Cube houses – The set of innovative houses in Rotterdam
The houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom.…
Apelles Painting Campaspe – The great art gallery painting is being exhibited in The Hague
This is one of only three surviving paintings by Willem van Haecht depicting the interior…
Inntel Hotel Zaandam – The unmissable hotel in Zaandam
A striking building because the exterior consists entirely of a stack of nearly seventy separate…
Metrostation De Akkers walvisstaarten – Subway train lands on giant sea creature sculpture in Spijkenisse
A subway train in the Netherlands was saved from a spectacular crash. The train burst…
Catholic woman and her Protestant husband – The story of eternal love in Roermond
In a time where religion was the controlling force of many parts of the world,…
John Frost Bridge – The final objective of the Operation Market Garden in Arnhem
In September 1944 the Allies launched Operation Market Garden. Unexpected German resistance in Arnhem meant…
The Girl with a Pearl Earring is being exhibited in The Hague
The painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer. It depicts a European girl
Fort Bourtange – The star fort in the village of Bourtange
The fort was built under orders of William the Silent and completed in 1593. It…
Kasteel de Haar – The medieval largest castle in the Netherlands in Utrecht
The oldest historical record of a building at the location of the current castle dates…
Philips Company – The very first factory in Eindhoven
The company was founded in 1891, by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik Philips. Frederik,…
Mata Hari – Her personal scrapbooks are being exhibited in Leeuwarden
Margaretha Geertruida “Margreet” MacLeod was born 7 August 1876, better known by the stage name…
John and Yoko – The famous “Bed-in for peace” in Amsterdam
As the Vietnam War raged in 1969, John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono held…