Tag: Rossem
Van Rossem about the anger against the communists: ‘I heard the glass shattering’
Utrecht – The fifties. Time of reconstruction, of radio series for the whole family, of variety evenings and French chansons. Nice and calm, right? That’s how it seems. We also…
Van Rossem talks about Thea Beckman, almost everyone’s favorite children’s book author
Years later, Maarten van Rossem, an admirer herself, is still concerned about the criticism that so-called literary experts had of her: “More literary sound books should be written that read…
Maarten van Rossem: ‘Did you know that Utrecht has not one but three cathedrals?’
What is a cathedral? A cathedral is a church where a Catholic bishop resides. And that is literally because in every cathedral there is a richly decorated seat or an…
Van Rossem talks about the day the Dom collapsed, exactly 350 years ago today
Many people know it and if you stand on the Domplein you can still see it clearly: there is only half a church there. A large part of the original…
Van Rossem talks to the daughter of resistance fighter Henk Das: ‘The war haunted him all his life’
The fact that Das was not caught himself always remained a mystery to him. In the autumn of 1944, when everyone thinks that the war will soon be over, the…
Van Rossem talks to the daughter of resistance fighter Henk Das, who laid the wreath on Domplein tonight
The fact that Das was not caught himself always remained a mystery to him. In the autumn of 1944, when everyone thinks that the war will soon be over, the…
Van Rossem about how 120 police officers came to evacuate the Dennendal facility
Den Dolder – When we think about care for people with intellectual disabilities, we often think of initiatives such as restaurants run by people with disabilities, small assisted living projects…
Van Rossem Narrates: Thinking of Marsman, Maarten sees wide rivers
Zeist – Perhaps the name Hendrik Marsman no longer means much to us, but there is a good chance that most of us know the first words of his most…
Van Rossem Tells: Major dike breach and the oldest bond in the world (which still earns interest!)
Tull en ‘t Waal – The high water at the Lekdijk has been keeping us busy for days now. In 1624 things went seriously wrong with the dike there. It…
Maarten Van Rossem and Rutger Bregman philosophize about the next 80 years
Doomsday scenarios of 11 billion people on our earth do not seem to come true. Scientists show that the world population is shrinking sooner and faster than expected. We now…