Dress from The Wizard of Oz must fetch mega amount

Almost everyone has seen the world-famous 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, where Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale hops down the yellow brick road. One of the blue and white dresses Garland wore in the film is expected to fetch €1.1 million at auction.Text: Patrick Stoffer Image: Warner BrosThe dress was [...]

Final victory: the Ferrari Daytona SP3

In 2019, Le Mans '66 was released, about a feud that Ford and Ferrari fought out on the racetrack. The film portrayed it as the victory of an American underdog over arrogant Italians. It also certainly hurt Enzo Ferrari when his cars, after six consecutive victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, [...]

Dutch vodka wins gold in America

Sir Dam Vodka, a new Amsterdam vodka, has won the prestigious gold award at the 22nd edition of the San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC), the largest and most influential competition in the United States. Over two weeks, 5,000 spirits were tasted by a panel of 70 expert judges from around the world.Text: [...]

"We are not all as crazy as Hans van Wolde"

He was completely done with Beluga, the restaurant in Maastricht that he cooked to two stars. Fifteen kilometers away, Hans van Wolde (Rotterdam, 1967) found a dilapidated farmhouse in the village of Reijmerstok amidst subdued Limburg nature. There he thought he would start a simple restaurant. Text: Bart-Jan Brouwer [...]