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American military cemetary in Margraten
Did you know that every year each of the 8,301 graves of the American military cemetary in Margraten is adopted by a Dutch family...
Indonesian heritage: rijsttafel
Did you know that a rijsttafel ('rice table') is composed of many Indonesian side dishes served in small portions such as egg rolls, curries,...
Dutch Tractor Girl travels to South Africa on a tractor
Did you know that Dutch Tractor Girl Manon Ossevoort (born 1976) has travelled from the Netherlands to South Africa on a tractor?
Manon started her journey...
French painter Monet in the Netherlands
Did you know that French painter Claude Monet and his family spent a few months in Amsterdam and Zaandam in 1871? In this period...
Expressing our gratitude for Canada with tulips
Did you know that the Dutch Royal Family and the Dutch Bulb Growers Assocation each send 10,000 tulip bulbs to Ottawa, Canada every year...
The first person to ride a bicycle in Bali
Did you know that the first person to ride a bicycle in Bali was Dutch artist W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp? Around 1900 he traveled around the...
Tulipani: Dutch farmer grows tulips in Italy
Did you know that Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle is a comedy drama about Gauke, a farmer from the Dutch province of Zeeland...
Hollywood blockbuster scenes shot on IJsselmeer near Urk
Did you know that some combat scenes of the new blockbuster Dunkirk were shot on the Dutch IJsselmeer near Urk? This includes some of...
The Netherlands wins Eurovision Song Contest after 44 years
Congrats to Duncan Laurence for winning the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv! Did you know that this is the first Dutch victory...
There are more Amsterdams than just the Dutch capital
Did you know that there are more Amsterdams than just the Dutch capital?
Other Amsterdams can be found in i.a. South Africa, Canada, New York,...