My Fatherland tops poll to find new anthem
Mijn Vaderland, performed by Frans Bauer, was voted the new Dutch national anthem by watchers of VPRO tv on Tuesday.
The broadcaster had asked seven songwriters to come up with an alternative for the Wilhelmus, which is over 400 years old and felt by many to be irrelevant today.
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