Series
history
history
Geerdt Magiels
6 min reading time
What Tree Rings and Core Samples Tell Us About Our World
Those who know where to look can read the history of the planet and the human race in trees and landscapes. Two researchers from the Low Countries, Salomon Kroonenberg and Valerie Trouet, tell the story of the earth, our past and perhaps also our future.
history
Derek Blyth
2 min reading time
The Long Farewell
Every evening since 1928, a group of buglers has sounded the Last Post in Ypres to honour the soldiers who died in WWI in Flanders Fields.
Series
Via Belgica
history
August Thiry
7 min reading time
King Albert's Heroes. How 400 Young Belgians Fought in Russia and Conquered the US
In the First World War, a Belgian armoured battalion was sent abroad against the Germans and Austrians. It engaged in a worldwide adventure.
history
Dirk Van Assche
3 min reading time
Charles V, the Man Who Bought the Emperorship
Exactly 500 years ago, Charles V was crowned Holy Roman Emperor, much to his French rival Francis I’s chagrin.
Series
Migration, the Other Way Around
history
Luc Devoldere
1 min reading time
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Huizinga and Geyl. A Portrait of Two Dutch Historians
The legacy of the Dutch historians Johan Huizinga and Pieter Geyl can hardly be overestimated.
history
Jinna Smit
4 min reading time
The Netherlands Is Working on a Shared Future for Shared Heritage
‘It is not difficult to find a basis for cooperation. After all, each country cares for its heritage and thus faces similar issues.’
Series
Our Colonial Legacy
history
Virginie Platteau
6 min reading time
The Burgundians Show off Their Miniatures in a New Museum
After being hidden for six hundred years, the Royal Library of Belgium presents its unique collection of manuscripts from the Burgundian period.
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.
Series
Zero Point 1945
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
