#beautiful south rotterdam

[itwoodbeprefect]

twice in two days now i was somewhat absently listening to a song i didn't personally pick and the lyrics suddenly said amsterdam and i went ?! like a startled pokémon

[pastlivesandpurplepuppets]

And everyone is blonde

And everyone is beautiful

And when blondes and beautiful are multiple

They become so dull and dutiful

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: September 23, 1996

Lyrics:

And the women tug their hair

Like they're trying to prove it won't fall out

And all the men are gargoyles

Dipped long in Irish stout

The whole place is pickled

The people are pickles for sure

And no one knows if they've done more here

Than they ever would do in a jar

This could be Rotterdam or anywhere

Liverpool or Rome

'Cause Rotterdam is anywhere

Anywhere alone

Anywhere alone

And everyone is blonde

And everyone is beautiful

And when blondes and beautiful are multiple

They become so dull and dutiful

And when faced with dull and dutiful

They fire red warning flares

Battle khaki personality

With red underwear

This could be Rotterdam or anywhere

Liverpool or Rome

'Cause Rotterdam is anywhere

Anywhere alone

Anywhere alone

The whole place is pickled

The people are pickles for sure

And no one knows if they've done more here

Than they ever would do in a jar

This could be Rotterdam or anywhere

Liverpool or Rome

'Cause Rotterdam is anywhere

Anywhere alone

This could be Rotterdam or anywhere

Liverpool or Rome

'Cause Rotterdam is anywhere

Anywhere alone

Anywhere alone

Anywhere alone

Anywhere alone

Anywhere alone, alone, alone

Songwriter:

Ooh this could be Rotterdam or anywhere

Liverpool or Rome

'Cause Rotterdam is anywhere alone

Alone, alone

Paul Heaton / Dave Rotheray

SongFacts:

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[kraftwerk113]

Life´s too short for weird music - Tagesempfehlung 23.02.2023

The Beautiful South / Rotherdam (or anywhere)

Ein must be – einmal durch Rotterdam mit dem Auto fahren und sich von The Beautiful South mit Rotterdam (or anywhere) beschallen zu lassen. Und plötzlich ist alles gut, bekommt einen Sinn. Wenn Sie dann noch die Gelegenheit nutzen während Iher Fahrt akustisch durch die unglaublich vielen guten Popsongs von The Beautiful South zu düsen, werden Sie feststellen, welch beeindruckende Relevanz – ja fast Dominanz die Nachfolge-Band der fantastischen The Housemartins auf die britische Popmusik in den Nienties hatte.

[haveyouheardthisband]

[good-old-lover-girl]

🎵🍪

Last song you listened to? - Rotterdam (or Anywhere) by The Beautiful South

If you were a cookie, what kind would you be? - I would be a cinnamon and ginger chocolate chip cookie (with paprika of course)

Thanks for the ask my weird little lovely <3

[pleasuresoftheharbor]

song of tha day 😁

[hacash]

back in the dawns of time when dinosaurs still ruled the earth @arboreals tagged me to put my repeat on shuffle and the first 10 songs are:

what if you - joshua radin

if i never see your face again - maroon 5 & rihanna

albera - eric clapton

nothing ever hurt like you - james morrison

music is the victim - scissor sisters

woman's world - cher

rotterdam (or anywhere) - the beautiful south

it can't come quickly enough - scissor sisters

the power of love - huey lewis and the news

all cried out - alison moyet

@lonnson, @boasamishipper and @hippity-hoppity-brigade your turn!

[myragewillend]

Visited Groningen last week I was just in time to spend my money on the May fair. lol Do you have cities you'd recommend to visit next or any NL attractions for that matter? Also, stroopwafel... my beloved..

Got this ask right after someone else's ask about visiting the Netherlands, lol.

You can't visit the Netherlands and not visit any art museums. You've got Rembrandt, Vermeer and Van Gogh in Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh museum), Mondriaan, M.C. Escher and more Rembrandt and Vermeer (Girl With a Pearl Earring) in Den Haag (Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Escher in Het Paleis, Mauritshuis) and other amazing art musea with many of the Dutch masters (Kröller-Müller Museum, Rembrandthuis, etc.).

If you enjoy architecture, there's obviously Amsterdam (boat tour right outside the train station is pretty fun), in Rotterdam you'll find the cube houses, and there are the Delta Works in Zeeland. If you want to visit 'older' cities, you should definitely see Maastricht in the south, one of our oldest cities (and my personal favorite, but for heavily biased reasons, though it's really got a great atmosphere and beautiful buildings and goes right over the river the Maas). In Drenthe you'll find the 'hunebedden' (dolmens), tombs from prehistoric times. As far as castles, we have palaces like Soestdijk Palace and Het Loo and old castles like Muiderslot. Den Haag is also where our government resides, if that should interest you. Personally, I'd say these sort of things aren't really worth an entire trip by itself, unless you're truly interested, but more of a fun thing to check out if you should be visiting any of these cities anyway and have an extra hour to fill.

As far as nature goes we have the Veluwe in Gelderland, a wooded area. Go to Scheveningen if you want to visit the North Sea (also has a Sea Life aquarium). The beach is popular in summer but really I think it's nicer to visit on a cold day, when all you hear are the seagulls and the waves. The northern islands are nice places as well for quiet, beachy surroundings. You're just a month too late for the Keukenhof unfortunately, the world's largest tulip garden.

Lastly, you really should visit the Efteling, a theme park in Noord Brabant with a very unique style, full of fantasy elements and animatronics, including a fairy tale forest with lots of old-fashioned fairy tales (i.e. the originals, not the Disney versions). But also roller coasters and water rides and shit. Though if you mainly want roller coasters, I'd suggest Walibi instead (previously a Six Flags park).

Ever had fresh stroopwafels from a market stall? That shit is the best. I think it's more common in winter. The Efteling has a Winter Wonderland theme going on too then, with lots of stalls serving hot snacks and drinks. Maastricht also does yearly winter markets with ice skating, a huge ferris wheel and tons of stalls with hot glühwein and warm snacks.

Hope that gives you enough ideas lol.

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

The Beautiful South - Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)

[floaty-cat]

★my age regression playlist★

🎶Falling for U - Peachy!, mxmtoon

🌙i do adore - Mindy Gledhill

🎶Alice - Smith & Thell

🌙Ready now - dodie

🎶Homesick - Cavetown

🌙Everything Stays - Olivia Olson

🎶Lollipop - Mika

🌙Soldier, Poet, King - The Oh Hellos

🎶Kindergarten - Chloe Moriondo

🌙You’ll Play Your Part - My Little Pony

🎶Home - Toby Fox

🌙Meteor Shower - Cavetown

🎶Comet - Steven Universe

🌙Rotterdam (Or Anywhere) The Beautiful South

🎶The Milk Carton - Madilyn Mei

🌙Beautiful Boy - John Lennon

[theladyigraine]

Ten songs + ten people

Rules: put your music on shuffle and list the first ten songs that come up, then tag other people.

Tag by @allisonaergents :)

Animal - Neon Trees

Sail - AWOLNATION

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) - Squeeze

Glass House - KALEO

Carry On - Janne Schra

Rotterdam (Or Anywhere) - The Beautiful South

Whatever We Feel - Sammy Rae & The Friends

Underground - City & Colour

Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me - George Michael + Elton John

Fishing For a Dream - Turin Brakes

I tag: @dirchristophernolan, @voidfavors, @ohjesombre, @variansfry, @collect-ivision, @towardstheair, @combefaerie, @barrowsteeth, @olympain, @weaponizedwit (if you want to join in!)

[colemckenzies]

HI ~

#20 and #25

HIII ~~

20 - Rotterdam (Or Anywhere) by the beautiful south

25 - Tim I Wish You Were Born A Girl by of montreal

[my-chaos-radio-90s-list]

Obsession - Army Of Lovers

Ode To My Family - The Cranberries

Oh Carolina - Shaggy

One - U2

One And One - Robert MIles

One Headlight - The Wallflowers

One Love - Dr. Alban

One More Time - Real McCoy

One Of Us - Joan Osborne 

Only Wanna Be With You - Hootie & The Blowfish

Only Your Love - Bananarama

Ordinary World - Duran Duran

Over My Shoulder - Mike + The Mechanics

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Panora’s Box - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Paninaro - Pet Shop Boys

Paying The Price Of Love - Bee Gees

Picture Of You - Boyzone

Poetry In Motion - Inker & Hamilton

Porcelain - Moby

Praying For Time - George Michael

Private Emotion - Ricky Martin, Meja

Put Your Lights On - Santana - feat. Everlast

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Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) - Backstreet Boys

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Release Me - Wilson Phillips

Remember The Time - Michael Jackson

Remember The Time - Nana Darkman

Rescue Me - Bell Book & Candle

Return Of The Mack - Mark Morrison

Return To Innocence - Enigma

Rhythm Is A Dancer - Snap!

Right Beside You - Sophie B. Hawkins

Rise - Gabrielle

Ritmo De La Noche - Lorca

Rotterdam (Or Anywhere) - The Beautiful South

Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

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Sandstorm - Darude

Saturday Night - Whigfield

Save Tonight - Eagle-Eye Cherry

Say What You Want - Texas

Scatman - Scatman John

Scatman's World - Scatman John

Se A Vida E (That’s The Way Life Is) - Pet Shop Boys

Secret Garden - Bruce Springsteen

Secret Love - Bee Gees

Selfish - The Other Two

Sending All My Love - Linear

Sense - The Lightning Seeds

Seven Seconds - Nomansland

Sexbomb - Tom Jones, Mousse T.

She Don’t Let Nobody - Chaka Demus & Pliers

She’s A Woman - Scritti Politti feat. Shabba Ranks

She’s So High - Tal Bachman

Show Me Love - Robin S

Shy Guy - Diana King

Sing It Back - Moloko

Sitting Down Here - Lene Marlin

Slave To The Music - Twenty 4 Seven

Sleeping In My Car - Roxette

So Hard - Pet Shop Boys

So Strung Out - C-Block

Somebody Dance With Me - DJ BoBo

Something Got Me Started - Simply Red

Something Happened On The Way To Heaven - Phil Collins

Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough - Patty Smyth feat. Don Henley

Stand By Me - 4 The Cause

Stay - 2-4 Family

Stay - Sash! feat. La Trec

Still Got The Blues - Gary Moore

Strawberry Wine - Deana Carter

Streets Of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen

Stupid Girl - Garbage

Sunchyme - Dario G

Sunday Mondays - Vanessa Paradis

Sweet Harmony - The Beloved

[indiatajtours]

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Two well-known European nations with a rich tapestry of culture, history, and contemporary accomplishments are France and the Netherlands. As industrialized countries in Western Europe, they are comparable to one another, yet they are also very different from one another. In order to compare France with the Netherlands, this article will look at a number of topics, including geography, culture, the economy, and social programs.

Regional Variations With its varied geography encompassing everything from the picturesque beaches of the French Riviera to the rugged Alps and Pyrenees, France is the largest country in the European Union. From a temperate climate in the north to a Mediterranean climate in the south, it has both. Principal cities are Nice, Lyon, Marseille, and Paris.

In contrast, the Netherlands has a significantly smaller land area yet a dense population. It is primarily below sea level and is well-known for its flat topography and vast canal networks, which has led to the development of highly advanced water management systems. With warm winters and cool summers, the climate is marine. Utrecht, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Amsterdam are important cities.

Historical Culture Having been a hub for science, philosophy, and the arts for centuries, France is well known for its rich cultural legacy. With writers like Victor Hugo and Marcel Proust, as well as artists like Claude Monet and Edgar Degas, the nation is well-known for its contributions to both literature and art. French music has influenced mainstream and classical music as well as contemporary music worldwide.

Despite its modest size, the Netherlands has also significantly influenced culture. Both its liberal social policies and its Golden Age artists, such as Rembrandt and Vermeer, have made it famous. With writers like Anne Frank, Dutch literature has a rich history while being less well-known outside. The nation also boasts a thriving music industry, with electronic dance music being especially popular.

Majority of the population speaks French, which is the official language of France. A second language in many nations, it is also one of the most influential languages in the world, employed in commerce and international diplomacy. The variety of languages is further enhanced by regional tongues and dialects like Breton and Occitan.

Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands. An overwhelming majority of people speak it. Another legally recognized language is Frisian, which is spoken in the northern province of Friesland. The nation places a strong focus on trade and internationalism, which is reflected in the widespread use of English.

The economy France boasts one of the largest and most sophisticated economies in the world, notwithstanding its diversity. The luxury goods, automobile, aerospace, and agricultural sectors are important ones. In addition, the nation attracts a lot of tourists, which boosts its GDP. The capital, Paris, is a significant hub for finance.

The Dutch economy is open, highly developed, and heavily focused on foreign trade. Important industries include manufacturing, electronics, chemicals, and agriculture—especially horticulture and dairy. Major international corporations reside in the Netherlands, which also boasts Rotterdam, one of the busiest ports in the world.

Traveling France is the most visited country in the world because of its many attractions, which include the Louvre Museum, the Eiffel Tower, and the gorgeous landscapes of Provence and Normandy. Every kind of traveler can find something to enjoy in the nation's rich history and diversified geography.

With its medieval cities, tulip fields, windmills, and canals, the Netherlands is another well-liked travel destination. While neighboring towns like Rotterdam and The Hague provide distinctive cultural and architectural experiences, Amsterdam is a big appeal due to its museums and exciting nightlife.

Cooking French cooking is highly regarded throughout the world and is distinguished by its use of premium products and cooking methods. The staples of French cuisine include escargots, coq au vin, and a wide selection of cheeses and wines. Savoring each course and taking pleasure in the social components of a meal are key to the French eating experience.

Despite being simpler, Dutch food is nevertheless filling and satisfying. Mainstays include herring, cheese (especially Gouda and Edam), and side dishes such poffertjes (little pancakes) and stamppot (mashed potatoes with vegetables). Pastries and confections are part of the rich tradition of the Netherlands.

System of Education France has a centralized educational system that prioritizes intellectual growth and academic achievement. Prominent educational establishments such the École Polytechnique and the Sorbonne are located in the nation. French literature and philosophy are heavily emphasized in the mandatory education program for students aged three to sixteen.

The practicality and focus on personal growth of the Dutch educational system are well-known. There are both public and private schools in the area, and prestigious universities like the University of Amsterdam and Delft University of Technology are among them. Between the ages of five and sixteen, education is required, with a particular emphasis on multilingualism and practical skills.

Political Frameworks With a powerful executive branch, France is a semi-presidential republic. The head of government is the prime minister, while the head of state is the president. La République En Marche!, the Republicans, and the Socialist Party are some of the main parties in the nation's multiparty system.

With a parliamentary system, the Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy. The head of government is the Prime Minister, while the head of state is the King. The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Labour Party (PvdA), and GreenLeft (GL) are three prominent parties that make up the multi-party system that characterizes Dutch politics.

Social Strategies Offering a wide range of social services like healthcare, education, and retirement, France has a welfare state that is comprehensive. With universal coverage, it is among the best healthcare systems in the world. Significant worker safeguards are afforded by robust employment legislation.

The Netherlands, which is renowned for its excellent social security and healthcare systems, also features a sophisticated welfare state. The universal coverage and high level of efficiency of the Dutch healthcare system are widely acknowledged. The nation boasts progressive social policies, notably in the fields of drug decriminalization and same-sex marriage.

Transportation The TGV high-speed trains, which link major cities in record time, are just one of France's many effective transportation options. The country has an enormous transportation network. France has superb roadways and well-developed metro systems in cities like Paris.

With a vast network of buses, trams, and trains, the Netherlands is renowned for having an excellent public transportation system. With good infrastructure, cycling is another popular form of transportation. Large-scale international trade is made possible by the nation's busiest ports and airports in all of Europe.

Policies Regarding Environment With laws designed to cut carbon emissions and support renewable energy, France is dedicated to environmental sustainability. Signatories to the Paris Agreement, the nation has made significant investments in nuclear energy as a primary source of power.

Environmental innovation and sustainability have the Netherlands at the forefront of the world stage. The nation has taken a number of steps to manage its water resources and fight global warming. The Dutch energy mix heavily relies on renewable energy, especially wind power.

Athletics and Leisure With a strong emphasis on sports, football, rugby, and tennis are among the sports in which France excels. The French Open and the Tour de France are two of the biggest international tournaments held in the nation. Recreational pursuits including surfing the Atlantic coast and skiing the Alps are also well-liked.

With a competitive national team and league, football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. The nation has also achieved success in field hockey and speed skating. Cycling is a prevalent form of transportation as well as a popular activity, with many cycling events performed all year round.

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[sustainablemountainarchitecture]

While we are still completely on cloud 9, beautiful reactions from Nepal, South Asia, Australia and Seattle, Boston, Rotterdam, Bern, Aachen, Stuttgart, etc. started pouring in. The most used word was Wow or Wowww, so we made a ‘thank you Roy Liechtenstein-style collage’.

Sanchita and Anne selected a series of pics of the gorgeous granite stones we used in the locally crafted architecture of the four Sagarmatha Next buildings: Workshop-shop, Interpretation Centre-film salon, Gallery-café, and The House. Sooo many reactions, so we could not place all in the collage. Big thank you Peter Knape, Lisa Choegyal, Soumitro Ghosh, Tommy Gustafsson, Lodewijk Westerling, Trisha Sudeep ( scheduled to join us), Ibai Rigby, Roshan Mishra, Varun Saraf, Kaustubh Rau, Sumati Surya, Pallavi Tarang Pawar, Anjali Cheriyath, Rabita Shakya, Metalwood team, Aarati Rana and dear Divyansh.