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A riot broke out in Arnhem last Saturday around a demonstration by Pegida aimed at burning the Quran. Pegida is the abbreviation of 'Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West', an anti-Islam movement originating in Germany, which also operates in the Netherlands. There was a lot of criticism that the mayor had not banned that demonstration....

Ron Gastrobar in Amsterdam recently introduced a completely alcohol-free wine list. This is particularly convenient now, in Dry January. The Gastrobar celebrated its tenth anniversary at the end of last year. Reason for a visit.Rum GastrobarAmsterdamPrice from 200 euros for 2 peopleIn 2013, Ron Blaauw decided to 'give back' his two Michelin stars. He wanted...

'Mad' Max Rockatansky should have stayed in the 1980s. A post-apocalyptic disaster fantasy full of nuclear fear and punk hairstyles, with Mel Gibson as a representative of 'humanity' – that feels like a relic from a bygone era. But a miracle happened. In 2015 the fourth part, Mad Max: Fury Road, one of the best action...

An independent university bachelor's degree program in Frisian language and culture must be established again, with the necessary staff, including a full-time professor. And the government has to pay for that. Because Frisian is the second official 'national language' in the Netherlands and, as a minority language, it is also protected by European treaties.The Royal...

250th anniversaryCaspar David Friedrich Caspar David Friedrich, The walker above the mists This year he would be 250 years old: Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), the German painter of the famous The walker above the mists (ca. 1817). The painting, where a man with a haughty back stands on a rock and peers into the distance at mountains and clouds, became...