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Jac. P. Thijsse: de Freek Vonk van de vorige eeuw (28x20)

Air date: Oct 23, 2025

He is widely regarded as the greatest Dutch conservationist of all time: Jac. P. Thijsse. He put nature in the Netherlands on the map as the founder of Natuurmomenten (Nature Moments) in 1905 and as the author of the Verkade nature picture books. His book "Texel" launched mass tourism to the Wadden Island. Author Dik van de Meulen now presents a new biography about the Freek Vonk of the last century, a master of all trades: writing, drawing, and storytelling. Jac. P. Thijsse influences politicians, biologists, and writers and is a beloved and well-known Dutchman. What has become of his ideals eighty years after his death?