Bevrijdingsfestival Groningen 2012
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The festival area of the Dutch Liberation Day in the city of Groningen, the Netherlands. Numerous activities were organized and famous artists performed on different stages.
The Gasunie Building, head offi ce of the Dutch ‘Gasunie’ (a natural gas infrastructure and transport...
The Vrijheids plein (“liberty-square”) is a large roundabout intersection in the city of Groningen. I...
View over the city of Groningen as seen from a loggia on the Northern-corner of the La Liberté reside...
View over the city of Groningen as seen from a loggia on the Eastern-corner of the La Liberté residen...
The two residential towers of the La Liberté residential building project in Groningen, the Netherlan...
The construction-site of the La Liberté residential project in Groningen, the Netherlands. The projec...
The Boerhaaveflat in the Corpus Den Hoorn area in the city of Groningen, the Netherlands. This reside...
"De Rokade" is a 63 meter high residential tower in the city of Groningen and is completed in 2007. I...
The Martini Hospital in the city of Groningen the Netherlands. This building was completely renovated...
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
