007 Event: Echo Base Charity Con (16 December 2017)

What: Echo Base Charity Con
Where: Kinepolis Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, The Netherlands
When: 16 December 2017







Special Bond star appearance:

Jeremy Bulloch
HMS Ranger Crewman (uncredited) in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
Smithers (uncredited) in "For Your Eyes Only" (1981)
Smithers in "Octopussy" (1983)

Jeremy Bulloch will be answering questions of visitors and taking part in a signing session at Echo Base Con. Autograph price: EUR 20.


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007 Event: Xogold Charity autograph event (11 November 2017)

What: Xogold Charity autograph event
Where: VerzamelaarsJaarbeurs, Utrecht, The Netherlands
When: 11 November 2017
Signing 11.00 - 17.00




Special Bond star appearances:

Jack Klaff
Apostis in "For Your Eyes Only" (1981)

Liza Ross
Mary Golson in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997)

Brian Muir
Art Department - Sculptor in "Die Another Day" (2002)
Art Department - Sculptor (uncredited) in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997), "GoldenEye" (1995), "A View to a Kill" (1985), "Octopussy" (1983), "For Your Eyes Only" (1981) and "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)

Garrick Hagon
USS Wayne Crewman in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)

Anthony Forrest
USS Wayne Crewman in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)




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007 Event: Comic Con Amsterdam (2-3 September 2017)

What: Comic Con Amsterdam
Where: Amsterdam RAI, Europaplein 24, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
When: 2-3 September 2017







Special Bond star appearance:

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Michael Madsen
Damian Falco in "Die Another Day" (2002)

Autograph 30 EUR
Photoshoot 30 EUR

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John Rhys-Davies
General Pushkin in "The Living Daylights" (1987)

Autograph: 30 €
Photoshoot: 30 €














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007 Event: Meet & Greet Bond Girl Tonia Sotiropoulou (1 April 2017)

What: Meet & Greet Bond Girl Tonia Sotiropoulou
Where: Ivana Bags Store, Shopping Centre Gooische Brink, Kerkstraat 63-21, Hilversum, The Netherlands
When: 1 April 2017


Tonia Sotiropoulou was Bond's Lover in "Skyfall" (2012)

Photo: Ivana Bags Store

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007 Event: Amsterdam Comic Con (27-28 August 2016)

What:  Amsterdam Comic Con
Where: RAI Amsterdam, Europaplein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
When: Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 August 2016
Saturday 27th of August, 9am to 6pm
Sunday 28th of August, 9am to 6pm
Standard Entry Price: €15 from 11 am
Early Entry Price: €25 from 9am



Special Bond star appearance:



Shane Rimmer

Shane Rimmer as Commander Carter in
"The Spy Who Loved Me"
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Commander Carter in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)

Hawaii Radar operator (uncredited) in "You Only Live Twice" (1967)

Tom (uncredited) in "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971)

Hamilton (voice, uncredited) in "Live and Let Die" (1973)

Other stars for example:

Ian McDiarmid (Star Wars), Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street), Peter Mayhew (Star Wars), Dave Prowse (Star Wars), Lance Henriksen (Aliens)


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007 Hotel: Hilton Amsterdam, The Netherlands

HILTON AMSTERDAM

Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Address: Apollolaan 138, 1077 BG Amsterdam
Bond book appeareance: "Icebreaker" (1983)

007 Travelers visited this beautiful 5-star hotel in January 2015, the weather was a bit cold and windy, but hotel itself was really pleasant and staff warm and helpful.

We had room on the 6th floor and we had nice views over Amsterdam. There is some distance from hotel to city center, but public transportation works nicely and of course you can use taxi when ever needed.

The breakfast was really good and it was served in the beautiful breakfast room downstairs. There are some shops also in the lobby where you can buy different kinds of souvenirs etc.

And Garden Terrace and Half Moon Lounge offers you various kinds of delicacies from alcohol to cafe and ice-cream.

If you have any need for meeting rooms, you can also find several of them from the first floor of the hotel.

What more could you need?

007 Travelers can recommend this hotel, and they have very helpful and friendly concierges!

Stars: ***** (5)
Room type: Hilton Deluxe Plus Room
Price: 179.25 EUR / 1 night including 6% VAT and breakfast, excluding 5.5% city tax
This rate is inclusive breakfast buffet and exclusive 4.5% city tax
Check in time: 14.00
Check out time: 12.00
Visited by 007 Travelers: January 2015


Discover the Hilton Amsterdam hotel, famous for John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 ‘bed-in for peace' and Hilton's first hotel in the Netherlands. This iconic hotel was designed by prominent architect Berlage and is located in Amsterdam South, which highlights the Amsterdam School of architecture and contains boutiques, designer shops and couture houses, in addition to being within walking distance of world-renowned Museum Square

Highlights

• Canal-side Amsterdam hotel near old city center and Schiphol Airport
• Famous for John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 ‘bed-in for peace’
• Business center, Executive Lounge and 21 versatile meeting rooms
• 3 restaurants and bars, including award-winning Roberto's Restaurant
• Health Club with sauna, steam room and whirlpool (extra charge)
• Free WiFi in all public areas

"Bond finally made Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, at four in the morning. He took a cab straight to the Hilton International, where even at that early hour, he was able to book a seat on the Finnair 846, leaving for Helsinki at five-thirty that evening."

John Gardner: "Icebreaker"

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007 Filming location: Tiffany Case's house / Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Bond movie: "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971)
Place and location in the movie: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Actual place and location: Reguliersgracht 36, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
What happens here in the movie: Bond, disguished as Peter Franks, goes to meet Tiffany Case 
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2015

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Mika & Pirita / 007 Travelers

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007 Filming location: Bridge where Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd take photographs / Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Bond movie: "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971)
Place and location in the movie: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Actual place and location: The Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge), Brugnummer 242 (Between Kerkstraat and Nieuwe Kerkstraat)
What happens here in the movie: Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd take photos of Mrs. Whistler's dead body
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2015

Risico boat. Ian Fleming has written "Risico" (short story) which is a part of Bond book "For Your Eyes Only" (1960)

Pirita & Mika / 007 Travelers

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Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith) and Mr. Wint (Bruce Glover)
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007 Travel story: Amsterdam (THE NETHERLANDS) 2015

007 Travelers on the tracks of James Bond

Where: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
When: 17-18 January 2015

Airline: Finnair
Flight route: Helsinki - Amsterdam - Helsinki
Duration: 2h 35 min
Price: 421,94 EUR / 2 adults

We had spent the earlier day in Rotterdam, see that 007 Travel story here.


Saturday 17th of January 2015

After the wonderful breakfast we checked out and took a taxi to Rotterdam Central Station.
We bought train tickets from Rotterdam to Amsterdam, that was 14,80 EUR / person.

From Amsterdam train station we took a taxi, and what a ride that was! The driver was aggressive towards other people while driving, he also was speeding and took photos of people he thought to have been in his way.

Anyway, he drove us to agreed meeting place, the Skinny Bridge, (also known as Magere Brug) which can be seen in Sean Connery´s Bond movie "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971). Also Timothy Dalton´s non-Bond - movie "Hawks" (1988) has been partly filmed in Amsterdam as well as Pierce Brosnan's "Night Watch" (1995).

Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, also known as The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, but commonly referred to as The Night Watch (Dutch: De Nachtwacht), is a 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn. It is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as the best known painting in its collection. The Night Watch is one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings.

We saw the replica in the Heineken Experience

Risico boat. Ian Fleming has written "Risico" (short story) which is a part of Bond book "For Your Eyes Only" (1960)

Pirita & Mika / 007 Travelers

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Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith) and Mr. Wint (Bruce Glover)
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We met our Dutch friend and collegue Remmert Van Braam, also known as Mr. Bond Lifestyle. You can find his website here.

Mika / 007 Travelers & Remmert Van Braam / Bond Lifestyle

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He showed us Amsterdam´s Bond places, and of course the Skinny Bridge was one of them. In the movie Mr. Wint (Bruce Glover) and Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith) take photographs of Mrs. Whistler's (Margaret Lacey) dead body. 

Remmert also took us to see Tiffany Case´s (Jill St. John) house, where we also took some photos.

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Later after Mr. Bond Lifestyle left, we visited the address Stadhouderskade 78, 1072 AE Amsterdam, there is The Heineken Experience, the ticket was 16,00 EUR / person when we bought them from Tours & Ticket at Damrak 26, we got 2 euros discount that way. The tour lasts 1,5 hours, we had some beer marks in order to drink and learn.

The tour was fun and interesting. We bottled our own 007 Travelers beer!

Heineken is of course a co-operation partner for Bond and has been since "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997). First time we saw Bond drinking Heineken beer was in "Skyfall" (2012).

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After that experience we were hungry and we had dinner in Hard Rock Cafe Amsterdam, at address Max Euweplein 57.

Photo: www.skysrapercity.com 

It was time to check in, our hotel was of course Hilton Amsterdam. Hilton Amsterdam hotel is famous for John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous 1969 ‘bed-in for peace’. Room 902.

Hotel: Hilton Amsterdam ***** 
Address: Apollolaan 138, 1077 BG, Amsterdam
Price: 179,25 EUR, including breakfast, booked directly from the hotel
Room type: Hilton Deluxe Plus Room
Bond connection: Bond spends night here in John Gardner's "Icebreaker" (1983).

"Bond finally made Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, at four in the morning. He took a cab straight to the Hilton International, where even at that early hour, he was able to book a seat on the Finnair 846, leaving for Helsinki at five-thirty that evening."

John Gardner: "Icebreaker"


In the evening we explored the city and noticed that it was the last night of Amsterdam Light Festival going on and we participated in Water Colors Cruise, tickets from LOVERS, 19,00 EUR / person.

75 minutes cruise through the charming canals of Amsterdam and we were enchanted by the illuminated canal houses, bridges and art works and we experienced the unique atmosphere from the water.


Sunday 18th of January 2015

After the breakfast we visited Madame Tussauds Amsterdam at address Dam 20, and of course we found Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig and Sean Connery there!

Who else....let´s see!

Adele, who sings the title song for "Skyfall" (2012)
See the whole soundtrack here.

Madonna, who sings the title song for "Die Another Day" (2002)
See the whole soundtrack here.

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We had also time to participate in City Sightseeing Amsterdam´s Hop On - Hop Off tour:


The stops were:

1. Central Station: 
- Departures Bus excursions
- Canal Cruises
- Body Worlds
- Dam Square

2. Amrath Hotel
- Science Center Nemo
- National Maritime Museum
- Sea Palace
- Red Light District / Red Lights Secrets

3. Windmill / East
- Windmill de Gooyer
- Dapper Market
- Tropical Museum

4. Artis Royal Zoo
- Plantage District
- Resistance Museum
- National Maritime Museum
- Micropia

5. Gassan Diamonds
- Jewish Quarter
- Delft Blue Store
- Rembrandt House Museum
- Waterlooplein Flea Market

6. Jewish Historical Museum
- Portugese Synagoge
- Hermitage Museum
- Amsterdam Icebar
- Rembrandt Square

7. Sarphatistraat
- Skinny Bridge
- Amstel Hotel
- Royal Theatre Carré

8. Heineken Experience
- Heineken Experience
- Albert Cuyp market
- Canal cruises
- Pijp District

9. Museum Square
- Rijksmuseum
- Van Gogh Museum
- Stedelijk Museum
- House of Bols
- Diamond Museum
- Concertgebouw
- I Amsterdam sign

10. Vondelpark
- Vondel Park
- Leidse Square
- Hard Rock Café
- Holland Casino

11. Westermarket
- Wester Church
- Anne Frank House
- Jordaan District
- 9 Streets

12. Amsterdam Museum
- Kalverstraat
- Amsterdam Museum
- The Amsterdam Dungeon
- Madame Tussauds
- Yab Yum Brothel museum
- Flower market
- Torture museum
- Dam Square

After that tour we went back to our hotel and had ice creams and we checked out. It was time to fly back to Finland.

"The Finnair DC9-50 that was Flight 846 from Amsterdam to Helsinki began its final approach at 9.45 that evening. Looking down on the lights, diffused by the cold and snow, Bond wondered if the other three had already reached Finland. In the short time since his last visit more snow had fallen, and the aircraft put down on an ice-cleared runway which was, in reality, a cutting through snow banks rising on either side, higher than the DC9-50 itself." 

John Gardner: "Icebreaker"

We had the same Flight number (846) from Amsterdam to Helsinki as James Bond.



James Bond and 007 Travelers had both the Flight number 846.



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