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  Christel van der Boom

  

  How mid-century Amsterdam built 700 doorstep playgrounds -- and then forgot about them

  The Conversation UK - Ben Highmore

  What would a child-friendly city look like? One scenario goes like this: you wake up in the city one morning, there is no traffic, all you can hear …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  McQueen documentary juxtaposes Amsterdam's Nazi-occupied past with the present

  Reuters - By Hanna Rantala

  Filmmaker Steve McQueen's new documentary "Occupied City," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this week, juxtaposes modern-day shots of Amsterdam against narration of what happened in specific locations in the city during Nazi occupation, with the aim of drawing a connection between the …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  From train guard to CEO: Meet the Dutchman who crowdfunded night train start-up European Sleeper

  Euronews - Angela Symons

  “I've been dreaming of having my own train company for over 20 years,” says Elmer van Buuren. The Dutch entrepreneur’s dream is finally about to come …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  Who Plays Isabel Luijten In Faithfully Yours?

  looper.com - Joe Capraro

  The Dutch thriller "Faithfully Yours" has been a recent unexpected hit on Netflix, landing in the streaming service's top ten most viewed titles in …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  These floating triangle buildings could be the future of coastal cities

  Fast Company - By Nate Berg

  With sea levels rising, more cities may need to build on water. The decorative ponds surrounding the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam have been taken over by a massive floating structure. Looking like an oversized camping tent, the structure is a cavernous wooden A-frame, rising more than 20 feet but …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  Dutch agricultural sector: We face a crisis that we have never faced before

  Euronews - euronews

  By Annabel Murphy It’s early morning in May and Dutch farmer, Jos Verstraten is busy harvesting the first cut of grass on his sandy soil farm in the …