Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on Google Like most other places where they celebrate Christmas, the Netherlands does tend to grind to a halt until the New Year ...

© Hollandse Hoogte / Mariette Carstens Dutch exports of Christmas decorations accounted for 40 percent of the EU total in 2024. These were almost all re-exports ...

The Netherlands is in another strict lockdown, its third since the beginning of the pandemic. And coming right before Christmas, this measure has cast a shadow over the holidays. Many are blaming what ...

One of the joys of being employed by a Dutch company is the annual kerstpakket (Christmas hamper) distributed to staff in the days before the Christmas festivities. Around four million people will get ...

On the evening of 5 December, Dutch friends and families get together to celebrate their unique take on the festive season. While many Europeans will wait until the end of December for their Christmas ...

THERE’S a cave in Europe that has its own Christmas Market – it has over 50 stalls, a 30m miniature village, and a Winter Wonderland. Every year, the town of Valkenburg in the Netherlands is ...

For one day only, the Christmas market also hosts a festive showcase featuring musical performances THERE’S a Christmas market in Europe that has its very own floating ice rink on a canal – and you’ve ...

Portrait of Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet.Wikicommons/Michel Zappa.November, 2006. Some rights reserved.As protests against Trump’s election rock the US, the ...