From Saturday 8 May to Monday 10 May, the 93rd edition of the Giro d'Italia thunders through the Dutch streets. A good moment to look back on the Giro. The timeline below provides an overview of important and special events in the history of the Giro d'Italia.
Giro d'Italia on Dipity.
The most beautiful tunnel in the Netherlands has been given a biography. Former tunnel manager Henk van der Maas wrote a wonderful book about the Maastunnel. He talks about the doubts about safety during construction, the four hundred thousand tiles and the three belligerents who were the first to g
The history of Dutch dictionaries goes back to the Middle Ages. Despite revolutionary changes due to the printing press and digitization, collecting and describing our vocabulary remains indispensable. The very first word lists we know are more than 4000 years old and written in cuneiform. They hav
To save three poor sisters from prostitution, Sint-Nicolaas threw three purses of money through the window. That way the girls could still get married. Our Taai-Taai dolls and chocolate coins refer to this story. The veneration of the holy bishop Saint Nicholas has a long tradition. Whether Sint-Ni
On March 17, 1861 the official proclamation of the birth of the kingdom of Italy took place, at that moment the King of Piedmont and Sardinia, Vittorio Emanuele II of the House of Savoy, assumed for himself and for his descendants the title of King of Italy, acclaimed by the Italian people and legit