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Join us on our journey throughout the history of the Netherlands. We start in so-called "pre-history".

From maps and microscopes to fire hoses and artificial hearts. Throughout the centuries, the Low Countries have been the breeding ground for many world-changing inventions.

On our journey exploring the history of the Low Countries, we can't forget the 'Father of Europe': Charlemagne or Charles the Great.

In this podcast, we explore some of the most notorious folk tales and legends from Flanders and the Netherlands.

Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, initiated a dynasty that would change the Low Countries forever.

Why are the Dutch so crazy about cycling? We tell you all about it in the first episode of The Low Countries Radio.

Freed from the need to be working the land due to the improvements in agriculture, people in the Low Countries began congregating in urban centres. For the first time, they were able to put their fingers onto the scales of power.

Discover the fascinating history and impact of the Dutch language all around the world.

Pour a glass of your favourite brew and join on a historic journey of beer and brewing in the Low Countries. Proost!

A common misperception is that once Roman influence ended, the European continent went into a dark abyss with very little happening until the Italian Renaissance in the 14th century.

What makes the life and work of the early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck so special?

At the end of the first millennium, an agricultural revolution was about to change the lives of the peasants in the Low Countries.

Discover some of the weird sports that have developed in or been adopted and grown in Belgium and the Netherlands.

We find out what Flemish and Dutch people have been eating since prehistoric times. Smakelijk!

We are delving into some of the unique and peculiar customs, social norms and rituals of Flanders and the Netherlands.

In this podcast, you will discover why the story of religion in the Low Countries is much more layered than claiming that the Netherlands is a Calvinist society and Belgium a Catholic one.

In 1302, an unexpected victory of an untrained Flemish infantry militia over a professional force of French cavalry ended the French annexation of the County of Flanders.

Eating herring is a Dutch tradition. This silvery, slimy fish is even part of their national identity, thanks to a myth about a humble herring fisherman.

When the counts of Holland wanted to break the autonomy of Friesland, they incurred the wrath of the Frisian freedom fighters.

When John III, Duke of Brabant, died in 1355 without male heirs, his three daughters and their husbands claimed the inheritance with violence.

Meet the man who managed to unite the Flemish cities behind him and dared to defy the French king for the benefit of England and the wool and textile trade in Flanders.

This is how the Dutch have reshaped their wetland wilderness into one of the most densely populated places on the planet.

Broadcasters and major news brands focus more and more on podcasting. What about its popularity in Flanders and the Netherlands?

Our best society stories of 2019, handpicked by the editor.

Count Floris V, loved by peasants and urban commoners, left a large legacy in Holland. However, his good deeds could not prevent him from being murdered.