A UK airport has announced that it is getting flights to a beautiful European city often visisted by Brits. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, is set to connect the West Country to Amsterdam and beyond as it launches its first ever flights from Exeter Airport to the international aviation hub of Schiphol. People will be able … Read more
Dutch footballer Anwar El Ghazi has announced his decision to donate 500,000 Euro (560,000 USD) from his payout with Mainz to support children in Gaza, Anadolu Agency reported. The decision comes amid Ghazi’s ongoing legal battle with the club over his dismissal, which was ruled invalid by a German labor court. While taking to microblogging site … Read more
The linseed is ground to produce oil for a factory as raw material for oil paints. Just like in the old days. De Bonte Hen grinds linseed using its hefty twin grindstones. Photo: Instagram/ @zaanseschans De Bonte Hen has 330 years of toil and transition behind it. The mill ground linseed until 1926, before the … Read more
Thursday, June 6, marks the 80-year anniversary of D-Day, the day of the greatest military invasion in modern history. Codenamed “Operation Overlord,” D-Day (June 6, 1944) began at 6:30 am when an Allied force of 156,000 troops made up of primarily Americans, Britons, and Canadians landed on five beaches stretching 50 miles along a heavily … Read more
Gregory made the first flower bike for his wife, Michelle, nearly 20 years ago, but it was not just a romantic gesture. Michelle was suffering from short-term memory loss brought on by epilepsy. On a couple of occasions, she had complained about losing her bicycle. In truth, she wasn’t able to locate her bike among … Read more
Suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. New Delhi: Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders on Monday held a telephonic conversation with suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Wilders, who leads the nationalist Freedom Party in the Netherlands, posted a message on X: “Had a great talk with @NupurSharmaBJP today, she is a symbol of freedom, not only for … Read more
Further out, recent technology-fuelled growth creates a dynamic contrast as Tainan celebrates its 400th birthday. Fort Zeelandia, in Tainan, was built by the Dutch four centuries ago. Photo: Cameron Dueck In 1624, Dutch traders were chased out of the Pescadores Islands, now called Penghu, an archipelago in what is now the Taiwan Strait. They retreated … Read more
When California Gov. Gavin Newsom named his son Dutch in 2016, it wasn’t because he had some unknown affinity for the Netherlands. Dutch Newsom, the governor’s youngest, was named for Dutch Flat, for Dutch Flat, California, a tiny Sierra Nevada town off Interstate 80 about an hour from Lake Tahoe. After his parents divorced and his father … Read more
The Dutch door to the Little Swiss Cafe, in Carmel-by-the-Sea, is a portal to another place and time. The front dining room’s timber framing and blue-shuttered windows evoke a European cottage. Inside, classical music is periodically interrupted by the chirps of a cuckoo clock. And a small chalkboard lists specials that might as well be written … Read more
