Doe maar gewoon, dan doe je gek genoeg.

Act normally, that's crazy enough.

Nine out of ten people in the Netherlands will quote this well-worn saying if asked to come up with a basic trait of the Dutch character. Expatriates who have been here for a while see it differently. For them, Dutch society is a weird and wonderful maze full of unpredictable people. At times Dutch people will ignore you politely; at others they will go out of the way to help you. You will get into trouble with the aut...

Whoever you are and wherever you come from: if you come to Rotterdam and want to know more about the bustling port city on the River Meuse, then this book is for you. METRO 010 is about the major historical events that shaped city, and shows ways to imagine its future, too.

The story begins in a distant past, when Rotterdam was no more than a village of fishermen. It ends in 2050 - the future of the city. A city that was not created at one moment, by one person, but made over the centuries, b...

Wil de mensheid bedrogen worden? Je zou het haast zeggen nu we dag aan dag om de oren worden geslagen met waarschuwingen tegen nepnieuws. Wij zouden ons massaal om de tuin laten leiden door geraffineerde fantasten, die bots, facebookpagina's en zelfs de traditionele media gebruiken om ons om de tuin te leiden. En iedereen is een willig slachtoffer. Behalve de reeds gewaarschuwde mensen die hun zorgen met u delen. Of zijn zij zélf de verspreiders van nepnieuws?

Dit boek biedt helderheid. Han v...