Etiket: Centuriesold
Centuries-old Hoorn fish inspection gets new masts: “As if my grandfather was watching”
Two centuries-old fishing boats from Hoorn – the Hoorn 1 and the Hoorn 20 – will receive two brand new masts. The original masts have been on the boats for…
NH spent three days in IJmuiden: is it still livable in the centuries-old fishing town?
IJmuiden has been struggling with drug crime for decades. Today, the problem appears to be far from solved. After thirty violent incidents in three months, Mayor Frank Dales decided to…
Fire has already destroyed almost 600 hectares of UNESCO heritage: flames are felling centuries-old trees in Argentina
Patagonia, in the far south of Latin America, is experiencing record temperatures of more than 40 degrees these days. On Thursday, this led to a serious fire in the Los…
Centuries-old sculpture group is found in a wonderful place
The battered sculpture group. Dick Jetten of the Nepomuk Historical Association (photo: Jos Verkuijlen) Next onePrevious 1/2 The battered sculpture group. An important wooden sculpture group is back in Boxmeer…
Centuries-old kayak traveling for X-ray research: “Top piece of our Rijper museum”
Museum In ‘t Houten Huis in De Rijp will have to do without their Greenland kayak for the coming month. The masterpiece of the collection has been transported to a…
Centuries-old ‘piss poles of Hoorn’ turn out to be golden treasures for archaeologists
For nightlife enthusiasts, the iconic ‘piss poles’ at the Westfries Museum are one of the favorite places to relieve themselves. Yet many of the public peepers are unaware that the…
Centuries-old figurehead ‘Barry’ will definitively go to Den Oever after research
The ancient wooden figurehead that was found by shrimp fishermen off the coast of Texel in August is definitely going to Den Oever. Before the artwork is moved, the image…
Centuries-old cafe De Moespot in Vollenhove gets new owners | Head of Overijssel
The centuries-old establishment in the hamlet of the same name behind the former Zuiderzeedijk between Vollenhove and Blokzijl, has been put up for sale by real estate agency Bonthuis &…
Centuries-old skeleton Valkenburg castle ruins investigated | 1Limburg
The investigation of a skeleton in a grave of the Castle Ruin in Valkenburg aan de Geul has been completed, after it was opened during the National Archeology Days in…
Video: Centuries-old tradition Krombroodrapen back after two years | 1Limburg
It is Half Lent and that is why on Sunday afternoon in Sittard, after a break of two years, thousands of buns were thrown out on the Kollenberg. A tradition…