2+ hour, 43+ min ago  (398+ words) Raising Amsterdam's tourist tax from 12.5 percent to 32 percent over the next four years could generate 900 million euros, according to the citizen initiative Stichting Amsterdam Heeft Een Keuze. The foundation says the hike would also likely lower tourist numbers, benefiting the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (214+ words) Average home cost "480,000 in Netherlands last year; Blaricum now most expensive'NL Times Average home cost "480,000 in Netherlands last year; Blaricum now most expensive The average home in the Netherlands cost "480,000 last year, almost "29,000 more than in 2024, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reported....

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (264+ words) Four British tourists have died after falling seriously ill during or shortly after vacations in Cape Verde, while a small number of Dutch travelers who booked with TUI also reported sickness, the company confirmed. Families of the British victims have…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (563+ words) Multiple buildings caved in on Thursday evening as the result of at least one explosion and the resultant fire on Visschersteeg in the Utrecht city center. Four injuries were confirmed, but more than three hours after the incident began, rescue…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (191+ words) On a cold Friday morning in Eindhoven, with temperatures hovering around freezing, a 34-year-old asylum seeker of Eastern European origin jumped into a canal to save a woman whose car had plunged into the icy water. The incident occurred around…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (358+ words) A 37-year-old man from Doetinchem has been banned from entering Spain for 10 years. Spanish authorities say the man poses a "real and serious threat to national security" because of alleged ties to a jihadist network from Arnhem. The man denies…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (209+ words) The caretaker cabinet intends to station F-35 fighter jets at Lelystad Airport but will leave the decision on allowing holiday flights to a future government, according to sources cited by De Telegraaf and RTL Nieuws. Last week, a majority of the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (328+ words) Public broadcaster NPO will air the Eurovision Song Contest in May on NPO 1, even though the Netherlands will not take part in the 2026 edition in Vienna, the broadcaster announced on Friday. NPO to broadcast Eurovision 2026 despite Netherlands" withdrawal Public broadcaster…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (262+ words) Dutch officials are assuring citizens that DigiD, the country's digital identification system, will remain under national control despite concerns over a potential U.S. acquisition of Solvinity, the IT services company that operates the platform DigiD runs on. Logius, the government agency…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (199+ words) Social rental homes in the Netherlands are experiencing greater impacts from climate change than privately owned houses, according to a new analysis. Tenants in these homes face heat, flooding, and groundwater problems more frequently, the study of 830,000 units from 53 housing…...