TODAY - August 3

NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS

ON: AUGUST 3

New edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Denmark 1 hours and 40 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 15 hours and 53 minutes – from 05.20 to 21.13.

See more – also in English – about where you are on: www.dagenslaengde.dk

TODAY’s NAME:

This day's name is NIKODEMUS' DAY.  He was a Jewish leader, who was a member of the supreme council in Jerusalem, and who lived around the time of the birth of Jesus. He was a Pharisee and as such a Jew. But according to the legend he assisted Jesus in different ways.

In the TV serie Jesus of Nazareth from 1977 Nikodemus was played by Sir Laurence Olivier ..

In Belgium the day’s name is SAINTE LUDIE. She was a Jew, who became a Christian, and she worked with Paul and Luke. She died some time between 50 and 55 AD.

TODAY’s EVENT:

1778:  The La Scala opera in Milan was inaugurated.

 

TODAY’s QUESTION:

European Artists Villages - what is that?

This is a group med a dozen different villages in several countries - all with art as their brand.

We experienced one of them a couple of times some years ago, Worpswede.  You find it about 25 km north-east of Bremen.  You see galleries, museums, working artists, art events, art bookshops, etc.  And some of the small hotels and guest houses have been installed on the houses of artists, who died or moved away.  Really a nice atmosphere in the village.

Germany has more interesting art villages:  Murnau am Staffelsee in Bavaria, Ahrenshoop near the Baltic Sea, Schwaan in Mecklenburg, and Dachau near München.

In France you find similar art villages in Lagny-sur-Marne and in Barbizon near Fontainebleau. 

The Netherlands has a very interesting village - Oosterbeek nearArnhem - home for the Dutch impressionism.

In Sweden you should go to Arvika north of Lake Vänarn, and in Finland the most interesting art village is probably Önningeby on the Åland Island in the Baltic Sea.

And last, but not least the Danish art and tourist town of Skagen in the very north of Jutland is a very interesting place to - very much worth a détour as the Michelin Guide says.

 

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

Carpet - to be called on the carpet - what does that mean ?

47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:

EUROPE AT WORK     www.europe-at-work.be

 

TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

        Israeli children should be taught to look into the future - and not live in the

             past. I prefer to teach them to think in an innovative way instead of living

             in the past.     

             This was once said by the former Israeli president Shimon Peres .

2.  Today’s quote:

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

Who among today’s persons has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1872:  Prince Carl / King Haakon VII  ( died 1957 )

1920:  P.D. James  ( died 2014 )

1926:  Tony Bennett

1946:  Jack Straw

 

4.  Famous people died on this day:    

             1977:  Makarios  ( 64 years )

             2006:  Elisabeth Schwartzkopf  ( 89 years )

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

www.simplesite.com/kimbrer   + EUROPE AT WORK:   www.europe-at-work.be


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