The Netherlands men's national basketball team represents the Netherlands in international basketball matches. The national team is governed by Basketball Nederland.
Kameleon 2 is a 2005 Dutch family film with main characters identical twins Hielke Klinkhamer and Sietse Klinkhamer, also identical twins, born 6 March 1988. It follows the twins as they try to raise money for their sick friend Marieke.
The Netherlands Film Festival is an annual film festival, held in September and October of each year in the city of Utrecht.
Tow Truck Pluck, also known as Pluk and his Tow Truck is a 2004 Dutch comedy musical family film directed by Ben Sombogaart and Pieter van Rijn. It's an adaptation of the children's book Pluk van de Petteflet by Annie M.G. Schmidt, starring Janieck van de Polder as the titular character.
Peter Bell: The Movie is a 2002 Dutch family comedy drama film written and directed by Maria Peters, based on the Pietje Bell books by Chris van Abkoude.
Too Fat Too Furious is a 2005 Dutch action comedy film. It is a remake of the Danish film Old Men in New Cars and received a Golden Film for 100,000 visitors.
Winky's Horse is a 2005 Dutch-Belgian Sinterklaas drama film directed by Mischa Kamp, produced by Burny Bos and written by Tamara Bos, based on her 2002 book Winky en het paard van Sinterklaas. The film follows Winky Wong, who develops a fascination with horses amist her struggles with her family immigrating from China to the Netherlands, When she hears about the arrival of Sinterklaas, she decides to get one from him this season.
The Illusionist is a 1983 Dutch comedy film directed by Jos Stelling and starring Freek de Jonge. The film has no dialogue. It won the Golden Calf for Best Feature Film at the 1984 Netherlands Film Festival. The film was loosely based on a theater show by de Jonge called De Tragiek from 1980.
The Netherlands Bach Society is the oldest ensemble for Baroque music in the Netherlands, and possibly in the world. The ensemble was founded in 1921 in Naarden to perform Bach's St Matthew Passion on Good Friday and has performed the work annually since then in the Grote of Sint-Vituskerk. From 1983 until 2018, Jos van Veldhoven was the artistic director and conductor. Shunsuke Sato became artistic director in June of 2018 and resigned from the position in June of 2023.
VolkerWessels Women Cyclingteam is a UCI Women's Continental Team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite women's road bicycle races such as the UCI Women's World Tour. The team was established in 2013 and received an UCI licence in 2014.
Johan Gerard van Loon was a Dutch ceramist and textile artist.
VV Alterno is a Dutch volleyball club based in Apeldoorn. It has professional and amateur teams with the women's team being the most successful and currently playing in the Eredivisie Dames, the highest level in the Netherlands.
The Marriage Escape (Dutch: De Beentjes van Sint-Hildegard is a 2020 Dutch comedy-drama film directed by Johan Nijenhuis. The film is an adaptation of the 2016 Czech film Tiger Theory, and it is the first cinema film predominantly spoken in the Tweants variety of Low Saxon, although the title is in Dutch.
Eric van der Burg is a Dutch politician, who served as State Secretary for Justice and Security in the fourth Rutte cabinet between January 2022 and July 2024. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he was elected to the Senate in 2019. Van der Burg previously had a lengthy political career in the municipality of Amsterdam which culminated in his brief service as ad interim Mayor of Amsterdam in 2017.
Hoe overleef ik mezelf? is a 2008 Dutch teen comedy film directed by Nicole van Kilsdonk and written by Tamara Bos, based on the book of the same name by Francine Oomen.
Quiz is a 2012 Dutch thriller film written and directed by Dick Maas. The film follows a quizmaster who's approached by a man who claims he kidnapped his wife and daughter. It was released on 22 March 2012 by Benelux Film Distributors. The film received mixed reviews.
New Kids Nitro is 2011 Dutch zombie horror-comedy film based on the sketch series New Kids. It is a sequel to the 2010 film New Kids Turbo. Like the previous film, It's written and directed by Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil, who starred with Tim Haars, Huub Smit and Wesley van Gaalen. Filming took place in Maaskantje, Netersel, Den Dungen, Den Bosch and Schijndel.
Baby Blue is a 2001 English-language Dutch thriller film directed by Theo van Gogh. Filming took place in the Netherlands and Curaçao.
Young Kees is a 2003 Dutch-language drama film directed by André van Duren, based on the 1923 novel Kees the boy by Theo Thijssen.
Snowfever is a 2004 Dutch romantic comedy film directed by Pim van Hoeve and produced by Johan Nijenhuis and Alain de Levita. The film was released on 14 October 2004 where it received mixed reviews from critics.
