Etiket: NRC
Opinion | ICNG – NRC
Summer holiday 2021 my son and I were waiting at Akkrum station for the train to Heerenveen. The newest train of the NS, the ICNG, was on a test run…
Aphid-free, very sweet pink cakes – NRC
Walnuts, couscous, syrup: everywhere you see the V for vegan. Also on the rose cake mix from Dr. Oetker. Not surprising, because the claim is persistent that more than a…
Netherlands cycling country – NRC
Suddenly an episode with a Dutch title is at the top of the feed of 99% Invisible, a super-famous podcast about how design and architecture influence our lives. ‘The Bicycle…
Column | Merciless Son – NRC
Every time JJ (Han) Voskuil starts talking about his father in his diaries, I jump. There are inevitably some dark spots in such detailed diaries, but once people like that…
Opinion | Gin & Tonic – NRC
In recent weeks there has been a lot of publicity (and concern) about the disappearance of brown pubs. In a dark brown café in Amsterdam, I therefore compliment the innkeeper…
Opinion | Thank you – NRC
In a neighboring village I find a wallet with bank cards, a driver’s license, some other cards and 100 euros in cash. At home I see a phone number on…
Column | Classic Soviet excuse – NRC
According to WF Hermans, a hero is “someone who has been careless with impunity”. A well-known and catchy quote, but that doesn’t make it correct, let alone just. History knows…
Opinion | Serene silence – NRC
My parents still got down on their knees for morning prayers. It was a fixed formula that could not be changed. I was about nine years old when I asked…
Pierson is not a Cellar – NRC
An old man is writing. In his left hand he holds a cigarette. His jacket is brown, his temples gray. Do we want to go back to the year 1898,…
Opinion | Quiet – NRC
I take a car ride through the bulbs with my 91-year-old mother. She’s recovering from two flus and two falls, and frail. “I have news, Mom,” I say. “I will…