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A project that addresses the severe impacts of climate change on the Netherlands's river region is included in Dezeen's latest school show.

Dutch colonizers kidnapped men, women and children and enslaved them on plantations growing sugar, coffee and other goods that built wealth at the price of misery. On Monday, the Netherlands is expected to become one of the few nations to apologiz

a href= http://www.stedelijk.nl target= _blank The Stedelijk /a ’s three-part collection presentation has been redesigned with a special focus

Every Amsterdammer is being offered a free copy of a book exploring the city’s role in the organisation and management of the global slave trade as part of a wider reckoning with the Netherlands’ past. Last year the International Institute of Social History carried out research on behalf of the municipality of Amsterdam, and the results have now been made into a book: Amsterdam and the history of slavery. Researchers uncovered the integral role...

"Our German chicory farms let us access that market" "We set a trend by farming indoors, vertically, and in water, all at the same time," laughs Gerwin de Vries van LOF, a Dutch chicory nursery. Nevertheless, chicorys image hasnt been great in recent years. "Its become a bit of a forgotten vegetable." Gerwin hopes to turn the tide. His companys introduced home growing kits and trendy recipes like chicory Tagliatelle. "By now, people are familiar with chicory, ham, and cheese. But its far more v...

The Rijksmuseum to Open Major Exhibition on Slavery in 2021 AFAR 12/11/2020 Mike Corder and Peter Dejong, Associated Press © Photo by AP Photo/Peter Dejong The Rijksmuseum to Open Major Exhibition on Slavery in 2021 Photo by AP Photo/Peter Dejong The National Monument Slavery Past by Erwin de Vries is seen in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.To tell the troubling story of the Netherlands’ deep historical links to the slave trade, the country’s national museum is making it per...

Mike Corder And Peter Dejong The National Monument Slavery Past by Erwin de Vries is seen in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. To tell the troubling story of the Netherlands deep historical links to the slave trade, the countrys national museum is making it personal. The Rijksmuseum will open a major exhibition on the subject in February 2021, bringing slavery to life by pulling into sharp focus the lives of 10 people, from a man enslaved in Ghana and transported to w...