a book shopping date in amsterdam 🌻 bookstore reading vlog

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i took myself on a date to amsterdam to go bookshopping and visit the the rijksmuseum and watch some rembrandt art. small book haul at the end!
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@lilacsrain6004 2 жыл бұрын

I swear the first time I went to the cinema alone changed my mf life... now I love doing stuff alone and taking myself places, I don't have to worry about other people being free or not doing exactly what they want to do, it's so freeing and relaxing!!

@kellsliving3220 2 жыл бұрын

i be having hard time finding things too do alone 🥺 but i am going to find something

@nemo5288 2 жыл бұрын

Doing things alone is just so wonderful sometimes. You feel a sense of freedom that you don’t always have with others and it can be immensely rewarding.

@LilyCReads10 2 жыл бұрын

This vlog is so beautiful! When i come back to Europe i'm 100% going to Amsterdam 😍

@TheBookLeo 2 жыл бұрын

yess please do come to amsterdam!!

@SabinesBookNook 2 жыл бұрын

YES LILY!!!!!!

@sylkegodeke2504 Жыл бұрын

You got to gk to domicnicanen in maastricht its a old church but A BOOK STORE ?!!

@fallisdying2077 2 жыл бұрын

I love how you randomly did the smash or pass and also telling us which classics are worth it and which are not, those were really fun bits

@sabine6507 2 жыл бұрын

"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" can also be found in the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose by Le Guin, which is so much easier to find in bookstores. Hope you enjoy it!

@lunatheleo 2 жыл бұрын

Another nice bookstore with an English book selection in Amsterdam is Scheltema! And there’s actually a really good used bookstore with all English books just around the corner from where you were filming before having the scone!

@palebluewave 2 жыл бұрын

lol I love that random smash or pass romance edition.. Did you pick up that Terry Pratchett? I'm just starting the discworld series.. on book 3 now and really enjoying. as a new booktuber, I'm finding your content very inspirational. cheers

@angelazeiler6838 2 жыл бұрын

Terry Pratchett was a master and his books are just wonderful and funny and so thoughtful at the same time. Highly recommended. 🥰📚

@sailorsoph3470 2 жыл бұрын

I've just started Terry Pratchett too! 👋 I'm absolutely loving the discworld series too, about to start book 5!

@fallisdying2077 2 жыл бұрын

I just couldn't stop laughing when you were playing smash or pass with the romance books😂😂 absolutely agree with everything you said

@donnavo101 2 жыл бұрын

One Thing by 1D, I'm dead. 😂 Amsterdam looks so beautiful!

@jmsl910 2 жыл бұрын

i'm SO jealous & HAPPY for you!! a 1D fan too??! i extra LOVE you now!

@masa59125656 2 жыл бұрын

I was impressed by the beautiful images of the good cityscape ☺️ I'm looking forward to the video again!

@marisophi 2 жыл бұрын

going on me-dates is one of my favourite passtimes! like taking myself out to the cinema or for lunch, a couple of weeks ago i went to den haag by myself to visit the kunstmuseum and bookstores there and just look at the architecture. today i wanted to go to amsterdam by myself but didnt feel well enough, so i'll probably go later this week and this gives me some good inspiration to know what to do there! 7:42 Also, some time ago i read The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. It was interesting, i recommend it! And actually, the collection with The Wind's Twelve Quarter on that shelf does in fact also include The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (i know bc i bought it recently because of that lol)

@oussama2527 2 жыл бұрын

You are amazing and I always look forward to watching your videos, and I fell in love with Holland thanks to you, and I really want to visit it

@daphne_2289 2 жыл бұрын

On our first date (in amsterdam) my boyfriend took me to waterstones so it has some very nice memories

@yaowei2572 2 жыл бұрын

"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" is such a vivid story. It reminds me of "The Lottery", which I think has kind of the same anti-conformist message.

@joshina4497 2 жыл бұрын

these two are my favorite short stories

@pendragon2012 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I wish I'd taken more advantage of my semester in Europe when I was in college! Thanks for sharing, Leonie! Ghost Wall looks awesome!

@saddestnoodle7029 2 жыл бұрын

The author of Iron Widow described it as "like a bunch of furries engaged in a dragon ball z fight" and not gonna lie that definitely made me intrigued enough to buy it and add to my tbr too lol

@danielabarrientos9386 2 жыл бұрын

This looked so lovely!!!. Last week I spent some time in a cafe reading alone before class and I hope to repeat it this week too 💖

@kaywebbharrison3373 2 жыл бұрын

Love your flowery shirt! Loved the sights of Amsterdam.

@OatPancake 2 жыл бұрын

I love those moment i spend on my own. Specially when it’s spent at the book store.

@SkimwithSteph 2 жыл бұрын

The vibes of this video are immaculate. Thanks for taking us with on your self date day 😂❤️

@xQueenOfDarknessX 2 жыл бұрын

I love that you sat in the silent part of the train staring out the window 😅❤️ CUTEST VLOG

@julieaguirre4649 2 жыл бұрын

Have you read Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick? It's inspired by Swedish painter Carl Larson's painting Midvinterblot, which is part of a group of his works on permanent(?) display in one of the Swedish museums. The backstory of the real painting is amazing! I read the book first, then looked up the painting and it blew me away!! This is just SUCH an amazing book, only about 275 pages and it pulled me right out of a reading slump!! Plus I think it's a good one for fantasy readers, romance readers, just everyone!😉 That day trip you had is a dream for me!! Of course, I'm in the U.S. so definitely more than a half hour!😆 Thank you for another fun video! I always look forward to seeing what new adventure you're up to!!🤗

@MatildaTheBookDragon 2 жыл бұрын

If you come to Stockholm im quite sure you can see the painting in our National Gallery. 😃

@julieaguirre4649 2 жыл бұрын

That would be a dream come true to come to Sweden! I'm from Arizona, U.S.A. so unfortunately no train rides will get me there!!😃 It's definitely on my Bucket List, though!🤗

@viivi4196 2 жыл бұрын

oh this made me miss amsterdam so much! I was there in 2018 and 2019 but I didn't have time for rijksmuseum since I went to the van gogh one and I had concerts there too :( also, can't wait for you to read iron widow!!

@anahdez2008 2 жыл бұрын

I always love your vlogs!!! 🌼

@ThyPhan94 2 жыл бұрын

aah, this looked lovely. I remember when I went to amsterdam a couple of years ago and I'm itching to go back. love your videos! they're a source of comfort in my daily life

@misc.2331 2 ай бұрын

I loved waterstone. Such a cool bookstore they have there in amsterdam

@marialauramalventano4014 2 жыл бұрын

It's such a joy to watch and listen to you💕 And play your videos while I'm journaling and eeading 🙂🌷💜

@StephenLarrick Жыл бұрын

You've got the best B roll footage, very creative - love your vlogs.

@EudaemonicGirl 2 жыл бұрын

I happen to love the Sci-Fi Masterworks book covers! They're so colourful and fun.

@marialauramalventano4014 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Leo! I can't begin to tell you how much joy you bring to my days. I love especially when you "chill" 💕💓

2 жыл бұрын

Finished the Iron Widow a few days ago and really liked it! Looking forward for the next book in the series 🤩

@ILoveJahangeer Жыл бұрын

Stay amazing, Leoni! Loved the video! ❤️

@chiara7587 2 жыл бұрын

I am actually planning a solo day trip to Amsterdam too and this video popped up on my feed, a sign! Thank you for the extra motivation, it would be my first solo trip but the city has been on my bucket list for so long 🌸

@dddanii5740 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this video, I’m coming to Amsterdam in July from Canada and this video made me even more excited for my visit.

@Afrah03 2 жыл бұрын

From another comment, feeling that sense of freedom when doing things alone feels so good. And enjoying the things you adore completely and fully. Hoping To visit Amsterdam in the future, ahh!!

@Isa-wq7yh 2 жыл бұрын

it's so nice to see the city i live in in such an aestheticly pleasing vlog

@amiranisaadli675 2 жыл бұрын

love your videos so much it made my day

@TheUIATarot 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this! I’m going to The Netherlands for a week in just over a week and super excited! I’m going solo which I’m also excited about! ❤️

@zamo_shangase 2 жыл бұрын

It’s really nice being alone. Great video 🤍

@grahamcrack 2 жыл бұрын

ahh this video could not have come at a better time, I just booked a trip to Amsterdam yesterday(I'm traveling from Sweden in 2 weeks) so this definitely gave me some inspiration on what to do!

@cam8969 2 жыл бұрын

Iron Widow has been one of my latest 5 stars read, it was so good! Really glad you picked it up. Enjoyyyyy

@baeticat 2 жыл бұрын

Oooh I absolutely loved Iron Widow. Super refreshing YA that I still think about months later. Hope you enjoy!!

@emmaopaline 2 жыл бұрын

I'm reading Ring Shout and absolutely living it ! You make me remenber that I miss the Netherlands

@hannahp7326 2 жыл бұрын

So happy you finally found Iron Widow 🥳

@random23287 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy Iron Widow! I read it a couple weeks ago and it was soo good. Definitely a new favorite.

@adibzadeh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking us with you to Amsterdam 😁

@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm 2 жыл бұрын

Obsessed with the shirt 🥲

@normmansor1313 2 жыл бұрын

First notification I received when I woke up this morning. Lovely.

@midnightsun40 2 жыл бұрын

Such an artful video. Really hits and makes me want to travel outside FNQ but that takes way longer than half an hour 😩

@kathrynallan 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this!! makes me want to visit amsterdam even more :D I'm from northumberland so might have to pick up Ghost Wall sounds intriguing

@she_is_2_fond_of_books 2 жыл бұрын

I love spending a day out exploring on my own! Great video. Iron Widow is also on my TBR. Regarding The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, it is a really great short story. It’s often studied in American Literature classes, and you should be able to find it on line to read for free. I understand if you want to wait and find the book though, she’s a really fascinating writer and her short stories are always very interesting and make you think! Thanks for sharing your adventure!

@pearld1ver 2 жыл бұрын

i went to amsterdam for spring break this year!! its such a lovely city

@ihtishammaruf4640 Жыл бұрын

Got introduced with the channel after reading a review about popular book vlogs in a local magazine. This is the first video am watching from this channel. Just awesome. Best wishes for you from Bangladesh

@elinorrose344 2 жыл бұрын

i read ghost wall for school and omg i loved it! very creepy but tragic and the writing is beautiful. i highly recommend

@badfaith4u 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful and fun vlog ❤️🎁📚

@marinamcgovern6497 2 жыл бұрын

I love what Julia Cameron (The Artist's Way) calls artist's dates - a solo expedition to feed your soul. I often meet my daughter for lunch in London but get there ahead of time and walk around and then head to a cafe after our lunch before going to the theatre - lovely - got one planned this week! I've recently discovered Sarah Moss - she's excellent at getting inside characters' heads and giving them their individual voices, but I haven't read Ghost Wall yet. Amsterdam is a great place - I went there three years ago but can honestly say I've never been so cold - and I'm from the UK! Great video!

@kitty0chan444 Жыл бұрын

I think one of my moms friends lives in Amsterdam! It looks absolutely gorgeous there, I’m from america in a smaller like countryside area so I love seeing places like that

@Anu-xy3me 2 жыл бұрын

Everything is so chic there... 👌

@tanaypandey1771 2 жыл бұрын

The vibe of this channel oooft , creates a fantasy world for me ngl ,

@Freakgirl1985 2 жыл бұрын

It also took me a bit to dare do stuff by myself but I also enjoy it a lot and don't feel uncomfortable about it anymore. Especially with be being a nurse and doing night- and weekend shifts it isn't always easy to get together with friends that work Mo-Fri. And now I got a little one as well. So when I am off work and she is at Kindergarten, I am out there enjoying life by browsing through book stores and devouring delicious food :D I will be in A-dam in mid May and will definitely check out these two book stores. My husband told me they will just drop me off there and go Sightseeing :D Oh yeah. Romance books. Not really into them but I might give Tessa Bailey a chance.

@SuspirosdaBea 2 жыл бұрын

I understand what you mean, I really enjoy doing things on my own :D

@pauline-1322 2 жыл бұрын

Really cute and interesting video. It makes me want to go to Amsterdam so badly!

@isisvda 2 жыл бұрын

I’m hoping to do the same thing you did in Dordrecht this week:) it’s only like 20mins away from where I live. I feel like the vibe is good there but it’s not as busy as Amstwrdam and I like that

@mattkean1128 2 жыл бұрын

Maria Gainza is an argentine art critic who's novel Optic Nerve features a lot of paintings and the character's reaction to them. A really good, quick read.

@geenadelahaye3288 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this video❤❤❤

@ikhlasalaoui 2 жыл бұрын

I'm an English learner , and your videos are just my type .. thank you

@musicandloveismylive 2 жыл бұрын

I miss ABC so much!! I need to go back soon!!

@BooksMichelle 2 жыл бұрын

Not me being obsessed with those falling lamps at the museum 😍

@TheBookLeo 2 жыл бұрын

for real instantly became one of my favourite art installations

@melodiclaine 2 жыл бұрын

how fun! (and how much do i envy you!)

@250cupsofjunk Жыл бұрын

Weird that in class this semester we read both "the ones who walk away from Omalas" and "The Yellow Wallpaper" and you mentioned both of them in this vlog lol

@alejandravazquez9738 2 жыл бұрын

I took myself on a date this saturday, went to see two movies :)

@Elizabeth-pp2vj 2 жыл бұрын

The American Book Center is one of my favorite places in Amsterdam! Such a nice place to spend a day looking for books

@sunflwhrs 2 жыл бұрын

omg ik wist helemaal niet dat je nls was maar ik kijk al heel lang je video’s!! abc is me fav, kom er wekelijks en dezelfde boeken zijn er goedkoper dan bij waterstones

@mariaallaine Жыл бұрын

amsterdam is so beautiful 😩♥️

@stevelawrence8945 2 жыл бұрын

BEST WISHES from a very rural area about 100 miles from New Orleans !

@lorraine3888 2 жыл бұрын

You should definitely visit Leiden too someday, it has a ton of wonderful museums and cute bookshops :))) kinda like Amsterdam but smaller ig

@user-wz6oi1zr3t 2 жыл бұрын

what a beautiful city!! I traveled amsterdam a few years ago. i want to visit again after covid. 😍😍

@judeconradfrancis 2 жыл бұрын

better wait for the flu to go away, then you can go

@ikhlasalaoui 2 жыл бұрын

Me : the one who admires books but can't buy them KZfaq : don't cry please , here you are

@caitlyn.m.t9618 2 жыл бұрын

I am trying to do more things on my own, but I'm starting small so far. I am interested in seeing what you think of Ghost Wall. Personally I didn't like it, the way it was written really didn't work for me. I too love The Yellow Wallpaper, and that is a nice edition, and the one beside it on the shelf has so much of her writing and I would actually recommend that particular one. The stories throughout it isn't like The Yellow Wallpaper but they are still good and good reads as well.

@AnanasAbanaan 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to Amsterdam next week and so excited! Where did you find the paperback of Iron Widdow? I usually don't buy heavy things on city trips, but the stores in Belgium also seem to have only hardcovers... Edit: aha I have rewatched the video and deduced it was probably the American Book Center 👍 I will be raiding them next week!

@polina5520 2 жыл бұрын

Amsterdam is so beautiful it makes me cry haha

@ottoismy1dog 2 жыл бұрын

I read Ghost Wall years ago - I'm interested to see what you think.

@womblingwurzel Жыл бұрын

You would love the bookshops of London.

@NikkieBiteMe 2 жыл бұрын

super lovely video

@random23287 2 жыл бұрын

Aw I really liked Farenheit 451. The emotion was there, even if the worldbuilding wasn't. It got the point across better to me than 1984 because I really felt the despair of living in a world like that. Kind of more like a short story than a full on book tho.

@hayleyemma7953 2 жыл бұрын

Ursula Le Guin fan here. I dont know if those book stores are categorising books purely by genre or by author, but with finding Volume 2, try checking Sci fi rather than more speculative fiction areas. Volume 1 is pure speculative while Volume 2 plays up the Sci fi/surreal world's that Le Guin does so beautifully!

@Lokster71 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I've been to Amsterdam a few times but it has been a while. I was supposed to go again recently but Covid lockdowns intervened. I've read Ghost Wall. It's a interesting read. You think it is going to be one kind of book and then it becomes something else. I'd recommend Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner as a book that does something similar, but perhaps even more drastically.

@syedumairhaider7448 2 жыл бұрын

best advice MEDAY

@arianegrace6087 2 жыл бұрын

yay!

@AdamFishkin 2 жыл бұрын

This vibe.

@user-gn2be3oh5j 2 ай бұрын

hi! I'm new to your vlog and loving' it so far! I'm planning for Amsterdam trip this month, and wondering if going to kuekenhof, is it worth it to buy tulip festival card since it is quite pricey compared to the normal ticket though..

@booknerd369 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I listened to One Thing today

@thewitchyreader6131 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@elinehijlkema 2 жыл бұрын

Lol Ik ging stuk toen je zei dat midsommer een van je favoriete films was. Toen ik die in de bios zag vond ik het echt vreselijk, haha. Maar ik snap wel waarom mensen hem wel nice vinden.

@LittleMew133 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to live in the Netherlands. It seems so nice.

@nicolebremer142 Жыл бұрын

Leonie, what are your favorite bookstores in Amsterdam? Im visiting the city on June, really curious about your opinion!

@chloepoudrier9309 2 жыл бұрын

I only go alone when book shopping because I worry about people having to wait for me 😅 it's just one of those things you kinda have to do by yourself in my opinion