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In presence of about 170 special guests, the official opening of ‘De Techniek Academie’ in Harderwijk (NL) on friday, 23-th of November was a great success. The building was beautyfully decorated with banners and balloons at the entrance in the 4 colours of the Academy, all part of a perfect organisation. All gathered between brand […]

Last friday, the 14-th of september, in ‘t Zandt, a small village in the north of the Netherlands, a new ‘Vision on the future’ was presented to mr. Rodenburg, the mayor of the county of Loppersum, with the title “‘t Zandt geen los zand, maar een vitaal en toekomstgericht dorp”. (“‘t Zandt no loose sand, […]

Last weekend in Eelde (north of the Netherlands) the Flowershow on wheels, called ‘Bloemencorso Eelde’ was organised, which has a long tradition since, starting 1957 and since then, it has expanded into one of the biggest and most beautyful festivals of its kind. This Event has become a giant public- magnet, with more than 90.000 […]

With support from the Athletic Union and the NOC*NSF, under the flag of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) (http://www.paralympic.org/) this week the European Athletics Championships for disabled athletes were organised at the sportfacilities of ‘Pagedal’ in Stadskanaal in the Netherlands. Since, being the last important test before the Paralympic Games, which are planned for this […]

At the end of last week Carnaval carnaval exploded in Venlo. This brings a period of three consecutive days, during which normal daily and social structures are not valid anymore. Not the mayor and the town-counsel, but Prince Carnaval and his ‘Counsel of Eleven’ are ruling the city, the village or the neighbourhood. Any child […]

At 27 and 28 of Januari they had there annual Open House-days at the Technic-department in Drachten (North of the Netherlands) gehouden bij de afdeling Techniek in Drachten, part of the ROC ‘Friese Poort’. http://www.rocfriesepoort.nl/7310/techniek/ Being the symbol of Technic & Future, dr. Universe was the perfect prototype to promote Technic to a young crowd. […]