Netherlands

Geert Wilders and his party have taken hate into the mainstream

A dreary campaign is entirely in keeping with the country’s political process

There is far more than a cackling cavalier to the Dutch Golden Age painter, the most venerated artist of his time

A Dutch royal residence has been turned into a huge public art gallery – a lesson for other royal families, perhaps?

The Dutch capital became a safe haven for threatened journalists after the dark days of the war. Today, their legacy remains

A new book rediscovers the power and subtlety of Carel Fabritius, the forgotten master of the Dutch golden age

When Rutte chose migration as his hill to die on, his leadership was over

Sold as the most exciting thing to come out of Europe since the Sex Pistols, his hedonistic lifestyle halted his momentum

Over the course of a year, a couple created a bracing, bizarre series of Polaroids taken in the bars of the Dutch capital

New series A Small Light explores Miep Gies’s acts of humanity – and it prompted a look at my own family history

The electronic boys from Basildon are a national treasure – both at home and abroad

The city wants to change its image. But this rebranding will be no mean feat

In the early 70s, the band decamped to the rural Netherlands to make a ‘comeback’ album that nearly finished them

The genius of a mysterious and overlooked painter is revealed at a new exhibition in The Hague

The Elfstedentocht event has been part of Dutch folklore for more than 100 years. But, thanks to climate change, it could well be over for good

A revelatory exhibition unveils the workings of a genius

Sint-Nicolaas will be visiting children in the Netherlands as usual this year – but Zwarte Piet won’t be going with him

Unveiling Vienna-bound Gustav Klimt’s pan-European inspirations

The Dutch craze for flowers made and lost fortunes – and produced some remarkable works of art

Gentrification has come to Amsterdam’s Noord borough. But not everyone is happy with the results

From the very beginning, Sylvia Kristel’s life thrummed with an undercurrent of impermanence

This weekend's Manchester derby is a reminder how, six years after his death, the Dutch master's vision still dominates the game

Sarina Wiegman, the mastermind of that Euros win, is steeped in a rich coaching tradition

The Dutch actor brought depth at a time when the industry expected little more from roles than grunting henchmen, murderous Nazis or ring fodder for Rocky Balboa

A newly translated novel portrays Europe as a dilapidated hotel that’s wallowing in nostalgia

Megan Nolan loves a bad rom-com, but this latest Netflix effort is stupid and hateful

Ivo van Hove, the Bowie collaborator with a taste for the spectacular, returns with a timely, bloody war epic at the Barbican

In Erik ten Hag Manchester United have appointed a manager steeped in the finest Dutch traditions

Netflix's new Amsterdam-set drama addresses the potential tedium of over-familiarity with sex, as well as its liberatory capacities

Dutch king of controversy Paul Verhoeven returns with Benedetta, a convent drama more devilish than The Devils

An exhibition at Bodleian Library traces 600 years of Anglo-Dutch history through beautiful medieval manuscripts, prints, maps and animal stories

PM Mark Rutte has apologised for atrocities in Indonesia, but some are still nostalgic for days of empire