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On July 6, 2024, The Rotterdam Eye Hospital will celebrate its 150th anniversary. On that same day in 1874, The Eye Hospital opened its doors on Nadorststraat in Rotterdam to welcome its first patients with eye problems. 150 years later, the vision of its founders is still deeply rooted in the hospital’s current culture. A… Read more
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The World Shorttrack Championships are coming to the Netherlands again! From March 15-17, the worldwide top of shorttrack will compete for world titles in Rotterdam Ahoy. After the 2021 edition was forcibly shifted to the sports boulevard in Dordrecht, Rotterdam Ahoy will host a World Shorttrack Championships in 2024, just like in 2017. The Flag… Read more
Photo credits : Faber Vlaggen
The Rotterdam flag has been green and white since the Middle Ages. The green refers to the Hof van Wena (a Rotterdam castle from 1306) and the white symbolizes the Rotte River. The colors green and white have been the same since the Middle Ages, but the number of stripes on flag has often changed… Read more
India is located in the Indian subcontinent and is for the most part a peninsula, bordering the Indian Ocean to the west and south and the Bay of Bengal to the east. In the north, the country borders Pakistan, China (mainly Tibet), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh. Southeast of India in the Indian Ocean is the island state of Sri Lanka and southwest of it are the Maldives.
Laos is a country in Asia and borders Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. A resident of Laos is called a Laotian.
Greece is a country in Southeastern Europe, consisting of the southernmost part of the Balkan Peninsula and a large number of islands. These islands together make up about 20% of the land area. Greece is bordered to the north by Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey. For the rest, mainland Greece is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the Ionian Sea and the Aegean Sea. The largest islands are Crete, Euboea (Evia), Lesbos and Rhodes.
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