Ha, ha, asked my uncle Wietse Leistra, who is a local historian, whether the royals had ever been in the area of Northwest Friesland, The Netherlands. He came up with this picture from the royal train at Sexbierum, not too far from Tzummarum, on 27 September 1905. I searched and it turns out the railway […]
In case you didn’t know, the northern part of the Netherlands is the ideal place to develop energy innovations quickly and effectively. It had been a while since I had been in the Zernike area of the city of Groningen and I was surprised how much it had changed. Lots of new buildings, a whole […]
Shame on me! There is so much to do that I almost forgot to post the one event with royal presence I attended this month. On 7 July 2015 I had to wake up early as at 8.30am (!!!) King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands was to come to Assen, which is a 15 minute ride […]
Last Friday, 17 April 2015, Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands came to Groningen to reveal a collage of her state portraits at the Beatrix Children’s Hospital, part of the University Medical Center Groningen. As it was only a five minute bike ride from my house, I of course had a look. Four-year-old Guus Keuter, who […]
Once in a while King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, like many of their European colleagues, pay a visit to a part of one of their provinces. The Netherlands has twelve provinces and on Tuesday 17 February 2015 they spent the whole day in the peat-colonies of the Provinces Groningen and Drenthe, in […]
On Thursday 6 November 2014 Queen Máxima of the Netherlands travelled to the northeast of the Netherlands for a visit to two projects supported by the Oranje Fonds, that she and her husband received as a wedding gift in 2002, and the “Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie” (Fund for cultural Participation). Two projects that take part in […]
On 23 August Queen Silvia of Sweden paid a visit to the Island of Mainau in Lake Constance, Germany. The occasion was the 15th anniversary of the World Childhood Foundation of which she is the founder and honorary chair. Queen Silvia met with economics students who attended the 5th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, and presented […]
Some weeks ago it was announced that Reigning Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife Princess Charlène were pay an official visit to the Netherlands on 3 June. While Albert was going to speak with the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the presidents of the first and second Chamber, Charlène was to visit […]
On Monday King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visited the German state of Lower Saxony, and on Tuesday they were in North Rhine-Westphalia.The aim of the two-day visit was to promote mutual trade interests and cooperations in areas such as renewable energy, creative industries, innovation and education at universities. As they were quite […]
The University of Groningen invited King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands for the start of the celebration of 400 years university today, 15 May. The theme of the month long celebration is “For Infinity”. The King arrived right in time. Outside the academy building of the university about thousand people waited for him, partly behind the […]
