Tovertafel: Magic Table!

Tovertafel creator Hester Le Riche spent months of her life with dementia patients, developing and fine-tuning her therapeutic magic light table.

"Le Riche wanted to make something that would be in the care home’s main area, that could be done in groups and that required no special supervision. She soon settled on light as the perfect medium: energising, attention-grabbing, clean and completely safe."

Cat!

On 7 July 2015, workers from the Dutch ministry of transport Rijkswaterstaat stopped traffic on one of the main highways, A28, to successfully save a cat that was caught in the median (middle) of the road. #Heroes.

Happy King's Day!

Happy King's Day Holland! Today is the 48th birthday of King Willem Alexander, so, a party for the entire country.

TV: Wild-man Wouter Klootwijk

Image from the popular Dutch TV series "De Wilde Keuken" (the 'wild' kitchen) (among other shows) Wouter Klootwijk, dead-pan journalist and author, is continually fascinated by the deeper and sometimes darker side of the food industry. He introduces us to some of his favourite treats.

Isala hospital

I've never seen such a happy hospital. The crooked rainbow coloured butterfly wings are a delight to see. On this page you can find an interactive 360' view of its location in the city of Zwolle, the Netherlands :)

Happy Rondeel Chickens

"farmer, chicken, customer - everyone is happy with the Rondeel egg"

Via webcam you can see happy chickens taking dust baths, eating bugs in the grass, a safe place to lay their eggs and roost for the night, it's all possible in a round chicken house!

Round 7-egg carton made from potato starch:

Orange

Some say the Dutch were the first to develop orange-coloured carrots in the 17th century. Of course, the House of Orange Nassau was one of the predominant super-powers of the day.

Netherlands: Eise Eisinga and Léon Foucault

Léon Foucault (1819-1868) invented a pendulum that demonstrates the effect of the Earth's rotation. It's first public exhibition was in Paris in 1851. There are many types of his pendulum on display all over the world today.

Eise Eisinga (1744-1828) Dutch amateur astronomer, installed a Planetarium on the ceiling of his living room in his house in Franeker, Netherlands, finished in the year 1781. You can still visit his quaint house today to see the oldest working planetarium in the world.