airport and change planes at
an EU airport, your purchases will be
confiscated at the EU airport security
check. This can also happen for
purchases you make on board an
aircraft operated by an airline from
a non-EU country. For further
information, visit klm.com.
Animal products
To prevent the spread of animal
diseases, you are prohibited from
entering the EU with meat, meat
products, milk and milk products.
Small quantities for personal use
are permitted on arrival from
Andorra, the Faroe Islands,
Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein,
Norway, San Marino and
Switzerland. For further
information, visit europa.eu.
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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.
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.
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.
Relax whilst flying
During the flight
Reducing jet lag
tatistics show that flying is much safer
S
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
ar pain? Pinch your nose shut,
E
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
S
tart 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 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 while walking
to/from the aircraft, and during
taxiing, take-off 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 before the
aircraft doors are closed.
110
•Laptops, if the WLAN/WiFi is
turned off.
•Electronic games, MP3,
DVD and CD players.
Exceptions
apply on
one Boeing
777‑300ER which
offers internet on board. Check with
cabin crew if in doubt.
Cabin crew can request that all
electronic devices be switched off
completely if circumstances dictate.
Drinks are served one
at a time 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 or
purchased on board.
Smoking, including
artificial cigarettes, such as
‘SuperSmokers’, is strictly forbidden
at all times on KLM flights.

February 2014 Issue

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