A Small European Nation Has a Big Explosions Problem

Three bombs go off on an average night in the Netherlands, blowing out windows and sometimes causing injury or death. “It is not normal,” a security guard says.

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Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Is Stripped of Dutch Citizenship

Thirteen years ago, Andre Geim took British citizenship to accept a knighthood. He has just learned he can no longer be a citizen of the Netherlands as a result.

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Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It

To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently suspended the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes.

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Claude, representing the Netherlands, is a refugee turned pop star.

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Fenix, a Museum of Migration, Opens in Rotterdam

A new institution in the harbor of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, combines art and artifacts to underscore that migrant journeys are part of a universal human experience.

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Dutch Municipality Accidentally Discards a 1980s Warhol Print

A portrait of former Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands might have been worth tens of thousands of dollars. It was probably thrown out during a renovation.

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The Dutch Love Their Bicycles. Helmets? Not So Much.

Cyclists comprise the highest number of road fatalities in the Netherlands. The country has introduced a campaign to promote helmets, but many cyclists are not convinced.

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She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death

In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it.

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Police Arrest 3 After Deadly Explosion in the Netherlands

The blast, which the mayor of The Hague called an “unprecedented disaster,” killed six people on Saturday morning.

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