Hi there! It’s been a while since my last post. One of my new year resolutions is: pick up where I left it with Maps and the City. There is still plenty of cool map stuff going on, so let’s hit it! Curious to know what kind of content you guys are looking for here at Maps and the City! Is it design or art with maps, is it map gifts you’re looking for. Or do you want more about exhibitions and books, or city development topics, or more fashion and accessories. Or maybe city trips with map related things to do? As you can see, my head is spinning with ideas. But please share your thoughts in the ..read more

After a summer full of map stuff (hosting the International Conference on the History of Cartography in Amsterdam in July was definately a highlight and an incredible adventure for me. Now, I am back at Mapsandthecity.com and planning to pick up on blogging more often. So, if you have any mappy suggestions for me to blog about, feel free to drop me a note! But first things first. You still have a few weeks left (until 22 September to be exact) to visit an incredible exhibition in Amsterdam: The Universe of Amsterdam in the Royal Palace Amsterdam. The eye catchers of the exhibition (but actua ..read more

Tomorrow will be a big day for Maps and the City head quarters: I’ve contributed to a book that will be presented tomorrow! I am very grateful to the publisher -Maarten van Steenbergen of Lannoo publishers- and to the authors of the book -Reinder Storm and Marieke van Delft- for their invitation to be a co-writer on this publication project. For young researchers it means the world if you can join in projects like this one and get your work published. There has been very hard work, long research and writing hours, and loads of energy and effort put in to this book. Marieke and Reinder have wr ..read more