Tag: monument
The most visited edition of Open Monument Day attracted 25,000 visitors in Utrecht
Utrecht – Open Monument Day attracted a new record of visitors last weekend, with 25,000 visitors in the city of Utrecht. A total of 1.3 million people attended Open Monument…
From a secret floor in a hiding villa to a mysterious grave: there is a lot to discover during Open Monument Day
The Maarten Maartenshuis in Doorn, the Papenkop pumping station or the former town hall of Maartensdijk. Places you may have walked past but never stopped to think about, let alone…
Lock fanatic Fons can’t get enough of it: Beatrixsluis opens on Monument Day
Climb the lifting tower and watch the lock master The Princess Beatrix Lock is the largest lock complex in the Netherlands and can normally only be viewed from the side.…
The Municipality of Utrecht will assign monument status to ‘young’ architecture
These include the Prince Claus Bridge in Kanaleneiland and the Martinus Bridge on Catharijnesingel. The square designed as an amphitheater at Overvecht station is also on the list, as is…
the relegation to National FC Sochaux confirmed by the DNCG, a monument in danger
FC Sochaux, one of the founders of French professional football, is threatened with disappearance after the confirmation on appeal of its administrative relegation to National, Tuesday July 11, which risks…
Henk unveils monument to his murdered sister Willeke: ‘Domestic violence can occur anywhere’
‘Horrific acts with traumatic consequences’ In the court in Utrecht, RTV Utrecht reporter Riks Ozinga sees several femicide cases per year. Every case is intense, he says. “These are often…
Witch monument must create awareness: ‘People should rather be for each other’
It is not yet known what the monument should look like. “But of course it will not be an old woman with a pimple on her nose,” says Van der…
Moderat proposes a monument for the liberal Westerholm and the LGBTQ movement
– She is perhaps the clearest symbol of society’s way of meeting the gays’ fight for rights when it is at its best, says Christofer Fjellner (M), group leader in…
Names of Jewish monument Zeist etched in stone and memory: ‘They were betrayed and deported’
Gerrit van der Vorst and his wife Heleen bij ‘t Vuur have been digging into it for weeks, if not months: the names and stories of Jews who were not…
Jewish monument back in Zeist, with 51 new names
The idea to add the 51 new names to the monument came from Gerrit van der Vorst and Martin Slootweg. In recent years, Van der Vorst and his wife Heleen…