A long time ago, between 907 and 1125 a great dynasty reigned over what is nowadays Mongolia and even parts of the Russian Far East, northern Korea and northern China. Lead by Abaoji they became a superpower in East Asia with an empire covering an area of more than 4,000 kilometres. After a few conflicts […]
Thanks to two befriended Dutch royalty-watchers I just happened NOT to miss a great exhibition in the Drents Museum in Assen, a Dutch town less than 20 minutes by train from my hometown. Apart from an exhibition about the Russian painter Kazimir Malevich (sorry, not really of my interest) they also had a wonderful exhibition […]
On 28 May 2013 King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visited the Dutch provinces Groningen and Drenthe. In the next weeks they will also visit the other ten provinces of the Netherlands, each time two in one day. It is a tradition that a new King and Queen visit the Dutch provinces. A […]