It is called the Day of Princes and it marks what can be best called the State of the Union of the Netherlands. The Dutch monarch rides with horses and golden carriage to the parliament to deliver the speech of the year, every third Tuesday of September, cheered by tens of thousands along the way. […]
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Klarendal: Struggling to Become Trendy
Klarendal in Arnhem is an authentic working-class neighbourhood. Created in 1830 it is struggling to become the trendy area of the east of the Netherlands. New cafés, small fashion boutiques and art places have opened up their doors in the past few years. And the streets show improvements that give hope for a better future. […]
Delft, Without the Girl
The city of Delft is known from its blue pottery, the University of Technology and painter Johannes Vermeer, famous for The Girl with the Pearl Earring. A local hot shot started the city at a canal in the 11th century. A few hundreds years later the foundation of the current Kingdom of the Netherlands was […]