A portrait of Pleuni, a Dutch girl of 12 years old that takes part in an unique mermaid swim course given by her mother, swimming instructor Jolanda. In four weeks the course members learn how it is to swim as a mermaid, to develop the… Read More

One of the most famous Dutch architectural styles is the Amsterdam School (Amsterdamse School), and 2016 marks the 100 years anniversary of the moment the distinctive style began to transform the face of Amsterdam and the lives of the people within it. Buildings of the… Read More

Donald Trump and the Netherlands, it is not a good combination. The man who turn’s American politics upside down these days did some loss-making business in the Netherlands. All involved investors and companies lost their money. And they never heard from Trump since. For this… Read More

Bonuses for bankers and especially decreasing these bonuses is a lot in the news these days. The Swiss decided by referendum that the shareholders should decide about how heigh or low bonuses for bankers should be, and on the European level it is decided that… Read More

While a crew from the German French broadcaster Arte arrives for filming for a news reportage on the art exhibition Revolutions in the Air in the Amsterdam Modern Art Museum (Stedelijk Museum), it turns out they lost all the camera batteries while traveling to the… Read More

Assistance is needed for a news reportage for the French German TV channel Arte about the 10 year anniversary of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The tribunal was established by Security Council resolution 827 of the United Nations that was passed… Read More

The city of Rotterdam is planning to get rid of the “disgraceful” street prostitution of often addicted women by closing the zone for sex workers in the Rotterdam district Katendrecht. The approach from the Rotterdam municipality is called a new concept. The addicted sex workers… Read More

While a new Dutch government is being formed, the United States decide to invade Iraq. The Dutch support the Americans and Brits politically, but not military. A crew from the German French TV broadcaster Arte travels to the Netherlands to find out why the Dutch… Read More

Two years after the Dutch prostitution branch became totally legal, by lifting the so called Brothel Law, filming director Ralf Gierkes travels to the Netherlands to make reportages for the program Europamagazin from the German first public TV channel ARD and for the for the… Read More

After the murder on Dutch populist gay politician Pim Fortuyn and the striking win of his party in the 2002 Dutch elections the French German broadcaster Arte makes a series of news reportages on the outcome of the elections, the effects of the murder of… Read More