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For his newest installation, GROW, Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde installed a mesmerizing lighting system in a field of leek to create a surreal visual effect.

GROW, which was developed with partners Wageningen University and Rabobank, is trialling its vertical ‘light recipe’ across an enormous field of leek at

Dronten family stuck in the middle of NL is fed up with being the centre of controversy Photo: Ifeelstock via Depositphotos.com A family in Dronten is literally at the centre of all sorts of fraud and controversies because they live in the very heart of the Netherlands – and are getting threats and the occasional unwelcome visitor to boot. People who have been victims of internet fraud sometimes uncover an IP address which they then put into a specialised website which gives them the locatio...

The Netherlands may be small, but it has a lot to offer. From the windmills of Kinderdijk, to the hills of Vaals, the country that gifted the world Duncan Laurence has plenty of treasures that remain undiscovered and unknown — sometimes even to locals. Well the postcards for Eurovision 2021 may well change that. The segments that introduce each Eurovision act will be based around a “tiny house” that will appear all over The Netherlands. The house will be located in different parts of the ...

Long after the sun sets on a quiet farm in the Dutch town Lelystad, one of its fields comes to life with a beautiful display of red, blue and ultraviolet LED light beaming across its crop of leeks.

Natural history museum bags electrifying new addition to collection January 13, 2021 The stone marten which plunged much of the Achterhoek in Gelderland into darkness on Tuesday morning by making its way into an electricity substation, killing itself in the event, has joined the Rotterdam Natuurhistorisch museum’s collection of ‘Dead animals with a story’. No one knows how the animal managed to get into the substation but once inside it short circuited three 10,000 volt transformers, ...

DIPA Global B.V. (Lelystad, The Netherlands) has announced the launch of its new online platform of substrates for digital printing – Substrate Bank. The platform brings together print-media manufacturers and their products on a pure B2B industry platform “making the sourcing and specifying of substrates easy, fast and transparent,” said the company. Substrate Bank takes into account the intended usage to find and source products in a digital way. Users can easily source print substrates ...

Date Time WUR launches first large-scale research facility for agroforestry in Netherlands in Lelystad The large-scale 15-hectare multidisciplinary research facility for agroforestry in Lelystad is the first of its kind in the Netherlands. It concerns a form of mixed cultivation in which trees and arable as well as horticultural crops are grown on the same plot. In Lelystad, various species of trees are planted in hedges, in combination with annual crops such as potatoes, grains and cabbage whi...

comments Josh Reid, 23, picked up a Giant bike from the companys factory in Shanghai - after a slap-up lunch He then rode it for four months across  Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and then Europe He cycled along a road known as the roof of the world and was welcomed into the homes of strangers Here Josh recounts the astonishing solo trip in his own words, accompanied by pictures he took himself Chinese factories make most of the worlds bicycles, even those marketed in the UK ...

Reader offer: See Holland in bloom with TVs Adam Frost Mail on Sunday Reporter © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo We are delighted to bring you another chance to see Holland’s famous bulb fields burst into bloom next Easter, as they cover the countryside in bright reds, oranges, pinks and yellows. It’s a riot of colour that keen gardeners will love, and on this unique five-day cruise you’ll get to see this spectacular display in the company of the landscape design...