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How Even William the Silent Could Not Hold the Netherlands Together
6 July 2022
Last year, cultural historian René van Stipriaan’s long-awaited book about William of Orange, Father of the Dutch Nation, was published: De Zwijger. Het leven van Willem van Oranje (The Silent. The Life of William of Orange). During the height of his power, it seemed that Orange would become the
Orange: a Colour that Unites and Divides
25 April 2019
You can't miss it in the Netherlands on King's Day or during international soccer games. The whole nation is covered in orange. But do you know why the Dutch wear orange hats and eat orange cakes instead of, let's say, yellow ones or red ones? There's a fascinating historical reason for this. The lo