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Gay Blacklists: how Amsterdam wasn’t always the gay-friendly capital

Gay friendly Amsterdam? Not always. In the past Amsterdam had Gay Blacklists - not quite the rainbow...
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Legendary Dutch actor Rutger Hauer has passed away – We’ll miss him dearly

Actor and icon Rutger Hauer died at the age of 75 after a short period illness, as...
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Art

The Rembrandt Days: Head to Leiden and Travel Back in Time to the 17th Century!

On Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 July 2019 the Pieterskwartier in Leiden will be transformed to depict...
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History

Holocaust memorial gets building permission after court rules in favour of Dutch Auschwitz Committee

The Dutch Auschwitz Committee has been given the go ahead to build a monument honouring Dutch Holocaust...
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A legendary invasion: more than seventy years since D-Day

Seventy-five years ago to this very day, the largest amphibious invasion in history took place on the...
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Amsterdam

Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder Amsterdam: The Eighty Years’ War and its Relationship with the Netherlands’ Clandestine Churches

The Eighty Years' War or the Dutch Revolt, is a standard part of Dutch history education. Almost...
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Digital billboards changed into war memorials for Remembrance Day in Amsterdam

Seventeen digital billboards across the center of Amsterdam will change into World War II memorials on May...
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Former Dutch boxing champion Rudi Lubbers saved by a fellow cycling champion

Former Dutch boxing star Rudi Lubbers and his wife, Ria were on the verge of existence living...
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