Etiket: Leiden
As a beardless eighteen-year-old, Rembrandt already had talent, as you can see from his painting of the spectacle seller in Leiden
In German you have the word Altersquiet, for the style of artists in their twilight years. But what about at the other end? Is there such a thing as a…
Lummen, Gent and Brussel zetten tomorrow, special agents and security in the boerenprotesten in goede banen te Leiden
“Vermijd Brussel met de auto.” The policy in the home town is now in danger of boze boeren the Thursday mass hall at the center of Zullen platleggen. Ok in…
The night buses to Leiden and The Hague will soon be running again
Good news for people going out and commuting to The Hague and Leiden. The discontinued night bus connections to both cities will return. This is what it reports Algemeen Dagblad.…
This thousand-year-old manuscript was once cut to pieces by a Leiden bookbinder
Somewhere in a bookbindery in Leiden, between 1600 and 1602, a bookbinder cut up an eleventh-century manuscript full of Latin psalms that was considered worthless to strengthen book bindings. He…
Leiden fertility clinic laboratory technician fathered at least eleven children with his own sperm
A laboratory technician at a former Leiden fertility clinic used his own sperm for donor treatments between 1979 and 1984. The Children’s Wish Medical Center (MCK), which manages the clinic’s…
Donar does a shoddy job, but almost wins against national champion Leiden. View the summary
Donar’s basketball players played against reigning national champion Leiden on Tuesday evening in Martiniplaza. In a slow and sloppy match, Donar came very close to victory in the final phase.…
How Anton de Kom made Leiden students dream of a new Suriname
The commemoration year for the history of slavery is coming to an end, the Dutch government’s apologies – criticized by some – have been made and after a much-needed catch-up,…
Coach Stimac delivers the death blow to Donar himself in Leiden
Four defeats in eight matches. It has been a reason for crisis at Donar in the past, but not in this transition year in which basketball-loving Groningen is already happy…
What is a Leiden archaeologist looking for in the merciless basalt desert of Jordan?
Nothing but desert sand and one big mass of black stone chunks, as far as the eye can see. The elongated and flattened hills in the landscape of Jebel Qurma…
5 places in Zoetermeer that remind us of the liberation of Leiden by the Beggars
Geusz! Beer Geusz! Beer was invented by a group of friends from Zoetermeer. The group had been planning to create one for years beer with good food to market. In…