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They are a colourful and curious bunch, the artists that Hans Depelchin assembles in his debut novel Weekdier (Mollusc).
The Antwerp-based artist paints colourful ideal worlds, building an ever-expanding dream universe that combines personal mythology with a close reading of art history.
Our selection of Dutch-language books that have recently been translated into English.
Join us on our journey throughout the history of the Netherlands. We start in so-called "pre-history".
This week's Friday Verses are written by Pim Cornelussen. We translated his poem ‘Someone Sighs’.
The new director of Ons Erfdeel regrets that the debate about Flemish self-awareness has degenerated into a polarisation between the populist right and the tendentious left.
The United Kingdom and The Netherlands' shared history has a big and often funny impact on each other's language.
According to Hind Fraihi rabid Black Lives Matters supporters view colour blindness as a form of micro-aggression designed to erase ethnic identity and experience.
Vincent van Gogh was not only a great artist, his letters bear witness to a great talent for writing.
A melancholic and funny debut novel about people who tend to follow the herd but still want to be noticed.
Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere bids his readers farewell.
In this podcast, we are delving into some of the unique and peculiar customs, social norms and rituals of Flanders and the Netherlands.
Discover one of the greatest classical poets of the twentieth century in the Netherlands.
Our best language stories of 2020, handpicked by the editor.
Our best art stories of 2020, handpicked by the editor.
Our best history stories of 2020, handpicked by the editor.
Our best literature stories of 2020, handpicked by the editor.
Our best society stories of 2020, handpicked by the editor.
Have you ever wondered where those cargo bikes come from?
This week's Friday Verses are written by Charles Ducal. We translated his poem ‘After the Flood’.
Brussels landscape architect Bas Smets reconstructed a fragment of a Pieter Bruegel painting in the landscape of Brabant.
The work of Dutch landscape photographer Saskia Boelsums is inspired by the rich painting tradition of the Old Masters.
Don’t start shouting that ‘we’re back in the 1930s again’, writes Fraihi. That sort of warning is counterproductive and even risks gaining the status of forbidden fruit.
The 400-year-old painting turns out to be the oldest known composition of "The Holy Family".
For a long time, the Dutch believed that the Netherlands was somehow a 'Gidsland' ('Guide Land'), a nation whose moral example could inspire other nations toward better behaviour.
Author Daniel Rovers thinks there is something wrong with the way loneliness is often written about.
