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Arson Kills 500K Dutch Bees
Arson Kills 500K Dutch Bees
Oct 9, 2025 1:20 PM CDT

Arson Kills 500K Dutch Bees

'I've lost my colonies, which I've worked on for all these years, forever'

(Newser) - A Dutch beekeeper is reeling after an arson attack wiped out his entire apiary in Almere, a city east of Amsterdam. Harold Stringer found the remains of his 10 hives, home to an estimated half a million bees, reduced to ashes in Beatrixpark after someone set them alight with...

Right-Wing Rioters Clash With Police, Attack Rivals' Office

General election is scheduled for next month

(Newser) - A right-wing demonstration in the Netherlands erupted into violence and chaos Saturday as rioters clashed with police and vandalized a political party's office, weeks before the country holds a general election. Police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse rioters who threw objects at officers and torched...

Tesla's European Sales Slump Is No Blip

Company sees 8th straight month of year-over-year declining registrations in some markets

(Newser) - Tesla's troubles in Europe stretched into an eighth straight month in August, as the electric vehicle maker faced a combination of rising competition, political controversy, and weakening brand loyalty. Fresh registration data from France, Denmark, and Sweden shows Tesla's revamped Model Y failed to reverse the sales...

Female Cyclist's Murder Rocks Amsterdam

Asylum-seeker is suspected in 17-year-old's killing and a separate sexual assault

(Newser) - Amsterdam is on edge after the late-night stabbing death of a 17-year-old girl as she cycled home from a night out—a routine many had long considered safe. The killing has rattled the city's sense of security, especially among young women, who now say they're rethinking solo...

Van Gogh's Masterpieces in Danger, Says Museum

Van Gogh Museum, in need of renovation, takes legal action in fight to boost government subsidy

(Newser) - The Van Gogh Museum, guardian of the world's largest collection of works by Vincent Van Gogh, faces an uncertain future as a funding battle with the Dutch government threatens its ability to keep its doors open. The museum in Amsterdam, a top tourist draw with 1.8 million...

Famed Art Sleuth Notches Another Big Find

Documents stolen from the National Archives in The Hague are recovered

(Newser) - Dutch art detective Arthur Brand, often referred to as the "Indiana Jones of the Art World," has added another major recovery to his list: a trove of centuries-old documents stolen from the National Archives in The Hague in 2015. The cache includes rare items from the 15th...

Debut Novel Wins Women's Prize
Debut Novel Wins
Women's Prize
Jun 13, 2025 4:20 PM CDT

Debut Novel Wins Women's Prize

The Safekeep explores connection between two women in 1960s Netherlands

(Newser) - A sweeping romance set in 1960s Netherlands—the author's first novel—and a moving tale of organ donation have claimed this year's Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction, verdicts that honor powerful stories of love, loss, and human connection. Dutch author Yael van der Wouden won...

On Display: A 200-Year-Old Condom With Naughty Art

Prophylactic decorated with erotic art is at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum

(Newser) - The Netherlands' national museum has a new object on display that merges art with Amsterdam's infamous Red Light District: a nearly 200-year-old condom, emblazoned with erotic art. The Rijksmuseum said in a statement that the playful prophylactic, believed to be made around 1830 from a sheep's appendix, "...

Tesla's April Numbers in Europe Were Dreadful

Sales fall at least 36% in 8 key markets

(Newser) - Tesla's sales in Europe continued to decline sharply in April, according to new registration data released Tuesday. The UK saw only 512 new Teslas registered, marking a 62% drop from a year prior. Declines were even steeper in Denmark (down at least 67%), the Netherlands (down at least...

To Honor War Victims, Nation Stops Everything for 2 Minutes

14-year-old pays tribute to the Netherlands' people, 'like you or me,' in Nazi resistance

(Newser) - Trains came to a halt, cars pulled to the side of the road, and no planes arrived or departed in the Netherlands for two minutes on Sunday, as the country went silent to remember victims of war. Thousands of people gathered in Amsterdam to watch as Dutch King Willem-Alexander laid...

Child Damages $57M Painting
Child Damages
Painting Worth $57M
Apr 29, 2025 3:00 AM CDT

Child Damages Painting Worth $57M

Mark Rothko's Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8, damaged at museum in the Netherlands

(Newser) - During what a museum spokesperson called an "unguarded moment," a child in the Netherlands damaged a painting worth nearly $57 million. Mark Rothko's Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8, was on display at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam when the incident occurred, and it's not...

Dutch Town Accidentally Throws Away a Warhol

1985 print of Queen Beatrix disappeared during town hall renovation

(Newser) - A municipality in the Netherlands says an Andy Warhol print of Queen Beatrix has probably gone the way of many soup cans—into the trash. Authorities in Maashorst say the 1985 Warhol print, worth around $17,000, was among 46 artworks that they believe were accidentally thrown away during renovation...

'Fish Doorbell' Helps Out in a Jam
'Fish
Doorbell'
Helps Out
in a Jam
Mar 22, 2025 1:45 PM CDT

'Fish Doorbell' Helps Out in a Jam

Dutch city lets viewers of livestream sound the alert when fish need help at a river lock

(Newser) - The central Dutch city of Utrecht has installed a "fish doorbell" on a river lock that lets viewers of an online livestream alert authorities to fish being held up as they make their springtime migration to shallow spawning grounds. The AP explains:
  • Simple idea: An underwater camera at Utrecht'
...

This Is the Happiest Nation on Earth
This Is the Happiest
Nation on Earth
Mar 20, 2025 12:50 PM CDT

This Is the Happiest Nation on Earth

Finland tops World Happiness Report for 8th straight year; US comes in at No. 24

(Newser) - Feeling down in the dumps? Maybe it's your country. Unless you're in Finland, which just took the top spot on this year's World Happiness Report for the eighth year straight, reports CNN . The annual ranking used Gallup World Poll data from more than 140 countries around the...

Euthanasia's Tough Question: When Is It '5 to 12?'

Netherlands woman with Alzheimer's illustrates the difficult idea

(Newser) - More countries are allowing patients with a terminal illness to end their lives with the help of a doctor, but only a few allow patients diagnosed with dementia to plan for a similar death, reports the New York Times . The Netherlands is one of them, but the plight of an...

Stolen Benin Bronzes Are Headed Home

Netherlands to return 119 artifacts to Nigeria in 'redress of a historical injustice'

(Newser) - The Netherlands says it will return more than 100 artifacts looted from the Kingdom of Benin, in what is now southern Nigeria, more than a century ago. The Benin Bronzes, plaques and sculptures of metal and ivory that decorated the kingdom's royal palace, were looted by British troops who...

Thieves Blow Door Off Museum, Grab Loot

Gold artifacts stolen from Drents Museum in the Netherlands

(Newser) - Museum heists in the movies are often delicate, white-glove affairs. This was not the case Saturday in the Netherlands, where the burglars blew the door off a museum with explosives, then ran in and grabbed stuff, say police in Assen. All remain at large with their loot after the theft...

Netherlands Publishes List of Suspected Nazi Helpers

More than 400K were investigated

(Newser) - Some uncomfortable family histories may be unearthed in the Netherlands, where a digitized list of suspected Nazi collaborators during World War II has just been made public. The names of about 425,000 people are in the database digitized by the Huygens Institute, reports Euro News . All were investigated at...

Countries Where People Grow Tallest
Countries Where
People Grow Tallest
Nov 30, 2024 3:50 PM CST

Countries Where People Grow Tallest

European countries make up all the tallest places on Visual Capitalist's list

(Newser) - Europeans are the giraffes of humankind, according to Visual Capitalist , with Northern and Eastern European countries taking up all the top spots in its analysis of tallest people. The Netherlands tops the list, with an average height of 6-foot-0.4" for men and 5-foot-7.1" for women (worldwide, the average...

Police: 'The Gnome Himself Was Visibly Startled'
This Gnome Is
Made of MDMA
Nov 25, 2024 1:09 PM CST

This Gnome Is Made of MDMA

'The gnome himself was visibly startled,' Dutch police say after odd find during drug bust

(Newser) - Police in the Netherlands say their suspicions were aroused when they spotted a garden gnome among "varied suspected narcotics" during a drug bust. "Many of us are aware that drugs come in many shapes and sizes, but every now and then we come across special things," Dongemond...

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