On Sunday, July 5, 2015, Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attended the 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Men’s final match in Den Haag.
The reigning couple cheered on Mr. Reinder Nummerdor and Mr. Christiaan Varenhorst of Team Netherlands as they tried to defeat Mr. Alison Cerutti and Mr. Bruno Oscar Schmidt of Team Brazil.
In the end, Team Brazil won 2-1 (12-21,21-14,22-20).
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On Wednesday, July 1, 2015, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands officially opened the multi-functional center, De Heerd, in Heerde.
According to RVD, the new building houses “…schools, childcare, Dorpshuis, library and a culture square.”
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On Wednesday, June 24, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attended the 3rd Edition of the Familiebedrijven Award held at the Nieuwe Kerk in Den Haag.
The winner of the award went to Koninklijke De Heus. The family owned business received the award for their “… impressive growth and development on the basis of equity and continuity to develop new initiatives. [The company] is an international and innovative family business with a healthy entrepreneurial spirit…”
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On Monday, June 22, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attended the conference, The Future of Farming and Food Security in Africa, held at the RABO Bank headquarters in Utrecht.
Today’s conference focused on “…food security and supply in Africa…” according to RVD.
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On June 19, 2015, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands launched the 10th Edition of Burendag in Harderwijk.
Burendag, known as Neighbor’s Day, us organized by the Oranje Fonds and Douwe Egberts.
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On Friday, June 19, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands opened the exhibition, Design Derby: Nederland-België (1815-2015), at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
Curated by Ms. Mienke Simon Thomas, Senior Curator of Applied Art and Design, Mr. Frank Huygens, Head of Research at Design Museum Ghent, the exhibition is a:
“…retrospective of Dutch and Belgian design over the past 200 years. Five hundred objects will be on show from the two neighbouring countries, varying from silver, glass, ceramics and posters to furniture, fashion and cars. The objects will be presented next to each other, in chronological order. At each moment of the time-line from 1815 to 2015, the visitor can see the most interesting items from the Netherlands and what Belgium, in turn, considered as exemplary at this juncture.”
Design Derby: Nederland-België (1815-2015) will be open to the public on June 20 – September 13, 2015. Thereafter, the exhibition will move to the Design Museum Ghent beginning on October 23, 2015 – February 14, 2016.
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On Thursday, June 18, 2015, Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, Their Royal Highnesses Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, and His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo in Waterloo, Belgium.
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