Roets calendar shares interesting bits of Flemish history
The new Roets calendar, full of little-known historical facts about Flanders, has been released
2015 ready to order
Every week of Roets has a page that relays the story of a historical figure or event, and there are also daily titbits of information related to that day. In the 2015 edition, for instance, you will learn why composer Norbert Rosseau wore a baker’s hat, meet the remarkable market singer Meen van Eycken, who made up more than 500 songs, and become familiar with legendary footballer Mance Seghers, “the Buffalo of the century”.
De Roets started publishing in 2005 out of a sense of concern that so much of this information was lost to history, according to the calendar’s editor, Jo Vranckx. Roets is constructed to be easy to read in the sofa as well as hung on the wall and can be purchased from the website.
About the author
Lisa Bradshaw is the editor-in-chief of Flanders Today. She worked as an editor and journalist in her homeland, the United States, before moving to the awesome city of Ghent in 2004. If she’s not in the office, she’s probably at a film festival.
