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...
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. Who doesn't know the Leiden Tourist Office...
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. Leiden University is home to famous scientists...
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. Everything related to...
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. There is much to tell about...
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. On 7 February 2025, we celebrate...
The new year 2024 begins today. This means many changes for you as an individual or for your company. Some changes lead to significant alterations (read: deteriorations) for you, your company, or you as a self-employed professional. Sometimes these are improvements...
On June 2, 1122, it was 900 years since Utrecht was granted city rights. The celebratory program was created and executed by the residents themselves starting June 2, 2022. Utrechters have organized activities centered on the Utrecht of today, the past, and the...
From stamp enthusiast Hans van der Lelie from Germany, I received a complete folded letter from 1858. It just so happened to state therein that, pursuant to Article 8 of the Act, the contents of this letter were subject to confidentiality. But that applied only to...
Some figures for 2021: 1579 candidates, 37 parties, 150 seats, and 1 Netherlands. Every four years during the House of Representatives elections, we elect 150 members of the House of Representatives. For the next four years, they will decide on the rules in the Netherlands. And...
My top 3 world events of 2020 look like this: 1. Corona, and the resulting overload on medical care; 2. Terrorist attacks; and tied for third place: Brexit and Trump's US election saga. But er...
The 1,5-meter society, hang in there, fresh air, and the new normal are the slogans for the future. We are all under house arrest, but some are having a harder time than others. Approximately 5200 children have no contact with their teachers, people...
There are more than 160.000 people infected and more than 6000 people worldwide who have died from the Coronavirus (COVID-19). COVID-19 stands for coronavirus disease 2019 and is a contagious disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. The disease emerged before the...
Much has been written about the world's first postage stamp, the so-called Penny Black. And even more stamps have been issued featuring the image of this stamp to commemorate the 100th, 150th, and 175th anniversaries of the stamp. And...
In 1978—that is, let me do the math, 40 years ago—education was the theme of the Children's Stamps. Alongside a child selling children's stamps, the stamps designed by Babs van Wely featured a reading, a writing, and a calculating child...
During the World Exhibition Expo 58 in Brussels, the Belgian Postal Service issued a series of 16 stamps for the United Nations. The issue was intended to co-finance the International Organizations pavilion at...
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