Netherlands Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/netherlands/ Mechanically-minded travel Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:44:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Dutch National Military Museum is to display an original WW1 Fokker D.VII https://mechtraveller.com/2025/03/dutch-national-military-museum-is-to-display-an-original-ww1-fokker-d-vii/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/03/dutch-national-military-museum-is-to-display-an-original-ww1-fokker-d-vii/#respond Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:26:56 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=11533 This is an interesting tale. A Fokker D.VII fighter aircraft is being returned to the Netherlands where it will go on display at the National Military Museum, Soesterberg. The biplane was designed during the First World War, and went into service with the Dutch Fleet Air Arm in the inter-war years. However it seems that […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/03/dutch-national-military-museum-is-to-display-an-original-ww1-fokker-d-vii/feed/ 0 Architecture Prize for the Freedom Museum in Groesbeek, Holland https://mechtraveller.com/2022/11/architecture-prize-for-the-freedom-museum-in-groesbeek-holland/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/11/architecture-prize-for-the-freedom-museum-in-groesbeek-holland/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:03:16 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8290 The Freedom Museum in Groesbeek, the Netherlands, has been awarded the Architecture MasterPrize for 2022 in the ‘Cultural Architecture’ category. The museum covers a wide range of WW2 experiences and stories, such as the famine endured by Dutch civilians in 1944/5, but the focus is on the liberation of Holland and two local elements of […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/11/architecture-prize-for-the-freedom-museum-in-groesbeek-holland/feed/ 0 The Dutch Mining Museum is now housed in a former department store https://mechtraveller.com/2022/07/the-dutch-mining-museum-is-now-housed-in-a-former-department-store/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/07/the-dutch-mining-museum-is-now-housed-in-a-former-department-store/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:11:04 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7713 The Dutch Mining Museum (Nederlands Mijnmuseum) re-opened in May this year (2022) in the old Kneepkens department store in Heerlen, south Netherlands. Heerlen is in that panhandle that extends south to Maastricht along the Meuse between Belgium and Germany, and includes the Limburg region, famous for its coal industry in all three countries. The coal […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/07/the-dutch-mining-museum-is-now-housed-in-a-former-department-store/feed/ 0 The sailing schedule for EcoClipper’s first cargo sailing vessel, De Tukker, is published https://mechtraveller.com/2022/05/the-sailing-schedule-for-ecoclippers-first-cargo-sailing-vessel-de-tukker-is-published/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/05/the-sailing-schedule-for-ecoclippers-first-cargo-sailing-vessel-de-tukker-is-published/#respond Mon, 16 May 2022 17:15:24 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7501 EcoClipper have published the 2022 sailing schedule for their first cargo & passenger sailing clipper, De Tukker. EcoClipper is a Dutch startup who believe that climate change has created a demand for emission-free shipping using traditional sail ships on regional and global routes. They plan to create a modern fleet of purpose-built large square-riggers for […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/05/the-sailing-schedule-for-ecoclippers-first-cargo-sailing-vessel-de-tukker-is-published/feed/ 0 Wind-powered beach animals at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/wind-powered-beach-animals-at-the-kunstmuseum-in-the-hague/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/wind-powered-beach-animals-at-the-kunstmuseum-in-the-hague/#respond Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:16:03 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7383 These so-called Strandbeesten, ‘Beach Animals’, are the work of artist Theo Jansen from The Hague in the Netherlands. They are extraordinary ‘animals’ built out of electrical tubing and cloth… with a few squillion cable ties holding things together! They can regularly be seen walking on one of the beaches of The Hague. Jansen has been […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/wind-powered-beach-animals-at-the-kunstmuseum-in-the-hague/feed/ 0 The world’s largest sea lock at IJmuiden will enable the new generation of giant ships to reach Amsterdam https://mechtraveller.com/2022/01/the-worlds-largest-sea-lock-at-ijmuiden-will-enable-the-new-generation-of-giant-ships-to-reach-amsterdam/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/01/the-worlds-largest-sea-lock-at-ijmuiden-will-enable-the-new-generation-of-giant-ships-to-reach-amsterdam/#respond Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:00:25 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7268 The long-awaited new sea lock at IJmuiden opens on Weds (26 Jan). This massive marine engineering project at the gateway to the North Sea Canal (Noordzeekanaal) which leads to Amsterdam, got underway back in 2016. Now, finally* the new lock, which replaces the old North Lock (Noordersluis)** that had been in operation for almost 100 […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/01/the-worlds-largest-sea-lock-at-ijmuiden-will-enable-the-new-generation-of-giant-ships-to-reach-amsterdam/feed/ 0 Wait up, guys. It’s a baby! https://mechtraveller.com/2019/10/wait-up-guys-its-a-baby/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/10/wait-up-guys-its-a-baby/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2019 14:04:04 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=5298 I recently came across this small event in Patrick Delaforce’s book, Churchill’s Desert Rats . It illustrates how, sometimes, there can be brief moments of honour & decency – even involving the SS – in the midst of total war. It was during the opening stages of Operation Market-Garden in Holland in September 1944. The […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2019/10/wait-up-guys-its-a-baby/feed/ 0 New Exhibitions at the Dutch National Maritime Museum https://mechtraveller.com/2019/03/new-exhibitions-at-the-dutch-national-maritime-museum/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/03/new-exhibitions-at-the-dutch-national-maritime-museum/#respond Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:51:29 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=4353 The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam (Het Scheepvaartmuseum) will open two brand new semi-permanent displays of its collection in May: Republic at Sea and Maps & Marvels. The museum’s Main Gallery will host Republic at Sea, which will display paintings, ship models, instruments, and weapons illustrating how intimately Dutch society has been connected with the […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2019/03/new-exhibitions-at-the-dutch-national-maritime-museum/feed/ 0 The Elephant in the Garden https://mechtraveller.com/2019/01/the-elephant-in-the-garden/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/01/the-elephant-in-the-garden/#respond Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:35:32 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=4043 So where do old Boeing 747 Jumbos go to die?ยน Well, most of them wind up in the aircraft “boneyards” scattered around the world, some are cannibalised for parts, and a few end up as ornaments, attractions or exhibits. Yesterday, I reported on one that is destined to become an underwater attraction in Bahrain. Today, […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2019/01/the-elephant-in-the-garden/feed/ 0 Review: Mariniers Museum, Rotterdam https://mechtraveller.com/2018/06/review-mariniers-museum-rotterdam/ https://mechtraveller.com/2018/06/review-mariniers-museum-rotterdam/#respond Thu, 07 Jun 2018 10:39:08 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3317 The home of the Netherlands Mariniers (‘Marines’) has always been Rotterdam, so no surprise that the corps’ museum should be in the historic heart of the city. It hasn’t there long. The first attempt to create a collection of historic Mariniers artifacts was at their barracks on the Oostplein in Rotterdam in 1939. Unfortunately the […]

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