Drijber is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 9 km north of Hoogeveen. The village was first mentioned in 1217 as Triburd, and means "three neighbourhoods".
The 2026 UCI Mountain Bike season is the 21st season of the UCI Mountain Bike season. The 2026 season began on 14 January with UCI Mountain Bike Continental Series – Thailand Mountain Bike Cup XCO and ends in December 2026.
This is a list of mayors of the city of Middelburg, Zeeland, capital of the province of Zeeland, The Netherlands. On 4 January 1824 it was decided by Royal Order that only one mayor at a time would govern the city. Mayors of Dutch municipalities are...
The 1979 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from the Netherlands was held on 7 June 1979. This is the 1st time the elections have been held for the European elections in the Netherlands.
Alicyclobacillus is a genus of Gram-variable, rod-shaped, spore-forming bacteria. The bacteria are able to grow in acidic conditions, while the spores are able to survive typical pasteurization procedures.
The 2024 Ronde van Drenthe was a Dutch road cycling one-day race on 10 March. It was the 17th edition of Ronde van Drenthe and the 6th event of the 2024 UCI Women's World Tour. The race was won by Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes of Team SD Worx–Protime.
Machiel van den Heuvel (7 May 1900 in Haarlemmermeer – 29 June 1946 near Bandung) was a Dutch army officer. As a prisoner-of-war in Oflag IV-C at Colditz Castle, Germany, during World War II, he served as Escape Officer for the Dutch POWs, a role...
The 2024 UCI Mountain Bike season was the 19th season of the UCI Mountain Bike season. The 2024 season began on 13 January with the Israel Cup 1 Mishmar Haemek in Israel and ends on 22 December 2024 with the Helaz XCO Series 3 in Malaysia.
Midden-Drenthe (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌmɪdə(n) ˈdrɛntə] ) is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The municipality was created in 1998, in a merger of the former municipalities of Beilen, Smilde, and Westerbork. Between 1998 and 2000, the...
Below is a list of attempts to escape from Oflag IV-C, the famous prisoner-of-war camp.