Kristin has pointed out that we found many more Van Goch paintings on show at Kroller Muller Museum than we had ever seen before and she had been told many of the paintings had recently been "returned" to KM. This might explain our previous memory of many Van Goch paintings in the Van Goch museum on our 1976 visit and disappointment this May. Certainly the KM has many more of the spectacular late period paintings than the Van Goch museum has on show. It is of course possible that many more of the Van Goch museum's paintings are undergoing restoration or are visiting other shows. At present the Van Goch museum is fairly poor value.
The Van Goch museum has a large building site beside it with a new entrance building under construction with a large hole beside it. I have no idea why it should need a new entrance building unless it means to provide under-cover queuing.
On the building sites is a large vertical cylinder about 10 metres by 1.5 metres. From a pipe at the top issues a large amount of fog all the time. An official said this was nitrogen so my guess is that the ground round the hole ( which is mostly under water is) being frozen with liquid nitrogen to stabilise the hole. Martin might like to comment on this. I also have a feeling that soil frozen like this goes to a horrible mush once thawed.
Kristin stayed in the hotel today feeling weak and with a sore throat while I went out to walk beside the canals one last time. The canals are lovely but the main shopping area of the Damrak is simply cheap, international and nasty. At lunch time she was noticeably improved.
We have at last sussed the tram system which is efficient and with frequent services - however it does change somewhere every day so you have to use it all the time or get lost.
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