From “banpanhuis” to Brand

The history of Brand goes back to the middle ages. It is known that as early as 1340 beer was brewed in the village of Wijlre in…

Rotterdam 140 years

In 1873, 140 years ago, the building of the Heineken Brewery in Rotterdam is taken up. The brewery is projected on the corner…

Walking route: Gerard Heineken’s Amsterdam

Amstel, since 1870

In 1870, Charles de Pesters and Johannes van Marwijk Kooy established the Amstel Brewery on the Mauritskade in Amsterdam.