Let yourself be carried away by sparkling colors, shimmering gold paint, and meticulously painted scenes. This winter, enjoy rare medieval masterpieces from three absolute top collections: De Haar Castle, Huis Bergh Castle, and Museum Catharijneconvent. This art is on display together for the first time in...
Last chance! Until March 17, 2024, you can see the beautiful exhibition 'The Year 1000' at the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) in Leiden. This major exhibition takes you on a colorful journey through time in the middle of the...
During a German language lesson at the secondary school, the teacher came up with what he called the longest German word he had ever encountered: Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänsmützen. The lesson was about inland shipping on the river Danube in the...
We are continuing with the corona blogs, as a lot has happened since the last blog on December 15 (Christmas Story). As of January 23, 2021, we are dealing with the introduction of the curfew. That means that everyone between 9:00 PM...
It is a beautiful little book: 'Sagenhaftes Österreich', containing a sheet of stamps featuring some of the main characters that appear in the book: Basilisks, Venetian Men, Nixe, Der liebe Augustin, 'Wilde Vrouwen' ('White Women'), Waterman, Dwarf, and Dragon. Twenty-three famous stories retold...
The inhabitants of the Republic of Ireland were able to send mail abroad by airmail as early as 1922, but it was not until April 1948 that two special airmail stamps appeared. Ultimately, seven airmail stamps were issued over a few years that lost their validity...
Every year, since the 12th century, Saint David's Day has been celebrated in Wales on March 1st. This involves singing traditional songs in Welsh followed by a 'Te Bach', during which tea is drunk with 'bara brith',...
Long before Desiderius Erasmus in the Netherlands, Renaissance humanists already existed in Italy in the 14th century. Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374) was an Italian scholar, poet, and prose writer. Through his rediscovery of classical texts, particularly those...
The rise of modern natural science was of decisive importance for the emergence of modern philosophy (1500–1800). Names such as Galileo, Bruno, Kepler, Copernicus, and later Isaac Newton (1643–1727) are indelible. The plague had raged in Europe,...
In the previous episodes, we were introduced to various Muslim philosophers and the Jewish philosopher Maimonides. In the Christian world, in the early Middle Ages, the Bible was initially tolerated as the sole source of knowledge, and philosophy, as being...
This blog was originally named '50 Years of Floris', but due to the sudden passing of Rutger Hauer, I have changed the name. What is the relationship between Rutger Hauer, Paul Verhoeven, Jan Wolkers, Floris, and *Turks Fruit*? Did you enjoy... in the past?
The nine cities of the Women's World Cup are also worth visiting as part of a summer holiday or a city break. A number of these cities are located in the northern part of France. Most Dutch people...
After De Rijp/Amstelveen (2014), Dordrecht (2015), Zwolle (2016), Tilburg (2017), and Groningen (2018), it is Amersfoort's turn. On Saturday, April 27, King Willem-Alexander will celebrate his 52nd birthday together with Queen Máxima and the rest of the Royal Family...
Was it because of the 30th anniversary of the Kennel Club organization of the Crufts Dog Show, which was celebrated in the exhibition hall of Earls Court in London? Or was it because of the Crufts Dog Show that was founded in 1891? The British...
Ping pong receives extra attention every year on April 6 during 'World Table Tennis Day'. Established in 2015 by the global table tennis federation ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation). After all, every day is a table tennis day in company canteens and at...
'The Owl of Minerva' received the most votes for the 2019 Provincial Council elections. In the NRC of March 21 and the AD of March 22, the speech (or rather: address) by Thierry Baudet (FVD) was analyzed in its entirety....
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