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Stars of the collection
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Clogs in the workplace
This leather clog, with wooden sole and metal protective strip on the nose, came from one of the Heineken breweries. In what…
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Man and machine in colourful chalk
In 1983-1984 the artist Bessel Kok (1927-1991) drew at Heineken in Amsterdam. He was particularly fascinated by the equipment…
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A young entrepreneur
‘Dear Mummy!,’ 22-year-old Gerard Heineken began this letter in curly handwriting to his mother. He had just spoken to two…
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Expertise from our Eastern neighbours
Founder Gerard Adriaan Heineken acquired the Amsterdam De Hooiberg (The Haystack) brewery in 1864, a decade after the…
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The world of Bas Kosters
Heineken and fashion? Many people will raise a quizzical eyebrow thinking about the playful clothing and accessories found in…
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Homegrown design
In the 1950s, this illuminated advertisement indicated that the premises housed a café. A ‘brown café,’ that is: a typical Dutch…
