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Drents Museum to host first solo exhibition of Tamara Muller

World-renowned violinist returns to lead Noord-Nederlands Orkest in Groningen and Drachten

Man arrested in relation to Groninger Museum Van Gogh theft

Noorderzon theatre festival in Groningen certain to go ahead

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University of Groningen CEO: “Mass lectures for students will not come back”

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Leeuwarden named UNESCO City of Literature

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Leeuwarden named UNESCO City of Literature

by The Northern Times

October 31, 2019

The news was announced yesterday, becoming only the second Dutch city to so-named Translated by Thomas Ansell “Awesome news”, said ...

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Culture

Leeuwarden’s Cultural Capital legacy plans starting to form

by The Northern Times

Funding for culture, and a wish to become a ‘UNESCO City of Literature’ are major components of the plan. Translation ...

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People

Claudia Woolgar: a one-woman cultural tour de force

by Thomas Ansell

Born and raised in the UK, she’s run theatres, directed art festivals, and was one of the leading lights in ...

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What's happening

Argentine theatre group Fuerza Bruta coming to Leeuwarden

by The Northern Times

A two-week residency by the Argentine postmodern theatre group Fuerza Bruta in Leeuwarden in December is set to be the ...

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Photo reportage: Giants in Leeuwarden

Culture

LF2018 Royal de Luxe giant marionettes performance wins public event of the year

The three-day performance “Big Skate in the Ice” by the French street theatre company Royal de Luxe in August of ...

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Economics

LF2018 generated 230 to 330 million euros for Friesland

by The Northern Times

Organisers of Leeuwarden-Friesland’s year as a European Capital of Culture say that they are satisfied with the economic impact of ...

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YourPost Leeuwarden: a legacy of LF2018

People

YourPost Leeuwarden: a legacy of LF2018

by Thomas Ansell

December 19, 2018

YourPost.eu, a crowd sourced, multi-lingual news site, was launched as part of Leeuwarden-Friesland Capital of Culture. Its citizen journalists are ...

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Who What When Where Why: LF2018

Culture

“This is 2018” reflects on Leeuwarden-Friesland Capital of Culture 2018 in pictures

by Thomas Ansell

December 14, 2018

As the mantle of European Capital of Culture is about to be taken up by Italy and Bulgaria, a limited ...

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Friesland working on 2028 follow up to Capital of Culture year

What's happening

Friesland working on 2028 follow up to Capital of Culture year

by Matthijs van Houten

December 13, 2018

LF2018 director Tjeerd van Bekkum says that the organisation is working on a year-long event on the tenth anniversary of ...

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Politics

Delegation of 70 ambassadors visit Capital of Culture

October 16, 2018

A group of 70 ambassadors from around the world paid a visit to Friesland on Monday to learn more about ...

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