It doesn’t happen often that a Today Inside star can be seen in real life for a long time, but Tina Nijkamp can be admired by everyone on King’s Day in the Beethovenstraat. “Opposite Etos.”
Celebrities are normally masters of disappearing: walk quickly, wear sunglasses, hold the phone to your ear and move on. Staying in one place for too long means being spoken to, selfies, awkward conversations and, above all, loss of control over how you come across. That’s why you rarely see them standing still as if they were just human.
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Anyone who wants to see through this now has a rare opportunity: Tina Nijkamp will soon just stand still in one place, without a quick exit or evasive sunglasses. No studio lighting, no editing, but the unfiltered version, right opposite the Etos. Normally you’d rather not see them do that.
How is this? “Tina is now specialized in frankfurters,” Johan Derksen explains Today Inside.
Tina: “Yes, that’s right.”
300 hot dogs
Wilfred Genee is surprised. “You bought 600 sausages?”
Tina: “Yes, so I’m going to sell hot dogs on Monday and I actually bought a lot of them. I’m going to try to sell 300, but my husband accidentally bought 600 buns, so I have to tomorrow…”
Wilfred: “How can you accidentally buy 600 sandwiches?”
Tina: “Yes, he bought 300 twice, so he still needs 300 sausages. So everyone come to Beethovenstraat, opposite the Etos!”
Opposite Etos
This concerns the Beethovenstraat in Amsterdam. Wilfred: “Beethovenstraat number?”
Tina: “No, opposite the Etos.”
René van der Gijp: “You’ll lose that in no time, man. It’s a dying pressure there, man. Of course.”
Wilfred: “Should we worry about you?”
Tina: “No, what then?”
No problem
Wilfred then: “Well, you have to start selling sandwiches.”
Tina: “Yes, but I like to have something to do on such a day. Otherwise I’m at home all day, so I thought it was nice to do something, together with my husband and my son.”
The Etos itself is closed on King’s Day.