Birdwatchers have flocked to a quiet corner of Delft for a rare opportunity to see and photograph a spoonbill with her young, creating heavy foot traffic along viewing routes and occasionally block

A large crowd of supporters gathered outside the stadium to celebrate ADO Den Haag’s title-winning squad.

A spokesperson for the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee has said the major wildfire

A young child died at a daycare center on Erasmusplein in Vlaardingen on Tuesday morning.

The Amsterdam Marathon cannot return to the city center.

Nine out of ten Dutch households do not pay their domestic worker during illness, even though they have been legally required to do so for nearly 20 years, BNR

Polling stations have opened in Gorinchem for the municipal council elections.

The family of Edith Eger has announced that she has died at 98, sharing the news on Instagram. The Hungarian-American psychologist and writer gained worldwide recognition with her book The Choice.

Schiphol and KLM are introducing extra steps to improve their readiness for snow and freezing conditions, following a review of the major weather-related disruptions at the airport earlier this yea

Transavia has said that Dutch travelers will not be impacted by flight cancellations linked to high fuel costs.

The coastal region of Hollandse Duinen in Zuid-Holland has been formally recognized as a national park.

The online tool for seeking medical advice, moetiknaardedokter.nl (MINDD), advises millions of people per year on whether they should seek medical help as soon as possible, or wait and se

The Netherlands is in for dry, often sunny, and increasingly warm weather this week.

Vandals smashed windows and entrance doors at the Wijdemeren town hall in Loosdrecht overnight.

The number of mortgage applications for home improvement and energy-efficiency renovations rose sharply in March, increasing 59 percent compared with February, according to mortgage advisory firm D

Police arrested 17 people in Utrecht and another 17 in Arnhem during King's Night festivities, authorities said, even as both cities described the celebrations as relatively calm despite large crow

Amid persistent global unpredictability, Dutch support for the monarchy has risen sharply, with some reportedly explicitly saying they prefer a king over the risk of getting “a type like Trump” as

Clothing retailers across the Netherlands are heavily promoting special orange collections for King's Day, a trend that experts say symbolizes the fashion industry's acceleration into "ultrafast" f

Dutch railway operator NS is developing an AI system to advise train drivers on when to accelerate and coast, reducing electricity use on the overloaded national power grid.

Amsterdam is trying to get rid of its “anything goes” on King’s Day image, but it is a hard one to shake.

The number of people aged 15 and older working for minimum wage declined slightly in 2025 compared with a year earlier.

A major wildfire at the Artillery Shooting Range (ASK) near ’t Harde remains out

TenneT has received court approval to pause work on a planned electricity grid connection due to capacity constraints in the power network.

A patient died in January 2026 after undergoing treatment at a dental clinic in Oosterhout, in the province of Noord-Brabant.

Mayor Mark Buijs of Roosendaal was seriously injured in an electric bicycle accident near Scharrendijke on Tuesday afternoon.

A large wildfire is raging in Helden, Limburg, on Wednesday morning.

The patient data stolen during a hack at software provider ChipSoft has not been published anywhere, and the data has since been destroyed, the company reported in a statement on its own

Dutch comic artist Dick Matena, known for pioneering literary comic adaptations and for his influential work in adult graphic storytelling, has died at age 83 in Amsterdam after a short illness.

Police responding to a report of an “erratic” person who allegedly committed arson in Hilversum drew their weapons and opened fire, injuring the suspect.

High-level ministerial talks opened Tuesday in Santa Marta, Colombia, at an international conference co-hosted by the Netherlands and Colombia, with the Netherlands taking a leading role.

Timothy B., 33, was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years in prison for fatally shooting his 52-year-old mother in the head, stabbing her four times and sawing off her lower legs, which were never found, a

Cyclists in the Netherlands will soon receive quicker green lights at thousands of smart traffic lights by using a new function in a dedicated cycling app, RTL

Germany’s border controls violate the European Union’s Schengen Agreement, the court in Koblenz, Germany, ruled.

Two people were injured in a stabbing at the Kingsland King’s Day festival in the Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam.

The Tweede Kamer is demanding that the Dutch cabinet overhaul the controversial medical examinations for firefighters as quickly as possible after research revealed the tests triggered heart failur

Princess Ariane announced Monday that she will begin studying aerospace engineering at TU Delft after the summer vacation, revealing the news during King's Day celebrations in Dokkum.

Signify, the lighting manufacturer from Eindhoven, is expecting difficult market conditions to continue through the rest of the year as it grapples with weaker demand and the impact of U.S.

King Willem-Alexander thanked Dokkum and Friesland for showing him and his family an “unforgettable” King’s Day today on his 59th birthday.

On King’s Night, Mayor Carola Schouten of Rotterdam posted a video on social media, calling attention to women’s safety on the s

The anti-monarchy group Republiek cannot put a 10-meter-tall inflatable dinosaur king on the Royals’ King’s Day route in Dokkum, the court ruled.

A man in Zutphen has passed away after becoming unwell in police custody. He was arrested around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday at a hotel on ’s Gravenhof.

Wael Sawan, chief executive of Shell, has told Bloomberg TV that disruptions in oil and LNG supply linked to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz are expected to continue for several months and may

A major wildfire erupted around midday at the Artillery Shooting Range (ASK) near ’t Harde, according to the North and East Gelderland safety region.

A panel reviewing judicial impartiality at the District Court of Overijssel has decided that the bench overseeing the case against Kidane H. must be partially reconstituted.

With the Iran war showing no signs of ending, companies in the Dutch food industry can expect to start feeling the impact of the higher energy prices,

The phenomenon of criminals recruiting children on social media and gaming platforms to commit violent crimes is spreading across Europe like wildfire, Europol announced on

Joggers, hikers, and cyclists must be extra alert this coming period. It’s breeding season for buzzards, and they don’t like intruders in their territory.

A court in Germany has cleared a 46-year-old man from Arnhem in a case involving bottles of champagne that were later found to be filled with an MDMA solution,

It is rare to spot one, but Amsterdam is home to 300 to 500 squirrels.

Cleaning workers in Amsterdam have collected 3,540 cubic meters of waste after King’s Day celebrations so far, a small increase compared to last year’s 3,520 at the same point.

Dutch banks are calling on big tech and social media platforms to take stronger measures against online fraud, saying 70 percent of such scams now begin on those sites and that fighting it without

Amsterdam residents can expect more traffic chaos this week as work on the Zuidasdok project enters its next phase.

Overnight, municipal cleaners throughout the Netherlands started the massive job of cleaning up after King’s Day.

A large and rapidly growing group of retirees with non-Western migration backgrounds in the Netherlands is living below the poverty line because many did not qualify for a full state pension and bu

Former ASML CEO Martin van den Brink has stepped down as a Supervisory Board member at chip supplier ASMI with immediate effect.

Amsterdam officials warned at 5 p.m.

Utrecht, Eindhoven and Breda reported reaching capacity in central squares Monday during King's Day celebrations, with officials turning away revelers from packed areas in the city centers while sp

A majority in the Dutch Tweede Kamer wants the government to investigate whether laptops and tablets should be provided free to secondary school students by expanding the existing free schoolbooks

Dutch midfielder Xavi Simons will miss the World Cup after tearing a key ligament in his knee, the anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL— a serious injury that requires surgery and months of recovery,

At least one man was injured in a shooting in Amsterdam-West on Monday morning.