de Volkskrant is a Dutch daily morning newspaper. Founded in 1919, it has a nationwide circulation of about 250,000.
The Randstad is a megalopolis in the central-western Netherlands consisting primarily of the four largest Dutch cities and their surrounding areas. Among other things, it contains the Port of Rotterdam, and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. With a population of 8.2 million people it is one of the largest metropolitan regions in Europe, comparable in population size to the Milan metropolitan area or the San Francisco Bay Area, and covers an area of approximately 8,287 km2 (3,200 sq mi). With a population density of 1,500/km2 it also is one of the most important and densely populated economic areas in northwestern Europe. It encompasses both the Amsterdam metropolitan area and Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area.
The Barneveldse Krant is a local daily newspaper in the Netherlands. It is printed, published, and distributed by Royal BDU in Barneveld. The newspaper is printed 6 times per week, with a focus on advertisements on Thursday and special weekend pages on Saturday. The Thursday edition is free of charge. It became a daily only in 1967, with 5 issues a week at that time.
Willem Frederik Holleeder is a Dutch criminal. Holleeder is nicknamed De Neus because of the size of his nose.
The Ziggo Dome is an indoor arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is named after the Dutch cable TV provider Ziggo. In 2014, the Ziggo Dome Awards were announced, recognizing artists who performed at the arena.
Cor van der Hart was a Dutch footballer. He is known as one of the best defenders of the Dutch national team in history, who was physically strong, who read the game very well and who had a quality kicking technique.
Floodgate is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1983.
Charles Ludovicus Geerts is a Dutch entrepreneur and was at one time one of Amsterdam's largest brothel owners. He is known as Dikke Charles and Amsterdam's Emperor of Sex.
Michiel van Musscher was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Dutch profanity can be divided into several categories. Often, the words used in profanity by speakers of Dutch are based around various names for diseases. In many cases, these words have evolved into slang, and many euphemisms for diseases are in common use.
Petrus Andreas Maria (Peter) Bos is a Dutch film, stage and television actor best known for his role in the 1982 children's television series De Zevensprong in which he played the leading part as the teacher Frans van der Steg. He is also known from the children's film Knokken voor twee which was released in the same year.
AT5 is a local television station in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It first broadcast on April 1, 1992.
The penose is the organized criminal underbelly in Amsterdam and other major cities in the Netherlands. Penose usually means the organisations formed by criminals of Dutch descent. It is a slang word coming from the old Amsterdam Bargoens language.
Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui is a Dutch professional football player of Moroccan-Berber descent who plays as a midfielder, most recently for Chabab Rif Al Hoceima.
The Six Days of Amsterdam is a six-day track cycling race held at the Amsterdam Velodrome in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
De Gooi- en Eemlander is a regional Dutch daily newspaper distributed in the Gooi region and some nearby towns and villages in Utrecht.
As of 2018, Wolters Kluwer ranks as the Netherlands' biggest publisher of books in terms of revenue. Other notable Dutch houses include Brill and Elsevier.
Airco Caravan is a painter and conceptual artist based in Amsterdam and New York.
Hannes Delcroix is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Anderlecht in the Belgian First Division A.
