An personal introduction in Dutch Design - a city walk together with a talented, graduated female or male design student

 

Design, Knowledge of materials, Marketing, Museum visits, Philosophy. Introduction into the design world by talented colleagues of art historian Drs. Kees Kaldenbach*

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Dutch Design has a great fame, internationally. Characteristic are openness, a fresh approach, being liberal and open minded, cheerful attitude, and going for innovation in breaking old ways of doing things.

Our motto: "We learn by playing. During our play we also learn things." Go for an extended city walk of Dutch design tohether with a graduate from a Dutch design academy.

Together with her (or him) you may visit intense places such as Droog, art factories, the Pakhuis De Zwijger and hotbeds and places of design breeding, hotspots and various other design places in Amsterdam. Or we visit places in Utrecht. Or in Eindhoven.

The young women and men who lead this guided tour are intelligent, communicatieve and really nice persons. Fine print: This is no dating thing but a meeting with a Dutch Design insider. And that makes it quite wonderful! Photograph on the right hand top shows another model! We will fine tune our appointments on the day and hour best suiting you...

 

 

 

As an art historian based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, I can meet you in Dutch Design for a personalized guided tours of art museums and the wonderful historic center.

Together we will experience the beauty and history. Enjoy yourself and learn about history while strolling and discussing the country's history, art and culture. In doing so, we may touch many bases - spanning not only fine art and architecture but also the city's history and current social issues. See client testimonials.

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Menu of tours

 

Starting at your hotel I will take you on a wonderful private cultural walking tour of your choice. My guided itinerary offers you accessable informative conversation in English, Dutch, or German (my French and Italian are more limited).

Drs. Kaldenbach is chairman of the Circle of Academic Tour Guides of the Netherlands and Flanders (CATON)


You may also arrange this VIP treatment for business contacts or friends. Our cultural tour organisation office will take care of a unique and memorable experience.

Drs. Kees Kaldenbach is your private "scholar-lecturer on culture tours" *.

*Martha Gellhorn, Travels with Myself and another, p. 182.


Please contact me for time and fees of the tailor-made tour you ar interested in.

These tailor made tours are available upon request - please contact me to book a date. Minimum group size: 1 person. Maximum group size is limited to about 10 persons. With a megaphone I can also manage larger groups on the streets.


Menu of tours

Photo by Dick Martin.

 

 

 


Endorsements

The Rijksmuseum has done me the honor of linking the main Rijksmuseum site to my website. Start at www.rijksmuseum.nl and select Collection. Then choose 'Digital Collaboration' and the 'Digital Vermeer House'.

I conduct Rembrandt walks in Amsterdam for the Netherlands Bureau of Tourism, London and New York City offices. Their clients include important journalists.

The travel site www.luxurytraveler.com has devoted a main feature to my tours and walks.

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About Drs. Kees Kaldenbach:

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Drs. Kees Kaldenbach has been featured in television and radio documentaries, including BBC2 TV, NTV Japan, Danish TV and Radio Netherlands World Service. In July 2004 he was interviewed about Dutch Design artists by Tetsuya Tsuruhara for the leading Japanese newspaper The Yomiuri Shimbun. In 2004 and 2005 he acted in an advisory role to additional BBC teams. Kaldenbach has written extensively on Vermeer and 17th century Dutch Design, on Vincent van Gogh and on other art history topics.

Drs. Kees Kaldenbach is your private "scholar-lecturer on culture tours".

Further information is available on his encyclopedic web site: www.johannesvermeer.info

 

Contact information:

Drs. Kees Kaldenbach , kalden@xs4all.nl

Haarlemmermeerstraat 83 hs

1058 JS Amsterdam

The Netherlands

telephone 020 - 669 8119 (from abroad NL +20 - 669 8119)

cell phone 06 - 2868 9775 (from abroad NL +6 - 2868 9775)

 

 

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Launched April 15, 2006. Updated September 21, 2009.

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