On April 3, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands opened the ‘Amsterdame Westerstraat’ held at the Openluchtmuseum (Open Air Museum) in Arnhem.

According to RVD, the museum is celebrating their 100th anniversary and the exhibition, ‘Amsterdame Westerstraat’:

…presents the culture of everyday life of ordinary people in Netherlands. In and around authentic historical buildings, history comes to life with interactive presentations.

For more information about this exhibition please visit the official website for the Openluchtmuseum here.

To watch videos as well as to view photos please click the links below.

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• Gallery One

Sources: RVD and NOS

Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was in Middleburg on March 30, 2012, where she:

…unveiled a monument, made by Jet Schepp, for Willem van Oranje at the Abbey. The monument consists of two reliefs in the Loggia of the Prince logement of the Abbey.  Willem van Oranje, father of the nation and paterfamilias, and his wife Charlotte de Bourbon lived in Middelburg.

Click the links below to watch a video as well as to view photos.

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• Gallery Two (video included located on the right)

Sources: RVD and PPE

Photo courtesy of RVD/HKH

Recently, His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje visited the IT security company, Fox IT, to learn more about the company (basically, what the heck they actually do).   🙂  According to RVD, “…Fox IT studies and monitors of cybercrime and delivers worldwide (innovative) security solutions for Governments, banks and civil society organizations.” Click here to watch a video. (in Dutch)

On Thursday, March 29, 2012, the prince was in the municipality Barendrecht where he participated in a meeting, toured an activity center and spent time in a “… 500-year-old village church.”  Click here to watch a video. (in Dutch)

Here is the 23 minute documentary from NOS regarding Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands state visit to Luxembourg.   🙂

Click here to watch the video. (in Dutch )

On March 21, 2012, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands celebrated the 55th anniversary of National Tree Day in Cuijk and Boxmeer.

During the today’s event, the princess visited a nursery where she spoke with “…rural organizations and volunteers who contribute annually to the famous tree holiday.”  Afterward, Princess Maxima watched as  “…27 trees were planted by students from various schools…”

National Tree Day was established in 1957 to raise to “… draw attention to the consequences of deforestation and today aims to raise awareness about the importance of trees and forests…”

Click the links below to watch a video as well as to view photos.

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Source: RVD