Skip to main content
Netherlands News in English

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2

festive season

Image
Kids in Halloween costumes
CultureLifestyle
American celebrations like Halloween displacing Sinterklaas, retail experts say
29 October 2025 - 10:20
Image
An Intertoys store in Amsterdam, 26 November 2021
BusinessEntertainment
LEGO and robot toys top children's wish lists for Sinterklaas and Christmas this year
1 December 2023 - 20:20
Image
Christmas gifts.
Business
Dutch consumers plan to cut back on Christmas gifts amid economic strain: survey
18 November 2023 - 07:15
Image
Shopping street in Arnhem with Christmas decoration. December 2022.
BusinessLifestyleFood
Many consumers planning holiday spending cuts this year
12 November 2023 - 07:45
Image
Prime Minister Mark Rutte in a parliamentary debate on the coronavirus policy, 14 October 2020
HealthPolitics
Three guests allowed at Christmas, even if Covid rules are tightened, Dutch PM says
10 December 2020 - 07:39
Image
Packages in a distribution center
Business
Fewer December packages delivered late; many complaints about late Christmas cards
17 January 2020 - 08:32

Latest stories

  • Sixty Dutch groups urge mandatory drinking water-saving rules in new homes
  • University staff to receive 4.1% pay rise under new collective labour agreement
  • Germany scraps €18B frigate deal with Dutch shipbuilder Damen
  • Man jailed for 21 years after strangling ex-girlfriend with dog chain in femicide case
  • Heatwave sparks air conditioning rush as demand quadruples across Netherlands

Top stories

  • Six arrested in electoral fraud investigation; Allegations of forgery, voter coercion
  • Hottest night on Dutch records expected tomorrow; Code Orange takes effect at noon
  • 270 children abducted to or from the Netherlands last year; Increase of over 25%
  • Public transport strike from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m.: No trains, buses, trams, metros running
  • Life sentence sought for Dutch-Rwandan man over massacre of 3,000 Tutsi in 1994 genocide

© 2012-2026, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Change Privacy Settings
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Partner Content