“Slavery has had a lasting impact on the way we think and act [towards one another]. If we don’t talk about it, if we don’t face it,...

As youth crime increases at schools in the Netherlands, students are beginning to feel unsafe. To combat the crime, discussions are...

“I walked the streets for a long time. I know how it is to be out there, how it feels when there is harsh winter cold; when you don’t...

“At the end of the session, he just said ‘You were looking me in the eyes, so I don’t think you have autism.’ It was such a hard hit for...

“It was like ‘Well, the fact that you’re bisexual is bad, but not as bad as russists.’ So, russists always beat all the records when it...

Colonies of bees have been drastically dying out over the past half century all across the world due to the loss of their natural...

With the summer holidays just around the corner, full glasses seem to be on every table around the city. While more and more people avoid...

Lithuanian fashion designer Agne Rinkeviciute is bringing urban style to Groningen with her clothing brand Argnosis. While the brand is...

Famous for its bikes and cycling culture, it may come as a surprise that people do drive in the Netherlands. But getting a drivers...

Taylor Petersen left her home in South Africa a year and a half ago and moved to Groningen for her studies. As a black woman in the north...

“I’m sorry, but we think you’ve been scammed.” She sits down on the kerb. “I know,” she says simply. And she starts to cry. 

By Afonso Ivens-Ferraz and Maria Flori “When I was 13, I remember giving a homeless man some money and I made a promise to myself that I...

Chickens are the most exploited animal on Earth. Whether it’s intensive or organic farming, profits always rank higher than chickens’...

Tuesday’s victory over AS Roma sets up the Amsterdames’ place in the round of sixteen, the first time in history that a Dutch women’s...

As Dutch supermarkets are lowering the price of commodity coffee, specialty coffee - notably more expensive - is increasingly popular...

Single-use cups have been missing from universities for a month now. Students point out inconveniences caused by the new regulations...

In the smack dab middle of Groningen an art piece fights for the attention of passers-by. The eponymous Boy in Yellow asks strangers to...

The life of 31-year-old Johan Galea Oliveros has been anything but easy. After fleeing Venezuela and leaving his home behind, he is still...

Bashar George, 27, greets me in his neat and tidy barber shop, which is perched on a quiet street corner in Binnenstad-Ost, as its windows are lashed by chilling rain and heavy gusts of wind. Inside, however, Bashar is warm and accommodating, if a little timid. He is more than used to cutting hair, but an interview doesn’t come along every day.

Mohamed ‘Mo’ Bah has recently become a legal resident in the Netherlands where he uses his own experiences as an undocumented migrant as...