Protestants up to no good as usual #Amsterdam

I leave Rijksmuseum resolved anew to do more episodes of The Rest Is History on the Dutch Golden Age

Dusting off the Rijksmuseum 😆

Look at this thing I made this morning! Cholera death rates by neighbourhood in Amsterdam in 1855. Note how well the rich canal district left of the middle is doing... 🗺️☠️🪦🚱

Exactly 170 years ago today Vincent van Gogh was born. But he didn't just paint sunflowers and starry skies. Van Gogh made over 2,000 works of art in less than ten years - one every 36 hours. So here are some of his less famous masterpieces:

Op deze dag in 2001 werd het eerste huwelijk tussen partners van het gelijke geslacht gesloten door Job Cohen. Nederland was 't eerste land ter wereld dat een burgerlijk huwelijk tussen twee partners van hetzelfde geslacht mogelijk maakte. Kerkelijke inzegeningen konden al langer

What I am reading now. amzn.to/3KWegaK "Amsterdam grew up around its miracle." Read to find out more! Very well-written and informative. Love this book and can't wait to visit. #Amsterdam #Holland

#OTD | Today, we celebrate the 144th birthday of Raden Ajeng #Kartini, a pioneer for women's rights in Indonesia. Her testament, in the form of her correspondence, has been made available online via Universiteit Leiden #DigitalCollections: ➡️edu.nl/qu7bf

Happy birthday Rome!

Sifan Hassan, an Olympic track champion from the Netherlands running her first marathon, staged a stunning comeback on Sunday to win the London Marathon in one of the most dramatic and unexpected finishes in the race’s history. nyti.ms/3mYmCFG

When Vincent van Gogh started painting he didn't use bright colours — so what changed? It's a story about the importance of what we consume and the people we spend time with...

You've probably heard of this guy called Erasmus before — but who was he? Well, this quote sums him up: "I believe in listening to both sides with openness. I love liberty. I will not and cannot serve any faction." Here is the story of history's greatest educator...

And on a sacred number 0: a private tour with Historical Amsterdam Tours historicalamsterdamtours.com 😉 cntraveller.com/gallery/things…

Soms verschijnen er van die langverwachte boeken waarvan je niet kan wachten om je tanden in te zetten. 🥰🥳🥳

Still intrigued by the existence of the diary of Margot Frank.

Always welcome to Amsterdam Mr. Holland

Today 105 years ago the law was signed for the world's largest waterworks: the 'Zuiderzeewerken'. The Enclosing Dike connected North Holland with Frisia and turned the salty 'Zuiderzee' into an enormous fresh water reservoir. The reclaimed land is now the 12th Provence: Flevoland

The benefits of a bicycle-friendly society:

Op deze dag in 1942 dook Anne Frank en haar gezin onder. Zij zouden ruim twee jaar ondergedoken zitten in het Achterhuis. In augustus 1944 werd hun onderduikadres door de Duitsers ontdekt. In het vroege voorjaar van 1945 overleed Anne Frank in Bergen-Belsen #opdatwijnietvergeten

Goedemorgen! Today on The Rest Is History, the 1st of a 2 part special on AMSTERDAM. Recorded on location: how the city emerged out of water & mud; the miracle that put it on the map; the impact on it of the Reformation; it gives birth to modern capitalism. linktr.ee/restishistory