It's Summertime again!
Summer time is approaching again. That means the clock moves forward an hour and the days feel longer. Although many devices adjust the time automatically these days, it is still useful to know when this happens and why...
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Hokusai, The Great Wave in Leiden
The most iconic artwork from Japan is undoubtedly Hokusai's 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' from 1831. You encounter the gigantic wave with Mount Fuji in the distance everywhere: from T-shirts to coffee mugs. It is the most famous and most depicted...
No Summer Time without Winter Time
This coming morning at 02:00, set the clock forward 1 hour to 03:00. That means you missed 1 hour of sleep on Sunday. Are you fit enough not to notice the hour short, or have...
Boeing dismantles 747 production line
Boeing is busy dismantling the 747 assembly line at the factory in Everett, near Seattle. The last aircraft left the production line in Everett on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, and was delivered as a cargo aircraft on Tuesday, January 31, 2023...
Sports calendar January 2021
The 2021 sports calendar is packed due to the sporting events that did not take place in 2020. For athletes, this means choosing which event to participate in, but there are also plenty of choices for sports enthusiasts. All in front of the TV, or would you rather watch the sport 'live'?...
75 years of Operation Market Garden (1944 – 2019)
In September 2019, the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden was commemorated in Arnhem and Oosterbeek, among other places. Following the release of PostNL's golden Operation Market Garden stamp, a blog post about the operation in Arnhem and the surrounding region is finally being published. Many countries...
Beautiful American Birds
The man depicted on the stamp to the left, from the U.S.A., issued in 1985, is J.J. Audubon. You would never imagine the rather bland image of the man on the stamp could be linked to the wonderfully coloured works...
