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Derek Blyth points out a unique Belgian phenomenon, the trade in paper beach flowers.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Esther Jansma. We selected her poem ‘Invasion’.
Over the past few weeks, museums all over the world have been able to acquire new works from Flemish and Dutch artists.
Why not reading a novel by a Dutch or Flemish author this summer? Take a look at our selection.
Our summer selection of Dutch-language poetry that has recently been translated into English.
When it comes to solving the crisis of the neerlandistiek in the Netherlands, universities can learn a lot from their colleagues in the United States.
Large-scale research shows that the Dutch are unanimous about what makes the Netherlands the Netherlands, despite sharp contradictions in the public debate.
Discover the other side of the popular seaside resort with its impressive Art Nouveau houses, adorned with loggias, glazed tiles and elegant ironwork.
The former cycling world champion Willy De Bruyn is the first transgender to get a street named after him in Brussels.
Did you know there is a Dutch town called Austerlitz with a pyramid nearby, built by Napoleon’s soldiers?
He sets fire to furniture, makes seats grow and locks people in clocks to manipulate time. Designer Maarten Baas continues to surprise.
The Netherlands celebrates extensively that women are allowed to vote there since 1919. Yet the struggle is far from over.
In the Flemish music industry, pop and rock photographer Alex Vanhee has been a household name for more than 25 years now.
One hundred years ago, the treaty that would finally end World War I was signed in Versailles. A frustrating experience for war-battered Belgium.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Pieter Olde Rikkert. We selected his poem ‘Two Girls’.
Derek Blyth expresses his love for the carillons of Flanders and the Netherlands.
A Year on the Post is a series of interviews with Cultural Attachés of the Netherlands about their experiences abroad. This edition: Joost Taverne in New York.
The anxieties around the status of the language we speak, find a precedent in the nineteenth-century Netherlands.
What is the result of the deal between Google Books and the Ghent University Library?
Studying Dutch abroad signifies considerable economic and cultural added value. But are the Dutch and Flemish politicians truly aware of this untapped potential?
In her debut novel 'Niemand keek omhoog’ Evelien Vos raises the question: to what extent can we control our lives?
This Dutch theatre company prepares young people for art, beauty and consolation.
The images of the house are part of a new online exhibition that includes the only known video of the World War II diarist.
Milo Rau and his theater company NTGent adapted the Greek tragedy The Oresteia. Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere left the performance with mixed feelings.
All over the country young people still study the Dutch language and Netherlandic culture at educational and cultural institutions.
A digital reading of Berndnaut Smilde's renowned cloud sculptures 'Nimbus 2'.
