Do you have a nativity scene in your home during the Christmas season? A nice spot is near the Christmas tree. Do you know the history of the nativity scene? Do you collect the theme 'Christmas'? You can often see nativity scenes in churches...
What are the similarities between the 2022 Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta? The three major cycling tours of Europe start abroad. The Giro from Hungary, the Tour de France from Denmark, and the Vuelta from the Netherlands....
V-Day (English Victory in Europe Day, abbreviated VE-Day) is the annual celebration of the day on which Nazi Germany officially capitulated on May 8, 1945. In the former Eastern Bloc countries, May 9 is celebrated as Victory Day because due to the local...
We are all in a partial lockdown during the second wave since October 2020. I will easily reach the 50th edition of the corona blog, given the diverse angles of COVID-19 and the tsunami of COVID-19 issuances worldwide. The experiences...
We are moving from a standstill to a bit more movement. What was your experience with sudden 'standstill'? And what music goes with it? In this blog, we delve into the beginning of the pandemic: the hotspots in Italy, England, and the Netherlands. The...
Carnival is an exuberant, three-day folk festival from February 23 to 25, 2020. Originally held only in the south of the Netherlands, it is now celebrated in other parts of the country as well. During the Carnival days, there are parties...
In 1954, Amsterdam was the first non-French starting point for the Tour de France. In 1973, Scheveningen was the starting point for the Tour. Leiden followed in 1978, and in 1996 it was 's-Hertogenbosch. Rotterdam had in...
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