Dutch history
Drenthe’s ‘Veenkoloniën’ get UNESCO World Heritage status
The ‘benevolence colonies’ in Frederiksoord, Wilhelminaoord, Veenhuizen; and ‘het Vlaamse Wortel’ will all be added to the list Translated by...
Zuidlaren’s 820 year old horse market to go ahead this year
The Zuidlaardermarkt will go ahead this year, having been cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020 Mayor Marcel Thijsen...
Groningen Airport Eelde (in Drenthe) celebrates 90th birthday this year
The airport was opened on May 23, 1931 Translated by Thomas Ansell The only International airport in the North opened...
New research identifies previously-unknown victims at Westerbork
Camp Westerbork was the main transport camp through which Dutch jews were transported during the Holocaust Two researchers have analysed...
Workers laying high-voltage cable discover 2,100 year old village in Northern Groningen
People have lived in the North for thousands of years The coastal regions of the Northern Netherlands have been inhabited...
Remembrance day in the North: RUG lays wreaths to commemorate WW2 victims
May 4 is 'Dodenherdenking', or remembrance day in the Netherlands Each May 4 in the Netherlands those that died in...
Archeologists in Groningen discover oldest knitted sock in Europe
Though discovered in 2000, the sock has lain un-noticed in storage since A knitted sock found in the city of...
Groninger photographer leads Holocaust ‘adopt a name’ campaign
Almost all of the city's Jewish residents were deported and murdered during the Holocaust The Groningen photographer Robert Mulder has...
What’s the oldest inhabited village in Drenthe?
Drenthe is filled with stone-age archeological sites, and the Northern Netherlands has been inhabited for several thousand years Translated by...
Unique video of Groningen in 1919 surfaces on GIC
A decidedly modern company in Groningen has colourised the images Because many buildings are still exactly the same, the viewer...