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Category: The Netherlands

The Netherlands

Challenges of Art Restoration

The Challenges of Art Restoration For centuries, professionals have been restoring masterpiece artworks back to their original appearance or function so that future generations can also experience their grandeur. Restoration involves any attempt to preserve and repair paintings, drawings, sculptures, architecture, or objects of the decorative arts. It focuses on the repair or renovation of […]

Questions about the Netherlands for seniors

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Odyssey has built up a reasonable knowledge bank to answer questions about the Netherlands that travellers are likely to ask, as they make their plans to tour independently, or with us as part of a small group tour. We hope that this list of frequently asked questions and the answers we provide will help you with planning your next holiday.

The Delicate Art of Art Restoration

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The Delicate Art of Art Restoration The Netherland’s Rijkmuseum recently announced that it will be restoring Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, its most famous and most treasured painting by the Dutch master. Rembrandt’s group portrait masterpiece, completed at the height of the Dutch Golden Age, was last restored 40 years ago and is already showing discolouration […]

The History of Dutch Tulip bulbs

The Origins of Tulips While it’s often assumed that tulips have their origins in The Netherlands, they actually originated in Turkey and Central Asia. In the sixteenth century, traders brought Tulip bulbs to Holland from Turkey, where they quickly grew in popularity. By the start of the seventeenth century, the Dutch public’s enthusiasm for the […]