How would you describe normal, everyday life? Well, for a modern person, it’s anything from brushing their teeth to… commuting to work. Oh wait, not anymore. Coronavirus has shaken up quite a few things, and made us work from home, stay in more, keep distances and whatnot. The change is dramatic and it’s only been like two years (almost three!, o-m-g) since it first started in late 2019.
Producing digital photographs in the manner of old dutch master paintings and and those of the Italian renaissance from the 17th century, Hendrik Kerstens creates these clear dialogues between the art of painting and the art of photography. Hendrik Kerstens is an autodidact who decided in 1995 to dedicate himself entirely to photography. He is well‐known […]
uit Holland anno 1900.Henri Cassiers91858-1944), verzameld door Olaf Klyn
Looking for some amazing Dutch expressions? Find out what about endless prayers, little monkey tails and chickenyummy.
So how rich was the Dutch East India Company (VOC)? If you're wondering what paid for all those pretty canals and houses in Amsterdam, Leiden, and Utrecht, well, this might explain it all a bit. Let's dive into the facts and figures; as shockingly rich as this company was — it…
Antiques dealer Simon Olding realised a childhood dream by renovating an 18th-century Cape-Dutch farmhouse near Stellenbosch.
Discover Holland's best kept secret: its food! The Dutch Table is the most extensive online resource for traditional Dutch food recipes.
If I say the word "Dutch", you probably have a very clear image in your head of what a Dutch person should look like. Way too tall, mainly, as we short folk have never actually seen the faces of these giants up close. But on a genetic level, are the…
Discover Holland's best kept secret: its food! The Dutch Table is the most extensive online resource for traditional Dutch food recipes.
Jacobus Vrel is a ghostly figure in art history because, up to this moment, there is almost no official data about him.
This was a favorite in my late husband's family. Of course I got the recipe from my mother-in-law on a 3x5 card. Some years later, I found a copy of Life magazine that came out 3 days after I was born. The magazine is dated April 19, 1948. I found the recipe for Dutch meatloaf printed in an ad for Hunt's tomato sauce. My MIL changed it a bit, using tomato soup. She said she made it this way once and everyone liked the taste better. We all still make this. Excellent. A keeper.
Africa, Oceania, Pre-Columbia. Fine old art from Africa, Oceania, Asia and America. The Munich private collection of Dr. Walter Grasser. The Dutch collection of Piet Lepelaar (Part 2).
Back in the old days, when men were the primary earners and women were less likely to be able to pay their own way, it became accepted that the man would pick up the bill on dates. However, these days, where a woman is just as able to pay her own way as a man, the practice seems a bit dated, if not obsolete. In some cultures - Scandinavian countries for example - a man assuming that he needs to take care of business on a first date can come across as insulting and more than a little condescending.
Discover Holland's best kept secret: its food! The Dutch Table is the most extensive online resource for traditional Dutch food recipes.
Your colleague is a total mierenneuker. Trust me.
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