Leiden University was founded in 1575 and is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university has seven faculties (six in Leiden and one in The Hague), with 33.701 students enrolled in 2025. Whoever visits the Hortus Leiden can...
Leiden University was founded in 1575 and is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university has seven faculties (six in Leiden and one in The Hague), with 33.701 students enrolled in 2025. The Rapenburg has seen many highs and lows...
In March, it will be 150 years since the birth of composer Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937). Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer. He is considered one of the foremost composers of the 20th century and, along with his older compatriot Claude...
The major Vermeer exhibition was held from 10 February to 4 June 2023. More than 650.000 people saw the Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum. This makes it the best-attended exhibition ever at the Amsterdam museum. From...
For me, this exhibition is the best I have seen so far in 2023. So don't miss it, because the exhibition runs until May 7, 2023, and will not be extended. Seeing so much 'Kees van Dongens'...
Turkey and Syria have been hit by multiple severe earthquakes and aftershocks. The damage is enormous: buildings have collapsed, many tens of thousands of people are injured, and the death toll has now risen to more than 40.000. Many people are unprotected due to the risk of collapse...
Over 800 interested visitors attended the kick-off of the Month of Tutankhamun at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden on 4 November 2022. In November 2022, exactly one hundred years after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, the museum presents a month...
Many Russian artists are unable to perform due to the Netherlands' sanctions policy. However, occasionally theaters miss the mark by canceling performances without any grounds whatsoever. Another theater, however, is organizing a wonderful collaboration between...
On August 6, 2021, the World Wide Web (www) turns 30 years old. Without internet pages, you would still have to go to the library to look up information about your favorite subject. And without a browser or...
Naturalis has won the European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA). The natural history museum in Leiden is described by the jury as 'a very inventive museum with beautiful exhibitions'. The museum, officially called the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, received the award under...
The weather is becoming increasingly sunny, and many people are seeking out outdoor sports now that gyms are closed. In the month of April, we have a multitude of sports: Formula 1, tennis, cycling (spring classics), gymnastics, curling, and chess. Do you have these themes...
From the curfew to rioters in various cities, it ultimately leads to crowdfunding campaigns by unknown citizens. A well-known example is the current nationwide fame of Ms. Maaike Neufeglise of Primera Den Bosch. GeenStijl organized the crowdfunding campaign. The counter...
Every year on January 4th, it is 'World Braille Day'. Louis Braille, the inventor of the Braille script, was born on this day. The purpose of 'World Braille Day' is to annually highlight the importance and significance of Braille in the...
The Soviet Union amazed the world on Nov. 3, 1957, with the launch of the small satellite Sputnik 2. On board was a small dog, Laika, the first animal to actually orbit Earth. Unfortunately Laika was doomed to die during...
We have been in an intellectual lockdown since March 16. We now find many difficult English words 'normal': social distancing, flatten the curve, triage, R0. If you are already tired of corona, then write another blog yourself. In this 12th blog, we are going to...
The thematic collector of mushroom/fungi stamps has an amazing choice of stamps to seek out. It is thought that there are around 10,000 known varieties of mushrooms, with experts predicting possibly thousands more undetected. Here are some fine examples of...
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