The 68th Eurovision Song Contest will be held this year on May 7, 9, and 11, 2024, in Malmö, Sweden. Joost Klein will perform as the 16th act in the second semi-final with the now-famous 'Europapa'. Do you know the city of Malmö? And...
The voter spoke on March 15, 2023. The percentage of voters has never been higher: 61,0%. It is clear that many citizens disagree with the current cabinet policy regarding nitrogen, climate,...
The first part of the blog is about the visit to the ABC islands. But first, we look back at previous visits by the Royal House of Princess Juliana, Princess Beatrix, and Prince Willem-Alexander. Did you see the working visit (or extended holiday)...
Finally, two years after Woningsdag (2020) and ICT Koningsdag Eindhoven (2021), the original April 27 King's Day is being organized by Maastricht in 2022. The theme is 'Leef Maastricht!'. In dialect, it means 'Dear Maastricht'. 'Leef Maastricht!' is about togetherness and connectedness,...
The name 'Province' for a part of the former German Empire occurs only in combination with the country name Saxony. The province was created in 1815 after Napoleon was defeated and his ally, the Kingdom of Saxony, was dissolved. Half...
Thuringia, occupied by Soviet troops between July 2 and 6, 1945, was in urgent need of good road, water, and rail connections because retreating German troops had blown up many bridges and viaducts in 1945 to halt the advancing American army. Partly...
A surcharge stamp for 'Aid to Flood Victims' was issued on April 21, 2006. At the time, the Austrian postal service provided the following explanation for the issue: 'Over the past few weeks, we have once again had to watch helplessly as natural forces...
Alongside the Willems Bridge, the Erasmus Bridge is the second bridge over the Nieuwe Maas in the center of Rotterdam. It is named after the Dutch humanist Erasmus. The bridge connects the Kop van Zuid district with the city center on the north side...
New Year's, it's that time again. January 1, 2021. What will the new year bring us? Mutual good wishes and resolutions are customary. Do you have established traditions for the New Year's celebration? Fireworks perhaps, although that is prohibited this year. And...
2020 is a very special year. Worldwide, many unknown individuals have died from the coronavirus. It is estimated that more than 1,7 million people have died from COVID-19. The reality will be higher. The world is turning red. I have a personal...
Until March 1921, the Luxembourg postal service only had stamps featuring images of the head of state and the coat of arms. After the First World War, the Grand Duchy increasingly attracted the attention of tourists, and the need for stamps arose...
In an edition of 200.000 series, three stamps were issued in Luxembourg with a surcharge for the realization of a memorial monument for all French civilians and soldiers who had died during the First World War in combat as resistance fighters or...
The 2020 Tour de France has become a very special coronavirus edition. Teams are only allowed to practice their sport in so-called 'bubbles'. The entire team is tested frequently. If two infections are found in a team within seven days...
Royal Mail distributed the four stamps across three of the four continents: England, Wales, and Scotland. Why one of the eight canals located in Northern Ireland was not included is unclear to me. Or was the year 1793 the determining factor for the...
In the summer of 1993, we spent a holiday on a farm near the town of Gilwern in South Wales. On one of our trips in the area, we had to wait at a drawbridge over a canal that was open...
In a public poll organized by the BBC in 2001, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was voted the second 'greatest' Brit in British history, after Sir Winston Churchill. And even ahead of celebrities like Princess Diana, Charles...
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