Dutch People
Growth of the Dutch population
Yesterday the world population hit 7 billion. Did you know there are 16,633,863 people in the Netherlands? The Dutch population is growing by 21...
Armin van Buuren: number one DJ of the world
Did you know that Dutch trance DJ and producer Armin van Buuren (born 1976) has been voted number one DJ of the world by...
Dutchman tackles underwear bomber on Northwest flight
Did you know that Jasper Schuringa (born 1977) from the Netherlands helped subdue a terrorist on board a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit in...
Dutch jazz saxophonist Candy Dulfer
Did you know that Dutch jazz saxophonist Candy Dulfer has been playing saxophone eversince she was 6 years old? She has been on stage...
Anne Frank: “I’ll make my voice heard”
"I'll make my voice heard, I'll go out into the world"
~Anne Frank (9 April 1944)
Did you know that Anne Frank wanted to be a...
Rotterdam’s mayor of Morrocan descent
Did you know that Ahmed Aboutaleb (1961) is the first mayor of a large city in the Netherlands who is of immigrant descent? He...
Dutch senior collects over 6000 airline sick bags
Did you know that Dutch senior Niek Vermeulen collected over 6000 different sick bags from more than 1000 airlines? He started collecting barf bags...
Patricia Paay: Playboy’s oldest model ever
Did you know that Patricia Paay is the oldest model ever to pose for Playboy? The singer and glamour personality posed for the Dutch...
Elvis Presley’s Dutch manager
Did you know that Elvis Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker (1909-1997) was born in the Netherlands? In 1927, at the age of 18, he...
Herman Brood 10th death anniversary
Today marks the 10th anniversary of painter and rock'n'roll-junkie Herman Brood commiting suicide by jumping from the roof of Hilton Amsterdam.
Widow Xandra, their three daughters...