HERILAND - Cultural heritage and the planning of European landscapes

15/11/2025

Heriland was closely involved in the presentation, yesterday, of the National Dutch Agenda For Heritage Research to the Ministry of Culture and Unesco Netherlands, with Linde Egberts as key editor, Marilena Mela as case study presenter and Gert-Jan Burgers as moderator and contributor to the agenda. The agenda closely aligns with the Heriland principles!

Congrats to all involved in the making of the agenda!

Heriland staff Linde Egberts, Marilena Mela and Gert-Jan Burgers proudly share in the presentation of the National Dutch Agenda for Heritage Research to Kathleen Ferrier of Unesco Netherlands and to Barbera Wolfensberger, DG of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

05/10/2024

Heritage College of Heritage Planning will hold a public seminar on  ‘The Role of Heritage Planners in Shaping Future Landscapes’ as a part of the Blended Intensive program.

This seminar will be held in person at Humanisten J222, Gothenburg University on the 10th of October, 2-4.45 pm CET. This event will be live-streamed at the same time.

To find out more about this event, please follow the link below:

https://www.heriland.eu/2024/09/30/the-role-of-heritage-planners-in-future-landscapes-public-seminar

17/06/2024

📚📚📚 This week's blog post is prepared by Henri Cosemans. Henri is a PhD candidate in Conservation-Restauration at the University of Antwerp. This Blog post is inspired by his participation in the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme on “Cultural Heritage and the Planning of European Landscapes”, October 2023.
https://www.heriland.eu/2024/06/17/from-wederbroeck-to-michel-theysstraat-evolution-of-an-industrial-heritage-site/
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🔈Are you interested in participating in the next iteration of the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme, “Heritage and Landscape Futures”, in Gothenburg, Sweden, in October 2024?
Check our website at: https://www.heriland.eu/erasmus-blended-intensive.../
or, Contact Niels van Manen: [email protected]

By Henri Cosemans In the heart of Diest, Belgium, lies a street that tells a tale of transformation: one that reflects the shifting tides of…

10/06/2024

📚📚📚 This week's blog post is written by Noor Van Roy. Noor is a postgraduate student in Heritage Studies (major in nature and landscape) at the University of Antwerp. This Blog post is inspired by the fieldwork she conducted while participating in the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme on “Cultural Heritage and the Planning of European Landscapes”, October 2023.
https://www.heriland.eu/2024/06/10/zoos-enclosures-back-to-the-future/
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🔈Are you interested in participating in the next iteration of the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme, “Heritage and Landscape Futures”, in Gothenburg, Sweden, in October 2024?
Check our website at: https://www.heriland.eu/erasmus-blended-intensive.../
or, Contact Niels van Manen: [email protected]

By Noor Van Roy There are various interesting parallels between the histories of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and Antwerp (Belgium). This blog post will focus on…

03/06/2024

📚📚📚 This week's blog post is written by Anna Bundalo. Anna is a postgraduate student in Heritage Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This Blog post is inspired by the fieldwork she conducted while participating in the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme on “Cultural Heritage and the Planning of European Landscapes”, October 2023.
Read more:
https://www.heriland.eu/2024/06/03/the-burcht-van-berlage-contradictions-in-hidden-heritage/
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🔈Are you interested in participating in the next iteration of the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme, “Heritage and Landscape Futures”, in Gothenburg, Sweden, in October 2024?
Check our website at: https://www.heriland.eu/erasmus-blended-intensive.../
or, Contact Niels van Manen: [email protected]

Figure 1. Interior of the Burcht: entrance of the Bondsraadzaal. Image by: Tine van Voorst, from https://www.flickr.com/photos/tinamonumentalia/9019650548/in/photostream/. Accessed 24 February 2024. by Anna Bundalo The…

28/05/2024

📚📚📚 This week's blog post is written by Anna Guðný Gröndal. Anna is a graduate student at Uppsala University, specialising in Cultural Heritage and Sustainability. This blog post is an extension of her ongoing master’s thesis, exploring the intersection of urban development, cultural heritage preservation, and the sustainable transformation of spaces.
Read more:
https://www.heriland.eu/2024/05/28/heritage-values-of-airports-in-urban-regeneration/

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🔈Are you interested in participating in the next iteration of the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme, “Heritage and Landscape Futures”, in Gothenburg, Sweden, in October 2024?
Check our website at: https://www.heriland.eu/erasmus-blended-intensive-programme-cultural-heritage-and-planning-on-european-landscape/
or, Contact Niels van Manen: [email protected]

Figure 1. People at Tempelhof, Berlin. Source: Hanohiki. (2012, 01. May). Berlin, Germany – May 01, 2012: People at “Tempelhofer Feld”, the former airport of…

17/05/2024

🔈🔈🔈 Heriland cordially invites you to the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme, Heritage and Landscape Futures.

📍Where: Gothenburg, Sweden, plus additional online webinars
📆 When: October 7-11, 2024

📌The deadline for registration is July 05,2024
📎 For more information, see the link below or check Heriland website in our bio.

https://www.heriland.eu/erasmus-blended-intensive-programme-cultural-heritage-and-planning-on-european-landscape/

17/05/2024

🔈 Heriland cordially invites you to the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme, Heritage and Landscapes Futures.

📍Where: Gothenburg, Sweden, plus additional online webinars
📆When: October 7-11, 2024.

📌 The deadline for registration is July 05, 2024.
👇For more information, see the link below.

Back to homepage Information about the programme “Heritage and Landscapes Futures” Blended Intensive Programme is organised by the EU HERILAND Graduate Training Network. What: 5-day programme,…

13/05/2024

📚📚📚This week's blog post is written by Paulina Beltrán Alessio Robles. Paulina is a Master’s student in Conservation at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. This Blog Post was inspired by her personal experiences and research in Mexico and the insights gained during the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme on “Cultural Heritage and the Planning of European Landscapes”, October 2023.
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Are you interested in participating in the next iteration of the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme, “Heritage and Landscape Futures”, in Gothenburg, Sweden, in October 2024?
Contact Niels van Manen: [email protected]

https://www.heriland.eu/2024/05/13/sculpted-narratives-monuments-and-anti-monuments-on-the-way-of-parades-and-protests/

07/05/2024

📚📚📚This week's blog post is written by Jil Kremser. Jil is a Master student at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, Germany, where she studies architectural heritage conservation. The inspiration behind this blog post originated from the fieldwork she conducted in Controversial Monuments Series in October 2023 as part of the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme.
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🔈Are you interested in participating in the next iteration of the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme, “Heritage and Landscape Futures”, in Gothenburg, Sweden, in October 2024?
Contact Niels van Manen: [email protected]

https://www.heriland.eu/2024/05/07/stuck-in-the-past-controversial-heritage-and-its-challenges-in-the-case-of-wiesbaden-germany/

22/04/2024

📚📚📚 Today, we would like to share a blog post by Sara Mazzuchelli. Sara is a graduate student at Upsala University, Sweden. This Blog post is based on her studies in Cultural Heritage and her participation in the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme on “Cultural Heritage and the Planning of European Landscapes”, October 2023.
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🔈Are you interested in participating in the next iteration of the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme, “Heritage and Landscape Futures”, in Gothenburg, Sweden, in October 2024?
Contact Niels van Manen: [email protected]

https://www.heriland.eu/2024/04/22/the-po-delta-biomarine-reserve-cultural-landscapes-and-sustainable-development/

15/04/2024

📚📚📚 Today, we would like to share a blog post by Hjördis Dall. Hjördis is a student in Cultural Heritage in Construction at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, Germany. This Blog post is inspired by her travels, and exploration of local landscapes, and based on her participation in the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme on ‘Cultural Heritage and the Planning of European Landscapes’ in October 2023.
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🔈Are you interested in participating in the next iteration of the Heriland Blended Intensive Programme, “Heritage and Landscape Futures”, in Gothenburg, Sweden, in October 2024?
Contact Niels van Manen: [email protected]

Figure 1. Typical landscape with hedges and small villages in between near Schotten, Germany (UuMUfQ, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons, 2020). by Hjördis Dall…