Holland Focus Nov-Dec 2015

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Nijntje is 60 on oliebollen

Netherlands Film Festival November/December 2015

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CONTENTS

ARTICLES______________________ 8 on oliebollen 12 Nijntje’s 60th birthday 18 Dutch constructions are everywhere 26 Shulbach 27 A taste of Australia 28 Sail back in time with STS Leeuwin II 31 boekbesprekingen 32 Xavier Brouwer 34 Kick Down Under, Footbike World Championship 35 Mirusia returns home to Australia 36 Dutch explorer Herman Melville 42 TTIP 46 Discover the Ice-Age in unique peat moor 54 Refugees through the ages 58 Engelandvaarders museum

sheds light on history 62 Lion Toys 68 Unity in Diversity 72 Nieuwe DNB bezoekerscentrum

geopend door Koningin Máxima 74 Netherlands Film Festival 2015 80 images of Sail Amsterdam 2015

REGULARS___________________ 3 oproep 6 Tegenvoeter -Three words from Russia,

with love, - Ruud Hisgen 16 Gedicht Belicht - Frans Hertoghs 17 Kaaskoppen - the ongoing black discussion 25 Dutch/Flemish movies - lucifer 40 Kiwikorrels - Weka weka!

fruit, mens of vogel?

52 Taals Taaltje - niet kijken 61 Dutch radio news 66 Verbeeldingen - de borduurder

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p e o r p o Ik ben al geruime tijd zeer benieuwd, wat er terecht gekomen is van Lucia A C van Hees geboren op 2502-1947. Zij is samen met haar ouders, broers en zussen in 1960 geĂŤmigreerd van Nederland naar AustraliĂŤ en op 14 september 1960 aangekomen met de Zuiderkruis in Sydney.

Deze gegevens ben ik te weten gekomen via de National Archives of Australia. Ik ben geen familie van haar. Ik heb haar in 1959 leren kennen op de Pius X ULO te Dussen en als (pre)pubers hebben wij onze genegenheid voor elkaar laten weten.

Helaas heb ik na haar vertrek nooit meer iets van haar vernomen. Nu, 55 jaar later, zou ik graag weten of zij nog leeft en zo ja of zij zich mij nog herinnert.

Natuurlijk is het meest ideale scenario, dat ik langs deze weg in contact kom met Loes. Maar als dat niet mogelijk is, hoop ik vurig dat anderen mij kunnen informeren. Dat kan via mijn emailadres: tevabi@ ziggo.nl of per post op mijn huisadres: Spank 102, 4824 BH Breda.

Ik wacht reacties in spanning af.

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This biography of fifteen postwar Dutch migrants is a story full of Joie de vivre—the joy of living; it’s contagious, uplifting, and humorous.

The resourceful, tolerant, artistic, and freethinking Paulusses take centre stage in Vertrek quickly form friendships with native-born Australians. Aussies resonated with links of Dutch historical strands that made up the Australian identity, begun in 1606.

Arriving in at the “Migrant Assimilation Camp,” the Paulusses’ were urged to drop their native language, cultural norms, and values.

Culture shocks were relentless for this liberal Dutch family whose values clashed with a monoculture conservative Angloceltic society that was years behind in attitude and sophistication. Living in a transit Caravan Park, the family came face to face with human rights abuses.

Confronted with the White Australia Policy, inequality of women, nonrecognition of Aborigines, the stealing of babies from unmarried mothers, and the stolen generation of Australian aborigines, all were “awareness incubators” for the family’s later involvement in social justice.

This biography begins in the effervescent cultural cauldron of the counterculture movements. Not only did the pill change sex from procreation to recreation but completely changed the mores of conservative Australia. Despite the antiwar movement’s popularity, the Australian government was about to conscript eighteen-year-old Dutch boys to fight in the killing fields of Vietnam. As of old, the Dutch revolted, tens of thousands started a new exodus of Vertrek back to Nederland.

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Or order your copy through: www.vertrekaustralia.com www.amazon.com, www.exlibris.com, www.barnsandnoble.com More on Facebook: Vertrek Book Reviews - readers feedback Peter Mc Kinnon author of Jessie Adams What a wonderful read. The personal story and social history it contained was very entertaining and vividly conveyed the highs and lows any life event of significance always has.

KIRKUS review USA Vertrek’s strengths outweigh its weaknesses. It’s loaded with perceptive portraits of the Australians and Dutch Paulusse knew and descriptions of his family’s struggles.

Vertrek also provides an ambivalent take on assimilation and the so-called advances of modern life compared with “a quieter, more stable time.” Overall, these memorable anecdotes are told with empathy and laced with wit and warmth.

Claudio Corlazzoli Paris France I recommend ‘Vertrek’ to everybody. Very fluent and never boring. I liked the pictures at the end of the chapters, so I could give a face to the people mentioned. I underlined the sentences that I liked the most, I’ve been meditating on many things. I liked how you talked about social issues, comparing the present and the past. Especially I liked the part about conscription for Vietnam’s war and the real story about the discovery of Australia. And The last intimate chapters about your family were touching. This book kept a lot of company to me as a solo traveller around the world. I’m looking forward to your up coming 2nd book!

Nel Terri New York USA “Vertrek” seemed interesting, but when I saw the bookcover with the picture of you and your sisters my curiosity took over and I ordered the book on Amazon. When I told my sons about it they also were enthused so I ordered and received copies of your book for them as well; I hope Amazon pays you the royalties! It was amazing to read how you and your family coped with the hardship in settling in Australia. I have high admiration for your mom and dad to stick with it during those times.

Margaret Calloway , Baronia Victoria Iam Australian , 92 years of age I still read a lot, I just wanted to let you know that Vertrek is one of the most inspiring touching and witty books I have ever read. There is only one thing wrong with it , at 315 pages and 25 Chapters it is too short. I cannot wait for the sequel to come out this year. I just love and respect the Dutch even more after reading Vertrek. My son inlaw is Dutch and he bought copies for all of his family in Netherland the US and Australia.

Keith Paulusse was born in the city of Terneuzen, situated in the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands. At age eleven, he migrated to Australia. He left school at thirteen to start work in an Australian butter factory; at fifteen years, he become a postman. He completed his secondary education by working and studying part-time at Deakin University, paying his way.

Keith studied social science, majoring in psychology. His life was shaped by championing social justice. At various times, he was an entrepreneur, starting and publishing cultural magazines. For the past six years, he has operated a tuition-free school of languages for international students, refugees, migrants, and Australians with literacy challenges.

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THREE WORDS FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

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There are three Dutch words that owe their existence to the Russian language. They are PIEREWAAIEN, DOERAK MAMMOET. Here is the fascinating story of how Apeldoornand canal these words managed to infiltrate Dutch.

1. PIEREWAAIEN, go out on the town, lark about, live it up The verb PIEREWAAIEN reminds me of the delapidated Scheveningen Pier with its dismal past. Context: ‘They worked hard, now it’s time “om te pierewaaien”’. At first sight the word seems to come from the two words PIER, pier and WAAIEN, blow (of wind or storm) and you picture yourself on a Sunday afternoon strolling along the pier arm in arm with the one you love while a mild breeze ruffles your hair and the sun smiles at a flowering romance. WRONG! WRONG!

2. DOERAK, rascal DOERAK sounds Malay or Indonesian but, no it comes from Russian ‘durak’ which means ‘domkop’, ‘dwaas’, ‘nitwit’. ‘fool’. The word ‘dur’ means ‘foolishness’. DURAK was exported to the Netherlands by cossacks who helped the Dutch to chase away Napoleon’s army from the Netherlands in 1813. In November 1813 Willem of Orange set foot on Dutch soil in Scheveningen for the first time. He became the first Dutch king. After two hundred years of usage the negative term of abuse DOERAK mellowed down to a positive term of endearment. A naughty child, a little rascal, could be called DOERAK, usually by proud grandfathers or grandmothers: ‘Het is een echte doerak!’

PIEREWAAIEN is a word that was borrowed from the Russian language. As early as the seventeenth century. In theory, Johan and his brother Cornelis de Witt and their philosopher friend Spinoza could have used it, though this is extremely unlikely in view of their serious and introverted characters.

PIEREWAAIEN is a corruption from the Russian verb ‘pirovát’ which has the noun ‘pir’ (feast, festive meal) at its core. Etymologists assume that the word was imported into the Dutch Republic by sailors who had reached the port of Arkhangelsk safely and then celebrated by having a spree and running wild. The Dutch have two lovely sayings for PIEREWAAIEN that are fully Dutch: AAN DE ZWIER ZIJN (go on a spree) and DE BLOEMETJES BUITEN ZETTEN (literally: to put the flowers outside).

3. MAMMOET, mammoth is the third Dutch word borrowed from Russian. The word has an extremely strange history.

In her fascinating book on loan words etymologist Nicoline van der Sijs recounts the fascinating history of 66

this word. It refers to the woolly mammoth that roamed northern Europe, Asia and America until it became extinct some 4000 years ago. In the Middle Ages people thought the tusks belonged to mythical monsters that had lived before the Flood. The tusks and bones were deemed to have magical healing powers and were sold at exorbitant prices.

The Russians called this mythical beast ‘mamont’. What this Russian word originally meant is unknown. The first publication of this word occurred in 1692 in a book on North and East Tartary. It was written by Amsterdam mayor Nicolaas Witsen who had met tsar Peter the Great and visited Russia several times. A printing error determined the future of the name of the woolly beast. The compositor mistook ‘n’ for ‘u’ and ‘mamont’ became ‘mammout’ and that is why the French still have ‘mammouth’, the Germans ‘Mammut’, the English ‘mammoth’ and the Dutch mammoet. All because of a spelling error.

The largest collection of mammoth bones is in the Leiden museum Naturalis. Fishermen catch mammoth bones at or near the Dogger Bank. In the last Ice Age the North Sea was dry land and on this steppe the mammoth used to roam. So the bottom of the North Sea is scattered with Mammoetbotten (mammoth bones).

We also know MAMMOET in the combinations MAMMOETTANKER (supertanker) and MAMMOETWET (Mammoth Act). This Secondary Education Act of 1963 was the start of a huge educational reform whereby the old system of MULO and HBS was transformed to the present day system of MAVO, HAVO, VWO.

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On I distinctly remember my surprise when on the morning of December the 31st 1997, my husband left the house to get a special treat he was sure I was going to love. That special treat was something all the Dutch ate on New Year’s Eve, and it was called ‘oliebollen’. I should point out that it was my first December in the Netherlands, and that my Dutch was non-existent. I had no idea what ‘oliebollen’ meant.

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olieb llen words and photos Paola Westbeek Nearly two hours later, and with hands numb from the cold, he handed me not one, but two bags of what I first thought were ‘zeppoles’. When I lived in New Jersey, almost every Italian pizzeria sold these donut-like treats. I loved them, though didn’t dare indulge all too often.

“I hope this is enough,” he told me as he took off his coat.

“Enough?” Perhaps he had invited company over?

But no, these two bags, each containing eight of the currant-studded fritters or ‘oliebollen’, were entirely for us! We were supposed to eat them all in one single night!

It turned out that my poor husband had stood in line in the freezing cold at the so-called ‘oliebollenkraam’ (oliebollen stand) the whole time, just to get us these classic Dutch treats. How could I possibly disappoint him by saying there was no way I was going to eat an entire bag’s worth?

So I followed his instructions, plated a few, sprinkled them way too liberally with icing sugar and took my first bite. They were better than the zeppoles I remembered.

Delicious indeed, but no chance would I be able to handle six more before midnight!

Interestingly enough, the same story repeats itself every year (though now he gets them at the HEMA, where even in the late December cold, it is permanently nice and warm). Despite the fact that we are but a family of three, I am always stuck with way too many oliebollen.

In fact, there are still a few in my freezer from last year!

It appears that the oliebollen invasion is not all that unusual. My husband told me stories of his mother frying oliebollen from the moment she got up on the 31st of December. There were also trays full of appelbeignets (apple fritters).

cakes’ – not round, but flat – were made with ingredients that stayed well, and because they were quite rich in fat and calories, they were a good choice for the cold weather.

The very first recipe for oliekoeken can be found in the first Dutch cookbook titled De verstandige kock or The Sensible Cook (1667). The yeast cakes were fried in about

But where did the love for oliebollen come from? Let’s have a look at the history of this Dutch holiday treat, which by the way, you guessed it, was the precursor to the ever-popular donut!

Some believe that the first oliebollen-like fritters were eaten by the Batavians and the Frisians at the beginning of the Christian era. Much like today, they were also eaten at the end of December, mainly during the Yuletide (between December 26th and January 6th). At the time however, they were offered as food for the gods. Others say that we can trace their origins back to the Middle Ages. To celebrate the end of the fasting period that started on November 11th with the feast of St. Maarten, people indulged in treats called ‘oliekoeken’. These ‘oil 9

Maid carrying a large bowl with oliebollen (the first known picture of oliebollen and they still look the same), picture from about 1652 by Aelbertt Cuyp (Dordrechts Museum).

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a litre of rapeseed oil; too little for them to take on a nice round shape. By the 18th century, we read in the popular cookbook De Volmaakte Hollandsche keukenmeid (1746), that twice as much oil was used in the frying of the cakes, and that they were dropped into the hot fat with the use of two tin spoons. This in turn gave them a more rounder shape, quite similar to the one we know today.

It was only at the end of the 19th century, or more specifically in the book Aaltje: Nieuw Nederlands Kookboek (1891), that they were referred to as ‘oliebollen’. Some books, however, continued to use the old name.

were only enjoyed by ‘genuine Dutch families.’

One of the more popular recipes was described by Anne Stevenson van Cortlandt (1774-1821). It is known as the Albany method and is recorded as follows: “4 pounds flour, 1 pound sugar, 1 pound butter and 12 eggs, a teacup of yeast and as much milk as you please say near or quite 3 pints.”

By the end of the 19th century, the recipe was changed and baking powder (at the time a new development in the culinary world), was used instead of yeast. This had one major drawback: the dough was less likely to cook through and the result was a soggy mess. To solve the problem, a hole was poked through the middle of the dough ball, and the first donut was born!

Of course, donuts aren’t the only culinary legacy the Dutch left behind for the rest of the world to enjoy. That list also includes pancakes, waffles and coleslaw.

This December 31st, it will be eighteen years since I first sank my teeth into a Dutch oliebol. In those eighteen years (believe it or not), I haven’t tried my hand at making my own oliebollen. Time to remedy that.

Plus, it’s a good excuse to make just enough for the three of us. As much as I like a good oliebol, everything in moderation. Even when it comes to the last indulgence of the year.

Fijne jaarwisseling!

So how did oliebollen give way to the donuts we all know and love today? Along with many other traditions, Dutch settlers who moved to the New World in the 17th century also brought over their trusted cookbooks and continued to make the food they knew and loved. In many documents of prominent families we find mention of olie-koecken, oly cooks or oeli-koeken. They are even mentioned in Washington Irving’s book A History of New York (1809). There they are described as ‘balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog’s fat, and called dough nuts or oly-koeks’, treats, which according to the writer,

winners of the yearly oliebollen test, organised by the Algemeen Dagblad. Insert Bakkerij Brokking in IJsselstein; Large picture: Richard Visser’s oliebollenkraam in Rotterdam, winner of many tests (Photo Targaryen); Donut by Evan-Amos

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Nov. 2007 photo by Dolph Kohnstamm

Nijntje’s 60th birthday

Bruna in the restoration studio of the Rijksmuseum © Rijksmuseum

Who wouldn’t recognise Nijntje or Miffy as the little white rabbit is called in English?

This year Nijntje celebrates her 60th birthday.

The reason why the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam organised an exhibition on Nijntje’s creator, Dick Bruna. The exhibition is open from August 27 to November 15.

words Birgit Blankers Dick Bruna, graphic designer and artistic father of Nijntje and her friends, was born in 1927 in Utrecht. Being the son of a publisher Dick Bruna was predetermined to become his father’s successor. But Dick had other plans. He quit high school and travelled to London and Paris. There he became inspired by the great painters like Henri Matisse and Fernand Léger. Back in the Netherlands, Dick Bruna went to the Academy of Arts in Amsterdam. Dick Bruna still refused to take over his father’s business which didn’t make his father very happy. Instead of taking over the family business Dick started drawing designs for book-covers. Amongst others: inspector Maigret, by George Simenon, and Ian Fleming’s James Bond. Dick Bruna was inspired by artists like Willem Sandberg, H.N. Werkman and Bert van Leck, and painters from De Stijl, Gerrit Rietveld en Pieter Mondriaan. Works by these artists are shown on the exhibition as well.

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Nijntje Even though Dick Bruna designed many book covers, it was Nijntje who made Bruna definitely world famous.

Bruna JR married Irene de Jongh in 1953. Together they had three children. While being on a holiday with his family, Dick Bruna created the first Nijntje story, being inspired by a toy rabbit of his children. In 1955 the first book about Nijntje was published. Later Dick Bruna created other little heroes like Betje Big and the dog

Snuffie. So far Dick Bruna has written 30 books about Nijntje. Nijntje was published in many countries and is translated in 41 languages, from Afrikaans (Kleintjie, Katryntjie), to Swedisch (Lilla Kanin) and from German to Portuguese. The little books are very popular especially in Japan. Bruna’s trademark are the clear primary colours, strong lines and basic shapes. The exhibition doesn’t just show works by Dick Bruna but also works he was inspired by, for example Matisse. In total there are 120 objects

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Miffy shop in Amsterdam

on show, Nijntje amongst them of course. Four musicals about Nijntje have been performed and the first cinema movie was made in 2013. There are two Nijntje shops, one in Amsterdam and one in Maastricht, where books, toys, wallpaper and a lot more merchandise by Dick Bruna are for sale.

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Nijntje Amsterdam above artist Hugo Kaagman, right Florentijn Hofman (photos FaceMePLS)

Nijntje will celebrate her 60th birthday for an entire year. Besides the exhibition in Amsterdam, there is a Nijntje Parade in Amsterdam and Utrecht. 60 Dutch artists were given the job to decorate a 1.80 meters high statue of Nijntje.

Amongst them Charlotte Dematons, Hans van Bentem, Bas Kosters, and Madelon Bruna, Dick Bruna’s daughter who is also an artist. In October an auction was organised of the 43 most colourful statues, it brought in more than 500,000 Euro. The money will be donated to Unicef to be spent on education for children.

There is also a permanent exhibition in the Dick Bruna Huis, which is part of the Centraal Museum in Utrecht (and a museum shop with Nijntje merchandise). Until 2011, Dick Bruna travelled to his atelier in Utrecht by bike every day. Since September 2015, Dick Bruna’s workplace has been moved to the attic in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht.

The Dick Bruna Huis is a wonderful place for children and adults alike where they can explore the world of Dick Bruna.

Dick Bruna has been awarded many times.

In 2001 he was announced Commandeur in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw, after the presentation of the 100th book about Nijntje (het spook Nijntje – Miffy the ghost). Only people who have made an exceptional contribution to the Dutch society receive this Order. Earlier, in 1982, Dick Bruna became Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau.

February 2014 Dick Bruna announced that he will not create any more Nijntje books.

But Nijntje and her friends will go on to have adventures in classrooms, waiting rooms, bedrooms, and many children’s hearts. They might not like to admit it but Nijntje managed to steal many an adult’s heart too.

Did you know: There are no capital letters used in the Nijntje books Dick Bruna checks all the translations (with someone who knows the language) Traffic lights with Nijntje’s silhouette are in the Lange Viestraat in Utrecht Utrecht also has the Nijntje square with a statue of Nijntje made by Dick’s son, the sculptor Marc Bruna.

Nijntje books have recently been translated in Haags, Gronings, Utrechts, Achterhoeks, Papiamento and Twents.

Illustration Dick Bruna © copyright Mercis bv, 1997

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GB edicht

Het is een vreemd soort taal, gedichten. Normaal gebruiken wij onze taal alsof het geld is: je geeft het uit en je ontvangt het. Maar je kijkt er eigenlijk nooit naar.

Je werkt ermee, maar je ziet het niet. In gedichten gaat dat anders: Dan kijk je in het hart van de taal. In het hart van de mens.

elicht

’s morgens Het was half vijf ’s morgens in April Ik liep en floot de St. Louis Blues Maar ik floot die op mijn eigen wijze Al fluitend dacht ik: mocht mijn fluiten gelijken op de zang van de grote lijster.

En waarlijk, na enige tijd geleek mijn fluiten van de St. Louis Blues op de zang van de grote lijster: turdus viscovorus

Lente, heel vroeg in de ochtend, de zon is nog net niet op. In dit gedicht loop je met de dichter mee door de prille wereld van jong groen en opgewekte vogelzang. Hij begint ervan te fluiten. Maar hij fluit de blues, de melancholieke melodieën op de treurige teksten. Maar hij gaat improviseren.

Hij fluit de blues op zijn eigen manier. En langzamerhand ontvouwt zich een klein wonder. Alles past ineens op wonderbaarlijke manier aan elkaar, zijn eigen versie van de blues, het fluiten van zijn eigen Blues past precies in dat van de vogels. Terwijl we onzichtbaar meelopen in de pas met de dichter worden we opgenomen in een bovenwereldse harmonie. Daar passen bijbelse woorden in: en waarlijk, en geleek. Zelfs de wetenschappelijke naam van de grote zanglijster past erin. Dit gedicht is een glaszuivere afbeelding van geluk.

Jan Hanlo was in de jaren vijftig een van de experimentele dichters, die probeerden het vastlopende wiel van de dichtkunst te bevrijden uit de boeien van de conventies. Dit gedicht is daar een verrassend en letterlijk verfrissend voorbeeld van. achtergrondfoto Gerard Blokhuis

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a glance at the current Netherlands

the ongoing black discussion The summer holidays were not even finished or the Zwarte Piet discussions started already. At the start of the new school year especially the schools in the Randstad received the question from parents what colour the Pieten would have at the school’s Sinterklaasfeest.

Some schools already had a clear vision and had decided to ban Zwarte Piet or indicated that they would celebrate Sinterklaasfeest just traditionally with black pieten.

The reason why some parents placed their children in another school without zwarte pieten.

Educational guidelines have been composed for schools that are not sure what to do. Outside the Randstad schools are not that worried about the colour of the employee (the word helper has been carefully avoided) of Sinterklaas. In the meantime the opponents of Zwarte Piet have announced that they will hold a demonstration during the national entry in Meppel this year.

Employees at Albert Heijn received strict instructions how to handle discussions about Zwarte Piet in the shop. “Stay calm and when escalating call security immediately.”

Discussing with the customer about this sensitive subject is not what they want. “Indicate that we sincerely regret that the cultural habits during the sinterklaasfeest could be upsetting.” The different branches have received instructions about the images of Zwarte Piet, if they choose to use them. “Be aware that the image is not a caricature.”

And what does Zwarte Piet think about this? In august this year they came together at the first Pieten seminar ever. The Pieten (not dressed up, Caucasian –except for two) arrived in jeans, beach dresses with floral prints. They were not merry at all. Rather emotional.

During question time in the morning and afternoon, the session seemed to turn into a support group for traumatised Pieten. One person: “I am too frightened to walk on the street. What if the protesters attack me?” Someone else: “Nowadays, we make a risk analysis and walk with four security guys down the street.” A third person: “What am I to do with the Sinterklaas news? I am not joining the Stroopwafelpieten at all.”

One thing is for sure: the government will not ban Zwarte Piet. The Dutch government has promised the international community to adjust Zwarte Piet and turn it into a figure who is acceptable to everyone. Hopefully this will happen in time to prevent that the centuries old innocent children’s party and the boat entry of Sinterklaas will not became a black day.

photo Wouter Engler

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Dutch constructions

18 The 29-storey Menara Palma building in Jakarta. (Photo: BAM International)

The artificial peninsula Palm Jumeirah off the coast of Dubai. (Photo: Van Oord)

are everywhere!

Holland has built a lot abroad, including a name

Developing state-of-the-art water defence systems and reclaiming wetlands – engineering-wise, these are just two of the things the Netherlands is known and praised for. Water management is also a topic King Willem-Alexander is very much interested in.

In the field of construction and infrastructure the Dutch corporate world has also gained widespread acclaim for designing and/ or realising buildings, bridges, energy generation facilities, ports, waterways, tunnels, railways, roads, and so on.

Abroad, Holland’s expertise in construction and infrastructure has been put into practice extensively, too. Let’s take a look at some of the main players in this specific arena. words Ton van Rooij

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Some of the 17 ‘leafs’ of Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. (Photo: Van Oord)

The artificial archipelago The World in Dubai. (Photo: Van Oord)

Artist’s impression of how Jumana Island in Dubai eventually could look like once real estate has been established on it. (Photo: Van Oord)

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Van Oord and Royal HaskoningDHV reshape Dubai’s coast line A specialist in dredging, marine engineering and offshore energy projects is Van Oord. Founded in 1868 by Govert van Oord, its head office resides in Rotterdam. The firm has, for instance, provided the foundations and electrical infrastructure for and installed the Belwind Phase 1 Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Zeebrugge, Belgium.

Further away, it has, among numerous other things, extended the port of Brisbane, Australia, deepened the harbour of Rio de Janeiro and executed trenching and backfilling campaigns near the ice-cold Yamal Peninsula in Northern Russia (for pipeline installation).

On many projects, Van Oord has worked together with Royal HaskoningDHV, an independent, international engineering and project management consultancy.

Among the fields in which Royal HaskoningDHV delivers services are aviation, buildings, energy, infrastructure, maritime engineering, urban planning, water management and water technology. The Amersfoortbased company resulted from a merger between Royal Haskoning, founded in 1881 by engineers Johannes van Hasselt and Jacobus de Koning, and DHV, started in 1917 by engineers Adriaan Dwars, Arie Heederik and Bas Verhey.

and the private investment climate for the real estate market. With this in mind, establishment of three artificial palm-shaped peninsulas and two archipelagos was envisioned. These would house hotels, resorts, apartments, villas, marinas, recreational facilities and retail shops.

In September 2000, Royal HaskoningDHV was appointed by project developer Nakheel Properties to design the outer island of the first peninsula, Palm Jumeirah.

This curved outer island, shaped as an 11 km crescent breakwater, was of utmost importance to make the construction of the palm tree possible in a sheltered area at the lee side of the breakwater and moreover create a permanent protection of the sandy palm island behind it.

Each in their own role, Van Oord and Royal HaskoningDHV have been involved in some truly mind-blowing construction projects in Dubai. Being aware of the fact that in time, revenues from oil and gas generation will inevitably drop, the Emirate’s aim was to secure its economic future by boosting both the tourism industry

In June 2001, work started on the crescent breakwater and Palm Jumeirah. In terms of size, concept and design, never before had a project as ambitious as this been undertaken. Van Oord was responsible for the inner component, the palm tree (made up of a ‘trunk’ and 17 ‘leafs’), while Boskalis and Archirodon took care of the 11 km stone outer ring. On 20 November 2008, Palm Jumeirah was festively inaugurated, which coincided with the grand opening of the luxurious hotel Atlantis, The Palm. Since then, more hotels followed. Even a cruise ship, Queen Elizabeth 2, was turned into one.

For the second artificial peninsula, Palm Jebel Ali, Royal HaskoningDHV designed the 15 km long crescent breakwater island. In 2008, though, development of this island, created by the Belgian/Luxembourgian company Jan De Nul, was suspended due to the financial crisis.

21 Work in progress on the creation of Jumana Island in Dubai. (Photo: Van Oord)

The Welcome Pavillion on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. (Photo: BAM International)

The 234 m high Al Bidda Tower in Doha, Qatar. (Photo: BAM International)

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Van Oord and Royal HaskoningDHV were also contracted to realise the third island, Palm Deira. In close cooperation between the two firms dedicated designs were developed for the marine water edges, being revetments, breakwaters, quay walls, beaches and marinas, totalling a few hundred kilometres. But in late 2008, when already 80% of the reclamation was complete, the project came to a standstill, also because of the severely worsened economic situation. As a result, the project was redesigned and renamed to Deira Islands, now encompassing four islands. “Whether at a later stage the originally planned palm will be completed depends on the developments in Dubai,” notes Robert de Bruin, Head Corporate Communication & Markets Department at Van Oord. “The four islands are currently being developed.

They are connected with each other and already now are accessible via the mainland.”

civil and marine engineering, public-private partnerships, mechanical and electrical contracting, and consultancy.

Deploying the contracting activities of BAM outside Europe is BAM International, with its head office based in The Hague.

Among BAM’s numerous international projects are the A-shaped, 29-storey office building Menara Palma in Jakarta, more than two km long jetties for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals in countries like Australia, Papua New Guinea and Jordan, the 45,000-seat Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and the Welcome Pavillion (providing shopping, resting and leisure opportunities) on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island, a former desert area holding many touristic attractions.

One of the most striking buildings BAM International has worked on is the Al Bidda Tower in Doha, Qatar, completed in May 2009. Twisting and turning like a challenged cobra, it rises 234 metres above the city’s West Bay area. The tower’s 43 office floors and huge atrium-style penthouse floor house commercial space, business centres, showrooms, restaurants, an art gallery, an outdoor café and a health club. The façade consists of 93 pre-assembled mainframe panels per floor, of which only four glazed subframes per floor are alike. The average installation time per floor was one whole week.

In June 2015, Nakheel awarded Van Oord a contract to deliver 23.5 kilometres of coastline for the Deira Islands project. The work involves shaping 8.5 km of new beaches, 3.5 km of quay walls, 9.5 km of rock edges and 2 km of breakwaters. It will be completed under a two-year contract, covering work on two of the four islands.

In May 2003, the idea was launched for The World, an artificial archipelagos of around 300 islands resembling a world map. Nakheel first turned to Ronald Stive, a Leading Professional of Royal HaskoningDHV, to design a 25 km long, ellipse-shaped artificial reef in water depths of 10-17 m. The reef should create a sheltered, lake type of oval sea area of some 6 by 9 km in order to, once completed, enable the construction and ‘survival’ of the archipelago’s development. Thereupon Nakheel approached Van Oord to construct the reef and realise this enormous island group. On 10 January 2008, 321 million cubic metres of sand and 386 million tons of rock later, the job was done. Although 60% of the islands had been sold to private contractors when the credit crisis erupted, development of real estate on the vast majority of the islands hasn’t taken off yet.

In October 2013, a consortium consisting of BAM International and Van Oord was awarded the contract for the design and construction of a new container terminal and marine access in Moín, Costa Rica. During the three-year project, BAM International will construct the 650 m quay wall, as well as the pavement, associated buildings and all utilities. The scope of work for Van Oord consists of the construction of a 1.5 km rock breakwater, reclamation of an area of 40 hectares, including soil improvement works and the dredging of the access channel and turning basin.

Boskalis creates first artificial real estate island in the Americas Headquartered in Papendrecht is Royal Boskalis Westminster, or Boskalis for short, a major global maritime services provider operating in the dredging, inland infra and offshore energy sectors in over 75 countries. In 1910, a group of families had started it under the name Bos & Kalis.

One of the most important infrastructure improvements of the 21st century is undeniably the Panama Canal.

With the expansion of the Canal, the extension of the container port of Balboa on the Pacific Ocean-side became a necessity. In 2007, Panama Ports Company awarded Boskalis a contract for the construction of additional port area, a retaining rock dike and a link structure to two existing berths. This required dredging, reclamation and improvement of water and land areas.

Soon after, the company was called upon again, this time to build a completely new berth, capable of handling ships of huge sizes.

In January 2008, Nakheel announced plans for The Universe, a man-made archipelago looking like the Milky Way and the solar system. But the economic crisis put this project on hold, too.

In 2014, Van Oord completed establishing yet another artificial island in Dubai, Jumana Island, which will be used for urban development.

BAM: from container terminals to football stadiums What started in 1869 as a carpentry workshop run

by Adam van der Wal is now Royal BAM Group, a successful group of companies, headquartered in Bunnik, with activities in 30 countries around the globe. The abbreviation BAM refers to the old full name, Bataafsche Aanneming Maatschappij (Batavian Contracting Company).

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In 2012, one of VolkerWessels’s operating companies, SPT Offshore, performed the engineering for the installation of the 79 m high offshore Hong Kong Met Mast. This data mast measures environmental data (wind, waves, current, etc.) for a future wind farm. The suction pile foundation was inserted 30 m into the water and 12 m into the seabed. It was the first time that suction caisson technology was applied in Hong Kong. The installation only took 30 minutes!

Also in Panama, Boskalis created the very first artificial real estate island in the Americas. Called Santa Maria, it’s situated south of Panama City’s Punta Pacifica area and connected to the shore by a bridge. The name refers to one of the vessels used by Christopher Columbus on his first transatlantic voyage in 1492. In February 2013, the final quality control tests were conducted successfully and the island was handed over to the client, Ocean Reef Islands. On the drawing board, there are already plans for realising a second island, La Pinta, also named after one of Columbus’ ships, but this has not been greenlighted given yet.

Some of the other activities Boskalis has undertaken are extending the cruise terminal in Nassau, the Bahamas (to handle mega-cruisers), constructing a new port terminal at Superporto do Açu in Brazil (expected to become one of the largest port complexes in the world), constructing parts of a new harbour in Helsinki, Finland, and conducting immersion survey work for the Øresund Tunnel between the Danish capital Copenhagen and the Swedish city Malmö.

In 2013, another affiliate, Volker Stevin International, started performing civil and building works for the new Électricité de France diesel power plant on the French part of the island of Saint Martin. The provided services consist of demolition work, on-site investigations, design and construction of a three-story office, an engine hall, outlying support buildings, road works and the associated services, including storm water drainage and landscaping.

Just some of VolkerWessels’ other international projects are the first immersed concrete tunnel in Latin America, currently under construction in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, rehabilitation of Gatwick Airport near London, a Metrolink line in Manchester (the largest light rail scheme in the UK) and a sturdy construction for the Tay Road Bridge in Scotland to protect it from serious ship impacts.

VolkerWessels: real estate development, civil engineering and more Another big Dutch player on the international construction and infrastructure market is VolkerWessels, which has its headquarters in Amersfoort. It started in 1854, when Adriaan Volker set up an independent building contractor.

VolkerWessels is a group of around 120 companies, operating in fields such as real estate development, civil engineering, road and railway construction, network infrastructure (cables and pipelines), plant and machinery management, telecommunications infrastructure and consulting.

The artificial island Santa Maria, taking shape off the coast of Panama City.

(Photo: Royal Boskalis Westminster)

Other companies Other Dutch construction and/or infrastructure enterprises that have spread its wings across the border as well. These include, to name just a few, Heijmans, Ballast Nedam, Strukton and TBI. As outlined here, the Dutch construction and infra industry has built the most imaginative and impressive constructions abroad. But it has also built something that’s equally, if not more important: a solid reputation.

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Dutch/Flemish movies

lucifer

October 2015 saw the 59th edition of the London Film Festival (bfi.org.uk/lff) take place, and among the many films on offer there were several of particular interest to us here at Holland Focus. This issue, we’ll take a look at Lucifer, which is the new film from Flemish director Gust Van den Berghe (whose Little Baby Jesus of Flandr was reviewed in the July/ August 2010 edition of this magazine).

Lucifer is the final part of a trilogy that commenced with the aforementioned Little Baby Jesus and continued with Blue Bird. For this new film, Van den Berghe and his collaborators developed a system called Tondoscope, in which the action unfolds in a circle as opposed to the rectangular aspect ratio viewers are used to. Watching a film in this format takes a little bit of adjusting to (as it did last year with another LFF title, Mommy, which played in a perfect square, or 1:1 ratio), but it’s a choice that proves to be as successful as it is brave; the film’s world-shaped image seemingly allows us a rare sense of focus on a story that’s at once both intimate and universal.

Lucifer is based on a work by famed Dutch playwright Joost Van den Vondel, and sees the title character

words Darren Arnold

-- the infamous fallen angel -- spend some time on earth as he descends from heaven (via a ladder) en route to hell.

Lucifer appears to be a welcome source of help to the villagers he encounters, but ultimately (and predictably) leaves little but sorrow.

While the film’s story can be summed up in a few lines, the unique experience of Lucifer is considerably more difficult to describe; the work it can perhaps be most easily compared to is Carlos Reygadas’ astonishing 2012 film Post Tenebras Lux, which also saw the devil circulate among us mortals. Just as with Reygadas’ film, Lucifer is largely inaccessible, frequently baffling and occasionally brilliant; it makes for a memorable couple of hours of real cinema, although it could just as easily play as an art installation -- in which sense it’s similar to yet another LFF title from last year, Aleksey German’s Hard to be a God. Outside of the festival circuit, Lucifer may well be a difficult film to track down, as its release will almost certainly be very limited, so if you do get the chance to see it, please take it; it’s as rewarding as it is difficult.

We’ll have more LFF coverage in the next issue, and keep in mind that you can read reviews of other films that played at the festival at: letterboxd.com/hollandfocus/films/diary.

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SHULBACH introduces Dutch sjoelbak to Australian homes Made in Holland from quality hardwoods, SHULBACH is designed to be passed down from generation to generation. Its slim profile makes it easy to pack away when not in use, while the foldable version of SHULBACH is ideal for taking on road trips and family holidays.

While the concept is new to Australians, SHULBACH has been popular in European households for decades, says Chris van den Bergh, managing director of MontiToys. com. “SHULBACH is one of those games found in almost every home in Holland and Belgium. It’s even played in schools, holiday resorts, aged care facilities and workplaces that value giving employees some rest and recreation – and time away from the computer. I’m very excited to introduce more Australians to SHULBACH,” continued Mr van den Bergh.

Dutch furniture manufacturer, Schilte, only uses timber suppliers certified with the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Council. The PEFC is a global organisation endorsing sustainable forest management through forest certification and labelling of forest-based products. Products with the PEFC claim provide consumers with confidence that the raw material originates from sustainably-managed forests.

Furthermore, SHULBACH complies with the Australian Forestry Standard, a local representative body of the PEFC.

Known as a Sjoelbak and the game is called Sjoelen, this classic game of skill can be played sitting or standing and engages the mind with its unique scoring system.

Perfect for playing amongst family and friends, from the young to the elderly, SHULBACH is designed to offer ample entertainment and has inspired competitive tournaments of the game which are hosted around the world. SHULBACH is played using 30 wooden pucks that slide across a long timber surface divided, at the end, by four slots, each with a unique set of points. Pucks are concaved on both sides, allowing only the edges of the puck to travel down the board.

The objective of SHULBACH is to create as many ‘sets’ as possible to increase individual scores. A set comprises of one puck in all four slots, which doubles the score, while each residual puck constitutes as one point. The highest score possible is 156. Pucks are tallied and a winner is selected based on the highest number of points.

Pricing and availability SHULBACH Dutch shuffleboard, RRP $239 SHULBACH foldable Dutch shuffleboard, RRP $299 For enquiries, visit MontiToys.com or phone 02 6601 7278.

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A taste of Australia

delivered to Europe’s door If only we could bottle Australia’s unique landscapes, endless blue skies and fresh air. In many respects, Australian wine does – a sip of a quality Barossa Shiraz certainly has the ability to transport you to a sun-soaked field flanked by fragrant gums.

Spreading a bit of Australian cheer to the northern hemisphere is waterthroughgrapes.com.au, an online distributor of fine Australian wine to the European and UK market.

Carefully selected quality wines from Australia’s many rich and diverse wine making regions are packaged up and delivered to the door of your family, friends or business associates in Europe. So whilst it may be cold and grey outside, loved ones in Europe can enjoy a touch of the ‘lucky country’.

From their centrally located Hamburg warehouse, waterthroughgrapes.com.au can deliver throughout the European community within three to ten business days, making it not only an ideal special occasion or Christmas present but also perfect for last minute gifts.

There are no nasty exchange rate surprises as your order is paid for in Australian dollars, plus all the notoriously tricky customs and freight hassles are taken care of so that the only thing you need to worry about is what wines to send.

Waterthroughgrapes.com.au offers gift packs in sets of three, six or twelve bottles, alternatively you can make your own personalised selection or send single bottles of wine. All gift packs can be sent with an accompanying personal message.

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So whether it is a corporate gift, sending a present to a homesick Aussie abroad or wanting to share a taste of your Australian life with European family, waterthroughgrapes. com.au can bring a taste of Australia to the lips of Europe.

Wine as gifts can be ordered online at www.waterthroughgrapes.com.au

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SAIL BACK IN TIME WITH THE STS LEEUWIN II

Sail in the steps of famous Dutch sailor and explorer Dirk Hartog

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The STS Leeuwin II is offering an exclusive opportunity to join a historical voyage along the WA coastline to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first Dutch contact with Western Australia made by Dutch sailor and explorer Dirk Hartog.

On the 25th October 1616 Dirk Hartog made landfall with his ship the Eendracht at the landmark soon to be known as Dirk Hartog Island in Western Australia’s iconic Shark Bay area.

As part of the anniversary celebrations next year, Western Australia’s own tall ship, the STS Leeuwin II, will offer history and sailing enthusiasts the unique opportunity to sail in Dirk Hartog’s steps, experiencing a taste of life aboard a traditional 1850s style vessel.

Sailing enthusiasts will be invited to join the voyage which will depart from Fremantle on the 14th October 2016 and arrive in Shark Bay on the 21st October 2016.

The STS Leeuwin II is a 3-masted Barquentine with more than 810 square metres of sail and an overall length of 55 metres.

The vessel is a working ship and all voyage participants will be invited to engage in all aspects of ship operations from sailing, steering and navigating to cleaning the ship, standing night watch and climbing the 33-metre main mast.

The original Leeuwin (Dutch for ‘Lioness’) Galleon was a Dutch ship that discovered and mapped some of the southwest corner of Australia in March 1622.

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The Leeuwin Galleon was only the seventh European ship to sight the continent just six years after the first recorded European landfall by Dirk Hartog.

Cape Leeuwin, the most south-westerly point of the Australian mainland was also given the historic Dutch name by English Navigator and Cartographer Captain Matthew Flinders in December 1801.

Participants aged over 18 interested in joining the exclusive Leeuwin voyage can receive more information or register their interest by sending the Leeuwin Foundation an email to esther@sailleeuwin.com listing their name and date of birth.

Background information The Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation is a not-forprofit organisation based in Fremantle, Western Australia.

We are an award-winning provider of experiential learning and leadership development programs, mainly aimed at young people aged 14-25.

The Foundation’s mission is to challenge and inspire young people to realise their personal potential and make a positive contribution to the wider community, through the unique medium of a tall sailing ship.

Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation PO BOX 1100 Phone: 08 9430 4105 Fremantle Photos: Leeuwin

Dutch Clocks in Oz • Zaanse, Sallanders, Schippertjes, Frisian Tail Clocks • and a variety of other clocks from Holland located in Springwood, Qld, 4127

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Sinterklaas inspiratie in de keuken

Na het succes van vorig jaar is hij er weer ‘Het Grote Sinterklaas Kookboek’, van de hand van Anneke Ammerlaan en Yolanda van der Jagt. Verrukkelijke recepten en tips voor de hele Sinterklaastijd: van het aftellen naar de intocht tot de overgebleven restjes snoepgoed. Naast de ruim 100 originele recepten staat het boek bol van bijzondere surprise-ideeën, inspirerende foto’s en gezellige achtergrondverhalen. Met 216 pagina’s en uitgevoerd in rood linnen ziet het kookboek er bijna net zo uit als het echte grote boek van Sinterklaas. Een inspiratiebron voor jong, oud, en iedereen die Sinterklaas een warm hart toedraagt.

Oud en nieuw De ongecompliceerde recepten voor alle dagen dat de Sint in het land is, zijn elk jaar een succes. Klassiekers worden toegankelijk, terwijl alledaagse gerechten een originele sinterklaastwist hebben gekregen.

Daarmee is het Grote Sinterklaas Kookboek zowel vernieuwend als nostalgisch tegelijk en zo goed als tijdloos. Het kookboek is een onuitputtelijke inspiratiebron voor een heerlijk Sinterklaasfeest, elk jaar weer. Auteur en foodtrendwatcher Ammerlaan: ‘We zien dat steeds meer mensen behoefte hebben om zelf aan de slag te gaan in de keuken, vooral met de feestdagen.

Zo wordt pakjesavond ook een avond gezellig met elkaar eten’.

Recepten De bekende kruidnoten, taaitaai en banketletters krijgen in dit boek een geheel nieuwe dimensie. Bijzondere recepten zijn o.a. gehaktballen met kruidnootjes en marsepein gemaakt van dadels. Daarnaast passeren diverse moderne varianten de revue, zoals quinoa-kruidnootjes, worstletter en het chocolademelkbuffet.

Uiteraard ook veel aandacht voor hartige kost zoals boerenkoolsigaren en de aardappelmijter. Creatief culinair specialist Yolanda van der Jagt: ‘Ik heb me laten inspireren door zowel mijn kinderen als mijn eigen jeugd, vandaar dat het een mooie mix is geworden van klassiekers en hedendaagse receptuur’.

Informatie en bestellen via www.hetgrotesinterklaaskookboek.nl Het boek is ook verkrijgbaar via de (online) boeken kookwinkel.

ISBN 9789082245509, Prijs: €22,50

In de voetsporen van de filmploeg

Topfotografen Frans Lemmens en Marjolijn van Steeden trokken een jaar lang in de voetsporen van de filmploegen van de natuurfilm Holland - Natuur in de Delta door Nederland om een fascinerend beeldverhaal samen te stellen. Recentelijk verscheen het resultaat: het groot formaat fotoboek Holland - Natuur in de Delta, behorend bij de gelijknamige bioscoopfilm en opvolger van de succesvolle natuurfilm De Nieuwe Wildernis.

‘Doordat we konden profiteren van de expertise en voorbereidingen van de filmploegen, natuurorganisaties, wetenschappers en overheden zijn we in staat geweest in korte tijd de beste en mooiste locaties voor onze beelden te vinden. We hebben ons land afgelopen jaar gezien als nooit tevoren.’

Holland – Natuur in de Delta is een (her)ontdekking van Nederland; een ode aan onze rivieren, het kustgebied en de rijke natuur die zij onze delta brengen. Een reis door de tijd door de ogen van dieren die de rivierdelta al lang voor ons bevolkten. Denk aan de machtige zeearend, de koning van de delta. De bever die, net als mensen, barrières in het water bouwt en geulen graaft. Maar ook de haas, ‘de cheetah van de polder’, het onbekende pimpernelblauwtje en het stekelbaarsje dat een epische reis maakt naar zijn paaigronden, zijn hoofdrolspelers.

Als leidraad is voor het thema ‘water’ gekozen. De reis door de delta, van bron naar zee, geeft je een bijzonder beeld van de wijze waarop de mens het landschap naar zijn hand heeft gezet en hoe de natuur daar weer op reageert. Intieme dierenportretten en majestueuze landschappen wisselen elkaar af.

Het thema van de film en boek sluit inhoudelijk aan op tal van lopende en toekomstige projecten die zich richten op natuurontwikkeling en (water)veiligheid. Het verhaal van de film is een herontdekking van Nederland. Internationaal een showcase van de Nederlandse identiteit: natuurmakers en watermanagers.

De trailer van de film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyBuEKW2dlE 192 pagina’s, € 24,95 - ISBN 9789079703180 : Nederlands ISBN 9789079703203 : 2-talig Ned/Engels Voor bestellingen vanuit het buitenland kunt u contact opnemen met de uitgever 31

XAVIER BROUWER career juggling IT and Theater We attended his latest play Grey Lobotomy in Melbourne and had a great time.

Some questions we asked Xavier Brouwer.

Xavier Brouwer is a musical theatre writer, who composes and produces his own musicals.

Xavier was born 1972. He was only sixteen and still at high school when he started writing and producing, helped by a revolutionary programme at the primary school and college he attended. He played violin and trumpet and then studied different instruments.

Where you born in Australia, are both your parents Dutch?

I was born in France to a Dutch father born in the Dutch East Indies and a Dutch-Italian mother who was also born in Indonesia!

His teenage rock musical called Hey! (1988) and a one-act jazz musical called Jesse Christopher (1989), turned into a two-act musical with Richard O’Shaughnessy in 2004, which set the Passion of Christ in New York in the 1920s.

Could you tell me a bit about your background?

I grew up in Sydney, then Melbourne, and spent most of my time at high school playing music and writing and producing musicals. I then studied music composition for a few years in Frankfurt, Germany, before returning to Australia to learn more about theatre at the Union Theatre at Melbourne University.

After high school Xavier moved to Frankfurt to study composition at Dr Hoch’s Konservatorium and he later returned to Australia where he studied opera.

Back in Melbourne, Xavier deepened his performing arts experience by producing, directing, lighting and performing in a variety of musicals, choirs, plays, modern dance pieces and theatre-in-education touring shows, including at the famous performing arts incubator of the Union House Theatre at Melbourne University.

Composing and writing musicals is not your day job, is it?

What is your day job?

I am an I.T. Architect during the day, to pay the bills of course. Designing computer systems is a creative process and is not that far off designing musicals, actually!

Xavier’s most well-known musical to date has been MACKILLOP (2008), a dramatic musical on the life of Australia’s first saint, Mary MacKillop. (source: Xavier’s Website).

Would you like to be a fulltime composer/writer?

Wouldn’t we all! However if you look through history very few people could afford to be full-time artists, and 32

for the rare ones there were usually strings attached, e.g. needing to paint portraits of boring rich people to keep the money coming in.

Would that be feasible?

If you are lucky to be one of the few music theatre writers to have a large enough royalty income stream (e.g.

Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz), then yes.

Where do you get the ideas for the musicals? How many have you made so far?

I look around everyday life to find interesting stories. For example, I was reading biographies of famous Australians and realised that the story of Mary MacKillop would make a great musical as her complicated life could be condensed on stage and the music would give it an emotional punch. I have written and had produced five musicals over 25 years.

Are you involved with the production as well?

Depending on the show and which organisation wants

to produce it, I can just be the writer, or also producer, or even the music director or director.

Your MacKillop musical was an enormous success, are you catholic and are you inspired by her.

I’m what you call a lapsed Catholic as I believe the Church has lost sight of the key elements of Christianity, although Pope Francis is certainly trying his best to change this for the better. Mary MacKillop was an amazing woman who set up schools and refuges across Australia and New Zealand despite significant forces working against her, so she is a great role model to draw inspiration from.

What motivated you to write that musical?

I felt that it was a great Australian story about a remarkable woman that needed to be told to the wider public.

Was Grey’s Lobotomy as successful?

Grey’s Lobotomy was a hit with the many healthcare workers who came to see it as it gave them an opportunity to laugh at the often dysfunctional system they work in! Some of the more sophisticated Melbourne theatre-going audience found it a bit low-brow for their taste, however it is meant to be a medical revue on steroids rather than a Shakespearean tragedy.

What inspired you to make this musical?

All around me I was hearing stories of ramping at hospitals, and lack of nurses and funding, and some of my doctor and paramedic friends were giving me some great insights in the system. A dysfunctional system is a great target for satire, which actually has the ultimate aim of forcing society to acknowledge a systemic issue and fix it!

How do you decide the time a musical will go for?

My last musical, DIVE, ran for 70 minutes with no interval as I wanted to make the audience feel trapped in the pressure-cooker rooming house as the characters were, with no escape until the tragic end. With Grey’s Lobotomy, as there was so much material in the health system to satirise and parody, I adopted a two-act structure with a cliffhanger at the end of Act I so the audience would want to come back after interval to see if the protagonist survives!

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“Kick Down Under” a World Championship FIRST for Australia An amazing event is going to happen in July 2016 on the Gold Coast. The Australian Footbike Association is organizing the World Championships in what is for Australia a relatively new sport but well known already in several European countries, especially in the Netherlands.

“Stepping” (Footbiking) has been going there for at least 30 years.

Australia won a bid to host the Footbike World Championships in 2016. This is the first time that the Championships have been held outside Europe. Bruce Cook, President of Australian Footbike Association Inc (AFA) encourages enthusiasts “to get training and be with us as we welcome and take on the best in the world!”

The large Dutch team hoping to participate is organized

by Margriet and Mario Reijne from Woudenberg. They hope to achieve significant sponsorships for the trip from Dutch businesses operating in Australia. Their Stepteam High Level of 50 people is one of the largest clubs in the Netherlands; 40 of them are competitive steppers. Altogether five men and four women from the Netherlands qualified to participate in the World Championship in Australia. Mario is the current European champion in the time trials. Their daughters Maxime and Rosanna are also top performers. Rosanne is in fact the 2014 World Champion in no less than four major events held in the Czech Republic in that year. More information about the sport in the Netherlands can be found here: www.stepteamhighlevel.nl and www.autoped.nl They are busily engaged collecting 80,000 empty bottles, a campaign that started in April in the Netherlands. The goal is to collect EURO 20,000 (AUS $30,000). Details of the campaign can be found here: http://www.80000legeflessen.nl/aftrap-lege-flessenactie/

Organising this first international event has stretched the Australian Footbike Association to the limit and they too need sponsors. Originally it was planned for Brisbane but difficulties with local conditions necessitated a change of venue. Mr. Cook reported: “we have now secured the whole event on the Gold Coast, only 20kms from Surfers Paradise, and all our Iconic theme parks. We will be based out of the Sports Super Centre at Runaway Bay, which will also have some dormitory style accommodation and meals for all competitors, supporters and volunteers”.

Cook calmed the many European competitors saying “although it is going to be winter here, our daytime temperatures will still get to 20 plus degrees, and competitors can even swim at the beaches”.

The program in July looks ambitious to say the least.

Registration is on Thursday 7th July 2016 at the Sports Super Centre followed by the official welcome and Aussie BBQ dinner. The next day there will a sprint qualifying session. Kids events feature throughout the period. On that day there will be “open fun racing” for them. On the Saturday, again, there is Kids and Cadet racing on a Criterium circuit ranging from 1.2km to 4.8km depending on age, followed by prize giving. Major adult events start on Saturday with Criterium racing for Women, 10km and later Criterium racing Men 10km. This is followed by relays in the afternoon. Marathons follow on the Sunday: first for women (42.195 km) then for boys and girl cadets (20 km) followed by the men’s marathon (42.195kms).

A country beach volleyball is included as a final event. A dinner and farewell party will complete the first World Championship Footbike in Australia.

This has the making of a new sport and, possibly, a new holiday pastime for the Gold Coast. It should be of interest to major corporations to have their name prominently associated with it.

Compiled by: Klaas Woldring, Dutch Australian Cultural Centre, Sydney. www.footbike.com.au https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pk269n2iX0

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Herman Melville’s studio where he wrote Moby Dick, photo Pabla Schanchez, Prague

Dutch Explorer Herman Melville He ventured about as far as any Dutch explorer, but most people don’t know he’s Dutch at all.

Herman Melville, who hung out with cannibals in the South Seas before writing such books as “Moby Dick”, was the son of Maria Gansevoort and the grandson of Revolutionary War hero Peter Gansevoort.

Peter Gansevoort was born in Albany, New York, in July 1749, entering the region’s Dutch aristocracy. His family had lived for nearly a century in Albany, which once was the Dutch colony Fort Orange. His great-grandfather was master brewer Harmen Harmense van Gansevoort, who came to Fort Orange in the mid-1650s and established a brewery. More than 100 years later, Peter Gansevoort was operating the family brewery, according to Laurie Robertson-Lorant’s “Melville: A Biography”.

When the American Revolutionary War broke out, Gansevoort joined the Albany militia. His tall, imposing presence and prominent family connections enabled him to climb the ranks and attain the position of Colonel.

But he would prove himself courageous as well as connected. His heroic legacy rests on his August 1777 defence of Fort Stanwix, which prevented the British

Herman Melville, Library of Congress,

by Joseph O. Eaton, etcher unknown

words Ray Cavanaugh

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Oil painting of American Revolutionary War General Peter Gansevoort, 1794, Original is in the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute of Art, painting by Gilbert Stuart

brother named Gansevoort. He was baptized into the South Reformed Dutch Church.

According to Andrew Delbanco’s “Melville: His World and Work”, it was from his mother that Herman received the “rudiments of a religious education”. And she “chastised him well into adulthood for his spotty church attendance”.

Though the son may not have been the most fastidious churchgoer, his thinking often took a religious bent. The biblical stories and characters that his mother introduced him to remained “vividly alive” in the future writer’s imagination.

During his early childhood, Melville enjoyed a highly pampered life that included multiple servants. In truth, however, Melville’s father was living far beyond his means and borrowed vast sums from both sides of the family, particularly from his mother-in-law.

When Melville was age 12, his father died from the effects of a frigid two-day carriage ride from New York City to Albany. Melville’s formal schooling ceased after his father’s death, and he took a job as a clerk.

In his late adolescence, he made a brief attempt at being a schoolteacher, before choosing to head out to sea. On 3 January 1841, he boarded a whaling ship in Massachusetts that sailed around Cape Horn and headed

penetration of New York State. In the aftermath of this event, American founding father John Adams remarked: “Gansevoort has proven that it is possible to hold a fort.”

Gansevoort received a huge plot of land from the U.S. government in honour of his military success. There, he lived with his wife Catherine Van Schaick, with whom he had five children, including Maria Gansevoort (Herman Melville’s mother). He later served as sheriff of Albany County and made an unsuccessful run for U.S. Senator, before dying in Albany at age 62 on 2 July 1812.

His daughter, Maria Gansevoort, was “raised to conform to the highest standard of Dutch womanhood,” according to “Melville: A Biography”. She perfected her needlework, attended the local dancing school, took piano lessons twice a week, and read considerably, though she was warned that some fiction could place unsuitable ideas into her head.

On a more wholesome level, she devotedly read two Bibles – one in English, the other in Dutch: the language she had grown up speaking, despite living in America.

On 14 October 1814, she married Allan Melville – a drygoods merchant who came from a prominent Boston family – at the North Dutch Reformed Church in Albany.

Herman Melville was born in New York City on 1 August 1819. He was the third of eight children, including a

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Dick” brought very mixed reviews in its day. And ensuing Melville works, such as “Pierre; or The Ambiguities”, were received unfavourably.

Adding to the disappointment of his declining popularity, Melville’s eldest son committed suicide (reportedly right after arguing with his father), and his second son also died prematurely.

When Melville died at age 72 in New York City on 28 September 1891, his books had been out of print for more than a decade.

It seemed that he was falling into obscurity, but the 20th century saw a renewed appreciation for his body of work.

A movement called the “Melville Revival” surfaced and, in 1945, The Melville Society was established.

Herman Melville is now a titan of literature: His travels of the South Seas are the stuff of legend, and scholars have endeavoured to plunge the depths of his psyche. But, perhaps owing to his English surname, his Dutch roots often go overlooked.

drawing by Paul Lasaine (About 1930)

into the South Pacific.

After spending 18 months on this voyage, Melville chose to desert his ship while on the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. He lived with native peoples of the islands who – though they practised cannibalism – were kind enough to him.

Melville eventually boarded an Australian whaling ship that headed to Tahiti. There was mutiny on this ship, and he had to serve time in prison on the island of Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific.

Following his release from prison, additional ship voyages, and a lengthy stopover in Hawaii, he finally made it back to America’s eastern coast in October 1844.

Drawing on his extensive travels and wild experiences, he proceeded to author such books as “Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life”, “Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas”, and, of course, his now-ubiquitous classic, “Moby Dick”.

The first two works were a success. However, “Moby

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Weka weka!

Frans Hertoghs We hebben een huurder in onze tuin. We hebben er wel vaak plezier van, maar we zijn er niet altijd blij mee. Het is een weka, ook wel woodhen of boskip genoemd. De weka – een Maori naam uit te spreken als wèkka – is een inheemse, in levendig kastanjebruin uitgevoerde vogel uit de familie van de rallen. Hij heeft er het zenuwachtige op en neer wippen van zijn korte staart aan overgehouden.

Hij kan niet vliegen, en je ziet hem zelden fladderen, zo kort zijn zijn onzichtbare vleugels geworden. Maar daar zit hij niet mee. Zijn stevige en rappe poten brengen hem overal waar hij heen wil.

Jaren geleden, toen we hier pas woonden, zag ik er op een dag ineens een in de tuin. Ik was er van overtuigd dat ik een heuse zeldzaam geworden kiwi had gezien.

Daar lijken ze namelijk best veel op. Maar het duurde niet lang voor ik begreep dat deze weka geen kiwi was. Op het eerste gezicht kun je ze nog wel verwarren, maar hun korte, stevige ravensnavel lijkt nog niet op niet de lange kromme bosgrondsnavel van de kiwi, met zijn gevoelige neusgaten helemaal op de punt. Wij en onze weka kunnen goed met elkaar opschieten en nu is hij in onze tuin niet meer weg te denken.

Onze weka lijkt sprekend op een kip maar dan wel met een stevige snavel, die heel geschikt is voor vechten, doden en slopen. En hij is misschien iets kleiner.

Hij kan wel zestig centimeter lang worden en anderhalve kilo wegen. En hij gedraagt zich als een kip. Maar dan een eenzelvige kip. Na het

broedseizoen zie je hem of haar met piepkleine kuikentjes rondscharrelen, maar al gauw zijn de kleintjes groot en dan is hij weer alleen in onze tuin. Het is een echte omnivoor. Een derde van zijn dieet bestaat uit kleine en ook grotere beestjes, zoals salamanders, slakken en kevers. Ook eieren staan op zijn menu. Ook vogeltjes, ratten en zelfs kleine konijntjes versmaadt hij niet. Twee derde beslaat uit plantaardig voedsel, zoals fruit, zaden, bloemblaadjes en vooral afval. Geen composthoop is veilig voor zijn fanatieke gegraaf. Maar wat hij er ook uithaalt, hij zorgt altijd voor extra mest- en zuurstof, dus dat laten we maar zo.

Het is een echte dag-en-nachtvogel. Overdag struint hij onbekommerd rond. ’s Avonds hoor je zijn ongeduldige geschreeuw. Meestal klinkt het behoorlijk onvriendelijk.

Waarschijnlijk is hij dan bezig met krachtig stemgeluid zijn territorium tegen stiekeme onderkruipers te beveiligen.

Soms krijgt hij antwoord en dan schreeuwen ze gezellig tegen elkaar in, het mannetje een paar tonen lager dan het vrouwtje. Precies zoals het hoort. Je kunt hem ook bij donker nog rond zien scharrelen, zodat we mogen aannemen dat hij in het donker prima kan zien.

Net als eksters zijn ze nieuwsgierig en geneigd tot diefstal. Zo verzamelen ze allerlei interessante kleine spulletjes. Liefst glimmend maar ook dingetjes die hun nieuwsgierigheid opwekken zoals sleutels, zonnebrillen, stoepkrijtjes en paspoorten. Het Departement of Conservation raadt af om de weka dan achterna te zitten – dat is trouwens zinloos, ze zijn je altijd te snel af. Het beste kun je zijn verzameling opsporen en

terugstelen als hij even niet thuis is.

Wij mogen hem wel. De weka is de Nieuw-Zeelandse versie van onze vos. Slim, nieuwsgierig, hondsbrutaal en volkomen ontembaar. Hij is voorzichtig maar beslist geen schijtlaars. Elke dag betalen we hem onze belasting - een soort omgekeerde huur – in de vorm van een korst brood of een stukje afgekeurd fruit. Dan roepen we hem en al gauw staat hij bij de achterdeur. Want dom is hij niet. Hij weet waar Abraham de mosterd haalt. Hij is zelfs niet te beroerd om het brood uit je hand te komen pikken. Maar het is geen bedelaar. Hij graait het eten uit je hand als een gauwdief of roofovervaller.

Probeer hem niet te vangen. Hij staat je gewoon uit te lachen en verdwijnt op hoge poten in de bush. Onze 40

huurder heeft een obsessie voor schoenen met veters to keepkeren the thirteen of kleine uitsteeksels. Verschillende heeft hijrusks gethat come in a rollvan fresh. probeerd een veter los te rukken uit de schoen eenFor this we can thank Verkade, bewonderaar. Een keer slaagde hij erin om in onze tuinDutch company te from schuur een binnenzool uit eenthe hoge werkschoen sloZaandam that first started pen. De eigenaar wist niet eens dat die los kon. selling their rusks in a tin in order preserve their Als we hem per ongeluk vergeten dantokomt hij persoonfreshness. lijk langs om zijn deel op te eisen. Hij loopt brutaal de I must to keuken en de kamer in en piktAlthough, keurend aan eenadmit kamernot owning a tin myself, plant of een bosje bloemen. Nooit vergeet hij om een and to not eating a whole stinkende natte poep achter te laten op vloerbedekking lot of rusks, I still have a of parket. Als hij ziet dat de deuren dicht zitten gaat hij weakness for them and will voor de schuifdeuren paraderen. Daarbij kijkt hij vorsend happily indulge in them naar binnen en weet precies van wie hij wel en van wie timejeto time. hij niet een lekker beetje krijgt.from Mocht niet snelEspegenoeg cially if they’re topped reageren, dan tikt hij ongeduldig met zijn snavel tegenin one of the following ways. het raam.

Perhaps aOnder bit ofmijn inspiration, Hij heeft verschillende woonplaatsen. kanshould you want try toortje is een mooie frisse ruimte waar hij graagto logeert. something other than the more traditional toppings.

Beschuit Vitello Tonato: Tuna salad, thinly sliced veal and capers Beschuit ‘Cupcake’: Cream cheese flavoured with sugar and vanilla, sliced strawberries and freshly-grated dark chocolate Green Mean Beschuit: Sliced avocado, lime juice, olive oil and garden cress Beschuit Italiano: Pesto, mozzarella, cherry tomato and basil Sunshine Beschuit: Soft goat’s cheese, baby spinach and sun-dried tomatoes Beschuit Parisienne: Scrambled egg with black truffle Beschuit Elvis: Peanut butter and sliced banana Spanish Beschuit: Sliced Manchego cheese and figs Nordic Beschuit: Cream cheese, smoked salmon and chopped chives Nutty Nutella Beschuit: Nutella and chopped hazelnuts

THE CLOG BARN Experience the colour & charm of Holland without leaving Coffs Harbour

Je ziet hem regelmatig met takjes, veertjes en klein afval onder de vloer verdwijnen. Maar hij is ook dol op de citroenboom, die met zijn takken tot op de grond hangt en van waaruit je erg comfortabel de keukendeur in de gaten kunt houden, speciaal op een hete dag.

Toch is de weka kwetsbaar, al is hij nog niet bedreigd.

Honden, katten en fretten zijn hem de baas. Vorig jaar heeft een hond op beschermd terrein veertien weka’s doodgebeten. Wezels en ratten eten de jonkies en de eieren. Zijn geliefde bossen moeten plaats maken voor weiden en velden. Bij Maori staat hij nog steeds op het menu. Mensen zijn ondankbare beheerders van hun Moeder Aarde. De slimme weka spant ze graag voor zijn karretje.

Weka’s zijn strenge maar toegewijde ouders. Beide ouders voeden de jonkies – vaak een tweeling – op. Dat houden ze maanden vol, tot de kuikens groot en sterk zijn. Zelfs als ze haast niet meer van de ouders te onderscheiden zijn zie je ze nog bedelen om voedsel, dat ze intussen best zelf kunnen vinden. En ze krijgen het nog ook. Tot op een dag de ouders er schoon genoeg van hebben. Dan krijgen hun bedelende jongen letterlijk op hun kop. Grote ruzie in de achtertuin. Op een vroege ochtend verdwijnen de ouders. De wijde wereld in. Een paar dagen blijven de jongen moederziel alleen achter tegen beter weten in nog wat napiepend. Maar dan kiezen ze eieren voor hun geld en gaan ook het bos in, om met hun ouders te concurreren.

Precies zoals het hoort.

Volgend jaar komen ze vast alle vier weer gezellig terug.

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TTIP

“Weg met TTIP, weg met TTIP�, more than 7000 protesters march through the streets of Amsterdam, on October 10. They want to make clear what they stand for. No signing of TTIP, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the USA and Europe.

The Netherlands stands not alone in its fears and protests. Simultaneous with Amsterdam, about 150,000 people protest in Berlin against TTIP. Together with Madrid, Helsinki, Warsaw and Prague, about a quarter of a million people spoke out against TTIP. Earlier in the Netherlands 115,000 people signed a petition against TTIP. In the first week of October, over 3.5 million protest signatures were handed to the European Committee. This is more than sufficient to demand a symposium.

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words and photos Birgit Blankers

Europe has strict laws to guarantee food safety and health regulations. Much stricter than the USA. Many food additives permitted in American food are forbidden in Europe, but the main problem is growth hormones in American meat and chickens washed in chlorine. Also American dairy farmers inject their cows with bovine somatotropin, a hormone that stimulates the milk production, but weakens the cow. Europe has stricter laws on animal welfare and on social security for the Europeans. Workers in Europe are much better protected against unemployment, danger on the work floor and illness. To the USA these differences are an obstacle for transatlantic business and the USA aims to equalize European laws. This means that Europe will most likely have to lower its standards in many areas and millions of Europeans are against this. But the worst part is that people were hardly given information about TTIP. Only journalists managed to find some information.

Especially TV presenter Arjen Lubach informed people in his TV programme about TTIP. ISDS TTIP comes with Investment State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) and the liberals believe that this agreement is going to bring in a lot of money and jobs, the protesters fear that the agreement is going to cost many jobs, mainly small businesses and small farmers in Europe will be affected. They also believe that European rules and standards about environment and public health will have to become less strict to match with the rules of the USA. This is essential for the USA to sell their products on the European market. This will have consequences for animal welfare, human health, jobs and the environment.

This also means that if Europe enforces new rules on environment, safety, animal welfare and public health, businesses from the USA might see this as a profit barrier. This is where ISDS comes in. Without going to court and without making use of the existing legal system, company lawyers and a lawyer from the specific country plus a third lawyer will decide whether the multinational company is right or not.

These disputes have never ever been lost by multinational businesses. They can and will sue the Dutch government, read Dutch taxpayers, they will have to pay huge amounts of money, money that will be withheld from education and healthcare. Canada has experienced this already and Germany too, when Angela Merkel decided to close the Swedish made nuclear plants in Germany after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. Germany is still paying millions of Euros to Vattenfall, the owner of the nuclear plants, to compensate for the loss of profits.

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Protest Reason enough for the Federal Dutch Workers Union, (FNV) the Political Party for Animals, Greenpeace and many other environmental groups to participate in the biggest protest march in Amsterdam since many years. An impressive volume resonates when thousands of people shout; “TTIP NEE, TTIP NEE” while walking through the Rijksmuseum port. The band Brotherhood from Suriname accompanied the protesters with tropical music. The atmosphere is great and peaceful. When a man starts a dispute with a policewoman standing alongside the road; “You are being paid with our money”, one of the protesters, pulls him back, saying; “Please sir, let’s keep it ‘gezellig’.

Marianne Thieme, Member of Parliament for the Political Party for Animals thanks the protesters for showing up in such big numbers. Her party wants a symposium, “and if that doesn’t happen, TTIP is off the table,” she says. The march finishes on De Dam. A Russian band, Kalio Gayo, plays happy music.

At around 15.30 hours some people return home, others participate in workshops about TTIP and agriculture or healthcare.

Some join workshops about how to set up an anti TTIP committee in their own town or village.

Amsterdam was the first city to commit itself to be TTIP free. The organisers of the protest promise they will not stop until every little town or big city in the Netherlands has its own TTIP committee.

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Discover the Ice Age in unique peat moor

words and photos Yolanda Edens corduroy road

More than 10,000 years ago, after the last Ice Age, a large peat moor was established in the north-east of the Netherlands. In the meantime almost all the marshlands in the Netherlands disappeared. One of the last spots in the Netherlands where the process of thousands of years of peat formation in its original form can still be observed, is in Twente’s Engbertsdijksvenen.

An extensive peat moor with heath fields and fens and a marsh with a thickness of about 5 metres, all in its original state. The area is part of Natura 2000, the European network of protected nature reserves.

Engbertsdijksvenen The Engbertsdijksvenen is a nature reserve east of Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk, situated in a triangle formed together with the villages Bruinehaar and De Pollen. The area got its name from the Engberts, a farmer’s family. The Engbertsdijksvenen have been cut relatively late. Until the 19th century the cutting in Vriezenveen and surroundings was on a small-scale, only used for their own heating. At the start of the 20th century the cutting of the peat was done on a much larger scale.

In the meantime the marshlands had become a lot dryer, due to the construction of the canals, which made it more approachable. Via the small ditches large quantities of the turf could be transported through the Veenkanaal, which was connected to the Engbertsdijksvenen in 1907. Until about 1950 peat was cut here on a large scale. Until the seventies peat was still used for the production of peat moss/compost. After that the economical exploitation was stopped. Because of this it is one of the few spots in the Netherlands where this process of thousands of years of peat forming is still in its original shape.

Shaping of peat Normally dead plant materials will break down fast by oxygen and bacteria. Especially in high temperatures and a dry environment the break down will go fast. In a wet and damp environment the break down will go slower than the accumulation and peat will be formed. The layer of slowly decaying plant material that will accumulate over many years could become extremely thick. That is peat. Once dried – we are talking about turf now – it is an excellent fuel. There are two kinds of turf: blanket bog and peat. Both occur In the Netherlands. Blanket bog is created where the soil is damp through underground water. Peat is created in higher grounds with an impermeable layer, which does not allow the rainwater to go down. The most important part of peat is peatmoss/ sphagnum; a kind of moss that absorbs large quantities of water. Once fully absorbed more than 90% of the plant is water.

The Veenschap exists largely of an open landscape with grassland and farmland, flanked by moats, shrubs and leftovers of heather. In the leftovers of the heather are different parts of flora and fauna, like cotton grass, deergrass, the white beak-sedge, small- and round sundew, bog rosemary and cranberry. It is also the territory of the adder and the viviparous lizard. Until the end of the 19th century, in the Veenschap turf was only dug up for their own use. These small properties were sometimes called ‘one man’s turf allotment’. When the turf was cut and dried it was sold as fuel. The peat was taken from the fields and shipped further down through the canals. In and around this nature reserve are ‘haren’.

These are sand islands that emerge from the ground. The first inhabitants of the peat wilderness settled on those sand islands surrounded by the then vast peat moors.

Traces The traces of the centuries long cutting of the peat are still visible in the small and larger water filled peat bogs.

When the top layer of grey-hair-grass, heath and bushes were removed, the peat bog was dug out. This was extremely heavy, as they had to dig through different layers of plant leftovers to be able to reach the peat. The peat areas like the Engbertsdijksvenen were wet and very boggy. In earlier days the extensive peat areas were hardly passable and uninhabitable. Mainly between 2000 and 1500 BC wooden corduroy roads were constructed.

Those corduroy roads have been reconstructed in this

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Turf Hut in Echten, photo SilverSpoon

area. Walking over a corduroy road one sees on both sides of the swampy soil the different layers of soil from the Ice Age. By constructing canals they tried to dry out the peat swamps. If the swamps were not dry before winter started, the peat froze and it took longer before the turf could be cut again after the winter. During the large scale peat cutting deeper peat swamps were dug with the help of machines. Nowadays they are full of water again, to give the peat a change to recover. The Engbertsdijksvenen is part of a European network of high-quality nature reserves. It is an international wetland and the largest and most important peat area of Western Europe. It is a true Eldorado for bird lovers, nature lovers and walkers and the dedication of the volunteers make it the best researched fauna area of the Netherlands. On the edge of the area is the Veenmuseum ‘Vriezenveenseveld’, which brings alive the living and working on the peat in the period from 1850 till 1950.

Turf hut Turf huts (or sod houses) often stood in peatlands. They are very simple huts, built with peat sods, especially found near large scale peatlands in the poorest parts of the Netherlands, like the provinces of Drenthe, Friesland and Overijssel. The huts were to be found on the undivided heath fields, situated outside the esdorpen.

For centuries used as dwellings for the very poorest peat workers, often having large families. The huts were partly dug under the ground and without walls, with the roof starting at ground level. The roof was covered with divots taken from nearby land. The building of brick houses only started when all the peat had been cut and sandy soil was reached. The living conditions were deplorable. Due to the way they were built it was hard to heat the room, it was very damp and infested with vermin. People living in

Brink in Rheeze

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farm in Rheeze with diamond shaped wickerwork

turf huts died young. Large families often lived on about 10 square metres, sometimes even with their livestock.

The housing act from 1901 forbid the living in turf huts.

Substitute housing was limited. In a village like JubbegaHoornsterzwaag the last turf huts were demolished in the late 1960s. Some places in the Netherlands offer accommodation for tourists in a specially built and furnished turf hut.

Esdorpen Esdorpen or brinkdorpen are often found on peatlands.

It is a type of village on sandy soils in the Netherlands and mostly established in the Middle Ages. Esdorpen were established around a communal meadow that was a bit higher than the surroundings. This was named a brink. The brink was also a place to escape to for people and livestock when there were floods, which regularly occurred in our country, when the water was not tamed as yet. At night the shepherds drove their flocks to the brink. Around the brink farms appeared. In the sheds the dung of the sheep and cows was swept together to fertilize the agricultural land. The waste was swept in ‘pot’ stalls that were built against the farms. After mixing the dung with turf it was spread over the ‘essen’.

Originally the brink was not the centre of the village, but was especially important as gathering area for the livestock. That is the reason why the sheds of the farms have been built with the back to the brink. Gradually the brink became a place for livestock trading which grew into a social meeting place under the trees where yearly markets and festivities were held. Often a music stand and large (Ice Age) rocks were placed on the brink.

Characteristic for a brink is the spacious design and the generous vegetation and the viewpoints between the houses and farms. The houses and farms are not placed 49

neatly in a row. The trees provide the much needed shade. The brink is also part of the Monopoly game and considerably cheaper than the Amsterdam Kalverstraat or the Haarlem Barteljorisstraat.

trees and shrubs were planted. Most of the valuable historical outbuildings have been placed on the list of the conservation for monuments and therefore received a protected status.

Rheeze In the Netherlands and especially in Overijssel are only a few original esdorpen left. In the Vechtdal are still three characteristic esdorpen: Beerze, Rheeze and ArriĂŤn.

Rheeze is a typical example of a beautifully preserved esdorp. The Saxon village is part of the council of Hardenberg and dates from the Middle Ages (1381).

It has a fine brink. Along this brink are all houses and sheds with behind them the enken or essen. The sheds are still decorated with straw-reed wicker. The diamond shaped wickerwork is made from rye straw which has been attached to the underlying reed mat with twigs. Just straw would be too fragile for this wickerwork and the reed had to be brought from far. On the yards of the old farms are still kokhoezen, used to cook the food for the livestock.

Rheeze is with its 300 citizens a lively community in an original village. The residents do everything to keep everything in its original state and repair it if needed.

At the end of the year 1992 the centre of Rheeze was nominated as a protected monument. In the centre of Rheeze is also a zone of high archaeological value, and ground work that goes deeper than 40 cm requires archaeological research first. In 2001 beech hedges, hawthorn hedges, fruit trees, linden trees and woodland

Going in the peat moors The peat moors in Salland could easily be explored by beautifully mapped out routes for bikes and walking and take you to the most attractive tourist attractions. The routes have ample information signs and/or information kiosks that give cyclists or walkers interesting background information on this amazing region brimming with cultural history.

corduroy road

Haaksbergerveen Along the border with Germany is Haaksbergenveen, one of the most attractive peat moors of the Netherlands. In Haaksbergerveen the peat moors have been restored to their former glory. The paths and corduroy roads open this region up to walkers, cyclists, horses and wheelchairs.

The Borkeld The Borkeld is an amazing heath reserve between Holten, Rijssen en Markelo. The view from the Friezenberg and the enormous heathlands make it worth going to the Borkeld. Special are the many cultural historical remains.

There are dozens of grave mounds dating from BC. Probably the first inhabitants walked here more than 10,000 years ago.

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drying of turf, photo Gouwenaar

Esdorpen are in Drenthe, like Dwingeloo, Diever, Orvelte or Gees, in Salland, Twente, the Achterhoek, e.g. Vragender and the Groningen’s Westerwolde, like Sellingen. Also towns like Assen, Emmen and Groningen are originally esdorpen. Friesian brinkdorpen are Bokkeveen, Oldeberkoop and Veenklooster.

Another area with original esdorpen is Het Gooi (e.g. Laren) and the Utrecht’s Heuvelrug. Spread along Noord Brabant and Limburg are different esdorpen, like Liempde, Merselo, Sevenum and Sint Anthonis.

The Veluwe has many esdorpen too. Along the western side of the stuwwal of the Veluwe are: Wageningen, Bennekom, Ede, Lunteren.

Wezep is an esdorp too. (source Wikipedia)

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niet kijken Weet u wat een BN is? Ik had de afkorting al vaker gehoord voor ik ineens begreep wat het betekende: Bekende Nederlander! Een Bekende Nederlander – liefst met een hoofdletter geschreven – is iemand wiens naam bij een groot publiek bekend is en die door veel mensen op straat wordt herkend.

Het verschijnsel Bekende Mensen is van alle tijden.

Beroemdheden zoals vorsten, politici, kwakzalvers, en later ook sportmensen en kunstenaars waren ook vroeger al bij een groot publiek bekend. Maar bijna niemand wist hoe ze er precies uitzagen. Ze liepen anoniem tussen ons rond. Ook niet na de opkomst van krant en radio.

Beroemdheden hadden meestal alleen maar een naam, geen gezicht of privé-leven.

Ik had nooit veel belangstelling voor BN-ers. Maar langzamerhand bleek dat ik een van de weinige mensen was die niet geïnteresseerd was in hun beroemdheid.

Met de opkomst van de televisie werden de BN-ers een soort plaag. Van het soort waar je nooit meer helemaal van af komt.

Het werkt zo. Mensen die je kent, daar heb je meer belangstelling voor dan voor onbekenden. Daar kun je niks aan doen, dat gaat automatisch. Wie je vaak op de beeldbuis ziet die ken je. En hoe bekender, hoe meer BN-er.

Foto’s in de krant, namen over de radio zeggen ons weinig. We kennen de mensen pas als we ze gezien hebben, in het echt of op de TV. Hoe vaker hoe beter.

Bijvoorbeeld presentatoren en presentatrices. Die zien we elke

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TaalsTaaltje door Frans Hertoghs

dag. Ze hebben ook een naam: Dit is Het Journaal, met Karel Appelflap. Na een tijdje ken je hem beter dan je broer. Wat voor stropdas zou hij deze keer aanhebben?

Zag je ook hoe hij nog gauw zijn haar kamde toen hij al in beeld was? Maar waarom zouden wij willen weten dat hij Appelflap heet? Hij is toch alleen maar de figuur die teksten voorleest?

Bekendheid is kennelijk onweerstaanbaar. Er kijken meer mensen naar een programma als het door een beroemdheid gepresenteerd wordt. De presentator is meestal zelf nog beter bekend dan zijn gasten, allemaal BN-ers natuurlijk. Zo langzamerhand draait de hele televisiewereld om een aantal zogenaamde ‘sterren’. Die stralen meestal niet omdat ze zo briljant zijn, maar omdat ze het schijnwerperlicht weerkaatsen.

De presentator van een BBC programma als Top Gear, weet u wat die per jaar verdient? Achttien miljoen euro.

En Oprah Winfrey staat nu boven de 130 miljoen euro.

Het is nog erger. Beroemde presentatoren nodigen gasten uit voor hun programma’s en spelletjes. En wie treden daar op? BN-ers natuurlijk, en vooral andere presentatoren. Pauw komt met De Leeuw bij Van Nieuwkerk en kijk eens wie dáár is Linda de Mol! Het is een rondedans waar wij alleen maar naar kijken omdat we de deelnemers denken te kennen. Je wordt toch niet goed van de gebakken lucht?

Dik drie uur per dag kijken Nederlanders televisie, afgeladen met Bekende Nederlanders die steeds bekender worden. In Brussel hebben ze voor mensen die verslaafd zijn aan beroemdheid een prachtig Vlaams woord. Ze hebben het daar over matuvukes.

Het is een samentrekking van de Waalse vraag m’ astu-vu?, ‘’heb je me gezien?’

Het enige wat wij nog kunnen doen is niet kijken.

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REFUGEES through the ages Erik Feenstra

Interior of the Portuguese-Israeli Synagogue (Snoga) in Amsterdam. Painting by Amanuel de Witte, about 1680, collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 54

Expulsion from La Rochelle of 300 Protestant famillies_Nov 1661 Jan Luiken, 1649-1712. Orbigny-Bernon Museum

Refugees: right now the main issue in Europe, including the Netherlands. Politicians seem to be powerless as many people flock to the continent and right wing parties ‘smell new opportunities’. A lot of humbug is going on, especially via social media. Some weeks ago, on the streets of Amsterdam, a radio reporter asked me if all these refugees worried me. I answered ‘Not really.’ Refugees always existed and it doesn’t mean that they automatically bring disaster and diseases to us; historically they sometimes brought us prosperity. To the question: ‘Aren’t you afraid that a terrorist might be able to slip into the country with them’, I answered: ‘Of course this frightens me. But that is too hard to cope with.

Besides: look at all the tourists that overflow Amsterdam nowadays. It only needs one idiot …’ Historically, large crowds always moved from one part of the world to another, like refugees and immigrants. You can get hysterical about it, frightened, angry, aggressive or stay calm and study historical facts. Let’s look into Dutch history, regarding this issue.

Belgians flee to the Republic The first time the Dutch allowed large refugees groups into the country, was in de 16th century during the Tachtigjarige Oorlog, the Dutch independence war against Spain (1568-1648). In 1585, Antwerp fell into

Spanish hands, at the time the largest trade centre and one of the richest cities in Western Europe. The Spaniards cut off all trade routes to Antwerp, many Protestants fled and Antwerp’s prosperity was over: from the 100,000 inhabitants in 1560 almost 60,000 people left the city.

Many Flemish people left for Holland and England; many people from other parts of Belgium left for Germany. In England, Belgian refugees were welcomed by a charter of King Edward VI, because of their technical skills, rare at that time and they also brought new varieties of textiles.

They were named ‘strangers’ and in many cities they surpassed the number of native inhabitants. Natives became jealous and threatened the ‘strangers’: a coming and going phenomena throughout history, even today …

Refugees helped the Republic into the Golden Age The northern provinces just declared themselves independent from Spain and had founded the Republiek der 7 Provincien. The state’s religion was Protestant, but other religions were allowed, as long as they did not show their existence to the outer world too obviously.

This attracted a lot of refugees to the new republic. In 1622 67% of the inhabitants of the city of Leiden came from the south, 50% in Middelburg, 40% in Rotterdam en 33% in Amsterdam. In the beginning, contact between the different groups would not have been easy: foreigners 55

refugees from Belgium, 1914

regarded the Dutch as crude and far too direct and the Dutch thought newcomers were arrogant and frivolous.

It took quite some time before the different groups mingled: until the 1630s.

The newcomers brought knowledge and money with them and helped the new republic into the Golden Age. The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC), the first joined-stock company in the world with a monopoly on trade between the Republic and the East (the whole region east of Cape Town) was founded in 1612, and was originally an idea of Flemish people. Johan van der Veken took his moneymaking herring trade with him when he fled from Mechelen to Rotterdam and was with 600,000 guilders the richest man in Rotterdam. He was involved in founding the first stock market in 1598 (in Rotterdam, and not - as many people believe - in Amsterdam). Poorer people, workers without names, gave a boost to the declining Lakenindustrie in Leiden. In 1650, Leiden had become the world leader in producing textiles. Some big names in Dutch arts and science had Belgian ancestors or were born in Belgium. The well-known painter Frans Hals (1583-1666) was born in Antwerp and worked and lived his whole life in Haarlem. The famous Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) was born in Cologne, moved with his parents to Utrecht and they moved to Amsterdam in 1597. Scientist Simon Stevin (1548-1620) was born in Brugge. In the Republic he pretended that the Dutch language was more useful to transfer knowledge than Greek, Latin or any other language. As a scientist he educated many students in physics, mathematics and architecture. In Leiden taught geodesy and building of fortresses.

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Portugal, to the new republic where they were free to marry, to trade and earn money, without having to live in ghettos or wear Jew’s badges and above all: they were safe from the furious Inquisition. They were very important to the Dutch economic and cultural development during the Golden Age. Amongst them were many scientists, philosophers, artists, bankers and business owners. The most famous name of the philosophers was Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), born in Amsterdam, from Portuguese ancestors.

Hugenoten From France many Huguenots fled abroad to escape the bloody internal religion wars, to Preussen (Germany), England and the Republic. Around 1700, in Amsterdam 7% of the inhabitants were French. Among the French refugees were many army men who had served under King Louis XVI. In 1688, Prince William III hired 300 former French officers, to join his army to England, win a war against the Catholics and become King William of England. In Holland, many Huguenots started book businesses, because the book guild –one of the only guilds - allowed foreigners within their midst. Many French refugees studied in Groningen, Utrecht and Leiden and some of them became a professor.

19th century Halfway the 19th century the Dutch government decided that certain rules should be introduced concerning refugees. It was an answer to the growing political and economical unrest in Europe. With the Vreemdelingenwet from 1849 in their hands, the Dutch authorities were able to refuse permission to enter the Netherlands to refugees without money or a passport. But in reality it hardly happened, due to the lack of governing the rules at the time.

left: Refugees from Belgium, signed, dated Leo Gestel 14, black chalk and watercolour on paper, 30 x 23 cm centre: Turkish gastarbeider

ordered the building of a refugee camp: kamp Westerbork in Drenthe. In 1942, the German occupiers took over the camp, and used it as a ‘transit camp’ for Jewish prisoners, before being deported to concentration camps in Germany and elsewhere, like Anne Frank.

Indië becomes independent: Indonesia In 1949, the Dutch colony Indië became independent from the Netherlands and 300,000 Indonesian people migrated by boat to the ‘motherland’: either Dutch people with European ancestors or Dutch people with mixed European-Asian blood, in these days called ‘Indos’.

In 1952 the ministry of Social Welfare (maatschappelijk welzijn) was founded, at the time a unique institute in Europe. It had to regulate assistance and integration to all newcomers, using hotels hostels and campings to give them food and shelter. The authorities took care of housing, securing jobs, education and an early form of civic integration courses. At the time, assimilation was the key word, unlike nowadays.

World War I During World War I (1914-1918) the Netherlands were neutral. So was Belgium, but nevertheless the Germans invaded our southern neighbours in 1914 to get a quick route towards France. More than a million Belgians fled to the Netherlands, at the time a population of 6.2 million. To stop the flow of refugees, the Germans created a deadly electric wire system along the entire border between the two countries. The Dutch authorities set up large and heavily secured rescue camps. Eventually, most of the Belgians returned to their homeland.

World War II In 1933, Adolf Hitler came into power in Germany and many Jews tried to leave the country. The most famous refugee of all times is Anne Frank, who fled with her family from Frankfurt to Amsterdam in 1933/34. The Dutch authorities tried to stop the flow of Jewish refugees and in 1938 they decided to stop refugees coming in the country. In 1939, the Dutch government

Gastarbeiders In the sixties many WesternEuropean countries had a shortage of working people in the mines and heavy industry.

Many men from Italy, Spain, Turkey and Morocco came to the Netherlands, basically because they couldn’t find a job in their own country and would work here for a short time. They came alone, left their families in their home country and lived separated from the rest of society. Although officially they would go back, many didn’t, and brought their families over. The number of migrants rose rapidly. Many Dutch inhabitants moved to suburban areas and new cities. For instance many Amsterdammers left for Almere, Lelystad and Purmerend.

And left old and cheap houses behind, mainly taken over by migrant families. Assimilation, as in the fifties, was not an issue. Different groups lived quite separated from each other and compulsory civic integration- and language courses were created, but it might have been too late… It was the start of social unrest and right-wing parties, who believed ‘Dutch values’ disappeared because of all these newcomers. As we have seen happening so often before.

UNHCR Refugee Convention July 1952, the Netherlands signed an international pact, together with more than one hundred other countries: the 1951 UNHCR Refugee Convention in Genève. The pact defines who should be regarded as refugee and forces countries to offer asylum to them. are you interested in what’s going on in the Netherlands?

Please go to www.eropuit.blog.nl (a website in Dutch), or www. wereldnieuws.blog.nl, if interested in main news.

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Engelandvaarders

museum sheds light on history On the 4th of September HM King Willem-Alexander opened the Museum Engelandvaarders in Noordwijk.

This museum tells the story of the Dutch who escaped from the occupied country during WWII. From Great Britain they continued the fight against Nazi Germany and Japan.

The new rural museum is a tribute to the many Engelandvaarders (literally England Sailors) and to the people who helped them. Dutch who risked their lives for freedom. Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, the Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Oranje) was one of them. But there were many more.

1,700 Engelandvaarders During the occupation in 1940-1945 more than 1,700 Engelandvaarders succeeded, with a lot of effort, to reach Great Britain. Hundreds of other people tried, but lost their lives during the journey.

Apart from the risky crossings over the North Sea, the Engelandvaarders who moved over land to Great Britain get a lot of attention in the new Museum Engelandvaarders. These routes often took months to years and in many cases they had to walk thousands of kilometres, full of hardships.

resistance hero Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema (Soldaat van Oranje) arriving at Schiphol in 1951 (Nationaal Archief by J.D. Noske)

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words Marianne Visser van Klaarwater photos Marcel Verheggen

Second World War Just like the book, movie and musical, the museum shows how WWII was experienced by individuals and why they decided to take the dangerous journey to Great Britain. The atmosphere of the war is almost tangible by establishing the museum in a bunker built by the German occupiers and the use of modern audio-visual techniques.

Soldaat van Oranje The Soldaat van Oranje was and still is an icon. Daily, the success of the book, the movie and the musical Soldaat van Oranje still add to the story of the Engelandvaarders.

The initiators want to give the museum a wider and more extensive view of the Engelandvaarders during WWII. This objective has been supported (also financially) by eg the National Committee 4 and 5 May, the National Foundation of Peace, Safety and Veterans care, the Prince Bernard Culture Foundation, Fonds 1818, the Genootschap Engelandvaarders and many surviving relatives of the Engelandvaarders.

Queen Wilhelmina The museum visualises the contribution of the Engelandvaarders to air force, marine, Princess Irene Brigade, Merchant Navy, KNIL and their part in the

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Risky situations In addition, the risky situations the helpers of the Engelandvaarders came into is shown. The people who were seized received heavy punishment for the ‘favouring of the enemy’. The serious choices the Engelandvaarders and their helpers had to make are made insightful and tangible in the museum.

Englandspiel. The visitors also get an impression of the special relationship between the Engelandvaarders and the then Queen Wilhelmina (U bent de schakel tussen hen die thuisbleven en mij – you are the link between the people who stayed home and me).

Role model The museum wants to show the Engelandvaarders as a role model for the youths. According to the initiators Values like taking initiative, coming into action, show courage and perseverance have to be passed on to young people any time and in all circumstances.

Link: MuseumEngelandvaarders.nl

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St Nicolaas at the St Nicolaas church in Gent, photo Eric Hulsens

Zondag 18 oktober was de Nederlandse Radiogroep van 4EB FM 98.1 Brisbane aanwezig bij de Familiedag bij The Dutch Club NAQ. Een zonovergoten dag in Richlands en oerhollandse gezelligheid!

Ons aller Hans van der Drift bracht met zijn bekende liedjes de stemming er goed in. De vele bezoekers zaten te smullen van diverse Nederlandse lekkernijen die de vrijwilligers van de NAQ met veel plezier klaarmaakten. De sjoelbakken waren constant bezet en de kinderen konden zich vermaken met kleuren, ballengooien, sjoelen en andere spelletjes.

En wat een geweldige dag ook voor ons, Nederlandse Radiogroep! Wij hebben enkele nieuwe leden kunnen optekenen, waarvoor onze hartelijke dank. Want het aantal leden dat wij hebben bepaald immers onze uitzenduren. Gelukkig hebben we onze vier uitzendingen per week tot nu toe kunnen behouden, maar het was heel spannend of dat wel zou lukken voor het komende jaar.

Dit was ook het laatste weekend van de jaarlijkse Radiothon van 4EB FM 98.1 met het thema “Raise the Roof”. De donaties zullen worden gebruikt voor uitbreiding van studio’s en vernieuwing van de apparatuur.

We zijn ongelooflijk dankbaar voor alle grote en kleine donaties die we mochten ontvangen. Ons streefbedrag van $1000 werd dik overschreden tot een bedrag van ruim $2200! Dit mede door een gulle gave van Lenie van Wijk, onze vice-voorzitter.

Zij doneerde $1000 ter nagedachtenis aan haar man Rudy, die onlangs is overleden.

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The Dandenong Christian Reformed Church invites you to join us in a

Dutch Christmas Celebration

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The entire celebration will be in the Dutch language.

Saturday Night, 12th December at 6.00 pm Cnr Outlook Drive & Gladstone Road, North Dandenong The ‘Jubilate Choir’ will sing for you and with you.

The Christmas message, a Christmas story and poems plus community singing are all part of the program.

There will be refreshments to follow A collection will be held for ‘Dandenong Palliative Care’ If you would like to hear and sing Carols in Dutch, Please come along!

For more information please ring Peter or Alice Krins on 9735 5334 or 0401 019151

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British toy and model makers such as Corgi, Dinky and Matchbox helped to create a 1950s and ‘60s boom in detailed miniature diecast vehicles. Diecast makers in Denmark, Italy, France, Germany, and Spain turned out fine models too, and Hot Wheels in the US premiered its miniatures in 1967. The Netherlands also has its diecast model makers, such as Best-Box (later known as Efsi, then Holland-Oto), and Lion Toys. words Eric Bryan

photo above: The Lion Toys gold commemorative edition of the DAF 31.

Photo by Vectis Auctions. this photo: this DAF 600 was shown at the Concours d’Elegance 2008, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. Photo by Janderk1968.

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Lion Toys history Founded in Wassenaar in 1946 by Arie van Leeuwen, the Lion Toys company started out producing 0 and HO scale model railways. The firm began making Volkswagen Beetle and Renault 4CV models in 1956, followed by DKW 3=6, Opel Rekord and Renault Dauphine miniatures in 1958. The scales of these cars are 1:42 and 1:45. These Lion Toys models are valuable today: Mint examples in their original boxes have been known to fetch up to around $2000 each at auction, while one Lion Toys Volkswagen Beetle realized over $5500!

In 1958, Van Leeuwen moved Lion Toys to Nistelrode, where he invested in a modern injection moulding machine. Demand for the company’s products led to the establishment of another production line in Dinther.

Manufacture of diecast vehicles continued through the 1980s.

When Arie van Leeuwen died in 1992, his wife and daughter carried on running Lion Toys. Henk van der Muil and Peter Vijverberg took over the company in 1994, and in 1998 founded a new production plant in Uden. The pair focused on the development of new Lion Toys models.

Vijverberg was awarded Model Builder of the Year in 1995, 1997 and 2003 in the category of 1:50 to 1:43 scale model trucks.

IBN-production Uden took over Lion Toys in 2009, though with the continued involvement of Vijverberg and Van der Muil. In 2010, Tekno BV acquired Lion Toys. Tekno was a famous Danish maker of diecast models until the early 1970s. After Tekno went bankrupt in 1972, Vanmin BV, a Dutch importer of Tekno goods, purchased the Danish

company. This led to the founding of Tekno Toys BV, originally based in Delft, and now in Maasland.

The Lion Toys DAF car models Lion Toys started manufacturing their 1:43 scale DAF cars in parallel with actual DAF vehicle production. DAF dealerships even kept samples of the Lion Toys (marketed under the name Lion Car) on hand, specially-painted in the true DAF colours, as guides for potential buyers of the real cars.

The Lion Toys DAF 600 beat DAF to the punch by going into production in 1958; the real car wasn’t available until 1959! Particulars of this model include the stylised ‘daf’ logo cast onto the down-swept boot and bonnet. The 600 is easily distinguishable from later models by its small, narrow grille, an attribute which gives even the real car a toy-like appearance. A promotional model in red, with white Heineken lettering on the roof, was distributed in America, and is so rare that only one example has so far been traced.

The DAF 750 Pick-up, released in 1960 (again before the real vehicle was available), is the small-truck version of the DAF 750 car. The 750 Pick-up has a ribbed cargo bed, and was offered both with and without a tin tilt. There is a rare variation with an extended clear plastic canopy, produced as promotional models for Palthehuis, and Gerard Worm. The 750 Pick-up was rereleased in 1970.

The DAF 30 was introduced in 1963 and represents a 1961 Daffodil. The body of the 30 continues with the down-swept bonnet and boot of the 600, with the cast

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clockwise from top left: Lion Toys’ Volkswagen Beetle; The Lion Toys DAF 750 Pick-up; A red Lion Toys DAF 600, beside a DAF 44. photos by Vectis Auctions.

A Daffodil 31, at the Concours d’Elegance 2008, Apeldoorn. photo by Janderk, 1968. photo right: Lion Toys’ DAF B Bestelauto. Photo by Vectis Auctions.

‘daf’ logos. The 30 differs from the 600 in that its grille is wide, with vertical bars which create the impression of teeth.

The DAF 31 was presented in 1964 and is a model of a 1963 Daffodil. Though having the same basic body as the 30, the 31’s grille is without the ‘teeth’. Also, the rear of the roof is rounded off. There is a special edition gold plated DAF 31, made to celebrate DAF’s milestone of 100,000 cars produced. With a green laurel wreath painted on the roof, this edition has a special commemorative box. Two-thousand units of this model were produced, to be issued to all Lion Toys employees.

The 31 carried on with the ‘daf’ lettering cast onto boot and bonnet.

The DAF 32 was produced from 1966, and represents a 1965 Daffodil. The 32’s body design departs from that of its predecessors. The slope of bonnet and boot are much shallower and more traditional, and the nose is changed, with thin horizontal strips above the grille. New for 1967 was the DAF 33. The 33 was the first Lion Toys DAF with jewelled headlamps. Some examples have the ‘daf’ logo on the bonnet.

The DAF 44 was released in 1968. Early versions have cast headlights; later editions have jewelled headlamps. Some examples have the ‘daf’ bonnet emblem. There is a scarce orange 44 in GVB Amsterdam livery, with a blue beacon on the roof. From 1970 on, the DAF Lion Cars have a rearview mirror and wipers moulded into the windscreen.

The DAF 44 STC Stationcar (estate), new for 1970, has jewelled headlamps. This model is the first Lion Car DAF

to have an opening feature: the rear hatch. Some releases have the ‘daf’ bonnet lettering.

The DAF 55C Coupé was introduced in 1970, and has jewelled headlamps. There is a Camel-DAF Racing Team rally version of the 55C in yellow with an Esso emblem on the bonnet, and competition number 1 on the doors, which was issued in a special box. This edition was modelled on the car of driver Jan de Rooij, and is hard to find. There is also a yellow version with the Lions Club logo on the roof. The 55C was released again in 1972, this variation having the ‘daf’ logo cast onto the bonnet.

The DAF B Bestelauto, a van based on the DAF 33, was released in 1971. The DAF B has jewelled headlamps, and was produced in many promotional liveries such as GTI, REMIA, and DESSO. The DAF 46 was introduced in 1974. The 46 is of basically the same casting as the 44, but with a slightly recast chassis. The 46 was made both with and without the ‘daf’ bonnet emblem. The DAF 66SL Coupé, issued in 1974, has‘66SL’ cast into the front wings, the ‘daf’ logo on the bonnet, and a DAF emblem cast into the grille.

Reissues and current models Lion Toys reissued some of its classic DAF cars after the year 2000. You can identify some of these models by the bottom-plate, which has ‘NA 2000’ cast in. However, examples of the 44, 44 STC, 66SL, and 46 reissues exist without ‘NA 2000’ cast in. Some reissue clues to watch for are thick paintwork, no cast ‘daf’ logo on the bonnet, and 64

A replica of the super rare Heineken Lion Toys DAF 600, from the Stephan Smits collection.

Photo Stephan Smits.

more precisely-painted bumpers and details than on the vintage models.

Some of the reissues have tyres with almost no tread.

These new editions were released in Lion Toys window boxes, and in reproductions of Lion Car boxes.

Lion Toys is now headquartered in Maasland, and still offers a large array of model vehicles in several scales, including miniatures of vintage to current DAF trucks. The trucks are in a huge array of liveries. These include Pally Holland, Milka, Fristi, Fruit-tella, Lu, Booy, Douwe Egberts, Duyvis, Jan de Rijk, Smint, and many others. Lion Toys also accepts special orders to produce models in liveries of your choosing. Lion Toys has its own museum, open to the public, in De Lier.

THE DAF CARS words Eric Bryan

Dashboard Daf 32, Luxe, Extra, photo Roepers. right: interioir Daf 750, 1961. photo Joost J. Bakker.

Following is an inventory of the basic DAF cars which Lion Toys modelled their miniatures on over the years. Not listed are the various van and pick-up versions of the cars.

• DAF 600: Debuting at the 1958 Amsterdam Motor Show, the four-seat 600 had a front-mounted 590cc aircooled two-cylinder (flat twin) engine of 22 hp, giving a top speed of 92 km/h.

• DAF 750, Daffodil (DAF 30): Premiering in 1961, the 750 was an upgrade from the 600, with an air-cooled 30 hp 746cc two-cylinder motor, and a 105 km/h maximum speed. The Daffodil was basically a 750 with extra chrome, a different grille (introducing the ‘crocodile’s mouth’), and more lavish fittings.

• Daffodil (DAF 31): New for 1963, this Daffodil shared the power-plant and performance of the previous model, but had a new body designed by Giovanni Michelotti, an upgraded interior, and 13-inch wheels.

• Daffodil (DAF 32): Introduced in 1965, the 32 retained the mechanics and performance of the 31, but had a boxier body, again designed by Michelotti.

• DAF 32 S: The 1966 rally version of the standard 32, the 32 S had a 763cc engine with a modified carburettor and enlarged air-cleaner, giving the car a twenty-percent power increase to 36 hp, and a 121 km/h top speed.

DAF produced 500 of these cars.

• DAF 33: Brought out in 1967, the 33 had basically the same body as did the 32, but at this point DAF officially dropped the Daffodil name. Fitted with a 32 hp 746cc motor, the 33 could go to 113 km/h.

• DAF 44: Presented in 1966 with a Michelotti-designed body, the 44 initiated DAF’s series of larger cars. Its two-cylinder 844cc air-cooled engine produced 40 hp, giving a top speed of 122 km/h.

• DAF 46: The 46, introduced in 1974, succeeded the 44. With the same engine and maximum speed of the 44, the 46 had a Dion rear axle driven by one belt.

• DAF 55: Carrying on the body style of the 44, the 1967 55 had a Renault 1108cc water-cooled four-cylinder motor. This gave the car 50 hp and an 137 km/h top speed.

• DAF 66: In 1972, the 66 continued with the 1108cc power-plant, but was fitted with a Dion rear axle with leaf springs and a differential. The 66 had performance similar to that of the 55.

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Jan en Kaspar Luiken: Het Menselyk Bedryf

De Borduurder In Luyken’s tijd was borduren ook mannenwerk. Het werd vooral gedaan om kleren, wandkleden en meubelbekleding te versieren. Er was veel vraag naar het arbeidsintensieve boduurwerk, ook van grote lappen stof. Borduren was een werk van engelengeduld. Beklede stoelen met borduurwerk kwamen in de mode. Ook gobelins en andere wandversieringen werden geborduurd, vaak met gedetailleerde voorstellingen. Ze gebruikten graag goud- en zilverdraad en vulsels om in de stoffen meer reliëf te geven.

De borduurder is hier zeer geconcentreerd bezig. Hij draagt geen hoed of hoofddeksel en zit in het volle licht van een zijraam. Zijn doek is strak gespannen op een borduurraam dat op schragen rust. Met zijn rechterhand steekt hij de naald in het weefsel en met zijn linker steekt hij de naald op precies de goede plaats weer omhoog. Een streng garen hangt aan zijn riem. Achter hem staat een ander bespannen raam. Naast hem kijkt een jonge leerjongen gefascineerd toe. Hij draagt een voorschoot en heeft een soort frygische muts op met een naar voren krullende punt.

Het interieur is opvallend sober. Behalve de schragen en de driepoot zien we alleen maar een paar panelen staan, een ervan precies voor het raam. Een groot gordijn is tegen het plafond opgegord. Aan het raamkozijn hangen een paar strengen en wat spoelen liggen op de grond. De zon tekent de schaduwlijnen van de loden spijlen op de smalle raamkozijnen.

Door de brede deuropening kijken we naar buiten. Dit keer zien we geen gracht, maar een onbestemd pad langs een huis met een trapgeveltje, dat we van opzij zien, Misschien zijn we aan de rand van de stad, want in de verte zien we twee wandelaars lopen naar de stadsmuur met een soort halve toren.

Hoe vorstelijk zijn borduursel ook mocht zijn, deze borduurder is er kennelijk (nog?) niet rijk van geworden.

Doorstikt uw hart met Kunst en Deugd Dat gij voor Edel doorgaan meugt.

Vorstelijk heet een gewaad Met goud en zilver doorgestikt.

Toch is zo’n kleed onder de maat Voor wie met hemel-ogen blikt: Wat God en Engelen behaagt Is wat de mens van binnen draagt.

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The Embroiderer In Luyken’s time embroidery was also done by men. It was especially practiced to decorate clothes, tapestry and furniture upholstery. The demand was high for the labour intensive embroidery, also on large sheets of fabric. Embroidery needed extreme patience. Upholstered chairs with embroidery were very fashionable. Also gobelins and other wall decorations were embroidered, often with detailed pictures on it. They favoured using gold- and silver threats and fillings to give the fabrics more dept.

Here the embroiderer is working very concentrated. He does not wear a hat or headwear and sits in the direct sunlight through the side window. His cloth is firmly stretched on an embroidery frame which stands on supports. He threads the needle in the fabric with his right hand and threads it up with his left hand on exactly the right spot. A hank of yarn hangs from his belt.

Behind him stands another stretched frame. Next to him a young apprentice watches him fascinatedly. He wears an apron and a kind of Phrygian cap with a curl pointing forward.

The interior is strikingly sober. Except for the supports and the tripod only a few panels are visible, one of them exactly in front of the window. A large curtain has been pulled up against the ceiling. A few hanks of yarn hang on the windowsills and some spools are on the floor. The sun draws shadow lines of the leaden rods on the narrow windowsills.

Through the wide open door we look outside. This time not a canal is visible, but an indefinable path along a stepped-gable-house, seen from aside. Perhaps this is the outskirt of the city, as in the distance two walkers are strolling towards the city wall with a kind of half tower.

Although his embroidery is very royal, these embroideries don’t make him rich (yet?), obviously.

Pass for noble, adorn your heart: Embroider it with grace and art.

A dress seems Royal to behold Covered with silver and with gold Yet it will fail as wedding dress: To satisfy Immortal Eyes.

To praise from God and Angels win Is what a mortal wears within.

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Unity in diversity, under this heading the closing celebrations of 200 year Kingdom took place on 26 September. A festive closing spectacle on the Amstel (canal) took place prior to the official part in Carré.

Ik hou van dit land. mijn plek in de zon Het heeft me veel te geven Dit park is mijn tuin Deze stad is mijn huis Hier wil ik leven.

I love this country.

My place in the sun It gives me so much This park is my garden This town is my house I want to live here.

Antje Montero With her moving voice, touching everyone, Antje opened the festive gathering in Carré by singing the song ‘Ik hou van dit land’. Written by Angela Groothuizen she sings the song about Holland as a country to be proud of. A country you really want to live in. words Marianne Visser van Klaarwater photos Jeroen van der Meyde

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Bird’s eye view We see the celebrations of the 200 year Kingdom passing by in a bird’s eye view. From the re-enacted arrival of Prince Willem Frederik (Huub Stapel) on the beach of Scheveningen till the last gathering in Zwolle with the focus on volunteers. https://www.200jaarkoninkrijk.nl/magazine-editie-01/ start-viering-301113 Frysk Youth orchestra The honor to perform is bestowed to the winners of the music competition, the Frysk Youth orchestra, as part of the 200 years Kingdom. They play ‘Van Oranje’ written

by Carl Wittrock. Listening to this beautiful composition we agree with the jury report. The report called the performance by the Frysk Youth Orchestra ‘of a high level with good teamwork and a beautiful interpretation of the music. It is a pleasure to listen to this presentation.

This is a compliment to the young musicians who have a great musical talent, but also for the conductor. The entire partiture has been made with love. An excellent presentation by such young people.’

Solidarity, essential for unity in diversity Then the president of 200 years Kingdom takes the floor.

In her speech she calls the event ‘a trip through history and a reflection on the time we live in.’ Through the theme Unity And Diversity she points out the importance of solidarity.

“It is important to talk and be open with each other to bridge the gap between the different cultures.”

Shelter for fugitives Just as now, the Netherlands has provided a shelter for fugitives throughout the centuries. Especially during September 2015 fugitives were flocking to our country.

What does that mean for the future? Cultural as well as democratic. The committee 200 year Kingdom suggests to ask the question every fifty years: how is our democracy coping?

A simple song of freedom And especially how is our freedom. We don’t want war anymore, as the powerful singing along of the song ‘a simple song of freedom’ suggests. The protest song from the theatre production Barricade sang by Izaline Calister and Leoni Jansen.

Unity in diversity also illuminates the position of fugitives After 70 years without wars the word ‘freedom’ seems almost taken for granted. But we are also in a vulnerable position. We have to treasure our freedom. Our unity in diversity. Especially the many fugitives who arrive in our country. In his speech minister Ascher called the stories ‘heartbreaking’ and the involvement of the many volunteers ‘heartwarming’. He called the Netherlands one of the richest and happiest countries in the world.

The fugitives come here with high expectations, but they

left the president Ank Bijleveld-Schouten, right: one of the former Prime Ministers Dries van Agt (youtube)

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cannot take for granted that this will be fulfilled. “Every day we have to put ourselves in for freedom, tolerance and democracy.”

Presents After a review of the national events of 200 year Kingdom the Iraqi fugitive and piano player Ako Taher played ‘le Cygne’ by Saint-Saens-Godwosky. I experienced this as a present full of emotions. I was very much moved by it.

What would have happened if he hadn’t fled his country?

King Willem-Alexander received another present. Royal Leerdam presented a commemoration vase for 200 years Kingdom. After that a movie with exceptional interviews of five Dutch prime-ministers is shown.

Unity and diversity for fugitives Showing the theme ‘unity and diversity’ points out the many people involved in 200 years Kingdom. According to former Prime Minister Lubbers we rightfully should be very proud to be Dutch.

In her speech the Mexican born Marifer Aguirre Boca calls it a privilege to live in such a beautiful country. Being the chairperson of this Kingdom’s Youth Parliament she speaks of the future of the Kingdom.

She has a few comments on the words ‘unity and diversity’. “I hope that the kingdom doesn’t have borders. Nowadays many are pushed away because they are foreigners. We have to work together to build a future where we can be proud of a country without discrimination.”

One world Finally Jeroen van der Boom made clear, by singing his song One World, that we can achieve much.

There is one world One world One world we borrow Thus you and I are one Thus keep your eyes open And love everyone Because we all are one Er is één wereld één wereld één wereld en die hebben we te leen.

Dus jij en ik zijn een Dus houd je ogen open En houd van iedereen want wij allemaal zijn één The two year celebrations of 200 years Kingdom are finished. Even before the official start on 30 November 2013 already 70 events had been organised. After the start on 30 November till early September 2015 we counted more than 200 activities within the context of 200 years Kingdom.

Nederlandse tekst: http://www.10tips4trips.info/category/koning/

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foto’s Odi Busman

Nieuwe DNB Bezoekerscentrum geopend door Koningin Máxima Koningin Máxima heeft eind september, in bijzijn van DNB-president Klaas Knot, het nieuwe Bezoekerscentrum van De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) in Amsterdam geopend. In het centrum kan iedereen op interactieve wijze, door middel van games, filmpjes of een speurtocht, ontdekken hoe de economie werkt, wat DNB doet en wat de invloed hiervan is op hun eigen financiën.

Financiële educatie op de agenda Tegelijk met de officiële opening ging ook de promotiecampagne Geld vertelt van start. Koningin Máxima kreeg na de opening een rondleiding door het Bezoekerscentrum, waarbij scholieren en studenten de interactieve onderdelen demonstreerden. Afsluitend sprak zij met betrokkenen over het belang van financiële educatie en de samenwerking tussen de verschillende partijen, waaronder DNB. DNB-president Klaas Knot benadrukte in zijn toespraak het belang van openheid en toegankelijkheid. ‘We hebben onze uiterste best gedaan om onze activiteiten zo toegankelijk en zo interactief mogelijk te presenteren. Hierdoor ontstaat er meer begrip over hoe de economie en de financiële sector in elkaar steken. En dat is goed voor iedereen.’

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Kennismaken met goud, geld en de economie Het nieuwe Bezoekerscentrum richt zich op twee soorten bezoekers. Groepen, veelal afkomstig uit het onderwijs (van voortgezet onderwijs t/m universiteit) kunnen als vanouds een rondleiding krijgen. Daarbij verkennen zij in competitieverband de diverse werkterreinen van DNB, zoals toezicht, monetair beleid, betalingsverkeer en economisch advies.

Behalve het georganiseerde groepsbezoek biedt het nieuwe centrum ook de gelegenheid voor ‘inloopbezoek’ op de begane grond. Voorbijgangers, toeristen en geĂŻnteresseerden kunnen vrij binnenlopen om kennis te maken met DNB. Van versnipperde bankbiljetten, oude munten tot het goud, het is allemaal te ontdekken.

Naast Nederlandse zijn ook buitenlandse bezoekers van harte welkom. Het centrum is tweetalig ingericht, in het Nederlands en Engels. DNB Bezoekerscentrum is geopend van maandag tot en met vrijdag tijdens kantooruren.

Groepsbezoek kan worden geboekt via de website.

: admin@naasa.org.au

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Netherlands Film Festival 2015 More than 350 films and numerous events in ten days From 23 September until 2 October 2015, the city of Utrecht for the 35th time was the location of the Netherlands Film Festival. With more than 350 (!) Dutch and Flemish films, documentaries, TV productions, transmedia and interactive projects and numerous events! words Ton van Rooij

A huge Golden Calf, mounted on top of an information stand of the NFF. (photo: Ton van Rooij)

Wide diversity of films The NFF opened with J. Kessels by Erik de Bruyn. In this filming of the picaresque by P.F. Thomése, writer Frans Thomése and his favourite character J. Kessels, a heavy smoker and drinker, undertake a road trip to Hamburg. The titular character is partially modelled after Jos Kessels, a journalist of the newspaper Eindhovens Dagblad who for many years wrote film reviews, but later on switched to writing a daily column.

Among the other films on the programme were productions as diverse as the interesting and beautifully shot road movie Meet Me in Venice by Eddy Terstall, the brilliant and surpriseladen crime comedy De Grote Zwaen (The Great Zwaen) by Max Porcelijn and the highly captivating documentary Het Nieuwe Rijksmuseum – De Film (The New Rijksmuseum – The Film) by Oeke Hoogendijk.

In Meet Me in Venice, a young woman reminisces about the reunification with her Venice-based Italian father, who had run off when she was three. In flashbacks, we see her travel to Istanbul with him and eventually discovering the real reason he had invited her over after all these years.

In 2012, Max Porcelijn won the Golden Calf for the script of another comedic crime film he had directed, Plan C. Many cast members of Plan C return in De Grote Zwaen, be it as different characters. It’s the bizarre story of writer Gerard F. Zwaen, who finds a bag full of money in the house of his – just killed – accountant. From then on, things go awry… Perfectly cast as Zwaen is Peter van de Witte, who does an fantastic job. Also marvellous are the portrayals of Ton Kas as a sharp-tongued criminal and Michiel Romeyn as a remorseless crime lord.

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A view of the square Neude in the centre of Utrecht during the NFF 2015, close to the festival pavilion. (Photo: Ton van Rooij) Oeke Hoogendijk re-edited her four-part documentary series Het Nieuwe Rijksmuseum (2008-2013), winner of the Golden Calf for the Special Jury Prize in 2013, into a cinema film. It follows the ten-year, problem-plagued renovation of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It also shows the longstanding and almost surreal discussion over a bicycle underpass through the building. As director Wim Pijbes at one point sighs: “I occupy myself nowadays more with cyclists than Rembrandt!”

available on DVD of via a digital link for the voters as they feared this could lead to piracy.

The historical epic Michiel de Ruyter by Roel Reiné was originally withdrawn from the Golden Calf competition by producer Klaas de Jong, but later he revoked his decision.

De Jong emphasized he hadn’t jumped on his soapbox out of discontent with the lack of appreciation for Michiel de Ruyter, but because he felt the Golden Calf gala has been an elite party for arthouse films for many years and mainstream films should get more appreciation.

Dutch film: more international than you think Each year the NFF has a main theme. This year, the choice had fallen upon ‘Grenzeloos Nederlands’ (‘Dutch without Frontiers’). The programme linked to this gave an impression of the international scope of today’s Dutch film.

One of the films screened in this framework was Zurich

by Sacha Polak. In this compelling, penetrating and sometimes very intense drama, singer Wendy Snijders is masterful in her film debut as Nina, a tormented woman who tries to forget her past by wandering along the highways of Europe. Zurich proves you don’t necessarily need a lot of dialogue to bring a powerful story to the screen and grab the viewer’s attention.

Golden Calves 2015 The big winner of this year’s NFF became Gluckauf by Remy van Heugten. This drama, spoken in Limburg dialect and based upon the director’s own childhood, was awarded with four Golden Calfs: for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (Gustaaf Peek) and Best Camera work (Mark van Aller). The exclamation ‘Gluckauf!’, derived from the German ‘Glück auf!’, is what miners worldwide greet each other with and means ‘Get to the surface safely!’ In the film, a father and son, who already don’t have it easy, get involved in the sordid affairs of an underworld figure.

The Golden Calf for Best Actress went to Georgina Verbaan for her leading role in De Surprise (The Surprise), a romantic comedy with a twist based on a novel by Belcampo and directed by Mike van Diem. Martijn Fischer won the Golden Calf for Best Actor for his portrayal of singer André Hazes in the biopic Bloed, Zweet & Tranen (Blood, Sweat & Tears) by Diederick Koopal. Honoured with this – pretty heavy – statuette for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor were Hadewych Minis and Raymond Thiry, both for Bloed, Zweet & Tranen.

Those Who Feel the Fire Burning by Morgan Knibbe was awarded twice: for Best Long Documentary and Best Sound Design (Vincent Sinceretti and Taco Drijfhout). Or

New voting system for feature-length productions To judge films in the categories Feature Film and Long Documentary for the ‘Dutch Oscars’, the Golden Calfves, for the first time an Academy System was used. This meant that the nominations and winners were rewarded by hundreds of film professionals.

Not everybody was too happy with this new system, though. De Ontsnapping (The Escape), Ineke Houtman’s film adaptation of Heleen van Royen’s eponymous novel, was even withdrawn from the festival by its producers.

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three times actually, as it also won the Prize of the Directors’ Forum, a brand new competition. This unconventional, poetical and topical documentary explores a pressing social problem: the dead-end situation of refugees at the European borders.

Lauded as Best Television Drama was Geen Koningen in Ons Bloed (No Kings in Our Blood) by Mees Peijnenburg. It shows the struggles and dreams of Tomas, a withdrawn seventeen-year old, and his fiery sister Naomi, who try to stay afloat in the world of youth welfare. Named Best Actress and Best Actor in a Television Drama were Ariane Schluter in Een Goed Leven by Aaron Rookus and Jonas Smulders in Geen Koningen in Ons Bloed.

Smulders, by the way, also stars in Een Goed Leven. In the endearing and at times intense drama Een Goed Leven, the justwidowed, financially broke, middle-aged Helen (Ariane Schluter) blossoms when she meets economy student Joeri (Jonas Smulders), who in his spare time works as an escort for men.

48 Hour Film Project and Shortcutz In the globally spread 48 Hour Film Project competition, participants are challenged to write, shoot and edit a film in just 48 hours! During the NFF, the Utrecht edition of it was held. Winner became the collective Pretty Fly for Welkom (Welcome), the tale of two refugees who are welcomed ‘by the book’.

Another international short film initiative that has settled in Holland is Shortcutz. Every Tuesday evening in Amsterdam, this platform for young filmmakers presents work by up-and-coming talents. On 1 October 2015, the 100th Dutch Shortcutz edition was celebrated – at the NFF! To add lustre to this jubilee, props from recent Dutch films were auctioned, with all proceeds being invested into the film platform. Serving as auctioneer was film journalist and filmmaker Jan Doense.

Auction pieces included a hammer from Gluckauf, reproductions of old masters and a necklace from Michiel de Ruyter, a scarf from Bloed, Zweet & Tranen and a teddy bear from Alex van Warmerdam’s psychological thriller Borgman. Doense himself also bought something: a replica of a painting by Rembrandt from Michiel de Ruyter. Director Roel Reiné told the attendees that Rembrandt van Rijn and Michiel de Ruyter had lived in the same street in Amsterdam and therefore he thought it would be nice gimmick to briefly show the painter in his film while he was walking down a street with a painting.

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the NFF for a few years now. She also serves as one of the festival hosts.

The Dutch film has been showing an upward trend lately, as Daphne has noticed, too. “Just the other day we had some young directors in our programme, including Sam de Jong and Mees Peijnenburg. It’s wonderful to see how much talent there is and how passionate they are to make films, whether they have a budget for it or not.”

Of the films screened at the NFF, which ones does she rank among her favourites? “A superb film, I thought, was The Paradise Suite, the Dutch entry for the Oscars. [In this film by Joost van Ginkel, the storylines of highly different multicultural characters gradually get intertwined – TvR.] And with Those Who Feel the Fire Burning, Morgan Knibbe has made a very impressive film about the refugee problems.”

About the significance of the NFF for the Dutch film, she says: “I think it’s tremendously important that there’s a place for the Dutch film where makers and visitors gather, where people are informed about film, where film professionals get interviewed, where you can exchange talents and where we can celebrate with each other what a tiny country like the Netherlands can bring about.”

Actress Truus de Boer on Pijnstillers, working abroad and more One of the film professionals we met is actress Truus de Boer. In Pijnstillers (Painkillers), programmed at the festival, she portrays an art gallery assistant. In this drama by Tessa Schram, a number of events leave a profound impression on Casper (Gijs Blom), a fifteen-year old who grew up without his father Robert (Raymond Thirty).

A few years ago, Truus played in the Peter Greenaway-directed medieval drama Goltzius and the Pelican Company, revolving around Dutch printmaker, draftsman and painter Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617). In two other international films, the American/Indian/ Belgian thriller The Fifth Estate by Bill Condon and the Belgian/Turkish crime film Son Oyun by Tabanli Sinan, Ilhan Akgul and Kurt Cammon, she portrayed a member of the Diplomatic Staff of the US State Department and a Russian diplomat, respectively.

A recent project in which she has a pivotal role is Versteend Verlangen (Petrified Desire), directed by Stef Prein. It’s made up of a solo theatre performance and a series of short films about the extraordinarily dramatic life of French sculptress Camille Claudel (1864-1943), best known as sculptor Auguste Rodin’s lover.

How did you land your role in Pijnstillers?

“I was asked to play this role, which was only small, by one of the producers, with whom I had worked before. He had me in mind and after deliberating with the director, she was okay with it, too. So I didn’t need to audition for it.”

What did you find the most memorable about working on Pijnstillers?

“I loved working with Raymond Thiry, who I think is a one of the best actors in Holland. In the film, I introduce father and son to each other. It’s the first time they meet each other, so it’s a key scene, really.”

You have taken part in five 48 Hour Film Projects. What was that like?

“It was great fun! The time limit often causes stress among the people involved, but it all depends on how you deal with it. When a team doesn’t manage to meet the deadline, it’s usually because something had gone wrong in the post-production. It’s a pressure cooker, but the advantage of it is that at the end of the weekend, you already see the result! The 48 Hour Film Project I participated in last August in Rotterdam, Tot Zondag, directed by Marc Eikelenboom, turned out very nice. In this film,

photos from top: Under the supervision of film journalist and filmmaker Jan Doense (extreme right), various props from Dutch films were auctioned on the occasion of the 100th edition of Shortcutz, such as this necklace worn by Tygo Gernandt (second from left) in Michiel de Ruyter, directed by Roel Reiné (second from right); Actor Tygo Gernandt (extreme left) from Michiel de Ruyter, Diederick Koopal, director of Bloed, Zweet & Tranen (second from left), Joram Willink (second from right), producer of Gluckauf and Roel Reiné, director of Michiel de Ruyter, asking each other questions after the auctioning of props from Dutch films; Daphne Bunskoek interviews Dutch production designer Jan Roelfs, who’s worked on a lot of foreign films, including Alexander, Gattaca, 47 Ronin and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, the last two of which were screened at the NFF. (Photos: Ton van Rooij)

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which also stars [well-known actor and singer] Charly Luske, a group of relatives discovers a family secret.”

for instance, made the film Deal with the money he raised [€ 120,000!] via crowdfunding.”

You have worked on multiple international productions.

Do you intend to do so more?

“Most important of all to me is to play beautiful, challenging roles. Not really important to me is whether I do that in the Netherlands or abroad. I think if you want to act abroad, it’s better to first lay a solid foundation in the Netherlands – or, just like me, work on international projects while continuing to reside in the Netherlands.

Simply going to Los Angeles to try your luck there is something I frankly don’t believe in.”

Director Aaron Rookus on his Golden Calf-winning film Een Goed Leven One of the filmmakers we spoke with is Aaron Rookus, director of Een Goed Leven.

The graduation film he made at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (University of the Arts Utrecht, HKU), I Wish I Could Share The Happiness Of Being Alone With Someone Else, a moving drama about the dreams of an autistic youngster, was awarded with the HKU Award for Best Graduation Project and Golden Cameras for Best Actor, Editing and Art Direction at the Eindhovens Film Festival. It was also screened in Australia: on 26 July 2011 at Short Cut in Melbourne, a periodically-held short film show organized by filmmaker Ivan Malekin.

For the 48 Hour Film Project Amsterdam, he made Rauwtafel (Rawtable). This spine-chilling film about a woman who’s chained to a table in a house of cannibals walked away with the 48HFP prizes for Best Film and Best Sound Design. It was also screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

His short film Woensdagen (Wednesdays), a gripping tale on child abuse, won awards at the GoShort festival in Nijmegen and Shortcutz Amsterdam, as well as the VERS Award of the Association of New Film and TV Makers.

Following naturally from Woensdagen was his next short, Balance, which dealt with sexual abuse.

Over the last years, have you noticed any significant changes in the Dutch film industry?

“Crowdfunding is increasingly being used and it’s also considered increasingly normal to do so. With crowdfunding, all kinds of projects get off the ground that never would have been sponsored by a fund. And because you make people enthusiastic about your envisaged film, you immediately build an audience for it.

Nowadays, even established filmmakers use it. Eddy Terstall,

How did it feel to be sitting in the Beatrix Theater on 2 October as one of the Golden Calf contenders?

“I was very ill at the time. I had the flu and therefore had lots of paper handkerchiefs with me. I wasn’t really nervous. I was just totally happy I got nominated.”

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What went through you when the winner of the Golden Calf for Best Television Drama turned out not to be Een Goed Leven?

“I was already thrilled that Ariane Schluter had won. I thought: ‘Fine, then I at least don’t have to go to the stage with my sick head.’”

When looking back at the shooting, what remarkable moments come to mind?

“In one shot, a gecko was supposed to look at Helen.

Of course you can’t train a gecko, but while we were filming, he all in a sudden looked at her, which was truly a magic moment! Not that pleasant was shooting the scenes in which Helen and Joeri get seated on swings and start swinging.

It was very warm and therefore everybody had lied down on the grass. But that made it hard to get these scenes shot without getting those people in the frame.”

choice.”

Did you attend any of the NFF events and if so, which ones were the most inspiring to you?

Truus: “Particularly inspiring to me was the speech by British agent Richard Cook. He bluntly said that the whole Dutch casting system is absurd. In Holland, two agencies, Kemna Casting and Oi Mundo, hold a monopoly position – and that’s something you don’t see anywhere else. If they favour you, then you get all the roles. If not, then you’re just down on your luck. On top of that, and that’s what you don’t see in other countries either, they have a double function: they defend the interests of both talents and clients. Cook felt this system urgently needs to be overhauled. That’s exactly what many actors have been wanting for years, but the big question is how you could achieve this.”

Aaron: “I didn’t attend any events. I was too busy because of the nominations for my film and because I was part of the jury of the Junior Golden Calf competition.”

How did the casting of Ariane Schluter and Jonas Smulders come about?

“Because Ariane Schluter is a renowned actress, we had asked her, while Jonas Smulders had auditioned. It was sheer delight to work with Ariane, who has a very professional attitude. Jonas works differently, impulsedriven. Ariane found it interesting to bring these two acting styles together. And for me it was very instructive to streamline all this.”

How have the responses to your film been so far?

“The film was received very well, also after the TV broadcast on 4 October.”

How were your experiences with making the 48 Hour Film Project Rauwtafel?

“It was great fun and a good learning experience. The way I look at it, though, the 48 Hour Film Project is not so much about telling a story, but rather about being prolific.

It’s a nice exercise in collaborating with people, but in my opinion, it’s not a means to make a film with substance.

Furthermore, you can’t make your voice heard, because you’re bound to a theme.”

Further information www.filmfestival.nl www.truusdeboer.com www.aaronrookus.com www.48hourfilm.com http://shortcutznetwork.com

Looking back at the NFF with Truus de Boer and Aaron Rookus What films of this year’s NFF did you see, among others?

Truus: “I very much liked De Overkant (The Opposite Side), a magnificently stylised, semi-autobiographical short film

by Heddy Honigmann about the childhood of stand-up comedian Freek de Jonge. I also was pleasantly surprised

by Deserted, a crowdfunded short by Niels Bourgonje.

In this film, shot in America, a man walking through a desert, no matter how thirsty he is, doesn’t drink from the bottle of water he has with him.”

Aaron: “Among the films I saw was J. Kessels, which I didn’t find particularly strong. Those Who Feel the Fire Burning, on the other hand, I thought was very innovative in terms of form, cleverly made and a strong debut.

This mix of documentary and fiction was told from the perspective of a deceased man, which was an ironclad

photos previous page: Truus de Boer as a Russian diplomat in the Belgian/Turkish crime film Son Oyun.

Aaron Rookus, director of one of Golden Calf-winning films, the TV drama Een Goed Leven. this page: Ariane Schluter in the endearing and at times intense drama Een Goed Leven.

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some images of Sail Amsterdam 2015, photos Odi Busman

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