Time to write the 900th blog. I can best express my experiences from the past 900 blogs through proverbs and sayings. What are the linguistic differences between proverbs, sayings, idioms, and expressions? Proverbs are fixed, complete sentences....
Museum Belvédère in Heerenveen presents the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of the work of Sámal Joensen-Mikines (1906-1979), born in the Faroe Islands. The artist worked primarily on the island of Mykines – after which he was named – and let himself...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is engaged in projects within a European context in the fields of spaceflight, Earth research, space research, the development of satellite-based technologies, and the promotion of the European economy. ESA works closely with...
The oystercatcher is not doing well in the Netherlands. As a result, this species faces the same fate as, for example, the black-tailed godwit and the lapwing. Compared to these other meadow birds, the oystercatcher faces even more problems, and therefore certainly stands a chance of...
Every year, the month of October is filled with activities of the Month of History. This year's theme is: Eureka! A theme with an emphasis on science. More than 100 organizations are organizing lectures, exhibitions, walks, and more in all provinces...
The candle: who doesn't use one at home when the power goes out, or for coziness during the Christmas meal? How did the candle originate, and why do we see it in the Advent wreath? The candle in use during...
We now take email and the internet for granted, just like water from the tap. But didn't you work with 8, 5¼, and 3½-inch floppy disks or floppy disks on standalone PCs in the early days of the PC era? Who was...
Prime Minister Rutte during the press conference on December 8, 2020: 'No easing of restrictions. The number of infections is too high. There are too many people in hospitals. The healthcare system is still under pressure.' Celebrating Christmas and New Year's together without a large group...
For the third time, the National Meat-Free Week is being organized from March 9–15, 2020. The second time, in 2019, 57.600 participants took part. Together with 69 partners, people are being called upon to refrain from eating meat for one week. A challenge...
The turn of the century had arrived. Collectors of stamps from the Faroe Islands could look back on a rather moderate issuing policy compared to many other countries. Whether that policy would be implemented in the same way in the 21st century remained...
No block, but three stamp booklets were included in the 1999 issuance program. And again, three issue dates with a total of 20 stamps. Notable was the announcement that a series of six stamps would be issued featuring images of six islands...
The Faroe Islands postal service's issuance program indicated three dates on which a total of eight different stamp issues would appear. Two series, a total of six stamps and a booklet in February, three issues in May, a total of seven stamps, and finally...
The issuance of the two so-called permanent stamps featuring an image of the Faroe Islands in 1996 had caused many a collector to raise their eyebrows. Two stamps for a total of 26 kroner, the single stamps for a total of 68,50 kroner, a block for...
In 1995, no block, but two stamp booklets. In 1996, the block was added again, as well as the two stamp booklets. The annual collection thus became increasingly expensive, but still acceptable to most collectors. Even though people wondered...
Not a block, but two stamp booklets were included in the 1995 stamp issuance program of the Faroe Islands postal service. Previously, the stamp booklets contained three sets of two different stamps, but now five sets of two stamps were included. Still a relatively...
Most of the issues from 1993 were very well received by stamp collectors. The images of horses and butterflies were particularly popular. Many thematic collectors focus on animals. And the themes featuring animals, especially horses,...
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