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...
During the 65th Children's Book Week (from October 2 to 13, 2019), you will embark on a journey. How? With stories, of course, about vehicles, travel in your dreams, and fantasy. Have a famous or lesser-known Dutch person read to you. Or participate in...
Who doesn't know Harry Potter? The main character from the seven books by the English author Joanne Rowling. More than 500 million copies of the books have been sold worldwide. And the books became the basis for a series of eight films...
On the occasion of the British Motor Show held in 1982 at the Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, Royal Mail issued a series of four stamps featuring images of old and new models of British cars. The stamps were designed...
With a delay of more than a month, the great World's Fair (Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne) opened on May 25, 1937, in and around the Palais de Chaillot, on the other side of the...
The Talyllyn Railway runs through one of the most beautiful parts of North Wales, ranks among the top ten tourist attractions in Snowdonia National Park, and draws more than 10.000 visitors annually. The railway line seems to modern tourism...
One of the most popular railway routes for travelers was the Java Night Express, which ran between Surabaya and Batavia. Letters could be sent along on this train. To this end, a mailbox stood on the platform of the station in Surabaya. That mailbox was...
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