Netherlands

From Amsterdam to the West End: the avant-garde hit factory behind The Years and Oedipus

A pair of electrifying London shows bagged four prizes at the Olivier awards. Both were developed by Dutch company ITA, which has an eye for British talent

Chris Wiegand Stage editor

07, Apr, 2025 @3:33 PM

‘So resonant’: the 19th-century Russian opera being revived across Europe

Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina – set in the troubled 1680s – can almost describe current events, say directors

Shaun Walker

05, Apr, 2025 @4:00 AM

From burger wrappers to masks, bird nests tell story of throwaway culture

Nests on Amsterdam canals provide archive of plastic waste and show how the material ‘is really here to stay’

Rachel Keenan

04, Apr, 2025 @10:57 AM

Death by euthanasia in the Netherlands increased 10% in 2024, figures show

Watchdog urges ‘great caution’ with psychiatric illnesses after deaths in such cases rise to 219 from two in 2010

Senay Boztas in Amsterdam

24, Mar, 2025 @1:58 PM

‘A place you remember for the rest of your life’: why Dutch architects are giving new life to old schools

The inspiring makeover of a 1960s Utrecht college is among projects in the Netherlands that can teach the UK vital lessons in sustainability

Rowan Moore

23, Mar, 2025 @11:00 AM

How many legal parents can a child have? The Dutch are asking the question | Mark Smith

In our rainbow family, there are two dads and a mum – but the law in the Netherlands only recognises two of us, says Amsterdam-based writer Mark Smith

Mark Smith

17, Mar, 2025 @1:00 PM

The art expert did it: LGG Ramsey revealed as 1951 thief of Van Dyck painting

Exclusive: How one historian’s investigative work led to artwork finally being returned to ‘English Versailles’

Dalya Alberge

17, Mar, 2025 @6:00 AM

Rodrigo Duterte appears at ICC hearing in The Hague by video link

Allegations of crimes against humanity laid out against former Philippines president over his deadly ‘war on drugs’

Rebecca Ratcliffe, Sam Jones and agencies

14, Mar, 2025 @3:38 PM

‘In plain sight’: how The Hague museum was secret hideout from Nazi forced labour

Mauritshuis exhibition reveals how Dutch men hid in attic to avoid being taken to Germany in second world war

Senay Boztas in The Hague

13, Mar, 2025 @5:00 AM

Sierra Leone’s immigration chief fired after footage showed him with fugitive drug lord

President sacks Alusine Kanneh after video of him with Johannes Leijdekkers, one of Europe’s most wanted

Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan

11, Mar, 2025 @12:31 PM

Europe can’t just hope for the best with Trump. Ukraine needs all the arms we can send | Frans Timmermans

Member states must stop squabbling over trivial matters – and a firmer stance against states that promote Putin’s and Trump’s agenda is needed too, says Dutch politician Frans Timmermans

Frans Timmermans

06, Mar, 2025 @12:26 PM