Fruit Corso Festival of Netherlands

Every year on the 11th, 12th and 13th of September, a festival called "Fruit Corso (means Fruit Parade)" is held to celebrate the harvest of the Fruit of all the Villages in Tiel, Netherlands. It includes...

Sex, Nose blowing and Coffee 'Trigger Stroke'

Imagine being in the heat of passion with your beloved one and suddenly a crucial blood vessel in your brain bursts, resulting in bleeding on your brain, consequently you have a stroke. You could readily agree with the fact that vigorous exercise could result in stroke but...

Van Abbe Museum - Choose a role to explore arts in different ways

This modern and contemporary art museum is located in the Eindhoven, a city in the south of The Netherlands. The museum name, Van Abbe, is not from a famous painter or designer name. It is from a private collector...

Three Dutch marines captured during rescue in Libya

"Talks are under way to free three Dutch marines captured in Libya as they tried to evacuate foreign citizens, the Netherlands' defence ministry says. The three landed by helicopter near the port of Sirte on Sunday, flying in from the Dutch warship Tromp, which is...

Somalis held in Rotterdam on suspicion of terror links

"Twelve Somalis have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. The men were arrested in the port city of Rotterdam, and were thought to be planning an attack within the Netherlands, Dutch prosecutors said. In a statement,...

FIFA World Cup 2010 (Dispatches From The Couch)

Ah, The World Cup... Every 4 years the world watches to see what country will step up and grab the FIFA Winner's Cup. It is a solid month of breath holding, grimace inducing, fist pumping, nail biting and in the...

Spain reach World Cup Final by defeating Germany in the semis

The European champions, Spain, have joined Netherlands in the World Cup Final on Sunday by defeating Germany 1 nil in Durban tonight. Carles Puyol's 74th-minute header was enough to secure La Rojas a spot in ...

Netherlands shoot down La Celeste in 5 goal World Cup Semi Final

Woof! That was tight at the end. Uruguay just about nicked a draw as the ref took four and a half minutes to play 3 minutes of injury time at the end. After Van Bronckhorsts screaming 41 yard goal opened the...

Punching holes in Dutch dykes to free estuaries

I really like this story because it shows that engineers and communities can eventually do the right thing by nature. The holes have to be big enough to allow the food chain in and out with the tide. Stagnant...

Free Energy Magnet Motor Demonstrated at Delft University, Nether

Challenge the future ...Yes that what Turkish inventor, Muammer Yildiz, did as recently he demonstrated his magnet motor that he alleged runs on the power of magnets alone at a Delft University in the Netherlands. The motor is shown turning a fan at a high speed, and no wires...

Vancouver 2010: Dutch Lesbian Wins Gold in Speed Skating

Dutch lesbian speed skater, Ireen Wust, won the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics speed skating 1,500 meter race on Sunday. Wust, who hails from the Netherlands, beat out Canadian Kristina Groves, clocking 1:56:89 to...

Netherlands’ Government falls over Afghanistan Commitment

The Netherlands has the oldest standing army in Europe. A small country of 16 million people, after WWII when they were occupied by Germans, they seem to take their national defense seriously. Contributing 1,600...

The Economy Is a Disaster: We Should Fix It

EXCERPT: However, we can also go the route that has proven successful at keeping unemployment down in Europe: work-sharing. The concept is very simple. Instead of paying workers unemployment benefits when they are not working, we pay companies to keep workers employed, but...

Place I call home

A lot of you have probably travelled. Within your continent or further – you may have seen a lot. But which place will you call your home? Tomorrow, after all holidays, am heading back to UK. My second, or should I say my first home. But after seeing half Europe I got a...

AZ Alkmaar Out of Champions League

The breaking news story from the Champions League is the following. The team from the Netherlands AZ Alkmaar managed a 0-0 draw against the Greek team Olympiakos Piraeus during the Group H Games. The result is that AZ is out of the Champions League even though they have a...

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