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Tratsaert will succeed Luc Devoldere as editor-in-chief and managing director of Flemish-Dutch cultural institution Ons Erfdeel vzw.

It is with deep regret and profound sadness that we inform you that Ons Erfdeel vzw former deputy editor-in-chief, Frits Niessen, has passed away.

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Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere bids his readers farewell.

Review of Ahmet Altan et al., Standing Tall in Babel. Languages in Europe. Rekkem: Ons Erfdeel vzw, 2007.

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.

A jury of experts has selected ten young video makers from Flanders and the Netherlands for 'Bewogen Verzen' (Moving Verses), the video poetry project of Ons Erfdeel vzw and Poëziecentrum.

Ons Erfdeel vzw launches a platform with the ambition to inform you about artistic, cultural and societal topics in the Low Countries.

In a new book by our publisher Ons Erfdeel vzw, experts state that a lot of institutions and systems that were built up after the Second World War are at risk today.

Getting young people excited about contemporary Dutch-language poetry. With that goal in mind, Flemish-Dutch cultural institution Ons Erfdeel vzw and Poëziecentrum vzw joined forces. Their collaboration resulted in the video poetry project ...

From maps and microscopes to fire hoses and artificial hearts. Throughout the centuries, the Low Countries have been the breeding ground for many world-changing inventions.

In this podcast, we cast our view on a few of the most striking, unique or just plain weird buildings that can be found in Belgium and the Netherlands.

We find out what Flemish and Dutch people have been eating since prehistoric times. Smakelijk!

We are delving into some of the unique and peculiar customs, social norms and rituals of Flanders and the Netherlands.

Time to honour the women who have played a fundamental role in the development and progress of Low Country societies.

In this episode of TLC Radio, we are going to flip through the pages of comic history in the Low Countries.

Discover the fascinating history and impact of the Dutch language all around the world.

In this podcast, we explore some of the most notorious folk tales and legends from Flanders and the Netherlands.

In this podcast, you will discover why the story of religion in the Low Countries is much more layered than claiming that the Netherlands is a Calvinist society and Belgium a Catholic one.

Why are the Dutch so crazy about cycling? We tell you all about it in this episode of The Low Countries Radio.

Discover how the Low Countries, after centuries of battling floods, have gradually learnt to treat water as an ally and a part of the cultural identity of its inhabitants.

Pour a glass of your favourite brew and join on a historic journey of beer and brewing in the Low Countries. Proost!

What makes the life and work of the early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck so special?

Discover some of the weird sports that have developed in or been adopted and grown in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Jozef Deleu is the personification of the self-confident, critical, tolerant and self-willed Fleming.

Justine Cappelle made a poetic film after the poem 'I Love Icarus' by Tjitske Jansen.

In this podcast, we take a look at some of the major and minor protest movements that have occurred across the Low Countries, which have helped shape them into the places they are today.

What do black chickens have to do with witchcraft? Why were pigs not allowed to walk the streets freely in the Middle Ages? And should we welcome the return of the wolf or not? You'll hear all about it in this podcast on the history of anim...

Our best literature stories of 2019, handpicked by the editor.

Suzanna van Oers made a poetic film after the poem ‘Life on Mars’ by Peter Verhelst.

Our best language stories of 2019, handpicked by the editor.

This Easter weekend our video poetry project 'Bewogen Verzen' kicked off with an inspiration session in Amsterdam.

Nine youngsters from the Low Countries created poetic films based on their favourite Dutch-language poem.

Tess Steijvers made a poetic film after the poem 'A Girl' by Toon Tellegen.

Reinier Kroese made a poetic film after the poem 'Lost' by Bart Moeyaert.

Tharim Cornelisse made a poetic film after the poem ‘The Method iv.' by Arno Van Vlierberghe.

Bob van den Berg made a poetic film after the poem ‘Global Underground' by Annemarie Estor.

Kobe Fleerackers made a poetic film after the poem 'On Mrs P.’s Municipal Coffin' by Menno Wigman.

Ester Bosschaert Devroe made a poetic film after the poem ‘Perseverance’ by Lieke Marsman.

Belgium was one of Europe’s founders and main supporters, but in recent times the consensus for the European project has been somewhat worn down.

Younes Laaguidi made a poetic film after the poem ‘Houston we have a problem’ by Lotte Dodion.

After eleven years of renovations, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is opening its doors once again. It intends to assume a leading role in the Flemish museum scene.

After 1945, Belgium and the Netherlands rolled out a monumental social security system that brought prosperity and emancipation. Today, this welfare state has come under pressure.

Dutch writer Godfried Bomans died on December 22th 1971. He was one of the first writers to star on television. And though people like to think they know him, he was difficult to grasp.

Regardless of how long NATO remains standing, strengthening military cooperation between European countries is essential.

The Dutch haven’t always been so mad about bikes. That close bond with cycling crept in quietly.

Remembrance has replaced history as the dominant way of working through our feelings about the Second World War.

Seventy-five years on from the end of World War II, the differences between Belgium and the Netherlands from an economic perspective are significant and growing.

Seventy-five years after the declaration of Indonesian independence, it is high time for apologies to be made at the level of government, and for a national memory that is more inclusive.

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