Dutch News in English
Latest headlines from the Netherlands in English. Covering Amsterdam, Haarlem, and national Dutch news.
Questions remain after discovery of beheaded swan: ‘Unlikely a stone marten is responsible’
Experts are questioning the theory that a stone marten decapitated a nesting swan found in Velserbroek two weeks ago. Mammal expert Fred Hopman argues that such predators typically consume their prey ...
Uproar in Saenredam Street over trees replacing parking spaces; tree damaged by 'vandals' with a saw
Controversy has erupted in Saenredamstraat over the installation of container trees on former parking spaces. Although the street's greening was recently celebrated, one of the new trees has already b...
Chinese President Xi to visit North Korea next week
Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea for a state visit on June 8 and 9. The visit follows an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, according to reports from Chinese state...
US House votes for Ukraine aid
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation providing an aid package for Ukraine along with new sanctions against Russia. The bill received support from Democrats and eighteen Republicans...
ABN Amro sees housing market imbalance: millions of single-family homes ‘too many’
ABN Amro reports that the Netherlands has a surplus of millions of single-family homes and needs to drastically change its housing construction strategy. The bank warns of potential vacancies and decl...
French bistro Café Pigalle wants to liven things up in the Bijlmer: ‘It’s 14 minutes by metro from Weesperplein, give it a try!’
This small section of quay in Amsterdam South is full of resistance stories
Trumpeter Miro Petkov: 'To be authentic you have to feel the details, the nuances'
Mind the Gap! Festival brings forgotten music to the Concertgebouw: ‘The image of the composer is always white, European; much of the same’
Annelies (55) and Eva (26): ‘We’re both a bit limitless’
Who’s who at Festival Mind the Gap in the Concertgebouw? ‘I have two handicaps – my sex and my race’
In 1937, Black baritone Jules Bledsoe sang with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Now his songs return, less polite: ‘These were indictments’
Review: Things are far from cozy on Boards of Canada’s intriguing, slightly grimy album
Playing with Black and ethnically diverse musicians is a dream come true for violinist Njioma Chinyere Grevious
Review I Built You a Tower: Death Cab For Cutie melts cold 80s synths into flickering lo-fi sounds
Rapper Kanye West in the Netherlands: is a misunderstood genius or an antisemitic provocateur coming to Arnhem?
Rock singer Abir Hamam (28) on Harry Styles, Islam and living in Amsterdam: ‘When I’m in Haarlem now I think: wow, everyone here is so white and posh’
Violet Grohl Review: Be Sweet To Me sounds exactly like you’d expect Dave Grohl’s daughter to sound
‘America’s greatest sin’: countertenor Reginald Mobley brings his ancestors’ slave songs to the Concertgebouw
