2015 in the Netherlands

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Last updated June 02, 2025

This article lists some of the events from 2015 related to the Netherlands .

Incumbents

Monarch – Willem-Alexander
Prime Minister – Mark Rutte (VVD)
Speaker of the House of Representatives – Anouchka van Miltenburg (VVD, resigned on 12 December), Khadija Arib (PvdA, Acting Speaker)
President of the Senate – Ankie Broekers-Knol (VVD)

Events

January

8 January: After the Charlie Hebdo shooting, over 18,000 demonstrators for freedom of speech joined events around the Netherlands, following the call of the Mayors of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and others; many Dutch Government members joined the demonstrations^[1]^[2]
29 January: A man holding a fake gun tried to take over the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) news studio in Hilversum because he wanted to tell the audience about a conspiracy theory of his; he was arrested later that evening by the police without hurting anyone.

February

2 February: Opening of the Barneveld Zuid railway station
9 February: The political party Denk is founded by MPs Tunahan Kuzu and Selçuk Öztürk
12–15 February: The 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships take place in the Thialf Arena in Heerenveen

March

15 March: Ivo Opstelten and Fred Teeven (VVD) resign from the Ministry of Security and Justice.
18 March: Provincial and Water board elections are held.

July

August

19–23 August: SAIL Amsterdam

September

8 September: The VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam is fully evacuated after parts of the hospital were flooded because of a burst in a major water pipeline^[3]

October

6 October: Locals demonstrate in Oranje, Drenthe to oppose the instalment an asylum seekers centre in the village^[4]
14–18 October: Amsterdam Dance Event

November

December

16 December: Around 2,000 people protested and rioted against plans announced by the town council to construct a centre for 1,500 asylum seekers in the 2015 Geldermalsen riot.

References

↑ Live meekijken: de Charlie Hebdo-demonstraties (in Dutch), NRC.nl. 8 January 2015.
↑ Nederland staat stil bij aanslag Charlie Hebdo, (in Dutch), NOS. 8 January 2015.
↑ Chaos in Amsterdam after floods on DutchNews, 2015/09.
↑ Woedende inwoners Oranje blokkeren weg naar asielzoekerscentrum (in Dutch), RTL Nieuws. 6 October 2015.

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[Dutchdemonstrations1-1] Live meekijken: de Charlie Hebdo-demonstraties (in Dutch), NRC.nl. 8 January 2015.

[Dutchdemonstrations2-2] Nederland staat stil bij aanslag Charlie Hebdo, (in Dutch), NOS. 8 January 2015.

[3] Chaos in Amsterdam after floods on DutchNews, 2015/09.

[4] Woedende inwoners Oranje blokkeren weg naar asielzoekerscentrum (in Dutch), RTL Nieuws. 6 October 2015.

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