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history
history
Wieland De Hoon
7 min reading time
Cycling With the Romans through Greater Belgium: From Heerlen to Cologne
The fourth and final stage of our cycling trip on the Via Belgica takes us from Heerlen to Cologne.
history
Guido Vanden Berghe
11 min reading time
Simon Stevin, Flemish Tutor to a Dutch Prince
The Leonardo Da Vinci of the Low Countries is responsible for many revolutionary discoveries in physics, architecture, mathematics and linguistics.
Series
Via Belgica
history
Wieland De Hoon
7 min reading time
Cycling With the Romans Through Greater Belgium: From Liberchies to Heerlen
The third stage of our cycling trip on the Via Belgica takes us from Liberchies to Heerlen.
history
Raf Willems
7 min reading time
When the Red Devils Kicked For Gold
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium became the worlds best football team by winning gold after a controversial match against Czechoslovakia.
Series
Migration, the Other Way Around
history
Wieland De Hoon
7 min reading time
Cycling With the Romans Through Greater Belgium: From Tournai to Liberchies
The second stage of our cycling trip on the Via Belgica takes us from Tournai to Liberchies.
history
Bart Verheijen
5 min reading time
The United States of Belgium. The Story of the Revolution That Shaped Belgianness
Jane Judge’s book provides a profound analysis of the rich sources surrounding the events that shaped the Belgian identity.
Series
Our Colonial Legacy
history
Derek Blyth
2 min reading time
The World According to Gerardus
Derek Blyth pays tribute to the man who has shown us the way for more than four hundred years: the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator.
history
Wieland De Hoon
7 min reading time
Cycling With the Romans Through Greater Belgium: From Boulogne to Tournai
The first stage of our cycling trip on the Via Belgica takes us from Boulogne to Tournai.
Series
Zero Point 1945
history
Virginie Platteau
6 min reading time
House of European History Celebrates a Continuously Evolving Continent
In the Brussels European Quarter you'll find a museum dedicated to the - at times turbulent - history of Europe.
history
Geerdt Magiels
7 min reading time
Between Humans and Atoms. H.A. Lorentz, Spiritual Father of Einstein
Thanks to two biographies published at the same time, the Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize winner Hendrik Lorentz finally gets the attention he deserves.
history
Benjamin Kaplan
6 min reading time
New English Edition of Huizinga’s Autumntide Captures His Original Voice Better Than Ever
According to historian Benjamin Kaplan, the new English translation of the most read Dutch history book will attract new generations of readers.
Left Luggage
history
Peter Daerden
9 min reading time
Augustin Goovaerts, a Belgian Palace Builder in Colombia
The Brussels-born architect designed a number of important buildings in Colombia in the 1920s that were even declared National Monuments.
history
Marian Rijk
10 min reading time
Headwind, Tailwind. How the Bicycle Became a Dutch Symbol
The Dutch haven’t always been so mad about bikes. That close bond with cycling crept in quietly.
history
Luc Devoldere
6 min reading time
More Women, More Colour, More Voices: The Netherlands Overhauls the Canon of Dutch History
Historians have chosen new themes to represent the Canon of Dutch History.
history
Republic of Amsterdam Radio
1 min reading time
The History of Beer and Brewing in the Low Countries
Pour a glass of your favourite brew and join on a historic journey of beer and brewing in the Low Countries. Proost!
history
Jerôme de Wit
8 min reading time
The Forgotten Battle of the Belgians and the Dutch in the Korean War
Seventy years ago, the Korean War broke out. Belgium and the Netherlands too sent soldiers to Asia. They were all volunteers who decided to sign up for the most diverse reasons.
language
Anna P.H. Geurts
4 min reading time
Why Vondel Looked Like A Fisherman in Harem Trousers
In the Dutch language, bloomers have been known under a variety of names that refer to the Middle East, New York and Dutch fishermen.
language
Christopher Joby
5 min reading time
Young Taiwanese Had to Learn Dutch at School in the Seventeenth Century
Although the Dutch stayed in Taiwan for less than forty years in the seventeenth century, Dutch has had a lasting impact on the language the islanders still speak today.
history
Nicolas Montard
5 min reading time
The Field of the Cloth of Gold: When Kings Dressed to Impress for Peace Negotiations
In June 1520, rival nations France and England impressed each other with lavish competitive displays of wealth and splendour on the “Field of the Cloth of Gold”.
