Never a dull moment with politician Klaas Dijkhoff
Edition 8 March 2019, by Stephen Swai Regardless what you might think of him, there is a never dull moment when it comes to…
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Rotterdam study: healthy lifestyle means you live six years longer
Edition 8 March 2019, by Stephen Swai According to the results of a study by the Erasmus MC hospital, published in scientific journal PLos…
Former PVV politician Joram van Klaveren converts to Islam
Edition 8 March, by Lorre Luther Joram van Klaveren, a former member of Geert Wilders’ Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV) recently announced his conversion…
Online gambling will soon be legal in the Netherlands
Edition 8 March 2019, by Lisette Bosman Government budget for 2020 contains tax income from remote gambling Two (online) gambling bills have recently been…
Srebrenica: Dutch history still in the writing
Edition 8 March, by by Johannes Visser One name hangs like a dark cloud over Dutch contemporary history, still being written: Srebrenica. It epitomizes…
‘Certainty’ promised to children seeking asylum in the Netherlands
Edition 8 March 2019, byMegan Janicke Hundreds of asylum-seeking children who were previously denied residency in the Netherlands could now be granted the right…
Is this really the best of Amsterdam?
The results are in! Big 7 Travel, the international travel media company, has announced its ultimate ‘best of’ lists for Amsterdam. The lists range…
Can the government still govern after upcoming Senate elections?
Edition 8 March 2019, by Seringe S.T. Touray Every four years, the Provincial Councils of the twelve Dutch provinces elect for the members of…
Yellow vests in action in the Netherlands
Edition 8 March, by Bárbara Luque Fuelled by the December protests in France, originally aimed at rising petrol costs, which involved tens of thousands…
Dutch students skip class for climate change
Edition 8 March 2019, by Juan Alvarez A National Student Protest for a Better Climate took place on Thursday 7 February in The Hague….
Increase of expats at Dutch-speaking schools
Edition 8 March 2019, by Bárbara Luqe Recently, municipalities have struggled to fill the educational needs of expat children in Dutch schools. Public schools,…
Social security vacations, paid for by the State
The Netherlands has a problem. Thousands of migrant workers receive unemployment benefits that they are not entitled to. Most of them are Polish seasonal…
Italy – 160th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations with the Netherlands
Edition 8 March 2019 Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro interviews the Ambassador of Italy, H.E. Mr. Andrea Perugini Main former positions Deputy Director General for Globalization and…
Erwin Olaf in the Hague
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and The Hague Museum of Photography are to honour one of the Netherlands’ most famous photographers, Erwin Olaf (b. 1959), with…
The Barraud brothers in Museum MORE
They are probably the best kept secret of Switzerland: the Barraud brothers. Four brothers in art. Four very talented painters within one family. A…
Movies that Matter Festival 2019
Feel free to open your mind at the at the Movies that Matter Festival! The annual international fi lm and debate festival on human…
The IamExpat Fair Amsterdam, 2019
Looking for a new job? Need mortgage advice? Looking for a good school or day-care for your kids? Want to enrol in a quality…
World records, 30,000 bananas and a marriage proposal: anything goes at the Rotterdam marathon
Written by John Mahnen With the skates oiled and tucked back into the closet, it’s time to bring the running shoes back into regular…
The Scary Bikers: A Brexit comedy or tragedy?
Edition 8 March 2019, by Benjamin B. Roberts In early January, the conservative British speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, was called…
The Mule (movie)
Edition 8 March 2019, by By James Luxford Even at 88 years old, Clint Eastwood remains a vital and interesting film maker, occasionally going…
“The Euro” by Joseph Stiglitz (book)
Edition 8 March 2019, by Jeroen Spangenberg Joseph Stiglitz wrote a book which was published in 2017 called “The Euro’’. The Euro describes the…
Carstens (restaurant)
Edition 8 March 2019, Paola Westbeek Carstens takes diners on a delectable culinary journey featuring a fine selection of Holland’s gourmet treasures: from the…
Illegal residents of ADM yard Amsterdam forced to move after more than 20 years
Written by Phoebe Potter Illegal Conceived as a shipyard, the ADM – Amsterdamsche Drydock Company NV – has been through a vibrant history. On…
Amsterdam and Rotterdam take ‘hiss prohibition’ seriously
Written by Bárbara Luque Alanís In an attempt to make streets safer for everyone, the Netherlands is now applying legal pressure to combat street…
International train travel up
Edition 1 February, by Marla Thomson Travel by train in Europe is – not surprisingly – on the rise. Local, regional and now international…
Groningen Airport Eelde facing further problems
Written by Stephen Swai It seems that Groningen Airport Eelde, the Netherlands’ smallest passenger airfi eld, is in trouble following recent bad news. On…
Blacklisting tax havens: something about a pot and kettle
Edition 1 February 2019, by Johannes Visser The Dutch government recently published its expanded blacklist of tax-avoiding countries. Some of the countries on the…
Dutch boy band Breunion Boys wants the UK to stay in the EU
Written by Stephen Swai Whenever there is a crisis, interesting things happen. Take for example the Breunion Boys. This pro-European Union boy band has…
Converted housing. A solution to the housing shortage?
Written by Benjamin Roberts In the last couple of years, the Netherlands has been reminded again of its age-old problem. With a growing population…
Cause of mass deaths of starlings in the Hague identified
Written by Seringe S.T. Touray Autumn was in full swing in The Hague last year, the last residues of summer fading, parks filled with…
Oostvaardersplassen: tensions rise as judge gives green light for more than 1,800 red deer to be shot
Edition 1 February, by Femke van Iperen The continued tensions around the welfare of the large grazing animals inhabiting the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve reached…
Dutch climate agreement has the Greens fired up
Edition 1 February 2019, by Johannes Visser The Netherlands has a new climate agreement. There is just one problem: the green side of the…
The Dutch solar-powered car designed near Eindhoven
Edition 1 February, by Juan Alvarez Less than 20 km away from Eindhoven, in Helmond, an all- Dutch start-up is designing an electric car…
Lifestyle trends for 2019
Edition 1 February 2019, by U.Cathy Leung Let’s have a look at some of the lifestyle trends that have been identified for 2019, globally…
TEFAF Maastricht: one of the most powerful art networks in the world
Edition 1 February 2019 The most important art event annually in the Dutch calendar is TEFAF Maastricht. This Fair is organized by The European…
Shrimp from Bangladesh: a must item in your menu
Edition 1 February, by the Ambassador of Bangladesh, H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Belal If viewed from above, on a moonlit night, Bangladesh is bound to…
How full is your wallet in 2019?
Edition 1 February, by Phoebe Potter As with every new year, many are taking a look at their personal fi nances and wondering what…
Islamic Art Exhibition at The Hague Municipal Museum
Edition 1 February 2019, by Pejman Akbarzadeh The Hague Municipal Museum holds one of the largest collections of Persian ceramics and glasses, which forms…
Your Coffee, Hilversum (Restaurant)
Edition 1 February 2019, by Paola Westbeek Situated on Kerkstraat in Hilversum’s bustling city centre, is Your Coffee, a cosy and laid-back eatery where…
Beautiful Boy (movie)
Edition 1 February 2019, by Benjamin Roberts In 2017, more than 72,000 deaths in the US were caused by a drug overdoses. One of…
Rembrandt and Saskia. Love and Marriage in the Dutch Golden Age (expo)
Edition 1 February, by Benjamin Roberts When it comes to Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) and locations in the Netherlands, we usually think of Leiden,…
World sprint speed skating championships Heerenveen
Edition 1 February 2019, by John Mahnen Life in the fast lane! Heerenveen For the non-Dutch, skating is an acquired taste a bit like…
Residentie Orkest The Hague and Zuiderstrandtheater present Wanderlust festival
On Friday 12th October, the Residentie Orkest and the Zuiderstrandtheater will present the Wanderlust festival from 7.30 pm onwards. With pop, classical, jazz &…
Tedx event The British School in The Netherlands
Edition 28 December 2018 The British School in The Netherlands hosted its first ever Tedx event and it certainly was a day full of…
Registration now mandatory for childcare visitors
Edition 28 December, by Hendrik Ike Last month the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment announced that childcare centres will have to register,…
Fear the bee, not the terrorist
Edition 28 December, by Johannes Visser The Dutch are world champions in complaining about all that is not right, as well as finding solutions…
New publication reveals discrimination within the Dutch national police
Edition 28 December, by Benjamin B. Roberts In the Netherlands, the Dutch national police force is not a mirror image of Dutch society: 22%…
Dutch Olympic skating team to be determined in December
Edition 30 November 2017, by John Mahnen Winter in the Netherlands hold its own special traditions: Speculaas flavoured everything and pea soup for example….
I am not a tourist expat fair Amsterdam on October 8, 2017
Expat Fair Expatica’s “i am not a tourist” Expat Fair is the biggest event for internationals living, working, studying or setting up a business…
Removing the barriers for deserving athletes
Edition 28 September 2017, by John Mahnen Many of us take sport for granted. We jump in the car or on the bike and off…
Eneco future situation unclear
Edition 28 September, by Sagar Harinayan Eneco is a Dutch company which produces and supplies natural gas to millions of customers, including households and…
Collateral damage: AH actie discount on pans
Edition 28 September 2017, by Bárbara Luque Albert Heijn has been dragging down a third party while trying to help its clients save a…
Sex Jokes: Humor in Art in the Dutch Golden Age (museum)
Edition 28 September 2017, by Benjamin Roberts When Elmer Kolfin, the professor at the University of Amsterdam started researching humor in the seventeenth century,…
Bohemian delight (restaurant)
Edition 28 September 2017, by Marc G. baker This isn’t a crime scene. Or, in a sense: it is. Exactly 90 years ago, the…
Teenagers and youngsters in the Dutch Golden Age (book)
Edition 28 September 2017 According to Benjamin B. Roberts’ recently published book Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll in the Dutch Golden Age, the…
Mother! (movie)
Edition 28 September 2017 We start and end in flames, with an image of a fiery face giving way to a mysterious crystal, which…
25 years of diplomatic relations between Kazakhstan and The Netherlands
Edition 28 September 2017, by Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro On this occasion Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro interviews the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H.E. Mr. Magzhan Ilyassov….
100 years of De stijl in the Kröller-Müller Museum
The patron and the ‘house painter’. Helene Kröller-Müller and Bart van der Leck In the international year ‘Mondriaan to Dutch Design’, and on occasion…
India Dance Festival 2017
One of the most important European events for Indian dance takes center stage in The Hague this October The Hague – The India Dance…
A tasteful journey, the ron Klein Breteler collection
Ron Klein Breteler began collecting contemporary Modern art several decades ago. One of his first purchases, a light object by the Dutch artist Jan…
“Strong Europe with strong member states” proclaims Hungary v
Edition 28 September 2017, by Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro On the occasion of Hungary’s Presidency of the Visegrád Group, Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro interviews the Ambassador of Hungary,…
Green is the new black: Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week
Edition 28 September 2017, by Alice Burke Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week will take place from the 6th to the 15th of October in various locations…
Towards self-driving trucks
Written by Sagar Harinayan DAF has been selected by the UK’s Department of Transport and Highways England, to participate in a two-year truck platooning…
Dairy industry may take a hit
Edition 28 September, by Sagar Harinayan The dairy industry has always been a major contributor to the flourishing Dutch economy. Large numbers of livestock are…
KYWIE. An ingenious cooler with inside-out sheep fur.
You love wine – so do we. Ideally a woody-fruity Chardonnay, or a cool, light red, a perfect delicacy. Preferably in good company, on…
Urban mobility in Dutch cities is about to change drastically: and for the better!
Edition 28 September 2017, by Benjamin Roberts Last month at the grand opening of Birò’s new showroom, Pex Langenberg, Rotterdam’s municipal council member for mobility,…
The short Dutch working week – as good as it seems?
Edition 28 September 2017, by Phoebe Dodds Here in Holland, citizens are no strangers to hearing about how lucky they are, from the standard…
Breaking records at the Binnenhof
Edition 28 September, by Johannes Visser Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte is a man who likes to pride himself on breaking records at record-breaking…
Registered partnerships rise in popularity
Edition 28 September, byLorre Luther Dutch couples are increasingly turning to registered partnerships when they decide to make their relationship official. In 2016, almost…
Public broadcaster pulls ‘Jesse’ documentary amid questions of objectivity
Edition 28 September, by Storm Gibbons Dutch public broadcaster BNNVARA has decided not to air a documentary on Groenlinks party leader, Jesse Klaver. The documentary,…
Blame game: Egg crisis impact becomes apparent all over Europe
Edition 28 September 2017, by Jeroen Spangenberg This summer news got out that many eggs in the Netherlands contained fi pronil. The scandal is…
Rotterdam’s new Botlek bridge reaches an unwelcome milestone
Edition 26 October, by Lorre Luther On September 29th of this year, the Botlek bridge near Spijkenisse malfunctioned for the 100th time. Around six o’clock…
The problem to find housing as an international student
Edition 26 October 2017, by Bárbara Luque On October 5, the National Monitor of Student Housing (Landelijke Monitor Studentenhuisvestiging 2017) reported the shortage of…
Departure from Defence
Edition 26 October, by Johannes Visser “I have to step up, stepping down won’t fix anything.” These were the words of Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, fi ve…
Rotterdam set to host 2017’s most prestigious Triathlon
Edition 5 September 2017, by John Mahnen The triathlon has become an established part of not only the Olympic games but the Dutch sporting scene…
Emanuel de Witte (1617-1692): The Master of Light (exhibition)
Edition 5 September 2017, by Benjamin Roberts During the Dutch Golden Age, the architect painter Emanuel de Witte (1617-1692) was just as widely known as…
The Beguiled (movie)
Edition 5 September 2017, by James Luxford In an unexpected turn, Oscar winner Sofi a Coppola directs a remake of a reasonably obscure 1971 fi…
Hieronymus Bosch: Garden of Earthly Delights (book)
Edition 5 September 2017, by Paola Westbeek Medieval artist Jheronimus (sometimes spelled as ‘Hieronymus’) Bosch (1450-1516) is widely known for his richly imaginative and bizarre…
Expo 2017 in Kazakhstan opens to success, offers path to the future
Visiting more than a hundred countries in one day is now possible thanks to world expositions such as the one happening this year in…
Charity boom
Edition 5 September 2017, by Sagar Harinarayan Over the past two years, the Dutch economy has fl ourished. According to RaboResearch, the gross domestic product…
A melody of flavours, voices and music: Philippine cultural events in the Hague
….in its unique and flavourful dishes traditionally cooked, the angelic choral voices of children, the powerful melody of a chamber music choir in June…
Discover the little-known secret to the rich and vibrant flavours of West African Grills
By Madhura K., Ataro Food and Spices Why Ebere Akadiri decided to introduce the fl avorful, colourful, healthy and delicious seasoning mixes of West…
Psychiatric healthcare in the The Netherlands: a hidden crisis
Edition 5 September 2017, by Phoebe Dodds The Netherlands enjoys a good reputation internationally when it comes to healthcare: the country is often favourably compared…
City Swim Amsterdam on behalf of ALS
Edition 5 September, by Jeroen Spangenberg The sixth edition of the Amsterdam City Swim will take place on September 3rd. – raising money once again…
Dutch doctors skeptical of Philip Morris’ cigarette replacement
\ Edition 5 September 2017, by Storm Gibbons Philip Morris International (PMI), the largest tobacco company outside of China, launched their controversial IQOS ‘heat stick’…
Tall ship B.A.P. “Unión” from Peru at the port of Rotterdam
Edition 5 September, by Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro On Tuesday, 8 August the Peruvian Sail Training Ship, the “Buque Armada Perunana Unión“ arrived at the Port of…
A look at the rise in gender neutral language in the Netherlands and beyond
Edition 5 September, by Hanna Fillingham Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, GVB and the NS are all now using gender neutral language Last month, the NS announced…
Amsterdam Art in RAI
Edition 18 May 2017 From Wednesday May 31 until Monday June 5 (2nd day of Pentecost) the Amstel Hall of Amsterdam RAI will host…
Holland Festival 2017
Edition 18 May 2017 The Holland Festival, since 1947 the leading international performing arts festival in the Netherlands, offers music, theatre, dance, opera, film…
Terschelling Oerol festival: a phenomenon!
Edition 18 May 2017 Terschellings Oerol festival has a reputation as one of the most fun, most exceptional theatre festivals in Europe. From its…
Cyclespace: mobility as a lifestyle
Edition 18 May 2017 Studies have shown that people that cycle to their work are more alert, creative, resilient and healthy. Businesses that foster…
Hard to find housing for expats in The Netherlands
Edition 18 May 2017, by Hanna Fillingham The Holland Times looks at the current housing problem in The Netherlands and speaks to young professionals…
Waterfront fraud scandal
Edition 18 May, by Peter Sharpless A year on from the shocking revelation that the tenants of the Waterfront Stage in Rotterdam were suspected…
Push back on Amsterdam’s beer bikes
Edition 18 May 2017, by Cathy Leung The expected ban on beer bikes from the centre of Amsterdam has been pushed back to 1st…
Feeling the heat but still riding free
Edition 18 May 2017, by Johannes Visser Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMGs) may soon be out of town and out of sight. At stake is…
A crackling game of give and take
Edition 18 May 2017, by Johannes Visser No white smoke has yet been detected over Binnenhof, the center of power in Dutch politics in…
Proposed law aims to modernize communications protections
Edition 18 May 2017, by Megan Yanicke There’s a push in Dutch Parliament to bring communications protections up to date with the way most…
The Rotterdamse Daken Dagen (Rotterdam Rooftop Days)
Edition 18 May 2017, by Jeroen Spangenberg Rotterdam has proven its international standing due to its outstanding architecture such as the Erasmus bridge, the…
The Promise (movie)
Edition 18 May 2017, by James Luxford Often a film’s release is preceeded with a degree of controversy that is difficult for the final…
Dignita Vondelpark (restaurant)
Edition 18 May 2017, by Cathy Leung (tweets @cathycentral) For a while, I had seen various good reports about Dignita in Oud Zuid, Amsterdam,…
The Netherlands in 26 iconic objects (book)
Edition 18 May 2017 An intimate portrait of The Netherlands through the objects that surround us in everyday life What do objects such as…
3 Indonesian High-End Guitars offered by the Ambassador of Indonesia
Edition 20 June 2017, by Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro 3 Indonesian High-End Guitars offered to George Kooymans, Henny Vrienten and Boudewijn de Groot by the Ambassador…