Library

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Library
Business
A record number of kids and teens currently have library card
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Library
Business
Amsterdam Uni Library reopens after 12-year renovation, featuring €140 million makeover
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Amsterdam police release photo of suspect in library assault which happened in January 2025
Crime
Amsterdam police release photo of suspect in library assault
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Library
Business
More libraries offering free membership to young adults
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Den Haag Centraal station and surrounding buildings.
BusinessTechScienceInnovationCulture
National library moves 121 km of collections to high-tech facility in Delft
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Fire department in Haaglanden
Crime
Alkmaar girls set 7 fires because they were bored, lawyer says
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Bookstore
Business
43 million books bought in Netherlands last year; Most in 11 years
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Children reading a book
Business
Dutch gov't pushes millions into schools-libraries teamup to improve kids' literacy
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Library
BusinessCulture
Libraries in the Netherlands experience a surge in activities and membership
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Library
Business
Nearly 2 million Netherlands residents don't have library, train station within reach
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Keizersgracht in Amsterdam
Business
Amsterdam announces investments in public transport, public space; Raising tourist tax
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Child reading in a book store
Business
English language books driving increase in Dutch sales; Audiobooks more popular
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Library books
Business
Residents in the Netherlands have to travel far to get to the nearest public library
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Child in the library
Politics
Dutch libraries removing Zwarte Piet from the shelves
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Prime Minister Mark Rutte in a parliamentary debate on the coronavirus policy, 14 October 2020
HealthPolitics
Libraries, community centers partly exempted from Covid closures
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Book returned to a Gelderland Zuid library 39 years, 13 weeks and five days late, 8 June 2020
Weird
Library book lent in ’81 returned 39 years late; €5 late fee collected
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Amsterdam primary school reopens as Netherlands eases out of its coronavirus lockdown, 11 May 2020
BusinessHealth
Schools, hairdressers reopen as NL eases out of coronavirus lockdown
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Tennis
HealthSports
Gov't could restart non-contact sport, open libraries: report
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Child in the library
Business
Oblige Dutch municipalities to maintain a fully equipped library: Council for Culture
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The LocHal library in Tilburg
BusinessEntertainment
Tilburg’s LocHal named one of the best libraries in the world
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Vught prison
Crime
Jihadist books in library of Vught prison: report
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Library books
Politics
Municipal budget cuts close nearly 300 Dutch libraries: report
Business
Food Halls coming to Amsterdam
Politics
Library of the Future