If you happen to visit the Ed van der Elsken exhibition, you can see the beautiful exhibition of drawings by Fiep Westendorp at the bottom of the stairs in the exhibition space. Jip and Janneke, Otje, Pluk van de Petteflet, and Pim and Pom. Since the years...
HEMA (formerly an acronym for Hollandsche Eenheidsprijzen Maatschappij Amsterdam) is a Dutch chain of department stores. In 2023, the retail chain had nearly 750 locations in nine countries across two continents. Most stores are located in the Netherlands, other countries with locations...
Anna Maria Geertruida (Annie) Schmidt (Kapelle, May 20, 1911 – Amsterdam, May 21, 1995) was a Dutch poet and writer of verse, songs, books, plays, musicals, and radio and television dramas. Annie M.G. Schmidt became famous in the Netherlands and Flanders primarily for...
From January 26 to February 5, 2022, it is time for the National Reading Aloud Days 2022, the campaign dedicated to reading aloud to young children. An important part is the National Reading Aloud Breakfast, where well-known Dutch personalities read aloud to the young...
Until now, no attention whatsoever has been paid in philately to the relationship between the 1980 Children's Stamps and the origins of the Chameleon Village of Terherne. Regarding the early origins of the village of Terherne (Terhorne) on Lake Sneekermeer to...
To provide an appealing and visually rich overview of the talented illustrator Fiep Westendorp (1916 – 2004), who was born a hundred years ago, designer Wietske Lutte has used for the 2016 children's stamps (in collaboration with Gioia Smid, artistic director of the Fiep Westendorp heritage)...
The illustrator Fiep Westendorp was born 100 years ago. Her illustrations, accompanying serial stories by authors Annie MG Schmidt and Mies Bouwhuys, take center stage on the 2016 children's stamps. By Annie MG Schmidt, the stories are...
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