MAUREEN KOLHOFF
Tiel – Kleibergsestraat – Maureen Kolhoff (Netherlands) Treasures from the soil of Tiel. Jugs, coins and charred apples from excavations form a time capsule of everyday life. The 6,000-year-old apple shows our fruit tradition, Tiel coins from the year 1000 reached England and Saint Petersburg, Rhineland pottery and Roman glass jars prove centuries of trade […]
RUBEN PONCIA
Tiel – Waterstraat – Ruben Poncia Around the year 1000, Tiel was the Rotterdam of its day! This imposing Hanseatic ship moors where the Linge river used to flow. Thanks to its favourable location on the Waal and Linge rivers, Tiel flourished as a trading centre between 925 and 1050. After the Linge silted up […]
JEAN-MARC NAVELLO
Tiel; Markt – Jean Marc Navello (France) Daalderop Fabriek is an icon in the Tiel tin industry and famous for its uniquely designed household items. For centuries, Tiel was the tin city of the Netherlands, where craftsmanship and design came together in beautiful household products. This floating teapot from 1956, with reflections of workers in […]
MELINA BERG
Tiel – Hoogeinde – Melina Berg (Germany) Tiel has been battling water for centuries. Water brought prosperity through trade, but it also posed a constant threat. From dykes to pumping stations, the city continues to innovate to keep its feet dry. Melina shows how Tiel balances the opportunities and dangers of the water that has […]
CANACO MATSUMOTO
Tiel – Agnietenhof – Canaco Matsumoto (Japan) A blossoming fruit tree laden with apples, pears, cherries, plums and strawberries honours the Betuwe as the fruit region of the Netherlands. Our ancestors were eating wild apples as early as 6,000 years ago. The Romans were the first to cultivate apples, pears and cherries on the fertile […]
FABIO FEDELE
Tiel – Waalkade – Fabio Fedele (Italy) The Sint-Maartenskerk church rises again in a visual reconstruction after the Second World War. Due to the failure of Operation Market Garden, Tiel is on the front line for seven months. The church tower, which served as a German observation post, was severely damaged by heavy shelling. Fabio […]
KERIM MUŠANOVIĆ
Tiel – Ambtsmantuin– Kerim Musanovic (Bosnia) The early landscape of 6,000 years ago. Imagine: a landscape full of streams that constantly change course. Can you see the plumes of smoke? Archaeologists have found traces of a 6,400-year-old village here – proof that people in the Netherlands were living entirely from agriculture 700 years earlier than […]
RIANNE TE KAAT
Car Park WLP – Rianne te Kaat (Netherlands) A sandwich with jam and Flipje as the filling. Rianne plays with the everyday and iconic image of Flipje. In 1935, Maatschappij De Betuwe unveiled this cheerful little raspberry man in honour of its 50th anniversary. The fruit man with a chef’s hat, conceived by advertising agency […]
GREGOR WOSIK
Tiel – Waalkade – Gregor Wosik (Poland) Tiel made world news. During excavations in Tiel-Medel (2016-2017), archaeologists discovered a 6,400-year-old village – the oldest farming village north of the major rivers. The most important find was a unique Bronze Age sanctuary (2000 BC) with three burial mounds. The largest burial mound served as a solar […]
OSSAMA NASR
Tiel – Kleibergsestraat – Ossama Nasr (Syria) The oldest Dutch glass bead from the Middle East was found at the sanctuary in Tiel-Medel. It was found next to the skull of an important woman in a flat grave field that was 100 years older. Her grave was so valuable that the later Bronze Age solar […]
