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Dwars door de Lage Landen

Dwars door de Lage Landen

S1 · E1

IMDB:

8.0
Dwars door de Lage Landen

Released

3/21/2022

Duration

0h 51m

Genre

Documentary, Reality

Country

Belgium

Cast

Arnout Hauben, Philippe Niclaes, Ruben Callens

Overview

Arnout Hauben travels through the Netherlands and Belgium with Philippe Niclaes and Ruben Callens. In his own unique way, he speaks to people he meets along the way and looks for stories that have given color to our regions.

Episodes

De Vlaamse poldersEP 1Available

De Vlaamse polders

50m0.0

The adventure starts on the beach of Ostend and from there Arnout Hauben continues through the Flemish polders. In Meetkerke he meets Amedé, who used to pump water from the polders to drain the land.

Antwerpen, parel aan de ScheldeEP 2Available

Antwerpen, parel aan de Schelde

50m0.0

The journey continues through the Waasland towards Antwerp. In Klinge, Arnout Hauben and his friends pass a remnant of the Death Wire, the electrical barrier that separated the Netherlands and Belgium during the First World War. On the Left Bank they rest on the beach of Sint Anneke. Finally, in the catacombs of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Arnout discovers a unique art treasure that tells about the wealth of the city.

Door de (w)arme KempenEP 3Available

Door de (w)arme Kempen

50m0.0

Arnout, Philippe and Ruben cross the sandy Kempen. At the Kleine Nete they pass a crab catching station. Arnout then visits some old friends in Geel: Rob and Eddy. Fifteen years ago he made a documentary about family nursing in Geel, in which the pair played a leading role. In the abbey of Tongerlo, Arnout comes face to face with Da Vinci's Last Supper, and in Westerlo he meets Prince Simon de Merode, who invites him to his castle. The prince's ancestors appear to have played an important role in the creation of Belgium.

Limburg, de groene long van VlaanderenEP 4Available

Limburg, de groene long van Vlaanderen

50m0.0

In Bolderberg, Arnout, Ruben and Philippe are staying in the hotel that was the setting for the largest art theft in the history of the Low Countries in the 1970s. In Genk, Arnout delves into the mining past. He meets the very last coal farmer who keeps the very last bags of real Limburg coal.

Nederlands-Limburg, een land apartEP 5Available

Nederlands-Limburg, een land apart

50m0.0

Arnout, Ruben and Philippe cross the border with the Netherlands and arrive in Limburg. They climb the Sint-Pietersberg and go to the official end point of the Pieterpad. They will follow this path for 500 kilometers to the far north of the Netherlands. Arnout explores Fort Sint Pieter and discovers a labyrinth of underground tunnels. The three friends travel via Sittard to small Montfort and meet Mientje. She remembers as if it were yesterday how a heavy bombing at the end of the Second World War changed her life forever.

Over de grote rivierenEP 6Available

Over de grote rivieren

50m0.0

Arnout Hauben and his friends arrive in Tienray. During the Second World War, 123 Jewish children were taken care of here. A little further on in Groesbeek, Arnout and his friends walk past a replica of a glider from the Second World War. They meet Nelly Kerkhoff, who witnessed the fighting of Operation Market Garden up close.

Tussen boer en adelEP 7Available

Tussen boer en adel

50m0.0

Arnout, Ruben and Philippe arrive in the Achterhoek. In Gaanderen they are welcomed by a musician who sings a song in Low Saxon. In Laren they have coffee with a baroness who spent her childhood at Verwolde Castle. On the Sallandse Heuvelrug, Arnout meets Suzanne, a shepherdess who exchanged her ten-storey flat in the Bijlmer for a life close to nature. Things are less quiet in Hellendoorn, where the three end up on an extremely hard motocross.

Episode 8EP 8Available

Episode 8

50m0.0

No description available.

Cast

Arnout Hauben

Unknown Role

Arnout Hauben

Philippe Niclaes

Unknown Role

Philippe Niclaes

Ruben Callens

Unknown Role

Ruben Callens

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