Last chance: Avifauna is open through November 2, 2025. So visit Avifauna during the autumn holidays with your children or grandchildren. It will be a wonderful day among the birds and small mammals in their natural habitat. In 2025, Avifauna Bird Park celebrates its 75th anniversary...
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 university boasts a wealth of Nobel Prize winners, namely...
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...
Clermont-Ferrand is the capital of the former French region of Auvergne and the main town of the Puy-de-Dôme department, but also the birthplace of Blaise Pascal (1623–1662). He was born in Clermont-Ferrand 400 years ago, and his anniversary year is being celebrated on a grand scale...
Every year on August 13, it is 'Left-Handers Day'. This day for left-handers was established in 1976 to draw attention to the minor and major inconveniences left-handers face in our right-handed world. In...
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...
Did you watch the opening ceremony live on TV on Friday, July 23, 2021, from 13:00 PM to 17:00 PM? Were you impressed by the understated nature of the ceremony? At various moments, there were reflections on the coronavirus pandemic. Also...
39 participants are competing in the Rotterdam AHOY during the 65th Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Two semi-finals on May 18 and 20 and the grand final on May 22, 2021. In total, 26 participants / countries are in the...
On January 20, 2021, the inauguration of the President of the United States takes place, marking the beginning of a new four-year term for the President of the United States. The ceremony takes place at every new term, including...
According to many, Sean Connery is the only James Bond. Sir Sean Connery passed away at the age of 90 in his beloved hometown of Nassau (Bahamas) on October 31, 2020. He was blunt, robust, funny, and a genius all at the same time. He was also very popular with...
If we are to believe reports from various media, we are on the eve of the second wave of COVID-19. In this blog, a brief reconstruction of the COVID-19 dossier measured against the yardstick of 'organizational principles'. A surprising sheet from one of...
More than 100.000 visitors have visited the Design of the Third Reich exhibition in Den Bosch. The exhibition, which has been extended, is on view until March 1, 2020. Previously, various reviewers had wondered whether it was actually a good...
On March 24, 2019, World Tuberculosis Day was commemorated worldwide. TB is a forgotten disease in the Netherlands. Nevertheless, I would like to reflect on this widespread disease, also because of two anniversaries in 2018: the 175th anniversary of Robert Koch's birth and the 115th anniversary of the Dutch...
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...
The 106th Tour de France will be held from July 6 to 28, 2019. The whole of France is turning yellow, and not just because of the workers in the yellow vests. The following themes are central to this 2019 edition: 100 years of yellow...
The Summer Olympic Games of the XXI Olympiad were held in Montreal in 1976. Other cities that were candidates to host the Games that year were Moscow and Los Angeles. Moscow was the big favorite for the Games...
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