The journey of becoming a DJ
Young Germans often decide to study in the Netherlands. For Jan Rosenthal this decision had yet...
Young Germans often decide to study in the Netherlands. For Jan Rosenthal this decision had yet...
By: Maude Lipsett and Renee Melia As we waited outside the shop, the narrow pedestrian street was...
Leaving behind the grey pavement courtyard and stepping onto the patches of grass mixed with mud...
Young Germans often decide to study in the Netherlands. For Jan Rosenthal this decision had yet...
By: Maude Lipsett and Renee Melia As we waited outside the shop, the narrow pedestrian street was...
Leaving behind the grey pavement courtyard and stepping onto the patches of grass mixed with mud...
Seulbin Roh has always struggled with the sense of belonging, causing her to find an outlet for...
Augusto Pedraza aspired to be a dancer but realized he didn’t possess the necessary...
Nat Murray and Xenia Chitoroagă, Utrecht At just 21 years old, Ryan van Vugt is a Dutch artist...
Berlin’s culture and identity are deeply rooted in its street art. Berlin is a mecca for...
Xenia Chitoroagă and Nat Murray, Utrecht Berlin’s jazz scene is more than just a musical...
Berlin is the city in the world with most Danes outside of Denmark, according to the Danish...
Nowadays, movies are one of the most consumed type of media, and it is an important factor in...
Berlin has become known as a major art hub, attracting artists and art lovers on a global scale,...
Berlin has a big queer community. a lot of its culture came from the community. We all are...
We all know that sport is good for your body and your mind. It will get you in a better condition,...
Few cities have a reputation quite like Berlin. It attracts thousands of tourists and expats with...
Berlin has a rich and complex history with the Jewish community…
Berlin, the capital city of Germany, is a bustling metropolis that has undergone significant...
Self-made raised beds, seating areas, flowers and plants everywhere: community gardens provide...
Fast, dark beats, black outfits while dancing in industrial sites – Electronic Music has...
Reporter René Melia spoke to Mischa, a sex worker and activist for Reimagining Sex Work. Sex...
Who are we as individuals? That question is not as easy to answer as it seems. The concept of...
In the recent report “Investigation of Ethnic Diversity in Danish Film” the Danish...
Have a listen to this interview with Christoffer Sandler, director of So Damn Easy Going. His film...
Film festivals are a huge part of cinema and belong to a film culture that favors alternative...
Brendan Fraser won a oscar for best actor and everything everywhere all at once won the oscar for...
Germany is not only the nation with the most long-term immigration in Europe but also the country...
Enlarge On now at Arnhem Museum is an exhibit entitled ‘How Dare You Make Me Feel This Way’. This...
After the end of a sports career, an athlete goes through all kinds of emotions. It also involves the development of a new identity to replace the former athlete identity. For some this change can be easier and for others more difficult.
Food is not just a means of sustenance; it is a powerful cultural and social force…
The feminist movement is one of the most influential social rights groups of the 21st century but...
When you think of a queer space, a bookstore might not be the first thing that comes to mind....
Hearing Queer is the radioshow all about queer stories and experiences. Lukas Mayr and Maude...
The entertainment giant Disney has recently taken steps toward promoting diversity within its...
In recent years, the term “woke culture” has become a buzzword in the world of arts....
Along with the climate change movement, sustainable film production has grown in global popularity...
Something is happening in the world of hardcore punk music. Self-proclaimed queer punk bands with a clear in-your-fucking-face, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic, anti-transphobic message are here, and they are fucking queer.
Online secondhand clothing is one of the fashion industry’s hottest trends. Over the last few...
Chat GPT and other chatbots are already becoming a big part of the present. It has raised a lot of...
Under the name of 40MinutuRock, the experience of solidarity, denunciation, and celebration for...
Country music is evolving to being more inclusive. Slowly and steady with artists like Orville...
The surveillance technology used in cashierless retail establishments heavily monitors customers...
The traditional binary understanding of gender is increasingly being challenged. This is reflected...
With the more and more evolving innovation called AI – artificial Intelligence – and...
Punk aesthetic is making its way back in 2023 in the graphic design industry, as the world is...
Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson of obstetrics and gynaecology at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, said...
In recent years, Thailand has become a hub for child prostitution, with vulnerable children being exploited by…
Underground safe spaces for queer people have been around for centuries. And as society gets more...
The tattoo industry in the Western world has been increasing in popularity since the 1970s as more...
Due to its wide range of English programs The Netherlands is one of the most popular countries for...
The climate movement started with school strikes and young people in the lead. But when the...
Years and years there is a local politic debate about legalizing ecstasy, also know as MDMA, but...
Picturesque Coimbra is known from their oldest university from Europe. Since 1290, there are a lot...
Over 1.7 billion people in the world are living off the grid and the number is growing every year,...
…this is like us building this place. And it’s completely up to us what we are doing...
Idyllic forests, picturesque mountains and a Mediterranean coast. Small cottages and family-run...
Walking through the old streets of Ljubljana, one is immediately absorbed by the romantic,...
Art is made for the rich. To visit art gallery’s you have to be higher class. At least that is...
In recent years the view on street art and murals has changed. Many now view street art as...
Courageous anti-heroes hunting treasures and ruthless captains seeking revenge – pirates have been...
Every hour there is a new artist busking on one of the popular street performance spots on Grafton...
Restaurants, street vendors and tiny grandma’s making pasta in front of their homes; in Bari,...
A picturesque city, known for its beauty, literature, nature and difficult name was my first stop...
The entrance fee is average, the price of beer acceptable, yet it looks like an exclusive...
On the 18th of June Bulgaria’s annual Sofia Pride parade celebrated it’s 15th anniversary. Since...
Everyone is aware of the reports on the situation of press freedom in Poland and Hungary, which...
In the early 20th century, Turin was the capital of the Italian film industry. Countless...
Standing on the shore of Europe’s largest inland lake, one cannot imagine that an important...
Slavery is more than just a painful memory in the United Kingdom. As an unhealed wound, the...
As I walk into the ‘Hexery’ shop in Hamburg, I am suddenly surrounded by crystals and the smell of...
“Good evening Europe, good morning Australia, ciao Italia!” With these words, the 2022 edition of...
Saint Pauli (German: Sankt Pauli) or St. Pauli for short, is widely known as the party district of...
Park Spoor Noord: the place to feel safe and clear your mind Since the year 2009 lies in the north...
Alberobello is a picture perfect town in the province of Bari, southern Italy. This town has...
Viking culture is becoming more and more popular worldwide. Movies, tv-shows, games and comics...
Humor is a subjective thing. People have their own ways of telling jokes and some are deemed...
There are more cats than humans living on Cyprus. Most cats you see on the street are strays and...
Classic matches, rivalries and derbies are a crucial part of football’s culture. Could you imagine...
“Smell it. Smells exactly like garlic doesn’t it?” Anastasia is holding a leaf she ripped in two,...
The city of Edinburgh slowly goes quiet as the sun sets. The street lights come on and the streets...
The Amsterdam Museum inaugurates ‘The Discussion Lab’, its first area entirely dedicated to debate...
It is always hard to find a sense of collective identity in big cities, a feeling of belonging in...
Until 1989, the Berlin Wall divided Germany in two parts. Back then, people were not allowed to...
Berlin has long been known as the most vibrant and gay-friendly city within Europe. In the golden...
Berlin has long been known as the most vibrant and gay-friendly city within Europe. In the golden...
Housing supply in Berlin has for a long time been unable to keep up with the growing demand. Rents...
Rhythm, voice and body language emerge. Is it rap? Is it singing? Is it poetry? Spoken word is all...
The television tower at Alexanderplatz looms over the city. Night or day – there’s...
The official flag of Berlin is white and red with a bear in the middle. According to the Senate...
As you walk through the streets of Berlin, it is hard to avoid the glass bottles, plastic bags and...
Berlin has changed. The ‘post-wall’ bliss of the 90s is gradually fading away, as gentrification...
Inhabitants of Berlin are welcoming Ukrainian refugees like a role model of the “German welcoming...
May 5 is the day of protest in Germany for the equality of people with disabilities. A good time...
35% of working Dutch people (18+) have a tattoo. Just as Sam Onkenhout, who doesn’t tattoo others...
Corona. After two tough, sad and dark years, the high word is finally out: the corona period is...
One thing we know for sure today: in the future, we will have major challenges to overcome. How...
Running till your lungs start to burn, tossing an oval ball and a lot of yelling. Rugby, a sport...
Berlin wouldn’t be the same city without its Spätis. In those shops people can buy drinks and...
A big green field full of different people. The Tempelhofer feld, situated in the districts of...
Still sweating from my bike ride, I start walking along the seemingly unending East Side Gallery....
A safe space for women to feel connected with each other and to share their stories and feelings....
Getting a room in the Netherlands is a very difficult task for everyone, but it can get worse for...
Large industrial halls, steel and bricks catch your eye when you walk through the...
How does it feel to perform on stage, live in front of many people? Absynthe Minded now celebrates...
When you make a list of stereotypical Dutch things, barrel organs can be found in the top ten...
A tribute to the unsung heroes. The ones who get up when we go to sleep. Those who make the world...
Becoming a professional athlete takes lots of practice and dedication and is not always just fun...
Utrecht’s music-afficionados know where it’s happening every tuesday and thursday...
Crochet is growing more popular with a younger group of people. Where in 2014 29% of all...
Community gardens have always played an important role for the social cohesion of a neighborhood...
As I walk towards an abandoned industrial building called The Vasim in Nijmegen, I hear the drills...
A local and sustainable product, the journey from plant to classy table. Between the fields in...
Women’s bodies have always been a topic of conversation. Even in these modern times, social media...
The Holi festival in India lead millions of people on the streets every year. Originally the...
“Full and effective participation and inclusion in society” (UNCRPD, Article 3, p. 5)....
After a long week of work all you want to do is go to your favourite pub and order your favourite...
Behind every athlete is a ritual. A certain behavior or action that the athlete performs with the...
Situated somewhere between the concepts of social entrepreneurship, traditional charity and close to the Hermitage Amsterdam, GIST (Dutch for yeast) is a rustic hidden food, drinks and community space in Nieuwe Herengracht that manages to stay afloat.
Julia Ijmker, core team member, volunteer coordinator and “person who pays the bills on time”, talks about volunteer-run spaces and how they differ from for-profit enterprises.
On March 12, in the small square between Hoog Catharijne and Utrecht Central Station, amid the...
We know by now that vinyl records have been and are still making a comeback. In 2021 music fans...
Have you ever wondered who is influential in bringing new books to the shelves?
The answer might surprise you: It’s you, the reader!
Customer service officer and one of Bibliotheek Neude’s collection specialists, Marc Conraads, tells us about the impact of our reading habits – and about queer books and where he finds them.
A journey through gentrification, roots, and safety. The musical theatre performance Welcome in...
Streetfood can be defined as a particular form of identifying the cultural and gastronomic offer...
Sightseeing, workout and recreation on the water – the motivation to get the board and go on...
Urban environments in expressionistic shapes and colours, at times reaching into the surreal or...
Children’s fantasy book author Angie Sage talks about the success of her book series Septimus...
Although they are responsible for what we see in museums, they remain mostly hidden: Art curators....
Closed cinemas, empty galleries, theatres and museums. No industry was and probably still is...
The importance of presenting and representing children and teens in the news is known all over the...
A cook torn between tradition and keeping pace with new developments. Ricardo – a slim and...
Floods. Droughts. Storms. The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly visible all over...
Roos Englebert is a professional dancer at Introdans- a dutch dance company that is based in...
With museums and other cultural institutions radically changing their ways to become more diverse...
Vulvaverbond (Vulva Alliance) is an artistic duo consisting of Pam Plaschek and Celine Terpstra....
Do you want to be at the top of society? Then you have to be: white, male, university educated...
Recently, a Chinese streaming platform, Tecent Video, edited out the ending of Fight Club (1999)....
With the feminist- and body positivity movement on the rise. So is the fight against diet culture....
Feminism is a movement made up out of political ideologies who fight for equality between men and...
“I wanted to die” were the words of Natacha Oceane, an ex-binger, while sharing her journey into...
March 15, 2020. Dutch government declared a lockdown due to the severity of Covid-19. The...
Smoking a joint, while walking along the canals of the red-light district or taking an XTC-pill at...
For the past year, the world has been captivated by Covid-19. To handle this crisis, each country...
Feminist progress comes to a media and social standstill in The Netherlands “There hasn’t been a...
It’s not just blaming companies for greenwashing
A few months ago, negative stories about Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) started to come out....
Walking into any art academy in The Netherlands one would be struck by the high number of female students roaming the hallways or setting up their latest pieces on the walls. But looking beyond a façade of gender equality and diversity the cracks start to appear.
Formula 1 has been around for ages and it’s been watched by millions of people all around the...
Implementing the guidelines of a government appointed committee would make the Netherlands a...
In April 2021, the Dutch government announced a series of pilot events in numerous sectors to...
As new studies re-emphasize the narrowing of the global attention span in the last decade -since...
Delivery companies defend that delivery drivers are self-employed and have the freedom to choose when, how much and where they want to work, however, the reality is that riders have become “the new slaves of society, but in this case, the orders are given by an App,” explains the labour lawyer Alberto Bartret.
It takes a lot to become a successful artist. Numerous sacrifices need to be made to live from the...
Taking a cold dip in the Amstel river, ending a hot shower with cold water or taking an ice bath...
Lots of food are being thrown out every year, these are the effects
Brought to Iceland by the Vikings in the 8th and 9th century was a small horse type with smooth...
Horoscopes If you want you can find them everywhere. And maybe you and friends have looked up each...
Silvia Marzo was a Biology and Chemist teacher in her beginnings, but she decided to be a Sexual...
Nowadays, there are big cultural differences between the Nordic and the Mediterranean countries....
26th of November 2019: The worst day of my life. My dad passed away after he had been sick for...
“For women it’s really hard to keep a position in in the art world, or to keep a position in art history or history itself, and how it is written.” The last decade has seen a rising debate regarding women’s representation in art. There is yet another issue lying at the other end of the spectrum of female representation in art.
Until the unprecedented pandemic outbreak, nightlife was central to the socio-cultural life of the...
The corona virus has been in the world for over a year now. There are still a lot of measures...
After the murder of Sarah Everard in London, countless women around the globe took to social media...
Splashing for minutes in a bath full of ice? It doesn’t sound like a very appealing idea. But...
Interview with aspiring poet Mikayla Doherty Nature has inspired art in forms from paintings to...
Why do some high school students struggle so much in lockdown while others seem to being doing...
University life in the Netherlands has changed over the past year. Full of energy and lust for...
Frits de Dreu, an expert in Urban Development, explains how the flower’s market is still a part of...
During this pandemic people have become isolated and bored. For these reasons people began to come...
Temptation Island is a tv reality show filmed in the Dominican Republic where five couples are...
Before the unprecedented pandemic outbreak, nightlife was central to the socio-cultural life of...
Ronnie is living almost 30 years now in Holland. Ever since he arrived, he tries to share his...
Wassima El, a Moroccan woman born in Belgium, has been struggling for years to get a job. ‘’A lot...
The life of a slow fashionista
The Asian community in the Netherlands witnesses a renewed wave of hatred due to its alleged affiliation with the Coronavirus. Rui Jun Loung decided to tackle prejudices and misrepresentation with a game: Guess Who, Asian Edition.
Loud music pumping through the soundsystem, geometric lasers shining through clouds of smoke and...
It all started with a recruitment agreement between the Netherlands and Morocco in 1969. An...
In times of Covid-19, Indigenous peoples hold the key to saving a large data gap in science...
As Germany continues to extend its lockdown of cultural institutions, the historic Berliner...
More than 1 in 10 women have experienced sexual inappropriate behavior from third parties and 3,5 of women had to deal with sexual harassment by a colleague or supervisor. Female leadership coach Carla Clarissa van Stralen (44) teaches us how to take courage to stand up for ourselves and how we can use our own feminine power to fight against sexual harassment.
While many photographers have been struggling with the lockdown in major cities, others have used...
For Gabriela, Sundays have been different for the last 6 years. She follows the ritual of any dancer, something that she would never have imagined, as she had been forbidden from because of her cerebral palsy.
After spending the night drawing and detailing sketches, Alvaro goes to sleep at five in the...
Gender equality lags behind in the world of field hockey. Hockey club Oranje-Rood is going to make a change with the help of sponsor ABN AMRO.
The ten most expensive paintings in history were all painted by men. Even in the 21st century,...
Gen Z is taking up the expensive hobby of analogue photography.
Anxiety is understood as a mental state characterized by a great restlessness, excitement and/or...
Due to the global pandemic, not only the economic outlook but the cultural scene is being heavily...
A new and more inclusive visual language to represent refugees is emerging thanks to artivism.
John talks about being a foreigner in your own country.
The challenges of making a movie during the pandemic and how a director had to find creative solutions.
How Boerschappen is contributing to the community by reducing their waste with a partnership with To Good to Go.