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Political and cultural department Phone number: 00965 25312650
Fax number: 00965 25326334 E-mail address:  KWE@minbuza.nlCultural and Media AffairsArts and culture in the NetherlandsThe Netherlands culture has a liberal tradition of a European background. This atmosphere allows an open platform for music, dance, theatre, art, literature and architecture. The Netherlands gave birth to a number of genius artists such as Rembrandt, Vermeer and Van Gogh. Some of their paintings can for example be found in the
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The Dutch cinema industry won international awards.
In literature, the Netherlands has a number of well- known writers such as: Erasmus and Spinoza in the 16th and 17th centuries, Harry Mulisch, Gerard Reve and W.F. Hermans as contemporary novelists, whose books have been translated in many languages. Dutch design - marked by simplicity, clarity and austerity - also enjoys an international reputation. The most characteristic example is the work of the members of 'De Stijl', a group of artists, including Gerrit Rietveld and Piet Mondrian, who exerted major influence on the Dutch art scene in the 1930s. Dutch architecture built a reputation with names like Berlage, Dudok, Rietveld, Herzberger and Koolhaas.
Dutch MediaRadio Netherlands broadcasts radio programmes and publishes Internet pages in six languages (Dutch, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian and Papiamento) on national and international news and developments.
The NRC Handelsblad, de Telegraaf, Algemeen Dagblad and de Volkskrant are the leading Dutch newspapers. Publications about the Netherlands
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