Overijssel
Dutch Championships Tower Running
Did you know that Overijssel's tallest tower hosts the 10th edition of the Dutch Championships Tower Running? Sunday 10 December vertical runners ascend as...
The cutest border crossing in the world
This border crossing can be found in between De Lutte in the Netherlands and Bad Bentheim in Germany. In the old days the border...
Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Dutch top chef
Did you know that Dutch top chef Jonnie Boer and his wife Thérèse have won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award at the Paris Cookbook...
The first game of football in the Netherlands in 1885
Did you know that the first game of football in the Netherlands was played in Enschede in 1885?
Local textile baron Jan Bernard van Heek...
Shooting carbide on New Year’s Eve
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...
The only gold rush in the Netherlands
Did you know that Nijverdal is the only place in the Netherlands where a gold rush took place? Around 1900 during the construction of...
Children light candles at Canadian War Cemetery
Did you know that every year on Christmas Eve Dutch children place burning candles on each of the graves of nearly 1400 soldiers buried...
