Party for the AnimalsThe Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren; PvdD) is a political party in the Netherlands. Among its main goals are animal rights and animal welfare. Since 2019, the PvdD's political leader is Esther Ouwehand. With 3.8% of the votes at the 2021 general election, the PvdD holds six of the 150 House of Representatives's seats. In the Senate it has three of the 75 seats, it holds 26 States-Provincial seats across all provinces and in the European Parliament it has one of the 29 seats allocated to the Netherlands constituency.
LeeuwardenLeeuwarden (ˈleːuɑrdə(n); Ljouwert ˈljɔːʋ(ə)t/ˈʎɔːw(ə)t; Town Frisian: Liwwadden; Leeuwarder dialect: Leewarden) is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provincial Council of Friesland. The region has been continuously inhabited since the 10th century. It came to be known as Leeuwarden in the early 9th century AD and was granted city privileges in 1435. It is the main economic hub of Friesland, situated in a green and water-rich environment.
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific ResearchNederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (TNO; Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research) is an independent research organization in the Netherlands that focuses on applied science. The organization also conducts contract research, offers specialist consulting services, and grants licenses for patents and specialist software. TNO tests and certifies products and services, and issues independent evaluations of quality. Moreover, TNO sets up new companies to market innovations.
Anne FrankAnnelies Marie Frank (ˈanə(liːs maˈʁiː) ˈfʁaŋk, ˌɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈfrɑŋk, ˈɑnə ˈfrɑŋk; 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945) was a German-born Jewish girl who kept a diary in which she documented life in hiding under Nazi persecution. She is a celebrated diarist who described everyday life from her family hiding place in an Amsterdam attic.
MaasvlakteThe Maasvlakte (ˈmaːsflɑktə) is a massive man-made westward extension of the Europoort port and industrial facility within the Port of Rotterdam. Situated in the municipality of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the Maasvlakte is built on land reclaimed from the North Sea. Before the commencement of the Maasvlakte project, the region was a sandbank which was hazardous to shipping. The Maasvlakte was created in the 1960s by reclaiming land from the North Sea through dykes and sand suppletion.
RoosendaalRoosendaal (ˈroːzə(n)ˌdaːl) is both a city and a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Roosendaal (population: 66,760) Wouw (4,920) Heerle (1,900) Nispen (1,440) Wouwse Plantage (1,230) Moerstraten (660) Under King Louis Bonaparte of the Kingdom of Holland, Roosendaal received city rights in 1809. Nispen merged with Roosendaal to form the municipality Roosendaal en Nispen. On 1 January 1997 the municipalities Roosendaal en Nispen and Wouw merged into the municipality now simply known as Roosendaal.
RemonstrantsThe Remonstrants (or the Remonstrant Brotherhood) is a Protestant movement that split from the Dutch Reformed Church in the early 17th century. The early Remonstrants supported Jacobus Arminius, and after his death, continued to maintain his original views called Arminianism against the proponents of Calvinism. Condemned by the synod of Dort (1618–1619), the Remonstrants remained in a small minority in the Netherlands. In the middle of the 19th century, the Remonstrant Brotherhood was influenced by the liberal Dutch theological movement.
FC GroningenFootball Club Groningen (ɛfˈseː ˈɣroːnɪŋə(n)) is a Dutch professional association football club based in the city of Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team will compete in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the 2022–23 Eredivisie. Groningen played their inaugural season in the Eredivisie, before the side were relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1973–74 as they got into financial difficulties.
Municipal executiveIn the Netherlands, the municipal executive (college van burgemeester en wethouders, college of mayor and aldermen) is the executive board of a municipality. It plays a central role in municipal politics in the Netherlands, similar to the communal college in Belgium. It consists of the mayor and the members of the municipal executive (aldermen). The mayor (burgemeester, sometimes translated as 'burgomaster') is the chairperson of the municipal executive, and therefore holds the casting vote in the event of a tie.
EuropoortEuropoort (ˈøːroːpoːrt, Eurogate, also "Europort") is an area of the Port of Rotterdam and the adjoining industrial area in the Netherlands. Being situated at Southside of the mouth of the rivers Rhine and Meuse with the hinterland consisting of the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and partly France, Europoort is one of the world's busiest ports and considered a major entry to Europe. The port handled 12 million containers in 2015.
