The first spelling and grammar of Dutch had a great influence on the written language. Andreas Krogull found evidence for this in both formal and informal texts. This month he will receive the Academic Year Award from the Society of Dutch Literature for his dissertation that he defended in Leiden la
Paris was once infamous for its bad food. Foreign travelers complained about the quality of meals in public eateries. It was also unpleasant to be there. All this changed under the influence of health advice. And what does Napoleons reign have to do with the rise of France as a gastronomic guide cou
NEMO Science Museum has a huge depot, full of special, but often also everyday devices. As of today, you can view a selection of the most beautiful and important devices from the history of technology online. NEMO Kennislink took a look at the depot and was not only given a tour between the crammed
Surinamese Javanese has been spoken in Suriname for more than a century. Not only the vocabulary, but also the grammar is different from Javanese in Indonesia. Both Sranantongo and Dutch have left their mark on this language, according to PhD research by Sophie Villerius. When slavery was abolished
How is our love life affected by dating apps? Can we find the right one faster? Or are dating apps abusing our need for love? During the first edition of a new season of NEMO Kennislink Live, Desiree Hoving talks to three experts and the public about Tinder and the evolution of dating. During NEMO
This year it will be 350 years since the most famous painter of the Netherlands died:Rembrandt. In his own time, however, he fell out of favor and died poor. He failed to do what his students did:network and climb the social ladder. In 1669 Rembrandt died penniless and that was not necessary. If he
The National Archives has created a new educational exhibition. While searching, children come into contact with all kinds of real archive documents and learn to put themselves in the shoes of people from another time. An archive can be a true Valhalla for those who love history. All those original
The Hunger Winter… The images are on our retinas. The city dwellers in the occupied western part of the Netherlands had a harrowing shortage of food, clothing, soap and fuel. Almost the same threatened in the autumn of 1944 in the liberated south. How did this underexposed crisis arise and why were
Archaeologists discovered a family grave of 5600 years old during excavations in Tiel. Remains of family graves from this period are extremely rare. Burial together was more something for farming communities outside our river area. The family grave was found during archaeological research for the e
The Dutch had more and more to spend and extreme poverty disappeared between 1850 and 2010. But that came with a price, because sustainability is not going well, as the book The vulnerable prosperity of the Netherlands shows. That is why the authors call for a circular economy. The period around 19
At Easter, Christians celebrate that Jesus rose from the dead. Things didnt end well with his earliest followers in Palestine. This greatly influenced the interpretation of Jesus teachings. Only in Jerusalem was the true word of the Lord and not spread throughout the Roman Empire. This was the beli
In the 17th century, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek made microscopes that were many times better than those of his competitors. It was not clear how he made lenses with which he magnified preparations up to 270 times. Research with intense neutron beams at the Reactor Institute in Delft shows that he achiev
Always wanted to know what kind of porn we used to have? Then grab your chance now, because the exhibition Porn on paper is open in Museum Meermanno. Never before had four centuries of porn been shown together. Museum Meermanno in The Hague will be dominated by porn in the coming months. Porn on p
Do you still have cash in your wallet? Almost all of our payments are now made digitally. Large household wallets are a thing of the past, small ones for just your cards are the future. Moderator Desiree Hoving spoke to three experts about the disappearance of cash, taking control of your banking an
Money Week is a good time to surprise Oscar Gelderblom with questions. He studies the finances of Dutch households. A television program about this will even appear at the end of March. Need insurance or loan? In the Golden Age, the Dutch could go to the town hall for this. At the beginning of the
In the Vatican you will not only find priests who dedicate their lives to prayer and reflection. But also fourteen brothers who work there as astronomers and publish in scientific journals. NEMO Kennislink interviews Guy Consolmagno, the boss of the Vatican Observatory, about the battle between fait
The dikes protect us against the Zuiderzee… this confidence was strong in North Holland at the beginning of the twentieth century. After all, the last time the dikes broke was a long time ago:1825. Nevertheless, they collapsed here and there during the stormy night of January 13, 1916. With this dis
Early Christianity originated as a Jewish movement but slowly broke away from Judaism in the first centuries. Scientists are looking at the how and why of this separation. They investigate the use of parables within both movements. Both rabbis and Jesus used these parables to explain complex lessons
Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaimed the independence of the Republic of Indonesia on August 17, 1945. In doing so, they asked the international community for recognition and support. But long before that, Indonesian activists were active on the international stage to advocate for self-determinatio
Last month, Cindy Quik received the Hissink Prize for her research into the old river course of the Overijsselse Vecht. She received a sum of money and a certificate for her well-executed masters thesis on this river, the largest of the small Dutch rivers. Quik studied old maps and dated the driftin
Alcohol was free, so even the news of an approaching enemy did not discourage the guards. Everyone drank so willingly that it was necessary to send for additional barrels of wine. You have never heard of this triumph of cunning. Władysław Biały was a veteran in initiating revolts. A close relati
The Roman world was not the most tolerant of women; especially when it comes to their interference in political affairs. Women crossing this precisely defined border had to reckon with insults and public stigmatization. How did they deal with it and how was history handled with them? Ancient Rom
When in 1931 Geli Raubal, Hitlers niece, committed suicide, the future dictator stayed at home for a week. Gossip has raged in Germany. It was said that the girl was pregnant with her uncle and that he had ordered her killed. How was it really? And did they really have an incestuous bond? Angela
Artemis is one of the 12 Olympian gods alongside Zeus and Apollo, and she is the goddess of hunting and chasteness. Her twin brother Apollo is the sun god, while her sister Artemis is the goddess of the moon, and is called Diana (Diana in English) in Roman mythology, which is the same god of Greec