Time for moving the ship back to Zaandam has arrived. A relatively short planned shipyard period will follow the weeks that we have spent as an attraction of Het Scheepvaartmuseum . During our last day here, banners,...
Het Scheepvaartmuseum towers over our heads at the end of the jetty where we are moored. All our activities on board, including maintenance projects and open ship to the public, run under its distinguished watch. The...
Since a couple of days ago we find ourselves alongside the jetty in the Het Scheepvaartmuseum . Time enough for the last preparations before we open the ship to the public. Entrance to the Europa will be offered as an...
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Salty sailors versed in the ship’s life, know that adventures riding winds across the open waves are just a piece in the puzzle that represents owning, repairing, maintaining and running any sort of ship, moreover if...
"To live only for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here’s where things grow. But of course, without the top you can’t have any sides. It’s...
Two months moored alongside Scheveningen Port reached their end today on Saturday the 15th, when, after breakfast, the permanent crew (which components increased when some of the old crew members embarked the ship yesterday,...
Lights in the horizon, lighthouses, landmarks, an increasing number of vessels around, digital charts and radar becoming crowded with ships and other symbols indicating from Missile training areas to...
Yesterday we arrived in Scheveningen after 82 days at sea, sailing the Europa across the Atlantic Ocean from the Southern tip of Argentina to the Netherlands. And what a welcome we received! It is hard to...