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Exploring Java’s colonial legacy: Bandung, Cimahi, Yogyakarta and Surabaya Our journey across Java began in Jakarta, the former colonial capital of Batavia, whose history I have covered separately. From there we travelled to Bandung, Cimahi, Yogyakarta and Surabaya, exploring how Dutch colonial rule manifested in their architecture, urban form, and local governance. Across these cities […]

Sinds 1978 waren er diverse piratenzenders actief in Nederland. Ze waren in staat om in te breken in bestaande tv-uitzendingen de werden uitgezonden via kabel TV soms was dat met echte lokale opnames maar meestal was hat met pornografisch materiaal. Dit was ook in Oss het geval. Uiteraard was dit illegaal en de politie probeerde

The Brisbane Floods of 2022 The weather system that swept along the Australian east coast in late February and early March 2022 has caused enormous damage to the many villages and towns in the coastal region throughout Queensland and NSW and, of course, there are a lot of terrible stories to tell. My report is

My Great-Grandfather Gerhard Herman Budde was born in 1848 in Nordhorn. Lower Saxony, Germany, close to the Dutch border. In the decades before his birth the French Revolution and the ensuing campaigns of Napoleon had change the structure of Europe forever. The French ended the 1,000-year-old feudal system of both church and secular rulers. His