Felix Meritis is one of the Netherlands most remarkable and important historical buildings. Lying on one of the grandest canals in Amsterdam, it has been the centre of the […]
Arts & culture
“Feelings without Frontiers” Nilgun Yerli is a Dutch writer and cabaret artist, born in Turkey in 1969 and who has been living in the Netherlands since the age of 10. […]
Kristina Goikoetxea Langarka: “Twelve hours is a long time” After spending 30 years at an African mission post, Daniel returns to his home town somewhere in southern Europe. He has […]
David Swatling meets this petite woman with platinum blond hair and an other-worldly demeanour. She grew up as an Earthling, named Shirley, later wrote her autobiography “From Venus I came”, […]
Theo Jansen is a sculptor, kinetic scientist and designer of a new species called “strandbeest“, beach animal. Born in the dunes near Delft, Jansen’s animals seem to be alive as […]
© sueddeutsche/Koos Breukel and nationalgallery Gary Schwartz is a Brooklyn-born expert on Rembrandt and Dutch 17th century art. He studied art history in the United States, came to the Netherlands […]
A profile of Amsterdam’s most multicultural district, De Baarsjes, where locals are active with many projects to bring the community’s diverse residents closer together. Producer: David Swatling, a long-time resident […]
Hundreds of years after he lived, the painter Rembrandt continues to affect the lives of people in our own century. In every generation, there are people who study his work, […]