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The many Anglo-Dutch Wars of the past – Video inside!

Ango-Dutch war antics So the Brits and the Dutch haven't always been the best of friends. We have...
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Seven museums and art galleries you can visit digitally from your own home

You may be stuck at home during the coronavirus outbreak, but that doesn't mean you can't get...
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Culture

What is the Randstad? The complete explainer

Chances are, if you are reading this, you are doing so from within the Randstad. And no,...
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Culture

Laureen Nussbaum talks about her friend Anne Frank, the Holocaust and taking responsibility

Between 1942 and 1945, more than 100,000 Jews were deported from the Netherlands to concentration camps. Only...
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Thousands of stones glow blue in monument for Dutch Holocaust victims

Back in January, a new monument, designed by Daan Roosegaarde, was unveiled in Rotterdam. It comprises 104,000...
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How the Netherlands became home to the international city of peace and justice

Did you know where The Hague's peace and justice vocation comes from? Let's take a look at...
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India and the Netherlands in the Age of Rembrandt: exhibition at CSMVS in Mumbai

I have lived in India for most of my life, bar the last three and a half...
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Culture

Protests in the Netherlands: why are the Dutch protesting so much lately?

Wondering why there have been so many protests in the Netherlands recently? Feeling like this usually peaceful...
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