This post was originally published on this siteThroughout the 1970s, Amsterdam experienced rapid development. To reduce the use of automobiles, city planners have favored public […]
This post was originally published on this siteBergen is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its North […]
This post was originally published on this siteTwo years after the German troops invaded the Netherlands, the small village of Stompetoren filled with curious audiences. […]
This post was originally published on this siteStarting from the 1890s, the famous Dutch impressionist painter George Hendrik Breitner (1857 – 1923) used his camera […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe 17th century is considered Amsterdam’s Golden Age, during which it became the wealthiest city in the western […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe first architecture exhibitions in the Netherlands were held from about the middle of the 19th century, a […]
This post was originally published on this siteGeorge Hendrik Breitner (12 September 1857 – 5 June 1923) was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important […]
This post was originally published on this site1949 innovation where the motor can be “taken out” of the bus, literally, so it can be easily […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe post-war years were a time of hardship, shortages and natural disaster for the Netherlands. This was followed […]
This post was originally published on this siteOriginally Hartjesdag (Day of Hearts) was a festival celebrated on the third Monday in August in the Dutch […]
This post was originally published on this siteNazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940 and took control of the country. Some Amsterdam citizens […]
This post was originally published on this siteAmsterdam is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands. It is colloquially referred to as the […]
This post was originally published on this siteAmsterdam is as synonymous with tulips and cycling as it is smoking weed and sex workers advertising their […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1945, photographer Menno Huizinga took these photos of excited Dutch boys hanging on the door of a […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe 60s and 70s marked a period of great cultural and social change throughout the world, including the […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe 28-year old man did not only lose his nose, but also most of the cartilage of the […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn the Spring of 1947 This Week assigned David “Chim” Seymour to photograph Europe during the second anniversary […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn the early 1930s, gas range manufacturers found a way to hide the gas manifold behind the sheet […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1970s wedding dress continued where the 1960s finished; with long, floaty gowns and wide romantic sleeves. The […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1960s sees the emergence of ‘youth culture’, with groups such as The Beatles attracting huge crowds of […]
This post was originally published on this siteThese posters, which represent over 50 years of finger-wagging, are mostly terrifying, but each is also pretty gorgeous […]
This post was originally published on this siteNot all things with wings can fly – a fact that Alice Cooper learned during his performance at […]
This post was originally published on this siteJohannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was a Dutch Baroque Period painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle class […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Netherlands was an industrial late bloomer. Between 1880 and 1920 the economy transited from dominantly agricultural towards […]
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the 1970s, the number of foreign immigrants, primarily from Suriname, Turkey, and Morocco, grew strongly. This increase […]
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