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Mercator is a steel-hulled barquentine built in 1932 as a training ship for the Belgian merchant fleet. She was named after Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594), a Belgian cartographer . She was designed by G.L. Watson & Co. and built in Leith , Scotland [ 2 ] and launched in 1932.
There are a few steps one needs to follow to obtain a licence. One has to go to a driving school (rijschool) and start to learn how to drive. There is also a compulsory theory exam at the CBR (Centraal Bureau Rijvaardigheidsbewijzen). In the Netherlands, bicycles are a very important part of the test.
Te land, ter zee en in de lucht (On land, at sea and in the air) was the longest-running general amusement television show and game show of the Netherlands, originally broadcast by TROS. The show was initially branded as Vlieg er eens uit - a pun on the two sayings "ga er eens uit" ("go on holiday") and "uitvliegen" ("leave the nest") - between ...
The show aired at a time when Dutch children's television was changing. The previous generation watched Annie M. G. Schmidt's shows, but the writers of De Stratemakeropzeeshow dealt much more openly with children's problems, [5] in a way deemed more relevant to children than previous television shows.
The J.C.J. van Speijk Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the North Sea coast near Egmond aan Zee, in the municipality of Bergen, North Holland, in the Netherlands.The foundation of the lighthouse, shaped like a tomb, is the official Dutch memorial to Jan van Speyk, a hero to the Dutch people.
Wiecher en Jap Visser-Politiek [97] Jun 1996: Koninklijke Nederlands Watersport Verbond (KNWV) [98] Mar 1997: Frans Verkade [99] Apr 1997: Valentijn-2000 class 7 Netherlands: Lifeboat (rescue) Habbeké shipyard: Winifred Lucy Verkade-Clark [100] Jan 2002: 10 tonnes [91] Frans Hogewind [101] Jan 2002: Uly [102] Jan 2003: George Dijkstra [103 ...
Dutch Ships in a Calm Sea is a 1665 oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch marine artist Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633–1707). The son of Willem van de Velde the Elder, who also specialized in marine art, he was first instructed by his father and later by Simon de Vlieger.
Other points of interest in the municipality include the aquarium in the seaside village of Bergen aan Zee, the Auto Union Museum in Bergen with a collection of classic cars, and the historical museums Het Sterkenhuis (Bergen) and Museum van Egmond (Egmond aan Zee). The town of Bergen has been home to the European School, Bergen, since 1963.