US prediction platform Polymarket has gone to court in The Hague to overturn a Dutch ban on its services, arguing that it sells financial products, rather than bets. The company confirmed the case to…

Homes near Fabel Friet, an Amsterdam chip shop whose TikTok-fuelled queues have become one of the city’s more unlikely tourist attractions, sell for less than comparable homes just streets away,…

The Netherlands men’s football team beat Serbia 2-1 in the Nations League in Eindhoven on Sunday, marking Xavi Hernández’s second win in four games as head coach. Substitute Joshua Zirkzee scored the…

A man with dual Sudanese and Dutch nationality has been named the minister of justice for the controversial Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group attempting to seize power in Sudan. Osama Said,…

The total amount of student loans owed in the Netherlands has fallen for the first time, according to national statistics office CBS. Students and former students owed €28 billion at the start of…

The cabinet is calling on all primary and secondary schools to ban mobile phone use starting from January. In a new proposal from digital economy minister Willemijn Aerdts, children would not be…

Nine Dutch restaurants have won Michelin stars for the first time in the 2026 edition of the guide, and two of them went straight in with two stars. Azurite in Delft, run by chef Mario Ridder, and…

Our regular columnist wants to know whether the Dutch are really so hard to make friends with – or is the problem you? “It’s just so hard to make friends with the Dutch,” the woman seated next to me…

After almost 11 years, people can again travel by train from Groningen to the German city of Leer. Services were suspended in 2015 after a cargo ship crashed into the Friesenbrücke, the rail bridge…

People with non-Dutch surnames get fined more often and more harshly by the benefits agency UWV’s fraud unit, according to an internal analysis the agency’s board has had since December, AD and…

US prediction platform Polymarket has gone to court in The Hague to overturn a Dutch ban on its services, arguing that it sells financial products, rather than bets. The company confirmed the case to…

Consumer watchdog ACM has criticised educational publishers for pricey and poor-quality textbooks, calling on the industry to change its practices. The ACM says that for the past seven years, prices…

Eelco Heinen celebrates too soon after striking a budget deal with opposition parties that lasts for exactly as long as it takes them to read the small print. Amsterdam is shocked by the shooting of a

The Netherlands men’s football team beat Serbia 2-1 in the Nations League in Eindhoven on Sunday, marking Xavi Hernández’s second win in four games as head coach. Substitute Joshua Zirkzee scored the…

A man with dual Sudanese and Dutch nationality has been named the minister of justice for the controversial Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group attempting to seize power in Sudan. Osama Said,…

Eyewear chain Hans Anders will stop selling Meta camera glasses following demands from privacy advocates concerned about the so-called “pervert glasses”. The devices, the most popular version is sold…

The total amount of student loans owed in the Netherlands has fallen for the first time, according to national statistics office CBS. Students and former students owed €28 billion at the start of…

Dutch homes are famously charming – and famously awkward to furnish – for cabinetmakers at Cabinetheroes, that is the whole point. Narrow facades, steep staircases, and rooms that seem to defy right…

It’s October and the cultural season is off to a good start. There are lots of restful established names in this month’s cultural offerings, with some modern challenges mixed in. Experience Butoh…

Rivers in the east of the Netherlands have fallen so low that the authorities can no longer measure whether ships can pass safely, leaving skippers to decide for themselves whether or not to sail and…

New numbers from the Dutch statistics agency CBS show  the inflation rate rose slightly in August. The preliminary estimate from the Central Agency for Statistics shows a 0.1% rise from August,…

A premiere screening of the documentary Naza, which investigates the killing of civilians by the Israeli military in Gaza, was interrupted in a Delft cinema on Thursday afternoon by a woman taking a…

Seventy-five years ago today, the Dutch had their first opportunity to watch a television broadcast: a performance of the play De Toverspiegel, live from a studio in Bussum. The Royal Family watched…

Homes near Fabel Friet, an Amsterdam chip shop whose TikTok-fuelled queues have become one of the city’s more unlikely tourist attractions, sell for less than comparable homes just streets away,…

The cabinet has promised to rewrite part of its new tax plan for savings and investments, just two days after announcing it, so that fewer people with modest savings are impacted. Finance minister…

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The Dutch royal family, the House of Orange-Nassau, earned an estimated €576 million from slavery, mostly in the former Dutch East Indies, according to a new investigation into the monarchy. The…

Rivers in the east of the Netherlands have fallen so low that the authorities can no longer measure whether ships can pass safely, leaving skippers to decide for themselves whether or not to sail and…

Buying your first home is one of the biggest financial decisions most people make in their lives. And as an international in the Netherlands, it’s likely that the process, language and unwritten…

New numbers from the Dutch statistics agency CBS show  the inflation rate rose slightly in August. The preliminary estimate from the Central Agency for Statistics shows a 0.1% rise from August,…

Seventy-five years ago today, the Dutch had their first opportunity to watch a television broadcast: a performance of the play De Toverspiegel, live from a studio in Bussum. The Royal Family watched…

A premiere screening of the documentary Naza, which investigates the killing of civilians by the Israeli military in Gaza, was interrupted in a Delft cinema on Thursday afternoon by a woman taking a…

The Netherlands avoided a first defeat under head coach Xavi Hernandez on Thursday night, coming back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Greece in the Nations League. Substitute Tijjani Reijnders scored…

Young people in Amsterdam are drinking less alcohol, but drugs like ketamine have become far more popular at the same time, according to an annual monitor of drug and alcohol use commissioned by…

The European Commission has stopped payments to Sierra Leone with immediate effect because the country will not extradite fugitive drugs baron Jos Leijdekkers, known as Bolle Jos, justice minister…

Doctors at Radboudumc have successfully completed clitoral reconstruction surgeries in women who lost part of the sex organ to vulvar cancer, including restoring their ability to orgasm. In a…

The cabinet has proposed a major overhaul of its “box 3” asset tax system in the Netherlands, after years of fierce debate and legal wrangling. The new system is part of a package of concessions made…

Celebrated writer and cabaret performer Paulien Cornelisse, known for her popular books about the Dutch language, died on Wednesday of cancer. The 50-year-old was a jury chair on the popular TV quiz…

The government plans to introduce a register of real estate agents as well as a complaints desk for buyers and sellers after an investigation revealed widespread dissatisfaction with the industry. In…

More than 30 million people visited a museum in the Netherlands in 2025, a 2.5% increase over the year prior, according to trade association Museumvereniging. Dutch museums welcomed 31.6 million…

It’s October and the cultural season is off to a good start. There are lots of restful established names in this month’s cultural offerings, with some modern challenges mixed in. Experience Butoh…

Young people in Amsterdam are drinking less alcohol, but drugs like ketamine have become far more popular at the same time, according to an annual monitor of drug and alcohol use commissioned by…

The European Commission has stopped payments to Sierra Leone with immediate effect because the country will not extradite fugitive drugs baron Jos Leijdekkers, known as Bolle Jos, justice minister…

Doctors at Radboudumc have successfully completed clitoral reconstruction surgeries in women who lost part of the sex organ to vulvar cancer, including restoring their ability to orgasm. In a…

Curaçao’s aviation authority refused landing permission for a plane carrying Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on her way back to Venezuela last week after a “request from higher up”,…

Celebrated writer and cabaret performer Paulien Cornelisse, known for her popular books about the Dutch language, died on Wednesday of cancer. The 50-year-old was a jury chair on the popular TV quiz…

Two men have been arrested in Amsterdam during the investigation into a fatal shooting at a farmhouse in Gelderland. Police said they had also recovered guns, including an automatic weapon, during…

Violence against train staff is getting out of control, rail union VVMC has said in a call to politicians. The union says conductors and other employees of national rail company NS are increasingly…

Most data centres in the Netherlands do not make their environmental impact public, which conceals water and electricity usage, according to an investigation by Trouw and Lighthouse Reports. The…