Coronavirus-free: 10 of the best DutchNews.nl features which don’t mention Covid-19
Dutch NewsHad enough of news about coronavirus and looking for a little light reading during the holidays? While more than half of the Netherlands no longer believes in a formal religion, funeral directors have noticed a huge growth in interest in ‘green’ funerals and new rituals of grieving. ‘The Netherlands is the ideal environment for the international drugs trade’ Talk of the Netherlands becoming a ‘narco state’ has been rife in some parts of the Dutch media for some time. Black in Rembrandt’s time: a myth-shattering exhibition on identity and truth A new exhibition at the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam tells the story of the black community in 17th century Dutch society and how the portrayal of black figures in Western art reveals much about attitudes to race. WWII bomber recovery in the Markermeer lake ends 12 year mystery On a winter’s day just before Christmas in 2008, the Royal Dutch Rescue Society received a call-out to a boat that had broken down on the Markermeer lake, around six miles north-east of Amsterdam.