On Pi Day, March 14, celebrations were held worldwide at various university mathematics departments. Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 because, in the American date format, March 14 is written as 3/14 and the three-digit approximation for pi is 3,14....
Spain has been severely affected by the coronavirus. On the Worldometers.info ranking, Spain is in seventh place with over three million infections and over 66 deaths. By comparison: the Netherlands is in 21st place with over 1 million infections and...
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...
Friday, October 9, 2020. Breaking news in Leiden: 'Schans Lammen has been discovered.' Most Dutch people will shrug their shoulders at this and think: 'Who cares?' I thought: 'Nice hutspot,' and got on my bike to go take a look. But what...
In the 19th corona blog, I received a tip to write about 'drinks on the terrace'. Many thanks, Piet! I will broaden the topic to food and drink on terraces and in restaurants. Did you sit on the terrace on Tweede...
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...
It is holiday time again, and if we are to believe the weather gods, it will be a summer with pleasant temperatures. No long heatwave like in 2018. If you are reading this blog, you may well be on holiday yourself. Relaxing at the...
It is holiday time again, and most of the blog's readers are on vacation. It is noticeable in the media (TV, radio, newspapers, etc.) that it is the silly season. Lots of reruns of old films and/or TV series. The news that normally the...
The past two months were perfect for eating stamppot with smoked sausage. There are so many reasons to write a blog about stamppot and smoked sausage (Unox or Hema). First of all, the history of stamppot and smoked sausage. Who has...
Chinese New Year (Huangdi 4716), the Year of the Pig, runs from February 5, 2019, through January 24, 2020. We just drank champagne and ate oliebollen, and now we're celebrating New Year again? Yes, Chinese New Year is celebrated in many Asian...
November is the month for making plans for the festive month of December. This certainly includes new recipes, which are already being collected and tried out. The greatest growth in the book market appears to come from the 'Cookbooks' category. This is evident from the...
Images have been released of the PostNL stamp issues that will appear in the coming months. There are some surprising designs among them, and we are very curious what you think of them. June 19 Delicacies Life in the North Sea July 17 Museum Voorlinden...
Aarhus was named European Capital of Culture in 2017 and is on the Lonely Planet list as one of the 'Best European Destinations for 2016'. Aros was founded approximately 1200 years ago by the Vikings. By now, Aarhus (pronounced oar-hoos)...
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