Amoc/DHV is a reception center for stranded Germans in Amsterdam, subsidized by the Dutch and German state. The ARD Europamagazin reportage follows the day of hard drug addicts, heroine hookers and boy prostitutes surviving in Amsterdam. A fight to get lost Germans back on the… Read More

An ARD 40 minutes documentary on two weeks of traditional clipper sailing in the Dutch province Friesland. The so-called Skûtsje Silen. Living with the Skûtsje-families and the crews. Preparing the old clippers and listening to the stories of the old sailors. From the preparations, moving… Read More

The Dutch authorities are discussing linking the computer systems of the police, tax office and the social security department When all this information is linked it is easier to catch or ‘keep out people without a residence permit. The general view is that people that… Read More

In the Netherlands Euthanasia is tolerated, accepted and not so much a taboo as in Germany. When will a law be ready? How is euthanasia carried out in the Netherlands? Why are so many doctors too afraid to report euthansia? Rens Potters is very sick… Read More

During the 1997 Amsterdam Euro Summit alternative movements have their own summit called the ‘Platform for a different Europe ‘. A clourful Amsterdam journey along tiny political parties, alternative art movements, militant pressure groups against cars, gay and lesbian associations, squatters- , environmental- and pro-soft… Read More

In the Dutch fanatic collectors tradition the Amsterdam family Hendriks keeps more than 80 rats in their living room. The animals are all over the place. In cages and walking around. Every day new ones are born. The family visits an international rat- and rodent… Read More

Dutch company Koppert is the biggest insect breeder in the world. The company breeds and sells 26 different kinds of predator insects. Literally millions of different insects are growing up in huge, dark and hot rooms. Koppert has insect-farms in France , England , Italy… Read More

Besides cannabis the Netherlands nowadays also cultivates hemp. Already in the 17th century the dutch were growing a lot of hemp. At the time the hemp fibre was used to produce ropes and sails. Now farmers start cultivating it again on a large scale. Ben… Read More

Since the Dutch bishop Muskens stated in an interview: ‘When you really cannot afford it, you should be allowed to steal bread from a bakery’, poverty is an hot item in the Netherlands. A huge demonstration against poverty is organised in The Hague and talks… Read More

A group of entrepreneurs working in the German funeral branch investigate the innovation in the Dutch funeral branch. The group visits Dutch graveyards, a crematorium, a gravestone mason company and a huge funeral trade fair in Utrecht. Activities: propose item idea, research, set up and… Read More

Amsterdam is the most heaviest smeared city in Europe. The density of graffiti is even worse than New York and the quality seems to be world famous. The Amsterdam authorities want to ban graffiti from the city and launches the special project ‘Graffiti Finit’. There… Read More

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Westgaarde Crematorium in Amsterdam, a public information day is organised. A so-called open day. The idea is that young and old can discover what a crematorium has to offer and how it all works. Entering the beautiful green… Read More