All you need to know
On March 31, 1943, 76 years ago the United States Army Air Forces accidentally bombed a residential area in Rotterdam close to shipyards and docks. The death toll was between 326 and 401 and made between 10,000 and 20,000 people homeless.
During Nazi Germany occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World War (1940–1945), Allied air forces carried out a number of operations over Rotterdam and the surrounding region. These included bombing strategic installations, leaflet dropping, and during the last week of the war, the dropping of emergency food supplies. At
At a meeting of the Amsterdam Literary Activities Foundation (SLAA) this wednesday Gershwin Bonevacia (25) got accounced as the successor of K. Schippers as Amsterdam’s city poet. Adriaan Jaeggi, Robert Anker, Mustafa Stitou, F. Starik, Menno Wigman, Anna Enquist and K. Schippers preceded him as city poet. They were all
Today 10 of the 13 parties at the Rotterdam City Council signed an Energy Transition Agreement. The local Energy Transition Agreement is an initiative of alderman Arno Bonte and together they want to cut the Rotterdam CO 2 emissions with 50% in the next 10 year. The group also think
The theme of the Dutch Design Month 2019 will be Creating a better world. This year the 4th Dutch Design Month will take place from december 1st till december 22nd. Go to www.dutchdesignmonth.com/inschrijven or use this registration form to register!
On Friday, March 22, the Rotterdam based Aquarius Foundation is organizing for the 11th year the Dutch World Water Day with support of the annual Rotterdam Swim! This year the following five rivers will be cleaned from the city hall of Leiden to the city hall of Rotterdam over a distance