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Memories are our most precious possession and often come to life through something small. Therein lies the power of a souvenir. Since the early 1950s, KLM Royal Dutch Airline presents each passenger in Business Class on...
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The Polish-Jewish immigrant Abraham Tuschinski wanted to excel in ‘something extraordinary’ when in 1917 he announced his plans to build a ‘world theater palace’ in Amsterdam for film and...
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True to tradition, KLM introduced its latest Delftware miniature on Monday October 7, the airline’s 100th anniversary, to commemorate its foundation and first take off in 1919. The latest addition to the...
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Dutch aviation pioneer Anton Herman Gerard Anthony Fokker was born in 1890 in Blitar (then Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia), to Herman Fokker, a Dutch coffee plantation owner. Some sources say that he was born in...
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In 2005, the Royal Palace in Amsterdam closed its doors for extensive interior renovation work estimated to cost 67 million euros. The walls of Bentheimer and Oberkirchner stone were cleaned and repainted in 2011, as...
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In the 17th century, Hendrick Hamel of Gorinchem was the first Westerner who got a chance to experience life in forbidden Korea, and he was able to record this extraordinary adventure first hand. In his journal, he...
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Ever since the 1950s, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has given away Delft Blue miniature houses to its business class passengers. The replicas of real monuments are considered worldwide to be iconic of the Netherlands. On...
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KLM’s miniature house No. 97 is a replica of the monumental Hotel New York, the Grand Old Lady of Rotterdam. The historic building (the former HQ of the Holland-America Line) is located at Koninginnenhoofd 1....
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The Zaanse Schans windmill and museum park in Noord-Holland province was the most popular attraction with foreign tourists in the Netherlands last year, according to new tourist board figures. In total, over 1.6 million...
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Over the years, the name Gouda has become a brand all over the world. Since the town’s name was not protected, Gouda cheese can be produced anywhere. And it is: China, the United States, New Zealand, Germany and...
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