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Netherlands

A man victoriously holds up a piece of paper and smiles as other people around him also smile
The Big Fix
Climate activists get more strategic with their use of the courts
A large cargo ship is shown smoking and sinking into the ocean.
Top of The World
Sri Lanka faces an environmental disaster
Extinction Rebellion protestors march on the Dail (parliament) on Budget day in Dublin, Oct. 8, 2019.
The Big Fix
Activists took the Irish govt to court over its national climate plan — and won
A sign reads "no sex" in the red-light district in Amsterdam.
Jobs
Sex workers in Europe struggle to survive as clubs slowly reopen
Three siblings smile and pose while sitting in the pew of a church
Dutch church ends 96-day service as Armenian family spared deportation
Rie van de Mueren (r) used to be a professional ballroom dancer. She's with Dieuwer Duijf at the Music Salon, which holds dance parties for the elderly in north Amsterdam.
Music
Amsterdam is tackling loneliness one dance party at a time
Americans spend six billion hours and $10 billion every year preparing and filing their taxes.
Books
Many countries have a simple, fair tax system. Could the US be next?
Linawato Sidarto has lived in Amsterdam almost as long as she lived in Indonesia, but she says she doesn't think she'll ever be able to feel Dutch.
Global Politics
First- and second-generation Dutch wonder whether they’ll ever be considered locals
Dutch far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders campaigns for the 2017 Dutch election in Spijkenisse, a suburb of Rotterdam, on February 18.
Global Politics
Why some immigrants in the Netherlands plan to vote for the ‘Dutch Donald Trump’
Culture
Why do so many people in the Netherlands work part-time? Because they can
Dutch ecologist and dike designer Mindert de Vries stands on top of one of the new "soft" dikes being built near the Rhine River delta city of Dordrecht. Dutch innovations in flood control are helping reduce the adverse effects of older dike technologies.
Environment
With the waters rising, the Dutch find eco-friendly ways to keep them at bay
Global Politics
Dutch voices demand their government get tough with Russia over the downed Malaysia Airlines flight
Global Politics
Dutch voices demand their government get tough with Russia over the downed Malaysia Airlines flight
Nuclear Security Summit, Washington
Global Politics
President Obama starts this week’s trip to Europe in a country where his popularity is huge
Nuclear Security Summit, Washington
Global Politics
President Obama starts this week’s trip to Europe in a country where his popularity is huge
Environment
Alt-meat lunch: In the Netherlands, a lab for low-impact alternatives to livestock
A meal prepared by Joyce Kayongo in Uganda, with native tilapia and greens from a low-tech aquaponic system designed by her husband, Charles Mulamata. Although they live in the city, nearly all the ingredients were sourced from the neighborhood.
Environment
What’s for lunch: Under pressure from climate change, The World takes a global tour of our changing lunchscape
A Royal Example
Geo Quiz
The New Latin American Dutch Queen Máxima
Global Politics
Europe gets Silent Treatment During Debate
Driving Dutch in France
Flood Lessons
Conflict & Justice
‘We the People’: House to Hear Constitution Read Aloud