Netherlands Embassy 🇬🇧

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[Netherlands Embassy 🇬🇧 @NLinUK]

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Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and @DefensieMin, Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, met her UK counterpart, Secretary of State for @DefenceHQ, John Healey in London.

We cooperate closely to keep our countries & our allies safe: through NATO, at sea, and in support for Ukraine.

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On #WorldBicycleDay we celebrate the simple power of the bike to create healthier, greener, happier & better connected communities of all ages.

The Embassy team works to ensure the Netherlands and the UK join forces on developing & encouraging sustainable mobility!

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For more information about the Embassy closing days for 2026, check the website
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[Netherlands Embassy 🇬🇧 @NLinUK]

The Embassy will be closed on Monday 25 May 2026, for the Bank Holiday.

If you have consular questions, the Netherlands Worldwide contact centre can always be reached by phone, email, or WhatsApp: 24hrs a day, 7 days a week.
▶️ https://t.co/4US26rpnkS

[Netherlands Embassy 🇬🇧 @NLinUK]

Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia.

🧡 Discrimination & violence are never acceptable – anywhere, ever.

#IDAHOBIT

[European Union in the UK @EUdelegationUK]

The European Writers’ Festival starts today at the British Library.

As part of #EuropeMonth2026, we’re proud to support a celebration of European storytelling, ideas and cultural dialogue, bringing writers from across Europe to London this weekend.

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For more information about the Embassy closing days for 2026, check the website
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The Embassy will be closed on Thursday 14 May 2026.

If you have consular questions, the Netherlands Worldwide contact centre can always be reached by phone, email, or WhatsApp: 24hrs a day, 7 days a week.
▶️ https://t.co/4US26rpnkS

[European Union in the UK @EUdelegationUK]

Happy #EuropeDay! 🇪🇺

Amb. @PedroSerranoEU has been looking forward to answering your questions, & he even brought 2 special guests: Nick-Thomas Symonds & @SDoughtyMP.
Let’s just say their reading choices seem very much aligned & not only….

How are you celebrating Europe Day?

[Netherlands Embassy 🇬🇧 @NLinUK]

Mounira Al Solh has yet another big exhibition in the UK. 'A Land As Big As Her Skin' is on at Arnolfini in Bristol until 24 May. Supported by @mondriaanfonds.

Since 2022, this Zutphen-based artist, from Lebanon, has had exhibitions in Gateshead, Cardiff and Liverpool, too.

[Netherlands Embassy 🇬🇧 @NLinUK]

Dutch designer Willem Zwiers gives a talk at Mint Gallery during London Craft Week, on Thursday evening 14 May. Book your free tickets now:
https://t.co/LaE5TyVVdc

This talk is supported by the Embassy of the Netherlands in the UK.

#dutchdesign #dutchcultureintheuk

[Netherlands Embassy 🇬🇧 @NLinUK]

During the day, festivities are held throughout the Netherlands, such as freedom meals & liberation festivals throughout the country.

Each year, the celebration of Liberation Day is brought to a festive close with the Fifth of May Concert on the River Amstel in Amsterdam.

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Bevrijdingsdag. Liberation Day.

On 5 May we celebrate the freedom we have been enjoying in the Netherlands since 1945. We celebrate both the absence of war and our life in a democratic constitutional state, and the fact that it enables us to live in freedom.

📸 Ben Houdijk

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Ever since the end of the Second World War, the Netherlands has been commemorating its dead every year on 4 May.

📸 Credit: Paul Tolenaar. Herdenking op de Dam, 2025.

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Today, during the national commemoration of Remembrance Day, we remember all – civilians and soldiers – who have been killed or murdered in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or anywhere else in the world in war situations or during peacekeeping operations since the outbreak of WWII.

[Netherlands Embassy 🇬🇧 @NLinUK]

Worldwide, journalists are increasingly threatened, obstructed, detained or even murdered for doing their job.

We work:
🔸 Internationally through the Media Freedom Coalition
🔸 In the Netherlands via PersVeilig, improving journalists’ safety and protecting press freedom.

[Netherlands Embassy 🇬🇧 @NLinUK]

On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we recognize the vital role journalists play in upholding democracy and accountability.

Free, independent media are essential for open public debate and for countering disinformation.

📷️ credit: Nikita Kotrelev

[Netherlands Embassy 🇬🇧 @NLinUK]

Dutch author Raoul de Jong is in the UK this week, to promote his book Jaguarman, which is now available in English. On 5 and 6 May in Sheffield, on 7 and 8 May in London.
Book your FREE tickets here:
📕 https://t.co/HTigSeZhQ0
📕 https://t.co/5cOsgTvARP

#newdutchwriting

[Netherlands Embassy 🇬🇧 @NLinUK]

The European Writers Festival in the British Library in London, on 16 and 17 May, opens with a conversation about life-changing events that inspired prize-winning books. #EWF2026 #newdutchwriting
📍 British Library, London
🕙️ Sat 16 May, 11am
🎟️ https://t.co/ZV1WR8GVky

[Netherlands Embassy 🇬🇧 @NLinUK]

If you have consular questions, the Netherlands Worldwide contact centre can always be reached by phone, email, or WhatsApp: 24hrs a day, 7 days a week.
▶️ https://t.co/4US26rpnkS

For more information about the Embassy closing days, check the website
▶️ https://t.co/ioegTzFUOY

[Netherlands Embassy 🇬🇧 @NLinUK]

The Embassy will be closed on Monday 4 May and Tuesday 5 May 2026.