This article discusses new books by Nadia de Vries, Lies Gallez, and Wilfried de Jong that explore various living environments. The stories cover themes such as growing up near a steel factory, the decline of a village and its nature, and life in a Rotterdam skyscraper.
The 46th edition of Bevrijdingspop, the oldest and largest liberation festival in the Netherlands, is taking place today at the Haarlemmerhout in Haarlem. A live blog is tracking the event to see whether attendees are visiting for the festivities or to reflect on the meaning of freedom.
An explosion caused a fire at a building on Graan voor Visch in Hoofddorp during the night between Monday and Tuesday. Police are seeking witnesses after the incident left the property's front door severely blackened.
The Netherlands is donating twenty surplus prison buses to Ukraine to support its prison system during the ongoing war with Russia. State Secretary Claudia van Bruggen recently delivered the first four vehicles in Lviv.