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NL and NY - a 400-year bond
Article: Dutch nursery rhyme in the White House
Four hundred years after Henry Hudson explored the region that would later become New York, few traces remain of the colonial legacy of the Dutch. But one aspect of the Dutch culture survived for centuries, against all odds: the Dutch...
Video: Thousands of New Yorkers flock to Dutch theatre
Dutch theatre for New Yorkers - Holland's summer festival formula appears to be making a highly successful debut across the Atlantic. New York is currently celebrating its Dutch roots in style. The number of visitors who flocked to the New...
Video: Dutch sail-by at spectacular NY 400 celebration
The 400th anniversary celebrations of the founding of New York got off to a spectacular start when a fleet of vessels sailed up the Hudson River. The fleet contained Dutch flatboats, American replicas of historic Dutch ships, Dutch naval...
Radio Show: New York festivities kick off with Dutch armada
Newsline 8 September 2009: New York marks the 400th anniversary of Dutch influence, the plight of East Timorese children who were sent to Indonesia and it’s World Literacy Day today – but is there anything to celebrate?
Article: Manhattan goes orange
By the end of this week, every New Yorker should know that Amsterdam and the Netherlands played a pivotal role in founding their city. A major theatre festival and a Dutch royal visit are designed to help. The festivities around New York...
Radio Show: Anniversaries: NATO, humans on the moon and New Amsterdam/York
Reloaded - 5 August 2009: This edition of the show highlights a few of the important anniversaries this summer. Military alliance NATO celebrates it's 60th, while it's also 40 years since the first moon landing by a human. Where were you...
Radio Show: The "Duke of New Amsterdam" - Peter Stuyvesant
3 August 2009 - It's the third and final part in our series celebrating the 400-year relationship between the Netherlands and NY. We'll hear about Peter Stuyvesant - the "Duke of New Amsterdam" with the silver peg leg...
Radio Show: Pioneers and patroonships
27 July 2009 - Pioneers and patroonships - part 2 in our series celebrating the 400 year relationship between the Netherlands and New York. This week we meet some of the brave pioneers who made up the farming settlements, or...
Article: No sleep 'til Breukelen
American expat Danielle Latman takes the train to Breukelen, exploring the past, present and future of the two Brooklyns.
Article: Photographs that look like Dutch masters
Photographer Hendrik Kerstens’ daughter is wearing what appears to be a 17th-century headdress. It gives her portrait the look and feel of a Dutch master. In reality, the headdress is a napkin. The photo hangs in the Museum of the...
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