Beehive

Participate in the National Bee Count on April 17 and 18, 2021.

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • April 17, 2021

Wild bees are not doing well. Of the 358 species, more than half are threatened. If we know more about bees, we can help them better. That is why there is the annual National Bee Count on 17 and 18...

A stamp that survived the bombing

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • July 20, 2011

De Bijenkorf in Rotterdam, designed by W.M. Dudok, opened on October 16, 1930, at Van Hogendorpsplein. Alongside the Bijenkorf department stores in Amsterdam and The Hague, this was one of the department store chain's largest complexes. In the department store...

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