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11 unusual facts about Vrij Nederland


Auke Hulst

From 1998 on Hulst has been working for a number of prominent Dutch and Belgian newspapers and magazines, like Vrij Nederland, Esquire, Knack Focus, NRC Handelsblad, De Groene Amsterdammer, and De Standaard.

Dana Lixenberg

Her breakthrough in the U.S. came in 1993, when her quintessential photographs of residents in the Watts section of Los Angeles, published in Vrij Nederland, caught the attention of New York's Vibe magazine.

Eimert van Middelkoop

In September 2008, he told the Dutch opinion magazine, Vrij Nederland, that he would have been very unhappy to have joined the army.

Hans Janmaat

In 1980, he read an article in Vrij Nederland which drew his attention to the recently founded extreme-right Centre Party (CP).

Havank

During World War II Havank worked as an editor and occasionally as a war correspondent for the London edition of the Dutch weekly Vrij Nederland.

Hester van Eeghen

Volkskrant, International Herald Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Trouw, Het Parool, De Telegraaf, Het Financieel Dagblad – HP/De Tijd, Vrij Nederland, Art Aurea, Holland Herald etc..

Jelmer Steenhuis

Steenhuis is best known for his weekly puzzles in the newspaper NRC Handelsblad and magazine Vrij Nederland.

Later on, from 1990, Steenhuis also started to compile a weekly variety puzzle in the Vrij Nederland, loosely based on similar puzzles in American periodicals.

Joost Swarte

He is however more famous for his numerous drawings, stamps, posters, cards, LP and CD covers, and for his magazine covers (most noteworthy the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland, the Belgian magazine HUMO and the Italian architecture magazine Abitare.)

Leon de Winter

Until 1982 De Winter also wrote reviews for the weekly magazine Vrij Nederland.

Thijs Niemantsverdriet

Thijs Niemantsverdriet (born 1978) is a Dutch journalist, and since 2004, editor of the weekly Vrij Nederland.


Bram Peper

In 1984 an interview with Peper and his wife with Ischa Meijer was published in Vrij Nederland, a Dutch magazine, in which Peper was critical towards citizens and rulers.