One likes to cook, while the other likes to dig into the earth with his hands. Whatever your hobby, inspiration from time to time is always useful.
Gardening
If you have green fingers or would like to get them, you can visit the Youtube Channel from Tuinieren.nl. Jurgen Smit explains all kinds of garden issues in more than a hundred videos. For example, about cutting strawberry plants, cleaning garden tiles or pruning hydrangeas. The videos are short, but informative and inspiring. Thanks to the clear titles of the videos, it’s easy to find something you like.
Looking for more garden ideas? Then take a look at Pinterest. Type in a search term, such as “vegetable garden” or “garden design” and scroll through the plethora of examples in the form of photos or videos.
Cook
Is it time for some new flavors in the kitchen? All kinds, the cooking magazine of supermarket Albert Heijn, is packed with cooking tips. Search the recipe database by ingredient, fill in dietary requirements or follow the exact steps of a recipe using videos. For example, if you want to make a dish with parsnips but you don’t know what, you can look it up in no time.
- Click on the bar where it says ‘Search recipes by all kinds’.
- Type the name of an ingredient and press the Enter key.
- Click on a dietary requirement on the left under ‘special wishes’, for example Vegetarian.
- In the search results list, click a recipe to view it.
- Prefer to follow a video recipe? Click in the menu (the black bar) on Videos.
To do odd jobs
For the fanatic handymen, the channel of Dobbit TV maybe nice. Tens of thousands of subscribers follow the large and small jobs of the Flemish do-it-yourselfers. For example, nine episodes explain how handymen can build a luxurious bathroom themselves. But there are also simpler items, for example about installing a wireless light switch.
To walk
Movement is good for the body. Doctors prefer to see that everyone moves every day. But walking the same round every day can get boring. There are several apps to find new routes. For example, consult the app of Natuurmonumenten or get acquainted with the Klompenpaden.
Another way to make walking a bit more fun is the Ommetje app, developed by De Hersenstichting. The app, for smartphone or tablet, turns walking into a game. Participants earn points with each walk. Create a pool with friends and see who gets the highest score.
crafts
More than forty-six thousand people already follow the activities on the YouTube channel of craft lesson. Mirte Schrammeijer learned needlework from her mother, who could spend hours crocheting or knitting on the couch. Now it is Mirte herself who wants to get the Dutch into sewing, knitting, knitting, embroidery and crochet. At Handwerkles you can find basic activities such as crocheting a piece of cloth. It also explains how to read a crochet pattern. For the advanced craftsman there are videos with knitted Christmas balls, colorful friendship bracelets or baby shoes.