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During the German occupation, around 250 people hid in Amsterdam Artis Zoo to escape from Nazi persecution.

The world-famous Dutch private library will be made more accessible for scientific research.

The Brussels-based school for contemporary dance and choreography has an impressive international reputation.

Our selection of recent university press publications in English on the Low Countries.

Our best language stories of 2020, handpicked by the editor.

Our selection of Dutch-language books that have recently been translated into English.

The prize is the most prestigious literary award in the Dutch language area and includes a sum of 40,000 euros.

Our selection of recent university press publications in English on the Low Countries.

A decade after the museum staged a solo exhibition of his work.

The new exhibition hall named BRUSK, is set to open its doors by the end of 2024.

Our selection of Dutch-language books that have recently been translated into English.

Our best society stories of 2020, handpicked by the editor.

Our best literature stories of 2020, handpicked by the editor.

Our best history stories of 2020, handpicked by the editor.

No less than three important literary prizes for Dutch-language writers were announced this week. Awards for literary fiction, a poetry debut and a complete oeuvre.

Our best art stories of 2020, handpicked by the editor.

Jan Renkema gives an overview of the core trademarks of Dutch identity.

The legacy of the Dutch historians Johan Huizinga and Pieter Geyl can hardly be overestimated.

The eight short stories and essays have been translated by a new generation of literary translators.

An American philanthropist has returned a portrait by the 15th-century artist Hans Memling to the city of Bruges, where it was painted.

The International Literature Festival Utrecht brings the vending machine that spits out short stories to the Netherlands

Our selection of Dutch-language books that have recently been translated into English.

According to the jury, Dijkstra makes a major contribution to the international prestige of Dutch visual arts with her work.

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

The painter may be hardly known in the Netherlands, but in Australia, he had a great reputation.

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

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

Our selection of recent university press publications in English on the Low Countries.

Author Kathleen Vereecken and illustrator Charlotte Peys have won the Woutertje Pieterse Prize.

The Agnes Etherington Art Centre acquired 'Head of an Old Man with Curly Hair'.

Brussels, the birthplace of Audrey Hepburn, celebrates the actress with an exhibition and a gold coin.

The Antwerp-based company took home the Opera Company of the Year award.

The drawings include natural history scenes, portraiture, genre subjects, figure studies and historical and biblical subjects.

After about 10 years, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium have reopened the permanent wing with Dutch Masters.

Tom Lanoye's adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear won in Cape Town in all categories she had been nominated for.

The Fries Museum in Leeuwarden has bought a drawing by Alma-Tadema that was found at a flea market.

It is the first time the role of Maori in the First World War has been recognised in this way in Europe.

The ART Curator Prize for the best exhibition of 2018 in Austria goes to the curators of the world's first major monographic exhibition on Pieter Bruegel the Elder in the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna.

Our spring selection of Dutch-language books that have recently been translated into English.

Dutch writers Wessel te Gussinklo and Sjeng Scheijen have won the 2019 BookSpot Literature Prize.

The exhibition Van Gogh and Britain reveals how he was inspired by Britain and how he inspired British artists.

At least five Dutch museums acquired precious work at the world's leading fine art and antiques fair in Maastricht.

The Flemish author Bart Moeyaert has won the 2019 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The award that is also known in literary circles as the “Nobel Prize for Youth Literature”, was presented at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy.

The website www.straatpoezie.nl shows exactly where poetry is visible in public space in the Low Countries.

This year, the Digital Library for Dutch Literature will celebrate its 20th anniversary.

How Dutch changes in a new environment.

Looking for a medieval mockery song or a twentieth-century love song from the Netherlands and Flanders? Check the Meertens Tune Collections.

Discover the parallels between Vincent van Gogh and David Hockney's paintings at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

The United States of Belgium tells the story of the First Belgian Revolution before the creation of a language barrier between French and Dutch.

Our selection of recent university press publications in English on the Low Countries.

The images of the house are part of a new online exhibition that includes the only known video of the World War II diarist.

The former cycling world champion Willy De Bruyn is the first trans person to get a street named after him in Brussels.

The Western Australian Museum will make 3D scans to visualise the 17th century silverware that was found in the shipwreck of the ‘Batavia’.

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

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

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

Take a look at our selection of recently translated Dutch literature.

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

Ten trivia you probably didn't know about this typical Dutch snack.

Starting this month, Dutch literature will present itself under the title 'New Dutch Writing' at more than 70 festivals and events in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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

The Amsterdam Museum ditches ‘Golden Age’ in favour of inclusive ’17th century’.

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

Our summer selection of Dutch-language poetry that has recently been translated into English.

Our selection of recent university press publications in English on the Low Countries.

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

The Dutch poet, novelist and travel writer will be granted his fourth honorary doctorate.

Barbara Van Lindt and Agnes Quackels form the new artistic and general management of the Brussels arts centre Kaaitheater.

A travelling exhibition pays tribute to the forgotten black soldiers who helped to liberate the Netherlands during the Second World War.

Why not read a novel by a Dutch or Flemish author this summer? Take a look at our selection.

Large-scale research shows that the Dutch are unanimous about what makes the Netherlands the Netherlands, despite sharp contradictions in the public debate.

The English city of Norwich owed its prosperity in part to immigrated weavers from the Spanish Netherlands.

Ownership is old hat. Swapping, giving and sharing goods and services is the new way of trading. That, in essence, sums up the sharing economy – a movement that has been growing strongly in Belgium and the Netherlands, too, in recent years...

On 13 August 1914 the Gazette van Detroit for the first time addressed its readers, the Flemish immigrants in the United States and Canada. Despite a rather uncertain history, this weekly paper has kept its promise to its readers. In 2004 ‘...

In the midst of nature, in the East Flemish municipality of Stekene, you can visit one of the largest private art collections in Europe.

A small history of the Adornes domain: a unique heritage of the Middle Ages.

Henriette Louwerse, Director of Dutch Studies and Senior Lecturer in Dutch at the University of Sheffield, argues for an open and inclusive approach towards the Dutch language.