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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.

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

In recent years Ostend has been a magnet for refugees trying to cross the Channel to England illegally, in search of a better life. However the gate to the promised land is heavily barred. Our reporter talks to some of these people.

In her debut novel 'Ook bomen slapen', Annemarie Peeters intertwines the lives of former opera director Corneille and young opera singer Ofelia. With success.

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

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.

Take a look at our selection of recently translated Dutch-language books for children and young adults.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A selection of recent university press publications about the Low Countries in English.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The lower interior panels of Van Eyck's 'Adoration of the Mystic Lamb' have now been restored.

Between 1816 and 1919, Neutral Moresnet was a geographical curiosity on the border triangle between Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

Now you can zoom in on every inch of Jan van Eyck's paintings and miniatures. Thanks to the VERONA project, almost the entire oeuvre of the medieval master is now accessible online in ultra-high-resolution images.

The small cemeteries in and around Ypres provide a unique way of understanding the First World War.

A selection of recent university press publications about the Low Countries in English.

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

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.

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

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

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

How Dutch changes in a new environment.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A selection of recent university press publications about the Low Countries in English.

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.

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 ‘...

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.

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