The Dutch government announced that it plans to purchase the famous self-portrait of Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, whose signature is on important works of the...
“CODA” won the “Best Picture” award at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony held in the United States of America (USA). Jane Campion won the “Best Director”...
The Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival (IDFA), Europe’s largest and the world’s most comprehensive documentary festival, has made 300 films available online for free from the festival’s...
Hartjesdag (Hearters’ Day) is a celebration held on the third Monday of August in Haarlem, Bloemendaal and parts of Amsterdam (especially in Haarlemmerplein, Jordaan and Dapperbuurt)....
For the Netherlands, the dates of May 4 and 5 are important. May 4 is celebrated as the day of commemoration, and May 5 is celebrated...
Open Monumentendag, or ‘Open Memorial Days’, is held in the Netherlands every second weekend in September. More than 4,000 monuments are free and open to all...
National Pancake Day is celebrated in the Netherlands as an event that brings together children and the elderly through pancakes. This year, students from almost 700 schools...
The Amsterdam Hermitage Museum stretches along the banks of the Amstel river and is located on the city’s Jewish Quarter boundaries. This palace building is a classic...
Have you ever wondered about the meaning of the Amsterdam flag, which you can see all over Amsterdam? What exactly is the reason behind XXX, let’s...
VAN DEN VONDEL (Joost), Dutch poet (Cologne 1587 – Amsterdam 1679). He wrote lyric poems and satires. He is the greatest tragedy poet of his country...
