The Netherlands has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 64 times since making its debut as one of the seven countries at the first contest in 1956. The country has missed only four contests, twice because the dates coincided with Remembrance of the Dead, and twice because of being relegated due to poor results the previous year. It has missed the final despite qualifying once, in 2024, due to the personal conduct of its entrant which led to disqualification. The current Dutch participant broadcaster in the contest is AVROTROS. The Netherlands has hosted the contest five times: in Hilversum (1958), Amsterdam (1970), The Hague, and Rotterdam (2021).
Sissy-Boy, founded in 1982, is a Dutch high street clothing and accessories chain with over 45 stores in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
Maria Geertruida "Ria" Stalman is a Dutch retired discus thrower and shot putter.
Dirk Herman Willem Maas (Dick) (born 15 April 1951) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, film producer and film composer.
Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau, more commonly known as Mabel van Oranje, is the widow of Prince Friso and sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. She spends her time in human rights activities such as co-founding War Child Netherlands, the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage.
The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "Jij en ik", composed by Dick Bakker, with lyrics by Liselore Gerritsen, and performed by Bill van Dijk. The Dutch participating broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), selected its entry through a national final. The song and performer were chosen independently of each other at the national final.
The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Het is een wonder", composed by Cees de Wit, with lyrics by Bart van de Laar, and performed by Linda Williams. The Dutch participating broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), selected its entry through a national final.
Peter van Straaten was a Dutch cartoonist and comics artist. He is best known for his political cartoons as well as his satirical observations of everyday people. He also had a newspaper comic strip Vader & Zoon, which ran in Het Parool for almost two decades.
AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster that is part of the Dutch public broadcasting system. It was founded in 2014 as the result of a merger between the Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) and the Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS). The name AVROTROS has been used for jointly produced programmes since 1 January 2014. Since 7 September 2014, all existing AVRO and TROS programmes have also been broadcast under the name AVROTROS.
This is a list of Dutch television related events from 2012.
Wim van Norden was a Dutch journalist. He was one of the founders of the resistance paper Het Parool during World War II. He was jailed for six months by the Germans in 1942 but was later released due to lack of evidence for his involvement with Het Parool. Van Norden was active in the resistance for the remainder of the war. After the war he became director of the newspaper and although he originally planned to serve for only several months he kept his function until 1979. Van Norden was responsible for the founding of the publishing company Perscombinatie in which three newspapers worked together.
Oscar van Hemel was a Dutch-Belgian violinist, music teacher and composer of contemporary classical music. His work includes two operas and symphonies.
Redbad is a 2018 Dutch drama film directed by Roel Reiné. It is based on the life of Radbod, an early medieval Frisian leader. The film was intended as the middle part of a trilogy about iconic Dutch/Frisian heroes, starting with the film Michiel de Ruyter, about the 17th century admiral Michiel de Ruyter and ending with an unmade film about William of Orange.
Shortly after protests seeking justice for the murder of George Floyd, an African-American who was killed during a police arrest, began in the United States, people in the Netherlands protested to show solidarity with Americans and to demonstrate against issues with police or racism. Vigils and protests of up to thousands of participants took place nationwide.
Royal IHC or Koninklijke IHC, previously IHC Holland (1943–1995), IHC Holland Merwede (1995–2005) and IHC Merwede (2005–2014) is a Dutch shipbuilding company with headquarters in Kinderdijk. It focuses on the development, design and construction of ships for the dredging and offshore industries.
Following the Dutch general election of 22 November 2023, a process of cabinet formation was started, resulting in the formation of the Schoof cabinet on 2 July 2024, comprising the Party for Freedom (PVV), the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), New Social Contract (NSC) and the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB). Despite intentions to form an extra-parliamentary cabinet, the cabinet is generally considered a parliamentary cabinet.
Hans de Kroon is a Dutch ecologist specializing in plant and insect life who works at Radboud University, where he chairs the Experimental Plant Ecology group. He is known for a 2007 study that concluded that in Germany "the abundance of flying insects has plunged by three-quarters over the past 25 years".
The Dutch Song Contest 1995 was a one-off song competition between regional public broadcasters in the Netherlands. The contest was held on 25 May 1995 at the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht and was hosted by Karin Bloemen. It served as a substitute for the Nationaal Songfestival, the Dutch annual selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest, which was not held that year due to the Netherlands' relegation from the Eurovision Song Contest following an insufficient result in the 1994 edition.
SpangaS op Survival is a 2009 Dutch teen adventure film based on the Dutch TV series SpangaS. The film is directed by Diede in 't Veld and produced by Johan Nijenhuis and Alain de Levita. The plot revolves around the students from Spangalis College going on a week-long study trip in the Belgian Ardennes where they complete various assignments. Most of the cast from the TV show reprise their respective roles.
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.
