Hello & welcome to the Culture Tourist blog!

My name is Tea, and I am a 30-something art historian and blogger, based in the Netherlands.

Culture Tourist is an art and culture travel blog that mainly focuses on European destinations, with occasional adventures beyond the Old Continent.

On this blog, you’ll find cultural travel guides, museum reviews, stories about artists and art movements, and plenty of inspirational content. My goal is to help you discover hidden gems across Europe, as well as to share stories about famous buildings, artworks, and fascinating destinations you may not know about.

How I started Culture Tourist

Culture Tourist began as my creative outlet in 2016 and quickly evolved into my full-time job. A dream come true for me!

After getting my MA degree in Art History, I relocated from my home town Zagreb (Croatia) to Amsterdam (the Netherlands), and found that to be a great opportunity to start my own business.

After working in museums and getting some experience in the travel industry, I wanted to combine my passions for art and travel in my work. So I started organising private museum tours at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum. During those tours, my goal is to show how some of the paintings on display today were originally housed in the canal houses still present throughout the city.

⤷ If you’re interested in booking a tour with me, please get in touch through this contact form!

To bring these artworks to life during my tours, I researched the locations where famous painters lived and worked, revealing how visitors can still trace their footsteps across many parts of Europe. This research inspired me to create a mobile app called Rembrandt in Amsterdam and to write extensively about locations associated with Van Gogh throughout Europe.

As I shared more of these stories with the people I met during my museum tours, I gradually began writing articles for my blog. Nearly ten years later, this small blog focused on art and culture in Europe has transformed into my full-time job.

If you’d like to read more about the first six years of running Culture Tourist, check out this blog post.

Why art?

I’ve always had a passion for art and creating things. As a child, I enjoyed designing magazines out of my old notebooks. I attended an art high school where I was especially interested in decorative crafts.

While studying art history, I began working as a museum guide. It was during this time that I realised many people feel intimidated by art, often seeing museums as scary places where art seems reserved for a select few who truly understand it.

However, art and design are all around us, enhancing our lives in beautiful ways. I love sharing stories about art on the Culture Tourist blog.

With over ten years of experience as a museum educator, I love translating complex art history theories into enjoyable narratives.

Whenever I travel, I seek out intriguing public art, museums, and beautiful architecture to share with my readers.

⤷ Here are my Top 5 favourite stories about art on the Culture Tourist blog:

• Locations linked to Vincent van Gogh in Europe
• Impressionists in Paris
• 10 Things you didn’t know about the Rijksmuseum
• Virtual museum visit: Jan van Eyck at MSK in Ghent
• Where to see the paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder in Belgium

Why travel?

This blog is your travel guide through the art and culture of destinations around the world.

 

I looove to travel. Well, who doesn’t?

It’s a fantastic way to learn about the world around us. This blog focuses on deep travel, meaningful travel, and especially cultural tourism.

I love to explore destinations in depth, meet local people, listen to their stories, and discover the essence of their cities. If learning about the culture, uniqueness, and history of the places you visit is important to you, then you are a culture tourist, too.

⤷ Here are my top five favourite travel guides from the Culture Tourist blog:

• Things to do in Leipzig: Germany’s City of Music
• Exploring Castles & Gardens in the Amsterdam Area
• In Search of Art Within the Mountain Paradise of Vorarlberg
• Travelling Alongside the Rota do Romanico in Portugal
• Weekend in Basel Filled with Art & Culture

I wrote a book: “Following Van Gogh”

Inspired by one of my trips and Vincent van Gogh’s eventful life, I published my debut novel, “Following Van Gogh”, in June 2025.

“Following Van Gogh” is an art crime novel that follows a Van Gogh Museum guide as she embarks on a journey from Amsterdam to France, visiting locations connected with Van Gogh. Along the way, she gets involved in uncovering a criminal group that has been stealing artwork from European museums, galleries, and private collections.

Each chapter begins with a paragraph dedicated to Van Gogh’s life, intertwining the historical and contemporary plots in that way.

⤷ Read more: Why I Wrote the Following Van Gogh Book

⤷ Visit the official book’s website & order your copy there

I love connecting with my readers

The Culture Tourist blog wouldn’t exist without its readers. So, thank you so much for being here, following me, and reading my stories.

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