Most schoolchildren are happy to be given an extra day off from classes. On October 6, 1945 the mayor of The Hague gave this treat

For over 200 years, our Head of State has read the Speech from the Throne on Prinsjesdag. What has actually changed in that time and

By Corry van Straten When the Second World War broke out in the Netherlands in 1940, there were two psychiatric hospitals in Loosduinen: Rosenburg and

If you cycle through the Scheveningse Bosjes on a nice afternoon, you probably travel along the Galgenpad (‘Gallow path’). But fortunately the time has passed

It is difficult to imagine our streets without advertising, although it can sometimes become too much. For example, last year in The Hague there was

In the winter of 1975-1976 I spent a few weeks in a building with a sea view. No, I did not sleep in one of