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A girl in primary school raises her hand in class
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102 Hague kids home schooled over religious beliefs ordered back to regular school
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Two neighbors who live in the same house but separate apartments.
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Noise complaints escalating to violence: Neighbor conflicts increasingly complex
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Child at an airport
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Dutch survey shows steady summer travel demand despite inflation and oil price concerns
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Cropped shot of doctor measuring a woman's blood pressure
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Thousands in Netherlands have undiagnosed high cholesterol, Heart Foundation says
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Rembrandt van Rijn's final resting place in the Westerkerk in Amsterdam, 28 February 2024
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€10,000 for final resting place near Rembrandt in new crypt at Amsterdam's Westerkerk
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Church
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Churches acknowledge suffering of forced adoptions, but won’t apologize
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Eurovision logo
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Around 798,000 people watched Eurovision final across the Netherlands
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Grocery shopping
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Dutch spending twice as much as 50 years ago, pushing GDP to 4th in EU
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A girl takes a selfie with her puppy.
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Men might be secretly watching girls as young as 11 in public WhatsApp ‘girls’ houses’
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Two medical workers are having a difficult conversation.
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1 in 9 medical students face verbal aggression, sexual intimidation, and discrimination
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Liberation Day Festival in Haarlem, 5 May 2026
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Liberation Day festivals drew 1 million visitors nationwide
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Girl uses a phone
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Arnhem first Dutch city to urge parents: delay smartphones, no social media until 16
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A boy arrived at school on a bicycle
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Only 1 in 4 Dutch children cycle to school daily, researchers say
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A family at home
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More Dutch workers get paid time off on Liberation Day
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Memorial lane at the Sobibor WWII German extermination camp memorial in Poland
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Community pays to replace Urk family's memorial stone at extermination camp Sobibor
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Photo album showing WWII damage in various Dutch cities, found in a box containing papers of resistance fighter Wim Oosenbrug in the Royal Library warehouse. Discovery announced on 4 May 2026
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Box with photos, papers of WWII resistance fighter discovered in Royal Library depot
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Secondary school students
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Dutch teachers report surge in Holocaust disinformation from TikTok and AI
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The entrance to the stock exchange at Beursplein 5, home of Euronext Amsterdam. 19 March 2021
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Regulator: 800,000 Dutch households have money to invest but don't
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Kids play basketball at school.
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Ministry blocks mandatory daily movement in schools, sparking lawsuit threat
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Child at an airport
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Fears of kerosene shortages and Middle East war slow Dutch summer holiday bookings
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Crowds during Pride Amsterdam 2015
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Pride Amsterdam nominated for UNESCO Intangible Heritage List
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A crowded Leidsestraat in Amsterdam
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Sharp dip in Dutch population growth due to less immigration; Asylum requests picking up
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King's Day flea market in Amsterdam, 27 April 2026
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City cleaners hard at work after busy King's Day with no major incidents
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Elderly couple sitting on a bench
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40% of pensioners with migrant backgrounds live in poverty in Netherlands