Netherlands

The electronic boys from Basildon are a national treasure – both at home and abroad

The city wants to change its image. But this rebranding will be no mean feat

In the early 70s, the band decamped to the rural Netherlands to make a ‘comeback’ album that nearly finished them

The genius of a mysterious and overlooked painter is revealed at a new exhibition in The Hague

The Elfstedentocht event has been part of Dutch folklore for more than 100 years. But, thanks to climate change, it could well be over for good

A revelatory exhibition unveils the workings of a genius

Sint-Nicolaas will be visiting children in the Netherlands as usual this year – but Zwarte Piet won’t be going with him

Unveiling Vienna-bound Gustav Klimt’s pan-European inspirations

The Dutch craze for flowers made and lost fortunes – and produced some remarkable works of art

From the very beginning, Sylvia Kristel’s life thrummed with an undercurrent of impermanence

Gentrification has come to Amsterdam’s Noord borough. But not everyone is happy with the results

This weekend's Manchester derby is a reminder how, six years after his death, the Dutch master's vision still dominates the game

Sarina Wiegman, the mastermind of that Euros win, is steeped in a rich coaching tradition

The Dutch actor brought depth at a time when the industry expected little more from roles than grunting henchmen, murderous Nazis or ring fodder for Rocky Balboa

A newly translated novel portrays Europe as a dilapidated hotel that’s wallowing in nostalgia

Megan Nolan loves a bad rom-com, but this latest Netflix effort is stupid and hateful

Ivo van Hove, the Bowie collaborator with a taste for the spectacular, returns with a timely, bloody war epic at the Barbican

In Erik ten Hag Manchester United have appointed a manager steeped in the finest Dutch traditions

Netflix's new Amsterdam-set drama addresses the potential tedium of over-familiarity with sex, as well as its liberatory capacities

Dutch king of controversy Paul Verhoeven returns with Benedetta, a convent drama more devilish than The Devils

An exhibition at Bodleian Library traces 600 years of Anglo-Dutch history through beautiful medieval manuscripts, prints, maps and animal stories

PM Mark Rutte has apologised for atrocities in Indonesia, but some are still nostalgic for days of empire

The Dutch alt-folk act is making music for the rootless

What is the best way to portray the Holocaust to children? The film struggles to find an answer to this but it's a reminder that Anne Frank's diaries have

Sensational reports of a plot to kill the Netherlands PM have raised fears about the seemingly sedate, safe country’s descent to narco-state status. But they are also a reminder of the country’s violent political past.

As he approaches 70, the veteran coach is ready to make the orange brilliant again

The shooting of a prominent Dutch crime reporter has prompted a national debate about the country’s reputation as the nexus of the continent’s illegal drugs trade.  Almost from the moment the last bullet tore into the Netherlands’ best-known crime reporter Peter R. de Vries on the evening of July 6, a peculiar debate erupted among […]

A new exhibition at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum examines the tools of the cruel slavery trade It looks like a dog collar, albeit a rather fine one, in richly decorated brass and engraved with acanthus leaves. Dated 1689, it is embossed with the names of its owners, Maurits, Count of Nassau La Lecq and his wife. When […]

The song contest is just first of a series of events that highlight the tension between a desire to open up societies and the need to remain vigilant against the virus Never far from scandal, one of the greatest controversy’s surrounding this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is the fact that it is being held at […]

The recent Dutch elections show how European politicians – and their electorates – can no longer separate EU affairs from national concerns. The recent Dutch elections kicked of a series of national parliamentary elections on the European continent: German elections are scheduled for September this year, followed by the French elections in May 2022. Given […]

The European Commission president has warned AstraZeneca that it must “honour” its vaccine contract with the bloc before exporting doses elsewhere in the world. Ursula von der Leyen urged “transparency” from other countries, but did not confirm if the EU would bring in tougher export restrictions on coronavirus jabs, amid a row over supplies with […]

Next week’s elections in the Netherlands will be seen as a test of how voters assess their government’s performances in the Covid crisis.  Four years ago, the world watched the Dutch elections – among the first major votes after the Brexit referendum and election of Donald Trump – for a clue to whether the anti-European, populist right was poised for a […]