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Current and future exhibitions
Exhibitions, Travel

Current and future exhibitions

Last updated: 1 March 2024 This list contains temporarily noble and royal exhibitions all over the world. If you hear about an exhibition that is not yet listed, let me know. Australia 18 November 2023 – 19 May 2024The Australian Museum, SydneyRamses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs Austria 18 October 2023 – […]

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Display: King Charles III and the Netherlands Photo: Netty Leistra
Exhibitions, Travel

Display: King Charles III and the Netherlands

The British Embassy The Hague and the British Council Netherlands have been launching a Great British Summer Celebration. Included is a photo exhibition of His Majesty King Charles III and his links to the Netherlands to mark the coronation. The travelling exhibition tours the Netherlands and features photos of the King with information about the […]

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The Groninger Museum – Versace, unexpectedly royal
Exhibitions, Travel

The Groninger Museum – Versace, unexpectedly royal

To take a break from all the Coronation hectic and work, I decided on Sunday 7 May 2023 to visit the Groninger Museum in the Dutch city where I live. It was the very last day of the “Gianni Versace Retrospective” exhibition and the display of the Rembrandt painting “De Vaandeldrager“, bought by the Dutch […]

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A view of Frogmore
Gardens, Travel

A view of Frogmore

During my March 2019 visit to Windsor I of course wanted to have a look at the Long Walk. Me and the friend who accompanied me were too tired for a long walk after our Windsor Castle visit. However we were quite interested to see whether we could see Frogmore Cottage, the future house of […]

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Exhibition: The century of Juliana
Exhibitions, Travel

Exhibition: The century of Juliana

In September 2023 it will be 75 years ago that Queen Juliana was inaugurated as the monarch of the Netherlands. Her eldest daughter, Princess Beatrix, on Thursday 13 October 2022 opened an exhibition in the Nieuwe Kerk (new church) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: “De eeuw van Juliana” (The century of Juliana). It was here that […]

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Royal embroidery – The new curtains of Queen Máxima
Exhibitions, Travel

Royal embroidery – The new curtains of Queen Máxima

On 30 November 2022 Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opened a rather special exhibition at the TextielMuseum in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Not only did she unveil the new curtains for the Chinese Room of her residence Palace Huis ten Bosch, she also participated in creating these curtains herself. After a three-year-renovation the Queen, her husband […]

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Santa is coming to the castle
Castles, Travel

Santa is coming to the castle

Another weekend full of Christmas fun. On Saturday afternoon I had the Christmas ball of my folkdance group. And on Sunday there were several Christmas markets. I decided to go to the village of Leek. Big mistake! Only a few shops were open and honestly the announced Christmas market was not worth being announced. Only […]

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Sisi, unknown princess – royal traces in Leer
Travel, Travel Tips

Sisi, unknown princess – royal traces in Leer

Just back from a short trip with my mother to Leer, Germany. Only one hour by train from the city of Groningen it is my favourite place to travel to in the weeks before Christmas. The Christmas market in the main shopping street is not really interesting to me or my mother, but the Altstadt […]

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Discovering Groningen – Borg Rusthoven
Castles, Travel

Discovering Groningen – Borg Rusthoven

Honestly I had no idea that very close to the borg (a former stronghold or villa in the province of Groningen) that I was going to visit today, there was another one. It turns out Borg Rusthoven in Wirdum is the smallest of the 16 borgen in the Province of Groningen. I only found out […]

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Royal Christmas fairs 2022 Bückeburg
Travel, Travel Tips

Royal Christmas fairs 2022

In some places the Christmas fun has already started. In the last days several Christmas fairs or markets and other Christmas events passed on social media. Therefore a post here with some that are being organized at palaces or castles. It seems many have a limited amount of tickets available, so if you plan to […]

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