Problems with electricity supply expected to rise after 2025
Amidst an unprecedented growth in renewable energy production and the phasing out of carbon and gas to achieve climate goals, problems in the electricity…
Amidst an unprecedented growth in renewable energy production and the phasing out of carbon and gas to achieve climate goals, problems in the electricity…
It is nothing new to say that the expat life can be a lonely one. But what exactly is expat loneliness? Is it run…
Her Royal Highness Máxima recently celebrated her 50th, birthday along with the country of which she is queen. Dutch TV broadcast various specials, interviews…
Young Dutch singer-songwriters perform with Camerata RCO in the Concertgebouw The traditional King’s Night concert is back in Het Concertgebouw with four Dutch singer-songwriters:…
I would venture to guess that while most of us who grew up celebrating Christmas have heard that it’s the most wonderful time of…
This year, for the first time in its history, the University of Amsterdam (UVA) enrolled more than 40,000 students. According to university numbers, there…
From 12 December 2021 to 8 May 2022 Museum Flehite in Amersfoort presents the first large retrospective exhibition of the Dutch master painter Mathias…
In the topsy-turvy world of sports in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the milestones you may have missed was the 25th…
Many college and university students have suffered from mental issues in the past year, according to the joint study between Trimbos Institute, RIVM and…
Hundreds took to the streets in various cities in the Netherlands as anger mounted over new Covid restrictions imposed by the government to tackle…
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, the healthcare sector is facing challenges in meeting the rising demand in patient. The healthcare industry is experiencing extreme…
On Sunday 14 November, Royal Dutch Shell informed the Dutch government of its intention to move its headquarters to London from The Hague. A…
Every country has its heroes – people who have made such an impact on the country that their influence and legacy go beyond themselves….
According to a recently published report about the social impact of Covid-19 in the Netherlands, at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in April…
From 2 December 2021 to 23 January 2022, the tenth edition of Amsterdam Light Festival takes place. Sailing on or walking along the Amsterdam…
With the 34th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) just over two weeks away, IDFA’s Artistic Director Orwa Nyrabia unveiled highly…
We looked in on the efforts to make sport more sustainable in the Netherlands before the worldwide pandemic brought the sector to a virtual…
Museum Prinsenhof Delft brings the history of Chinese porcelain from Jingdezhen to the Netherlands in 90 masterpieces. These range from early Song Dynasty porcelain…
Escalating house prices, a lack of housing, negative social consequences and public demonstrations highlighting the urgency of the problem: the country seems fed up…
Monday 27 September, Royal Delft opened its new pop-up store in the Westfield Mall of the Netherlands. A selection of products from recent collections…
14 days of sheer Christmas magic The Lange Voorhout in The Hague will once again host the largest multi-day Christmas fair in the Netherlands…
A couple of times last year (2020) I wrote about Ronnie van de Putte, the notorious ‘slum lord of the Netherlands’. The real estate…
The mortgage deduction is a topic constant under discussion. This time the discussion is about abandoning the entire mortgage deduction. Is that likely to…
Recent steps taken by Amsterdam’s city council to reduce problems associated with overtourism appear to be paying off — the number of tourist rentals…
There is no denying that the housing crisis in this country has taken on new urgency, with more and more people struggling and often…
What are the Dutch most known for, their cheese or their narcotics? The nation that so far was best known for its tulips, windmills,…
Since the cancellation of many Covid restrictions, all around the world the demand for fuel has skyrocketed. In 2020, in the midst of the…
Digital life has added more complexity to an already tricky question: How can the authorities decipher the difference between hateful rants that contain hollow…
As much as we thought and hoped there would be a new cabinet in the Dutch government to showcase in this edition, alas there…
The extremely high pressure under which GPs work, in addition to staff shortages, means an overload for general health care in the Netherlands. Running…
The African Christmas market brings together businesses providing unique products and services for the African community in the Netherlands. The main purpose of the…
Slowly but surely, we’ve been able to return to our sports. Our gyms have reopened, our sports clubs can receive their members once again…
After a restoration of more than five years, the Dutch Royal Golden Carriage is on show for the first time in the Amsterdam Museum….
With his use of multimedia and the internet, Oliver Laric is a modern artist par excellence. Recently Modern Forms of London, a private organization…
From 8 October 2021 to 27 March 2022, the Drents Museum is proudly presenting a world premiere with a major exhibition devoted to the…
For a second year running, there was a no-frills policy at this year’s Prinsjesdag (‘Little Princes Day’). With its adjusted corona programme, members of…
The lovable stop-motion character from the 1970s and 80s is back! Who is Loeki de Leeuw? Loeki the Lion is the mascot created by…
In the history of mankind, the battle between environment and jobs, the latter have always won. But that is changing – people are no…
The current housing crisis in the Netherlands is so big that people have taken to the streets to express their anger and frustration that…
Imagine house-hunting and seeing a place that you like, and then demanding the walls be painted in your favorite colour, bathroom tiles changed, kitchen…
The phenomenon of hazing is once again under fire. Soon-to-be members of six fraternities in Amsterdam were mistreated and humiliated during the traditional hazing…
Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands will open the high school building of the European School in The Hague on Friday 1…
Busy hallways, full libraries, lively discussions about group assignments and what to do next weekend – student life is flourishing again in the Netherlands….
Last September, Suriname’s president Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi paid an official visit to the Netherlands, the first in more than a decade of tense relations…
New law shakes things up The Balanced Labour Market Act (WAB) was established in 2020 and was intended to increase the position of flex…
Already six months have passed the Dutch national elections in March 2021, and there is still no majority coalition and thus no new cabinet….
As if authored by Kafka himself, foreigners and Dutch nationals returning to the Netherlands have landed in a bureaucratic nightmare. According to Dutch law,…
‘Survivors: Faces of Life after the Holocaust’ 5 September 2021 – 31 January 2022 Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht presents an exhibition of…
A collaboration with the Amsterdam Museum and a wide range of fashion designers From Saturday 18 September 2021, De Nieuwe Kerk will be the…
Once in a while you meet them: friends you haven’t seen for a long time, but with whom you can pick up right where…