It is going to be a busy weekend for mothers (and mothers-in-law) and their families. Mother's Day falls on May 10, 2026. Flowers are being sold for the highest prices and the strawberry cake sells out quickly. For example, the last weekend of the Keukenhof. So enjoy together...
Hooray! In 2025, it will be 750 years since Schiedam was granted city rights by Aleida of Holland. From March 18 to the end of September 2025, we celebrate the history of Schiedam with 750, featuring a program full of activities for and by all...
What are we going to celebrate? In 2024, the municipality of Zaanstad turns 50. We also celebrate the liberation from the Spanish occupation. Two important events worth reflecting on. Zaanstad came into existence on January 1...
Come to the mill! On May 11 and 12, 2024, it is once again VriendenLoterij National Mill Day, the largest mill festival in the Netherlands. Hundreds of windmills and watermills throughout the Netherlands open their doors to welcome visitors. Head out and take a look...
It appears that little care and attention has been paid to the design of Personal Stamps (PP) or Raster Stamps (RP) with photographic images. In the Hollandsche Molen article (1) I drew attention to... as a particularly attractive item for PP or RP...
The association 'De Hollandsche Molen' celebrated its 30th, 90th, and 100th anniversaries in 1963, 2013, and 2023 with three stamp issues. Almost simultaneously, wonder of wonders, even more windmill stamps are appearing! Cor van Weele designed the 1963 summer stamps (nvph...
On May 13 and 14, 2023, it is once again VriendenLoterij National Mill Day, the largest mill festival in the Netherlands. Hundreds of windmills and watermills throughout the Netherlands open their doors to welcome visitors. The first National Mill Day was in 1973, on the occasion...
The second 'Typically Dutch' issue of this year takes center stage with the windmill as a landmark of our country. With a perfectly calculated layout derived from reality, featuring windmills (consisting of geometric shapes) spread across the entire sheet, is a...
Boeing is busy dismantling the 747 assembly line at the factory in Everett, near Seattle. The last aircraft left the production line in Everett on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, and was delivered as a cargo aircraft on Tuesday, January 31, 2023...
The 36th edition of the VriendenLoterij Open Monument Day (OMD) takes place on the weekend of 10 and 11 September 2022, with the theme 'Sustainability lasts longest'. During the VriendenLoterij Open Monument Day, thousands of monuments throughout the Netherlands open their doors for free...
It's a celebration again during National Windmill Day 2022! Hundreds of windmills open their doors and turn on May 14 and 15. Throughout the country, there are fun activities at the windmills, so take a quick look at what's on at...
"We need bread and fuel, but not airmail stamps," was the first reaction of the Austrian population when three stamps for the airmail service were issued on May 5, 1947. The Allied occupiers had imposed a ban on Austria from... aircraft
Leiden has come up with something new. Along the entire edge of the city center, the parks, squares, and cemeteries have been connected, and a walking route has been laid out. New bridges have been constructed at 5 locations for this purpose. So you are actually walking the...
No holiday abroad this year due to Corona. That is why we stayed in the Netherlands and camped out for a midweek in the Weerribben. A beautiful nature reserve, but where does the name Weerribben come from? We stayed in the village of Muggenbeet, also...
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