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Schiphol has now become the fastest growing airport in the European Union.
With an added one million passengers in 2012 it overtook Madrid to become the fourth busiest airport in the EU.
Passeng...
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Van Gogh’s Sunset at Montmajour unveiled in Amsterdam
The newly discovered work by Van Gogh unveiled in Amsterdam on 9 September will be on view at the Van Gogh Museum from 24 September.
It is the first discovery of an unknown work by the Dutch artist...
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22-23 June sees a major weekend celebration to mark the reopening of Amsterdam’s three major museums, the Rijksmuseum, the Stedelijk and the Van Gogh at the Museumplein hub. There will be late-n...
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Dutch plan to drop Monday postal deliveries
The minister of economic affairs has presented a proposal to parliament to cut postal deliveries on Mondays. At present the postal service PostNL NV, which is an independent company, is obliged by law...
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The remodernised Rijksmuseum will reopen to the public on 13 April after its official inauguration by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, one of her last public appointments before she retires at the en...
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Dutch leave Netherlands in record numbers
In 2012 nearly 150,000 Dutch citizens emigrated from the Netherlands according to Statistics Netherlands. This compares with just over 130,000 in 2011 and 121,000 in 2010.
The reasons for the emigr...
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Dutch recession affects horses
Over 4,500 horses have been put down in the Netherlands in the first six months of 2012 compared with 3,400 in the whole of 2011 according to a report in the daily tabloid NRC.next.
According to th...
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To add to its already excellent and varied public transport system Amsterdam now has a scooter taxi company, called Hopper, launched at the beginning of October. The price of a single ride is a flat-r...
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The Van Gogh museum closes for restoration
The Van Gogh will be closed from 24 September 2012 to 25 April 2013 for renovations.
During that period about 75 of the 200 works will be on display at the Hermitage, Amsterdam, Amstel 51, in an ex...
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk reopens to the public
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk museum was officially re-opened by Queen Beatrix on 22 September and opened to the public again after ten years on 23 September.
The new part of the building includes a...
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After the victory of the centre-right VVD party led by Mark Rutte in the parliamentary election on 12 September he is now faced with the problem of forming a new government.
The VVD won 41 seats (u...
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The Netherlands elects a new parliament on 12 September after the fall of the minority government last April over an austerity budget.
Polls indicate that the race will be close, between the centre...
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Rijksmuseum to reopen April 2013
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, which has been under restoration for most of the last decade, will reopen to the public on 14 April 2013. During renovations and alterations only the Philips wing of the...
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Schipol airport was on alert on 29 August because of the suspected highjacking of a Vueling plane with 180 passengers enroute from Malaga in Spain.
The plane was escorted by F16 fighters to Schipol...
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Fewer school dropouts in the Netherlands
The number of children leaving school without any qualifications has dropped by 50 per cent in ten years in the Netherlands.
School dropouts have gone from 71,000 ten years ago to 38,600 today and...
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Amsterdam’s Grachtenfestival celebrates 15 years
Amsterdam’s Grachtenfestival of classical music is in full swing throughout the city. The main concert takes place on 18 August close to the Pulitzer Hotel, with floats on the Prinsengracht cana...
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Rijksmuseum cycle path to reopen
The cycle path under Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum will open again, once the renovations to the museum are concluded in 2013.
The museum administration wanted to stop the path being used in order t...
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Ground rent too much in Amsterdam
Amsterdam’s city audit office has revealed that the council often overcharges homeowners for ground rent on council land.
Most land in the city is owned by the council, which charges a ground...
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Road deaths down in Netherlands
Road deaths and traffic jams are down in the Netherlands according to figures from the ministry of transport. In 2011 deaths fell from 81 to 67 in 2011. The Netherlands has a population of 16.6 millio...
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Dutch consumers are among the top online shoppers in Europe.
In 2011 65 per cent of 16-75 year old shopped online. This puts the Netherlands in fourth place behind the UK, Sweden and Denmark, accor...
