Arnhem is the capital of the Dutch province of Gelderland. The city has been around for several years. The name Arneym appears in a register at the end of the ninth century. The first settlement arose on higher ground and not on the Rhine bank, which would be an obvious […]
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Den Bosch or actually you should say ‘s-Hertogenbosch is located in the north of the province of North Brabant, not far from the border with Gelderland. It is the fourth largest city in North Brabant in terms of population. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the Netherlands, […]
Anyone who starts a sentence with the words “The closer to Dordt…”, can finish it in different ways. The original text reads “The closer to Dordt, the worse it gets”. It is an old saying that dates back to the nineteenth century and for which there are several explanations. A […]
The Netherlands represent an extraordinary example of how a country with scarcely natural resources and in perennial struggle to safeguard the territory from the assaults of the sea, manages to achieve some of the most advanced economic and social levels in the world thanks above all to the constant efforts […]
The Dutch music history is characterized by the country having experienced major political upheavals over the last 500 years and been part of France, Burgundy, the German-Roman Empire and Spain. Folk music The earliest known folk singers were French troupes of the 11th and 11th centuries and Dutch memory singers. […]
Modern Dutch architecture begins with HP Berlage, a student of Cuypers. His point of departure was a rational, non-individualistic attitude to the construction task, which focused on the importance of craftsmanship, especially the tradition of brick building. Berlin’s main work, the Amsterdam Stock Exchange (1903), was originally an example of […]
Medieval One of the oldest preserved buildings in the Netherlands is the western front of Sta. St. Mary’s Church in Maastricht and Valkhof Chapel in Nijmegen (built after the example of Karl the Great’s chapel in Aachen), both dating from the 11th century and held in Carolingian style. Among the […]
The Netherlands is a cultural nation. From the Gothic period (c. 1150–1525), the crafts in the Netherlands have been characterized by simplicity. The interiors have been simple and solid, often made of oak. They have set an example for the interiors throughout Northern Europe. Cabinet made of black-stained wood veneered […]
Old Dutch literature has been lost except for some fragments of a translation of the book of Psalms. It is known that Karl the Great had written a pre-Christian quad, but the notes were annihilated under his son Louis the Pious. The Middle Ages Only from the High Middle Ages […]
Religion has traditionally played an important role in Dutch society. By the end of the 1960s, many Dutch political positions were guided by which church they belonged to. There are more Catholics than Protestants, but half the population today does not identify with any religious community at all. Catholics dominate […]