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High Road to Culture in Flanders and the Netherlands
Petra Thijs grants us a glimpse behind the scenes in the art world, with the remarkable life story of the life model for Edouard Manet’s Le déjeuner sur l'herbe.
On a visit to the Flemish coastal town of Ostend, Derek Blyth discovers grand architecture, a world-famous soul singer and the perfect shrimp croquette.
In this podcast, we cast our view on a few of the most striking, unique or just plain weird buildings that can be found in Belgium and the Netherlands.
At a time when the world of printing and typography was still a very male domain, the female graphic designer Fré Cohen occupied a unique place.
The oldest working planetarium in the world can be found in Franeker in the Dutch province of Friesland: the Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium.
Discover some of the weird sports that have developed in or been adopted and grown in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Get to know Amsterdam and its inhabitants through its carved façade stones decorating the canalside houses.
Built on a former mining site, creative hub C-mine is more than a reminder of the underground past.
The Flemish rural life of yesteryear teaches us important lessons for today and tomorrow.
Why did William the Silent not become the Father of the United Netherlands after all? René van Stipriaan explains this in this piece written exclusively for us.
This week's Friday Verses are written by the renowned Dutch poet Eva Gerlach. We translated a poem from the 'Virus' series.
The retrospective Wish I Were Here by the Dutch photographer shows an eventful and intimate history.
Dutch literature has lost a virtuoso author and one of its most beloved writers.
Get to know Amsterdam and its inhabitants through its carved façade stones decorating the canalside houses.
A novel about art, about cycling, but perhaps above all a story about the fear of an insignificant life.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Amina Belȏrf. We translated her poem ‘De nachtklok’.
Globe Aroma provides support to refugees, migrants and illegal immigrants in their art whilst giving them the opportunity to discover a wide range of cultural offerings in Brussels.
With its large collection of works from the Golden Age, Mauritshuis is one of the most important museums in the Netherlands. Important but not without controversy.
On the eve of the First World War, three Dutch friends believed they could make the world a better place by walking around the globe and propagating socialism in Esperanto.
The post-war transformation of Brussels was a traumatising experience for a large proportion of its population.
Social and political changes are forcing Brussels to rethink its governance. But there is little room to manoeuvre.
The Royal Library of Belgium published a new reference work on its collection of Flemish and Dutch drawings from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.
Belgium’s largest coastal town has its own unique connection to the Irish author.
On a trip to Mechelen, Derek Blyth discovers lost mediaeval rivers, Beethoven’s Flemish roots and the world’s oldest carillon school.
An abandoned sixteenth-century chapel in Ghent was given a new lease of life thanks to internationally renowned artist Berlinde de Bruyckere.
When Sulaiman Addonia moved to Brussels, he felt thrown back into the time of Oliver Twist. But the author gradually changed, and with him his multi-layered view of the city.
