The normal opening hours will apply from Tuesday 6 May opening hours There are six villas on 's Gravelandseweg that share a special history: They are all located on the former Lindenheuvel country estate These villas later came into the hands of the VPRO In 1834 the Amsterdam merchant Johannes van der Linden bought an area of ​​about six hectares The area lay between the current 's Gravelandseweg He had a large mansion built on the ground where 's Gravelandseweg 63 is now This original villa was demolished by a later owner Van der Linden christened the country estate with villa: Lindenheuvel In 1836 Lindenheuvel was festively inaugurated on Mrs composed a piece of music especially for the opening And the legendary municipal notary of Hilversum better days arrived for this circumference – better especially for this spot of ground; thou (noble) founder of Lindenheuvel has made that disturbed shadow recoil lifted that spell of sterility – for barrenness and solitude – given beauty “noble founder” Johannes van der Linden could not enjoy his Linden Hill His widow continued her husband's business until her own death in 1867 the current villa called Linde Heuvel was built at number 1885 The owner was once again an Amsterdam businessman: Diamond merchant Abraham Simonszoon Delden He used it with his family as a summer residence The adjacent villas at 's Gravelandseweg 65 It is striking that they all have the same architectural style as Villa Linde Heuvel Abraham Delden was probably also the client for the construction of these villas What is clear is that the villas had other residents The name of the house at number 71 is striking: Gerihecolijofrani This house owes its name to the nine children of the menswear shopkeeper Noordman who lived in the house: Gerard Villa Keizerstoren with house number 65 was the first of six villas bought by the VPRO in 1931. From 1935 the minister-secretary of the broadcaster Rev. Spelberg lived there. Later, the editors of broadcasting magazine Vrije Sounds sat here and from the 70s on, the VPRO used it as a company restaurant. The villas at numbers 63 71 and 73 came into the hands of the VPRO in the 50s These buildings were also used as residences for important people within the broadcasting industry or as offices for editorial offices the houses are used as offices by various (media) companies.  the VPRO has had its own premises at the Mediapark since 1997 Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 October you can take a look at the studios at the Hilversum Media Park Scan the QR code to chat with us or go directly to WhatsApp Web A fire at the Chemelot industrial park operated by Dutch chemical producer DSM on Nov 9  destroyed a storage facility for plastics resins and estimates as to the extent of the damage have not yet been released The blaze in a storage hall owned by logistics provider Wim Bosman which park management said was touched off by welding activities on the unit’s roof occupied the attention of the site’s fire brigades and alerted those from surrounding areas Spaubeek and Sweikhuizen were advised to remain indoors with windows and doors shut Reports point to a series of incidents at the multi-company site this year with one of the most serious the recent fire in an ammonia plant owned by Dutch fertiliser group OCI Nitrogen While both of the company’s ammonia plants have restarted some of the aggregate production units are not expected to be back online before the end of November Are you ready to elevate your pharmaceutical operations Download our exclusive whitepaper and discover how compliance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) is essential for the safety and integrity of pharmaceuticals and strategic direction in an exclusive CHEManager International interview.