Last chance: Avifauna is open through November 2, 2025. So visit Avifauna during the autumn holidays with your children or grandchildren. It will be a wonderful day among the birds and small mammals in their natural habitat. In 2025, Avifauna Bird Park celebrates its 75th anniversary...
We are in the middle of asparagus season (from March 21 to June 24). Do you also love white gold? The asparagus season is relatively short, about two months in the Netherlands. From the second Thursday of April until June 24, you can... asparagus
Have you already bought a poinsettia at your garden center, flower shop, or supermarket? The red color fits perfectly in your home next to the traditional Christmas tree. Do you know the history of the poinsettia and why is a... used for this plant
The exhibition 'Grenzeloos en vrij' is on view at the Cobra Museum in Amstelveen until October 8, 2023. From Appel to Basquiat forms the highlight of the anniversary year in which we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the international Cobra movement (1948...
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the state of an impending nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962, resulting from the escalation of their conflict over Cuba. The island was, after a seven-year guerrilla war in...
In barely three months, no fewer than 50.000 visitors visited the exhibition Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: A Love Revolution at the Cobra Museum Amstelveen. The exhibition is on view until October 3, 2021. From October 8, 2021 to...
Tatort, Crime Scene, and Plaats Delict—all three are the same thing, namely the place where a crime has been committed. Last year, Germany issued a Tatort stamp in connection with the police series of the same name. I started searching through my police stamps to see if...
Every year, the International Day of Human Spaceflight is celebrated on April 12. This date is an official UN day under the name 'International Day of Human Space Flight'. This year is a special commemorative year. It is also 60 years...
The annual 'World Water Day' is an international day dedicated to water on March 22. In 1992, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to designate March 22 every year starting in 1993...
The ox, cow, or bull is the second animal in the twelve-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac according to the Chinese calendar. Character traits according to Chinese astrology: powerful and reliable, a born leader, a hard worker, prefers to take the shortest...
It’s that time of year again and history tells us that the often-repeated message churned out during the Christmas holiday period, wishing for ‘Peace on Earth’, will never happen. My negativity was aroused when searching for appropriate stamps for this...
Flowers, high-quality plastics, and natural gas are our most important export products according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS). With a share of 33%, the tulip has been the most exported flower bulb for years. In 2017, over two billion tulips were exported worldwide. But where does the...
The St Matthew Passion is the favorite composition during Passiontide, especially in the Netherlands. This composition is by the world-renowned composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750). Jos van Veldhoven conducts Bach's masterpiece for the last time this year as artistic director of...
Jacqueline (Jackie) Cochran (1906-1980), was an American pilot who held more speed, distance, and altitude records than any other flyer during her career. In 1935 Cochran became the first woman to enter the Bendix Transcontinental Air Race but had to...
Fidel Castro passed away last Friday at the age of 90. He established a communist regime in 1959, which aligned itself closely with the Soviet Union. He ruled Cuba with an iron fist until 2008. Afterward, his brother Raúl, five years his junior, took over. The cremation...
The first series of stamps issued to commemorate a specific event in the Cayman Islands was dedicated to the Legislative Assembly with representatives from Jamaica and the islands in 1832. There it was decided that henceforth the Cayman Islands would have a vote...
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