Discovering Ancient Egypt has already attracted more than 100.000 visitors since its opening in October 2025. This makes the exhibition one of the biggest crowd-pullers at the National Museum of Antiquities in recent years. The exhibition tells the multifaceted story of...
The year 2022 in one sentence: war, crisis, transition. The year is dominated primarily by the coronavirus pandemic, the outbreak of monkeypox, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Qatar World Cup, and the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Or...
On Sunday, December 18, 2022, at 4:00 PM, Argentina and France will play for first and second place at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. France can make history by becoming world champions twice in a row. That has happened before...
On Saturday, December 17, 2022, at 4:00 PM, Morocco and Croatia will play the third-place playoff for the 3rd and 16th spot of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Both teams also played against each other in Group F during the group stage. The result...
Yesterday I watched the first match of the World Cup. Result Qatar - Ecuador 0 - 2. Today the 'Orange Lions' play their first match in the same group against Senegal. We analyze Group A. Have the other countries (Qatar, Ecuador and Senegal)...
For the past few weeks, all you hear about is corruption, working conditions, and human rights, but football is also still being played at the highest level. Every four years, the 'Orange Lions' face the start of a major tournament. Sometimes we qualify easily, sometimes...
The 22nd edition of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held by FIFA from 20 November to 18 December 2022 in Qatar. With 29 matchdays, it is the shortest World Cup in 44 years and will be...
After the predictions and New Year's resolutions, I conclude this triptych with 'Trending topics in 2022'. What will be the most important sports and cultural events this year? Which events do you not want to miss? What are you looking forward to? Will the Netherlands...
On March 12, 2020, there was a first: Irma Sluis (now the National Sign Language Interpreter for the Netherlands) of Dutch Sign Language (NGT) was deployed at the press conference regarding the measures to be taken against the spread of COVID-19. It is of great...
In 2019, many famous and unknown people passed away. I have made a personal selection from the following categories: sports, design, diseases, fashion, film, politics, royalty, mountains, and animals. Niki Lauda Niki Lauda (February 22, 1949 – May 20...
Try saying that after a couple of alcoholic beverages!The stamps above from Greece, the "Ancient Greek Coins" set, were issued in 1963. The 50 Leptas stamp has a coin from Syracuse 5th century B.C. featuring the nymph Arethusa surrounded by...
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. Croatia has issued a stamp in honor of the Paralympic Committee. In Qatar, this is...
The Summer Olympic Games of the XX Olympiad were held in Munich in 1972. Munich managed to secure the nomination for the Games ahead of Detroit, Madrid, and Montreal. No expense was spared in the organization of these Games. There was...
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