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This Is How Our Cities Are Tackling the Problem of Overtourism
How are the Low Countries addressing the growing call for sustainable tourism, while also providing benefits to the residents of popular cities?
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GP Services in the Netherlands: How Not to Do Things
Belgium’s general practitioners may be sounding the alarm, but working conditions in the Netherlands are far worse.
Adventures of a Netherbelgian
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The Ghent Lawyer Who Makes Every Vote Count
Victor D’Hondt died in 1902, but he could still influence the outcome of the European and Belgian elections on 9 June.
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Dutch and Looking for a Home? Find Yourself a Flemish Partner
Finding a place to live in Flanders may be expensive and time-consuming, but the Flemish housing market is a marvel of accessibility compared to its Dutch counterpart.
Tour of Flanders
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Welcome To Holland: All Your Favourite Dutch Cliches In One Small Town
Holland has nailed just about every Dutch cliché you can imagine. That’s Holland, Michigan, in case you were wondering.
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The Sexual Counter-revolution Has Reached The Low Countries
The glorification of reproductive sexuality, the crusade against abortion, the cult of alpha masculinity: a wind of sexual conservatism, with a hint of the extreme right, is blowing through the Low Countries.
The L-Spot
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From Harlotry To Sex Work: How The Low Countries Deal With Prostitution
Today, prostitution has been legalised in the Netherlands and decriminalised in Belgium, but the normalisation of ‘sex for money’ is far from a reality.
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Renovated Brussels Bourse Turns To Booze
After years of renovation, Brussels' former Stock Exchange building has been transformed into a grand venue for lovers of architecture, archaeology and beer.
The DNA of the Netherlands
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Sex In The Cinema? Censorship In The Netherlands, Deleted Scenes In Belgium
The Netherlands was long considered more progressive in cinema than Belgium. Surprisingly enough, film censorship was more robust in the Netherlands than in Belgium.
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The Ambiguous View Of Sexuality In The Low Countries
Since 1945 The Netherlands and Belgium have often been frontrunners on the world stage when it comes to sexuality. But a certain sense of unease has always lingered and seems to be growing these days.
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Rotterdam’s River Taxis Create Waves
Do you want to explore Rotterdam in a fast and furious way? Board a water taxi.
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How Much Colour Can The Flemish Art World Tolerate?
Superdiversity and interculturality have become inevitable facts. An articulate generation with diverse backgrounds is demanding its place. How is the debate conducted in the Flemish cultural sector, and in particular in the performing arts?
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Our Top Society Stories of the Year
Join us in bidding goodbye to 2023 with some of the most surprising stories we have published this year on societal matters in Flanders and the Netherlands.
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How Belgium and the Netherlands Sell Themselves
Although these neighbouring countries have regularly joined forces in recent years, there are still notable differences in culture and style.
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Dutch Windows – Nothing to Hide Here
When you walk through a Dutch city late at night, the chances are you’ll be able to see inside the front rooms.
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Harvest of the University Press (autumn 2023)
Our selection of recent university press publications in English on the Low Countries.
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Death is Living Culture at Funeral Museum Tot Zover
Funeral Museum Tot Zover in Amsterdam knows how to surprise with exhibitions that are informative, thought-provoking, touch a sensitive chord and make you laugh.
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In the Shadow of Holland’s Prosperity
Behind the image of the well-organized Netherlands, a distressing reality is hidden, writer Jonah Falke discovered.
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The Benelux Train Connects Amsterdam and Brussels
The yellow and blue Benelux trains symbolise a long love affair between the two cities.
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Cross-Border Cooperation in Education: Still More Barriers Than Benefits
The wishful, border-breaking collaboration between the Belgian and Dutch education sectors is struggling to get off the ground due to legal obstacles and governmental oversight that isn’t always so benevolent.