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Stars of the Collection
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ANNUAL REPORT 2025
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Stars
Stars of the collection
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Art in Kinshasa
This painting of a street scene in Kinshasa is a glorious feast for the eyes. On the left, Congolese men and women dance on a…
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Gentlemen of beer
In 1868, Gerard Adriaan Heineken created a furore on Amsterdam's Singelgracht with ‘Beiersch’ beer from his steam beer brewery…
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Good for the skin
The ancestor of brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is wine yeast: a genetic mix of single-celled micro-organisms that…
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Nostalgia for the future
I would just like to keep some part of the brewery here,' was Freddy Heineken's somewhat wistful response at the 1975 board…
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Back in the home port
Delft-born artist Piet Cottaar junior (1908-1984) worked in Rotterdam almost his entire life, and for the same employer at that.…
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Knights of Amstel
he idea stems from the Middle Ages: a group of noblemen form a society in which each new member is honoured with a common…
