In September 2025, 'Railway 200' celebrates the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway on 27 September 1825 – widely recognized as the birth of the modern railway. The 200th anniversary of the railways is already...
The 112th edition of the Tour de France starts in Lille. Via Normandy and Brittany, the Tour caravan travels through central France to the Pyrenees and the Alps, finishing in Paris. Have you planned your vacation during this period...?
On June 21st, the week with many road closures due to the NATO summit, national events are still being organized. If you would rather not walk in the scorching sun or get a tan on the beach, then this is your...
Open Monument Day is part of a larger whole, the European Heritage Days (EHD). The European Heritage Days designate the overarching theme for Open Monument Day each year, and all participating countries are requested to... this theme
The Dutch voter will be the first of the 27 EU countries to vote on June 6, 2024. The other 26 countries will follow. Most EU countries vote on Sunday, June 9, 2024. That is when most people have the day off. Five years ago, the...
Spring has begun and the tourist season is also open for visiting gardens. The most famous garden is Keukenhof. In 2023, Keukenhof is open from March 23 to May 14 from 8:00 AM to 19:30 PM, also...
Dutch tulip growers are organizing the happiest flower festival of the year. National Tulip Day will be held in Amsterdam on January 21, 2023. A picking garden with approximately 200.000 tulips has been created on Museumplein. The tulip season is finally starting for florists. Until...
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...
Approximately 300.000 people in the Netherlands have a visual impairment. Over 200.000 are severely visually impaired, of whom about 50.000 are blind. October 15 is International White Cane Day. The white cane symbolizes blindness and visual impairment. It warns...
Since 2012, we have designated one day every spring as the 'Day of the German Language'. On this day, schools and businesses throughout the Netherlands put the German language in the spotlight. The Day of the German Language 2022 took...
The 109th edition of the Tour de France will be ridden from July 1 to July 24, 2022. The race takes place in four countries: Denmark, France, Belgium, and Switzerland. Notably, the route this year runs along the...
You often hear about the UNHCR in the media. On March 16, 2022 (the 21st day of the war), the UNHCR (the UN refugee agency) reports that 3 million civilians have already fled from Ukraine to the neighboring countries of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania...
The International Ski Federation (FIS) organizes the 'International Snow Day' annually on the third Sunday of January. In 2022, 'World Snow Day' will be held on January 16. The FIS was founded on February 2, 1924, in Chamonix,...
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...
For designer Thijs Verbeek, rather than the vehicles, twelve routes between the provinces are the essential starting point for public transport emissions, in which he pays attention to: 1. Connections The connections between all parts and corners of the country with varying...
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. The 2015 Europa stamps have old toys as their theme. Two examples of these from Azerbaijan and...
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