30 April 2009. It is ten years ago, but it is a day I will never forget as long as I live. It was one of the most horrible days of my life so far. The day had started early for me. I had stayed the night at a friend, and took the bike to […]
News About Palace Het Loo
As I reported earlier Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, has closed its doors on 8 January 2018 and will be renovated and extended in the coming years. The palace expects to open its doors again in 2021. Many people I know can hardly wait and hope that the renovation will be great. Of […]
Serviettes and Menus at Het Loo
I promise you this is the last Christmas at Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn post. But there was so much to see this time. Apart from Christmas trees, Christmas decoration and festive tables, in the right wing of the palace there were also serviettes and really nice: menu cards. If you had time you could […]
Het Loo at Christmas – Deck the Halls
No, it is not only Christmas decoration on display during the weeks around Christmas and the New Year at Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands – the palace that has just closed its doors until 2021. Every year there are also a few festively laid tables. And this year the palace really pulled out […]
For Now the Last Christmas Exhibition at Palace Het Loo
This weekend Palace Het Loo has its doors opened for the last time until 2021. In these three years you will only be able to visit the stables and gardens, and can’t visit the palace itself because of renovation works (see here). I paid my last visit to the palace on 30 December 2017, enjoying […]
A Royal Palace in the Snow
Last week Winter visited the Netherlands. Temperature just around 0°C during the day, and just below at night here in the north of the country. Some snow, mainly wet, thus slippery roads in the night and early morning. It must have been somewhat colder in the middle part of the country, as they had more […]
Bobby Golden and me
Royal Gatherings – A Royal Conference in The Hague
Sorry, because September and October had been so busy I hadn’t prepared any posts for the blog. And I didn’t have time in the days before leaving for Royal Gatherings 2017 in The Hague, The Netherlands (the fifth edition already), anymore either. So you had to do without my writing for a few days. But […]
Elisabeth in Concert – An Unforgettable Experience
In the Spring of 1884 Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sisi, spent six weeks in the Netherlands for medical treatment. She also planned several visits to interesting places, like the Artis Zoo, the Rijksmuseum, the Dutch palaces. The Empress was on a private visit. King Willem III and Queen Emma were told of […]
The State Glass Berline
On 10 January 1967 Princess Margriet of the Netherlands married Pieter van Vollenhoven. In its stables Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, presents the State Glass Berline that was used on this occasion from 10 January 2017 to 4 June 2017. The carriage is still in use, like on Prince’s Day, the third Tuesday […]
Spring! Flowers in the Garden of Het Loo
It was a bit early for a look at the garden at Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, on Saturday 25 March, but it was well worth it. The weather was absolutely gorgeous for this time of the year. Not really warm, but very, very sunny with a bright blue, almost cloudless sky. The […]