Foundation for friendship between Brooklyn (NYC) and its original namesake Breukelen (Netherlands). After the #Brooklyn375 Year, we continue to build bridges.
Breukelen and Brooklyn
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The complete documentary ’Leven in BRKLN’ (version in Dutch) can be seen via this official YouTube link of @rtvutrecht
#eendraghtmaecktmaght #brooklynhistory #brooklyn #breukelenstory #breukelenbrooklyn #dutchbrooklyn #breukelen #breukelenbridge
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What happens when you put 50 entrepreneurs in a room and challenge them to think bigger? Bridges start to appear.
Last night’s Breukelen–Brooklyn Event at the beautiful Nyenrode Business University Castle was all about turning connections into opportunities.
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Welcome to the Brooklyn Workshop @ Nyenrode Castle in Breukelen
[special event in Dutch]
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Not everyone is amused by the regular gridlock to and from the Original Brooklyn Bridge…
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Today’s POTW looks at 24 Middagh Street, the star of recent New York Times article "Bragging Rights in Brooklyn Heights." The article looks at two properties and their claim to be the oldest homes in Brooklyn Heights bklynlib.org/4uJbfhV
[24 Middagh Street], 1922, V1974.32.72
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CBH's unofficial submission to this year's Peep Diorama contest. These are all actors, and events depicted are purely fictional. Although you too can come do genealogical research in our Othmer Library if you so wish. The REAL Othmer library is a little less lopsided.
The mayor of Breukelen, Ap Reinders, and the president of the Borough of Brooklyn, Antonio Reynoso, already know each other — but only online.
Yet surprisingly, the two leaders have never met in person.
In two weeks, voters in Breukelen head to the polls for local elections. But in Brooklyn, the system works a little differently. In the Netherlands, residents don’t elect the mayor. The mayor of the municipality that includes Breukelen, Ap Reinders, was recently reappointed…
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…to a second six-year term, so his position isn’t on the ballot.
Instead, voters elect the municipal council, which sets local policy and forms the governing coalition.
Across the Atlantic, politics looks very different…
@StichtseVecht @BKBPReynoso
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In Brooklyn, the borough president, Antonio Reynoso, is now running for the U.S. Congress, hoping to succeed longtime representative @NydiaVelazquez.
Two places with deep historical ties — Breukelen and Brooklyn — and two very different ways of choosing their leaders. 🇳🇱🇺🇸
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People always mix them up 👇
The Brooklyn Bridge (1883) has stone Gothic towers + web-like cables = classic postcard NYC.
The Manhattan Bridge (1909) has sleek steel towers + trains running across it = industrial vibe.
Same river. Very different personalities.
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Identity change?
#Brooklyn375 took place in 2021, to commemorate the founding of the village of Breuckelen in New Netherlands (America) on May 21, 1646. So, almost five years ago.
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#breuckelen #brooklynhistory #est1646 #breukelenbrooklyn #dutchbrooklyn #breukelenbridge
Nieuwe campagne: BuitenGewoon Breukelen breukelenbridge.nl/buitengew…
Leven in BRKLN - Leven in BRKLN deel 2 rtvutrecht.nl/tv/aflevering/… #rtvutrecht @rtvutrecht @apreinders
