Overijssel

Did you know that it is a popular New Year's Eve ritual to shoot carbide in some rural parts of the Netherlands?Calcium carbide and...

Did you know the world's largest wooden shoes (4 meter in length and 2 tons in weight) was stolen from the Clog Museum in...

Did you know that the University of Twente is the only campus university in the Netherlands? The international community of students and staff live,...

Did you know that you can relive the 19th century of Charles Dickens this weekend at Bergkwartier in the city center of Deventer?In the...

Did you know that this copper kettle in Deventer was used for cooking money forgers alive in hot oil during the late Middle Ages?...

Did you know that the world's first heated bicycle lane may likely be installed in Enschede? Geo-thermal energy will be used to prevent ice...

Did you know that this Sunday koekcity Deventer attempts to break the Guinness World Record for most people dry bobbing ('koekhappen' in Dutch)?Sign up...

Did you know that the Kroezeboom near Fleringen (Overijssel) is one of the oldest oak trees in the Netherlands? Once upon a time holy...

Did you know that 'Vlöggeln' is a mysterious Easter tradition in picturesque Ootmarsum?Eight local bachelors called 'Poaskearls' ('Easter Lads') dressed in trenchcoats and fedora...

Did you know that Nijverdal is the only place in the Netherlands where a gold rush took place? Around 1900 during the construction of...