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Opinion | Heaven – NRC
We have to pick up our grandchildren from the recently completely renovated NS station in Breda. We are way too early and drive into the garage. Via the electronic entrance…
From laboratory dog to pet – NRC
Laboratory animals are still used on a large scale in the Netherlands. Including the popular dogs: Beagles. Editor Liam van de Ven wondered why tests were being carried out on…
Opinion | The button – NRC
In the museum where I work, children are allowed to choose a toy after doing the treasure hunt. After her mother tapped her on the upper arm, a girl thanked…
Column | Foundation – NRC
Cléo’s purple velvet Mary Janes do a flap on the floor of the Kloosterkerk in The Hague. She puts her feet down just like her father, straight and sure, and…
Opinion | Special sandwich – NRC
On New Year’s Day we eat a sandwich in an Amsterdam sandwich shop. One of those with women talking far too loudly, far too smartly, behind the counter. The man…
Opinion | Powerful wish – NRC
As northerners, we would like to wish each other much health and blessings these days. It happened to me yesterday too. However, when such a greeting is reinforced by a…
Opinion | New Year’s Day – NRC
Halfway through New Year’s Day, my son (14) collapses next to me on the couch. Tired from celebrating New Year’s Eve at a friend’s house. “It’s January already, which means…
The Big News Quiz 2023 – NRC
Your score Wow, a maximum score! Congratulations! Please let other people know how well you did on the NRC News Quiz. Very good, a score to be proud of. Please…
Column | Banal beads – NRC
In an Amsterdam tram I sat opposite a gentleman who made strange faces. As if he was holding in his shit. A girl of about ten asked her mother in…
Opinion | Romance – NRC
While on a winter sports holiday, we exchange ideas with a number of ladies during dinner about the romantic nature of our partners. Jos doesn’t score too many points, not…