Daily Archives: December 17, 2009
Dutch Royals Give Out Prince Claus Prize
Wednesday night saw the royal family of the Netherlands award the Prince Claus Prize at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam.. The Prize is in honor of Queen Beatrix's late husband, who died in 2002. It began in 1997, and has a theme every year.
This year's theme was culture and nature, and the winner was Colombian architect Simon Velez, who has been researching on how bamboo can be used as building material. Velez has designed buildings in the United States, Germany and China. In the Netherlands Read more [...]
Norwegian Royals Build Gingerbread House for Christmas
The royal family of Norway released their annual Christmas photos Thursday. As always, they chose an activity to show them enjoying each other's company. This year, that activity was building a gingerbread house.
King Harald V, Queen Sonja, the Crown Princely couple and their children built the house at the royal palace in Oslo. The house was big enough for Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus to walk through. It included gingerbread and cookies with the names of the children Read more [...]
