Nitrogen

Rotterdam harbour looks to rabbits to help with expansion

Weather

Heavy showers usher in the autumn weather

Food safety

Raids on Overijssel livestock businesses over fraud and cruelty

Abuse

MPs back age verification plan for online adult services ads

Court cases

Judge signals support for Booking's two-day office rule

Life in the Netherlands

Is it hard to make friends with the Dutch or is it you?

Dutch destinations: Check out the highs and lows of Maastricht

Some Dutch people are about to be more equal than others

Forget Belgian roads, we need to talk about Dutch drivers

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Economy

Booking goes to court to force staff to go to the office

Polymarket goes to court to overturn Dutch gambling ban

Cabinet backtracks on box 3 tax plans for small savings

The box 3 tax changes: what they are and what they mean for you

Hundreds of thousands more to pay tax on savings, NOS says

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Art & culture

Cinemas pause Naza screenings ahead of October 7 anniversary

The Netherlands had its first TV broadcast 75 years ago

Israeli group disrupts Delft screening of Gaza documentary Naza

Golf to a Japanese garden: 13 great things to do in October

Scrap of 1700-year-old copy of The Odyssey washes up in Utrecht

Ben Saunders, original winner of The Voice, found dead in lake

Podcast

Podcast: The MC Escher's Budget Carousel Edition

Podcast: The Fallen High Flier Goes Up In Smoke Edition

Podcast: The Sinterklaas Boulevard Edition

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Sport

Netherlands narrowly beat Serbia in Nations League

Late goal earns Oranje 2-2 draw with Greece

Meerdink double gives Xavi first win as Oranje coach in Belgrade

Xavi satisfied as Gakpo earns Oranje late draw against Germany

Groningen and Drenthe to host 2034 world cycling championships

Meerdink and Til added to Oranje Nations League squad

Books

The Song of Stork and Dromedary: Nobel worthy

Would you read a book if it was printed like a newspaper?

The Many Lives of Anne Frank: a fascinating work

Europe

NSC loses last seat in parliament as MEP Dirk Gotink quits party

EU halts aid funds to Sierra Leone over Bolle Jos extradition

Most major Dutch data centres keep energy usage secret: report

Netherlands demands hundreds of billions in EU budget cuts

Cabinet backs EU-wide minimum age for social media

Dutch intelligence service ranked third best in Europe

Society

MPs back age verification plan for online adult services ads

Dutch government told to rule on 140,000 Ukrainian asylum claims

MPs want 130,000 trained civilians ready for national crises

Shepherds turn to dogs to defend sheep from wolves on the Veluwe

Dutch woman causes a stir by winning world porridge-making title

Young Amsterdammers drink less as ketamine gains ground

Politics

MPs back age verification plan for online adult services ads

Unions and cabinet start budget talks on social security reform

NSC loses last seat in parliament as MEP Dirk Gotink quits party

MPs want 130,000 trained civilians ready for national crises

Heinen struggling to hit deadline for capital gains tax reform

Minister seeks inquiry into benefit fines for non-Dutch surnames

Health

Cancer diagnoses set to rise by almost a quarter by 2045

Patients fear shortage of medicinal cannabis when rules change

Unhealthy food outlets dominate Dutch cities, say researchers

Fines for “advertising” slimming drugs triggered by competitor

Amsterdam urges health minister to rescue crack treatment study

More people dying from falls, 21 a day on average: CBS

Housing

Rampant mortgage fraud used by gangs to buy up homes around NL

Five things every first-time buyer in the Netherlands must know

House price growth slows to 3.3%, transactions fall

Which Dutch city actually fits your budget and lifestyle in 2026

Government draws up 50-point plan to speed up housebuilding

Dutch housing update: money for new homes, rising interest rates

Education

School textbooks overpriced and poor quality, watchdog warns

Education cuts loom if talks with unions on welfare reforms fail

Amsterdam university bans laptops and mobiles from lecture hall

Students clustered together while studying outdoors.

More Dutch students studying abroad, Spain most popular choice

Far-right party school research was misleading, experts say

Parents as “customers” fuelling school disputes, council says