End of the (tattie) holidays
A mechanised potato harvester at work on a farm in the Netherlands.
Canal Dreams
A night scene at the Lekkeresluis bridge on Amsterdam’s famous Prinsengracht canal. (Title shamelessly borrowed from the late great Iain Banks.)
Five questions about the Netherlands – Quick Quiz
Five questions about the Netherlands to mark the occasion of Queen Beatrix’s last Koninginnedag (Queen’s Day) and the investiture of her son as King Willem-Alexander on 30 April 2013.
The Netherlands: King’s Day
History of the Netherlands’ National Day—first celebrated as Princess’s Day in 1885 for King Willem-Alexander’s much-loved great-grandmother Wilhelmina.
Orange crazy!
Orange-clad revellers on an Amsterdam canal on Queen’s Day (Koninginnedag).
Amsterdam – old and new
Old and new buildings alongside a canal in Amsterdam.