Zwarte Piet is the helper of Saint Nicholas in The Netherlands and Belgium. Why is he black? Is Zwarte Piet a caricature of a black slave?

What are the lyrics of the song 'Do You Know the Muffinman' (in Dutch: Zeg ken jij de Mosselman) about? Read the article!

An article about the sixties with provos, hippies, Amsterdam as the hippie capital of Europe, the rise of marijuana and the very first coffeeshop in the world in Utrecht. bertvanzantwijk-com.translate.goog/2022/03/18/s...

Utrecht. The Oldest Shopping Street. The Twijnstraat has been a shopping street for a thousand years. In the past, farmers from the area sold their products outside the Tolsteeg City Gate, so that they did not have to pay import duties. Then they did their own shopping in the Twijnstraat.

Utrecht. Travelers queue up to buy a ticket at the ticket office at Maliebaan train station in 1936. Now the Railway Museum is located at this location.

Utrecht. On June 1, 1933, J. Heidendahl started Houthandel Utrecht on Amsterdamsestraatweg. In 1967, 58 franchise stores were started under the name Hubo, an abbreviation of Houthandel Utrecht Bedrijven Organisatie. It was the first hardware store chain in the Netherlands.