When he saw Elton John singing at the funeral of Lady Di, he thought: ‘I am not a top-singer, but I can communicate feelings.’ For years Maurice from the Dutch city the Hague tried to become famous as a model and as a Chippendale. Now… Read More

For ages the Amsterdam Taxi Service (TCA) had the monopoly of exploiting the cabs in Amsterdam. It was only the TCA that could give out the hyper expensive licences for cab drivers in Amsterdam. After a change in law new taxi companies appear on the… Read More

The ‘Wadden zee’ is one of the largest tide regions in the world and a crossroads of many different migration routes of millions of different birds. But there is also around 20 billion cubic meters of gas under the Wadden sea. The largest untapped gas… Read More

In the Dutch city Maastricht the currency and the further integration of the European Union was established. A visit to celebrate the first universary of the Euro. Over the years the city transformed from a poor old industrial city into a modern booming knowledge centre,… Read More

Worldwide holland is known for its advanced systems in educating young fooball talent. Since the well-known ‘Bosman arrest’ the mature Dutch players are leaving the Dutch league for the money and the fame to countries like Spain, England and Italy. The Dutch football clubs are… Read More

Background reportage on Hooliganism in Holland . How is Holland , with its notorius past, preparing for the European Football championships in 2000. The special unit, the mayor and the hooligans themsevles. Will it be war between nations? Activities: research & set up reportage, accompanying… Read More

More than 1750 people reacted on the request from the Dutch commercial broadcaster Veronica for the TV-program ‘Big Brother’. In this program 8 voluntarily participants will be locked-in a house. They are not allowed to have contact to the out-side world for the 3 months… Read More

Since it is getting more and more difficult in Holland to find good personne and people jump form job to job, these days companies that wants to keep its employees have to pay a huge salaries. Even the free car, shares, a free mobile phone… Read More

Because of the high exploitation costs and the lack of any financial help, the world famous tattoo cult figure Henk Schiffmacher, also known as Hanky Panky, decided to close down the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum and stop the Amsterdam Tattoo Convention. A huge aid-movement arises to… Read More

Every morning at nine the ‘Vondelpark’ in Amsterdam is filled with roaring and howling sounds for ten minutes. Than it gets quiet. Only the fountain splashes. More and more people join the daily laugh-meditation in the Amsterdam ‘Vondelpark’. How to laugh your problems away. Activities:… Read More

On the 4th of October 2002 an ELAL Cargo plane crashed on an apartment block complex in the Amsterdam neighbourhood of Bijlmermeer. Apart from mistakes in the handling of the aftermath of the catastrophe, it also came out that the plane was carrying military goods… Read More

At the moment that euthanasia is a political issue in Scotland, Professor of the Free Church College, Donald Maccloud visits The Netherlands to investigate the way the Dutch are working towards legalisation. The professor meets pro- and contra family doctors, the chairman of the ‘Life… Read More