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Schiphol introduces sanitation stations to disinfect passengers’ luggage

Schiphol Airport has added sanitising stations to the many measures that the airport is taking to control...
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Marieke Lucas Rijneveld becomes the first Dutch winner of the International Booker Prize

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, author of The Discomfort of Evening, has succeeded in becoming the first Dutch author to...
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Innovation

Faster train journeys to Berlin and Brussels by 2024 (by half an hour, but still)

The NS is planning to speed up the journey times from the Netherlands to Berlin and Brussels by...
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Live goldfish swallowing: why do the Dutch do it?

An Eindhoven man swallows two live goldfish on the terrace of a cafe, de Heksenketel. The disgusted...
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That time a Dutch football team signed a contract with an 18-month-old

It's not often we bring you a story from 2011 in 2020, but this time we just had...
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Organised bike theft: low penalties and risks make for lucrative trade

It's no secret that one of the most widespread crimes in the Netherlands is bike theft, which...
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Here’s how to travel the world without leaving the Netherlands: the Embassy Festival!

Itching to hop on a plane, land in a foreign country, delight your tastebuds with exotic flavours...
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Innovation

Breast milk ice cubes could give coronavirus antibodies, Dutch researchers say

Researchers at Emma's Kinderziekenhuis have found antibodies against coronavirus in the breast milk of women who previously...
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