Olena Zelenska, together with Queen Maksyma of the Netherlands, launched a Ukrainian-language audio guide via video link at the Rijksmuseum, the largest and most famous art museum in Amsterdam. This is the sixty-fifth audio guide within the framework of the project of the First Lady of Ukraine to launch Ukrainian-language audio tours in the sights of the world.

Olena Zelenska and Queen Maxima during an online meeting / Photo: Instagram of Olena Zelenska

The guide was voiced by Dutch actress of Ukrainian origin Victoria Koblenko. In addition to the audio guide, there is also a video tour in Ukrainian, authored by Ukrainian director and screenwriter Maria Ponomareva, and the guide was an employee of this museum – Ukrainian artist Natalia Vladychko.

"For our peoples, this means a better understanding not only in matters of art. For us, this is also important because during the year of the Russian invasion, more than 300 museums were destroyed by enemy bombing in Ukraine. Not only people are dying and suffering from the Russian attack, but also objects of art. At the same time, art itself gives us hope that the human spirit will always triumph over destruction and brute force. In Ukraine, we defend not only ourselves, but also that this does not happen again anywhere in the world, so that neither people nor works of art are subjected to aggression," said Olena.

Rijksmuseum museum / Photo: Instagram of Olena Zelenska

The First Lady thanked the museum management and the Embassy of Ukraine in the Netherlands for the implementation of the project.

"For me, a story about the curiosity of your museum – Rembrandt's Night Watch is especially important. She was attacked several times by vandals, but survived. The hope that there will be light after dark is extremely inspiring in these dark times," Zelenska added.

In addition, Finland, with the assistance of the Embassy of Ukraine, also launched a Ukrainian-language audio guide at one of the largest and most important tourist locations in Finland - the fortress island of Suomenlinna (Sveaborg), which is located in Helsinki. Its construction began in the middle of the XVIII century. In 1991, Suomenlinna was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List for preservation for future generations as an example of eighteenth-century fortress architecture in Europe.

Suomenlinna Fortress Island / Photo: Instagram of Olena Zelenska

During the online meeting, Olena Zelenska appeared in a black jacket with a white pleated collar. She complemented her outfit with neat styling, delicate makeup and laconic jewelry – earrings and a chain pendant.

Queen Maxima was dressed in a white three-quarter sleeve robe, in massive earrings and a pearl necklace.

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