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2008 Koninginnedag - 2008 Queen’s Day in Makkum and Franeker

Posted in History, Things to do, Netherlands, City marketing, Celebrity, photos on April 30th, 2008 1 Comment »

The Dutch Do Dance! Even their Queen!

Happy Queen’s Day!
On January 30, 2008 our Queen Beatrix reached the venerable age of 70. The Dutch Queen´s birthday is celebrated officially on April 30th, since Queen Beatrix ascended the Throne. It is a public holiday and everybody goes out partying. In Amsterdam you can walk over the heads […]

2008 Haagsche Koninginnenach - 2008 The Hague Queensnite: The Dutch Do Dance

Posted in History, Things to do, Netherlands, The Hague, City marketing, Celebrity, photos on April 29th, 2008 No Comments »

The Dutch Don’t Dance, Photo © by Wouter Hogendorp and Canon

Recently I found this apt picture with apt title and color.

The picture is apt because the wooden shoes or clogs stand as a sort of fake national symbol for The Netherlands, whereas hardly any Dutchman (or Cloggy as I am actually teasingly call my […]

Monet’s Waterloo Bridge Temps Couvert fetches record

Posted in Guests, UK, Art, Celebrity, London on June 20th, 2007 No Comments »

Monet painted his Waterloo Bridge paintings during a stay in the London Savoy Hotel. This painting fetched a record at Christie’s of UK pnd 18 mio which is more than double the pre sale estimate.
From the Lot notes of Christie’s :
‘I adore London, it is a mass, an ensemble, and it is so simple. What […]