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A thief was able to walk out of a Netherlands museum with a priceless Vincent Van Gogh painting using a few swings of a sledgehammer, NBC News reports. Museum officials believe that the thief had targeted the specific painting for the theft. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, on March 30 the Sanger Museum in […]

A thief appears to have taken advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to steal a work of art from a shuttered Amsterdam-area museum, NBC News reports. The Singer Museum in Laren, near Amsterdam, is, like so many other museums and public places around the world, currently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, having locked its doors […]

Christmas parades across The Netherlands turned into a scene of protests against “Black Pete” — a character in Dutch tradition who accompanies St. Nicholas during his gift-giving. Dressing as “Black Pete” involves putting on blackface, and many Dutch view it as an uncomfortable act of racism. As Reuters reports, Christmas parades were held all across […]

Dutch police found a family of several adult siblings and their father hidden away in an underground cellar, “waiting for the end of time,” The Irish Times reports. Some of the adult children had likely not been outside of the home and its grounds in years. The Discovery Authorities became alerted to the existence of […]

In a packed Matchday 5 schedule in the 2020 UEAF Euro qualifying round, no single match features a pairing as high-profile as Friday’s meeting between three-time champions Germany, who last won the European title in 1996, and the 1988 title-winning country, the Netherlands. But with his team having played only two matches so far, Dutch […]

Donald Trump received a personal tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture just before taking office in 2017, but the newly appointed Secretary of the Smithsonian said the president seemed to miss the point. In an account published by The Washington Post, Lonnie Bunch III said that he personally guided Trump […]

The city of Amsterdam in The Netherlands has bold plans to ban all diesel and gasoline vehicles by 2030. They will spend the remaining years between now and then building the infrastructure to support a city of electric cars, reported CNN. The city plans to begin by slowly transitioning from diesel and gasoline-powered vehicles to […]

Portugal, led by five-time Ballon D’or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, had appeared in only one major final — losing to Greece in the 2004 European Championship — prior to 2016, according to the BBC. But on Sunday, they come in favored to win their second straight major European tournament, as Ronaldo and company face the Netherlands […]

Just five days after the UEFA Champions League final in Madrid featured two English Premier League teams, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, which featured seven players who also serve on England’s national team, those players must be ready for another high-pressure match. England takes on the Netherlands in the second semifinal of the UEFA Nations League […]

In a busy opening weekend for the UEFA 2020 European Championship qualifiers, no match has been more anticipated than Netherlands vs. Germany, two teams currently headed in opposite directions. For the struggling Germany side, Manager Joachim Loew has jettisoned some longtime veterans, per Sky Sports, going with a side in which 10 of the 23 […]

The prospects for Netherlands football, a team that came with an extra-time goal of winning the World Cup in 2010, looked bleak just one year ago. At that time, the Oranje had failed to even qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, as The Evening Standard reported, after two years earlier failing to qualify for […]

Germany has already been relegated from the UEFA Nations League “A” division — the only one of the competitions four “leagues” that gives teams a shot at the title — following their humiliating exit at the group stages of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The defeat comes with an added sting for the German team, […]

After failing to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the Netherlands are attempting to engineer a comeback in the UEFA Nations League, and with a win over France — who came out as the winners of that very World Cup — the Dutch can close in on a table-topping finish to Group A1 while […]

The Netherlands face their European rivals Germany — and the prospect of relegation from the inaugural UEFA Nations League — when the two continental powers square off in a Group A1 match, reports Sky Sports. Both Oranje and Die Mannschaft are striving to break into the win column in the tournament’s top-ranked Group A1, in […]

Pet passports will be required for dogs in the Netherlands by 2020. The Dutch government firmly believes that making pet passports mandatory will mitigate any illegal importation of dogs and protect them as well. According to the international website named, I Am Expat, Carola Schouten–the Minister of Agriculture, Nature, and food Quality–fully supports pet passport […]

World champion France returned to their winning ways after their splendid showing in Russia over the summer, beating Netherlands 2-1 in front of a rocking home crowd in Paris on Sunday, reports BBC. France striker Olivier Giroud, who did not score a single goal for the national team in the World Cup, despite being one […]

The Dutch council of state has announced their verdict that they will not recognize Pastafarianism as a religion after a Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster follower requested to wear a colander in her passport and driver’s license photos, reports The Guardian. The Netherlands’ highest court denied follower Mienke de Wilde’s request to wear the […]

The man who was reported earlier this month to have forced a Transavia flight to make an emergency landing due to his “unbearable” body odor has died from a flesh-eating infection, according to a new report from Fox News. As reported by the Inquisitr early this month, the original incident happened on May 29, when […]

On Tuesday, the Dutch Upper House of Parliament issued a ban in Netherlands, which has now joined the other European countries that have already banned burqas, niqab, and other face-covering veils inside specific public places. These types of shrouds are still allowed on public streets. For anyone calling foul, wondering if burqas and niqab are […]

Cheetahs are the fastest land mammals on earth, but one family decided to take their chances anyway at a safari park in the Netherlands recently. The video that was posted by BBC News showed exactly what happened during this terrifying moment when they were being chased by the animals. The horrifying part is that the […]

European powerhouses Portugal and Netherlands will go head to head for what should be an exciting contest in the international friendly fixture this Monday at Stade de Geneve, reports Goal. Fans can watch the Portugal vs Netherlands game live online through the live-streaming link provided below. In the last game, Cristiano Ronaldo scored two late […]

Near the end of last year, it was announced that former Eurovision contestant Waylon would be returning for the 2018 contest. Earlier Friday, February 23, the singer presented the first of five potential songs he has chosen from to perform on the stage in Lisbon, Portugal, this May. As revealed by ESCToday, the 37-year-old performed […]

Before her estranged husband, Matt Lauer, was fired from NBC and the Today show, Annette Roque was able to live a relatively low-key life of privilege, mostly in the Hamptons. Annette Roque lived full time with the three Lauer children, Jack, Romy, and Thijs Lauer, while Matt Lauer lived during the week in NYC. However, […]

During the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, NBC’s Katie Couric shared an odd stream of consciousness about Dutch skaters and where they get their particular prowess. Couric pulled what she said was a bit of Netherlands (Dutch) trivia out of her mind which turned out to be largely myth. Couric told the world that […]

France will host the Netherlands on August 31, Thursday in a very important match in Group A of the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers. Sweden is atop the group with 13 points while France is behind on goal difference. Netherlands, on the other hand, sits at third but a win over France will propel them to […]

Has Bigfoot been captured on-camera in Europe? Probably not, but that hasn’t stopped fans of the legendary creature, also known as Sasquatch, from speculating that the elusive humanoid is closer than ever to being found. And recent (well, three years ago) “sightings” of the beast in Holland have once again fueled speculation that Bigfoot is […]

Pro-Turkey protests in Rotterdam turned into riots and Dutch police had to use water cannons to break up the violence. Online videos of the protests show police trying to control the crowd with dogs and horses while protesters fought back. The situation happened only days before critical elections in the Netherlands to determine the next […]

Geert Wilders, a populist anti-Islam Dutch parliamentary leader, was convicted of hate speech on Friday for derogatory comments he made at a rally in 2014. Wilders is the founder and leader of the Dutch Freedom Party which runs on a nationalistic message. Wilders has called the Netherlands “sick” because of immigration and Wilders’ perceived infringement […]

Dutch Olympic cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten has posted a health update — including a photo of her smiling — following her scary cyclist event crash Sunday in Rio. Thanks for all the messages. Hard to deal with my disappointment but also proud about our performance #teamNL pic.twitter.com/9uRaRniFV6 — Annemiek van Vleuten (@AvVleuten) August 9, 2016 […]

In another strange turn of events at the Rio Olympics 2016, cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands crashed on Sunday afternoon during the women’s road race. Leading the pack on a downhill decline in light falling rain, van Vleuten’s tires began to skid as she made a right hand turn at a bend in […]

The Dutch man that has been accused of tormenting and cyber-bullying British Columbia teen Amanda Todd, ultimately causing her to take her own life, can be extradited to Canada to face multiple charges, a Dutch court has ruled. In October of 2012, 15-year-old Amanda Todd took her own life after years of alleged online torment […]

Container homes have sprouted up in Phoenix, Arizona, as part of a phenomenon sweeping the globe, reacting to the demands of an exploding population. A stack of shipping containers has been transformed into eight apartments in a Phoenix industrial lot. Similar scenarios exist in other parts of the United Sates, Canada, Costa Rica, Australia, Germany, […]

Would you like to go on board a life-size replica of the Biblical Noah’s Ark? Now, you may have a chance thanks to one man’s hard work. “Modern-day Noah,” Johan Huibers, had a dream that a massive flood covered the province of Noord-Holland in the Netherlands, and as a result, he built an ark. But […]

A modern replica of Noah’s Ark, dubbed “Johan’s Ark” after its Dutch builder, will set sail for Brazil this summer on its way to the Olympics. The voyage of Johan’s Ark will begin in the Netherlands and cover 5,000 miles across the Atlantic to the cities of Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro and other ports […]

U.S. has deployed fighter jets and airmen in Iceland and Netherlands as an apparent show of force, allegedly to deter Russian aggression in the region. As part of Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR), a dozen F-15C Eagles and about 350 airmen have been deployed in Europe by the United States. To deter what the U.S. refers […]

Staff at the Beekse Bergen Safari Park, located in the Netherlands, wanted to see how their trio of sloth bears would react to a single pink balloon inside their enclosure. As they recorded the situation, no one expected how things would turn out. Nearly 30 million views later, the video has gone viral. One would […]

The Bangladesh cricket team faces a possible upset threat when they open their 2016 T20 World Cup campaign against the Netherlands on Wednesday, but with the Tigers in top form after an Asia Cup that ended just three days earlier, the team is expected to make it through their qualifying round unscathed, with matches against […]

Police in the Netherlands have found the perfect low-tech solution to stop drones flying illegally in their airspace – by training eagles to take them down. As more drones hit the skies, fears increase that they may be a danger to planes, so they are “weaponizing” the birds of prey to sort out the situation. […]

Great news, Pastafarians! The Netherlands has officially recognized Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster as a religion, according to reports emerging in the Dutch media. The Dutch wing of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster reported on its website that the Netherlands’ Chamber of Commerce has officially registered Pastafarianism as an official religion, the […]

The worldwide journey of a hitchhiking robot that won fans and stole hearts everywhere has come to an untimely and tragic end. “HitchBOT,” as the robot was known, met his maker in Philadelphia sometime after 3 a.m. Saturday morning. Originally brought to life in Port Credit, Ontario, HitchBOT’s hitchhiking journey began on July 27, 2014, […]

Out of all the disposable substances we human beings use, the one that probably causes the most issues for our environment is plastic. Though considered something that can be recycled and reused, the fact that plastic in general is not biodegradable (or takes a very long time to biodegrade) has been a bane for the […]

Kyle Richards has had a troubled year, especially in relationship to her sister, Kim Richards. Both sisters filmed The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills last year, and they both watched the season this year, reliving many of their troubles. Richards wasn’t happy with her relationship being aired on television, especially since she and her sister […]

Women’s soccer fans can watch live online as Canada meets the Netherlands, with both teams battling for survival in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. A loss by the Dutch likely sends the World Cup debutantes home. But if Canada suffers the upset, the team’s only hope of advancing out of the group stage would […]

The Foo Fighters had two shows cancelled because of an injury lead singer Dave Grohl sustained. He did, however, gallantly finish the show where he broke his leg. Time Magazine is reporting that while performing at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden, during the second song, Grohl fell off the stage and suffered an injury. While […]

The debate about the right age to begin teaching children about sex and love continues. While some are horrified at the idea of young children being thought about sex at school, Dutch schools are giving students as young as four-years-old lessons in sex education, or more appropriately, sexuality education. And despite expressions of disapproval from […]

Reports of UFOs around the world are described in many shapes, including horse-shaped, cigar-shaped, baton-shaped, and of course the most common UFO description, disc-shaped. But there’s a new shape of UFO that recently appeared in the stormy skies over the Netherlands that’s being described as “jellyfish” shaped, the UFO phenomenon a distinct and beautiful emerald […]

When it comes to prostitution, Europe is far more lenient and accepting of the world’s oldest occupation compared to the United States. Just recently, the Inquisitr reported that a German brothel sent out an inquiry to interested prospects to test the waters on new prostitutes. The United States, on the other hand, would only allow […]

A carnivorous, winged creature is terrorizing the people of the Dutch city of Purmerend: a European Eagle Owl has attacked dozens of people in the city, sending several to the hospital with wounds requiring stitches, The Guardian is reporting. Liselotte de Bruijn, spokesperson for the Prinsenstichting home for the disabled, said that the nighttime owl […]

Among the most famous prison escapes ever, immortalized and detailed in the Clint Eastwood film Escape From Alcatraz, three inmates escaped the island-prison’s walls in the middle of the night and disappeared into the San Francisco Bay on a June night in 1962. This escape from Alcatraz is believed to have been short-lived, however. The […]

As Russian jets staged a blitz of the Baltic Sea, sending NATO fighters into the skies to intercept 13 Russian aircraft Sunday and 28 more Monday, the allied pilots were able to capture dramatic video of their confrontations with the Russians. Now, NATO is making some of that video public to offer a crystal clear […]