We talked to the crew of ‘Kantoor Testvliegen’ (Test Flying Office Dutch Helicopter Commando) who flew the Flag Mission during the Dutch Liberation Day. Liberation Day (Dutch: Bevrijdingsdag) is a ...
Mr. Coates is a columnist for Algemeen Dagblad, a Dutch daily newspaper, and the author of “Why the Dutch Are Different.” GOUDA, the Netherlands — In the fields around where I live, in the countryside ...
To be a European is to have learned from history that what starts off as patriotic fervour can, under the wrong kind of pressure, curdle into something far uglier. Most Europeans thus treat the flags ...