On Wednesday, October 3, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was in Alkmaar to attend the presentation of a new retinal camera to the Medical Center Alkmaar (MCA).

The Oogfonds Organization (a national fundraiser in the field of blindness, visual impairment and eye disease) purchased the retinal camera/RETcam and donated it to the MCA.  Her Majesty is patron of the Oogfonds.

On October 2, 2012, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands was in Gasselternijveen to visit the “… residents association Hoofdstraat-Noord.”

According to RVD:

“This neighborhood association organizes various social activities around a historic pear row of trees in the street. Since 1990 the pear trees were maintained by the neighborhood, and act as a binding social event where the residents pick and harvest the pears together.  The residents also organize an annual brunch after the harvest…”

Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands attended the opening of the new exhibition entitled, Point de Vue, 200 jaar Kunstacademie’s-Hertogenbosch, held at the former Stedelijk Museum’s-Hertogenbosch on October 2, 2012.

According to RVD:

“The exhibition “Point de Vue” gives an idea of the work that students and teachers of the academy for the past 200 years have brought forth with a focus on visual arts. It is drawn from the collections of the three city museums, private collections and from the collection of artists or descendants.”