There are moments when the, let's say, less open-minded side of the Netherlands sums itself up in a single news report. That wasn't about the fall of a cabinet. It was about a group of 44 residents of Bleiswijk, South Holland, who rebelled against street names like Wadi Rum and Wadi Musa.
That is the Netherlands in 2026. Or in 1956. The municipality of Lansingerland had decided to name six new streets in a new housing development after famous wa…
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There are moments when the, let's say, less open-minded side of the Netherlands sums itself up in a single news report. That wasn't about the fall of a cabinet. It was about a group of 44 residents of Bleiswijk, South Holland, who rebelled against street names like Wadi Rum and Wadi Musa.
That is the Netherlands in 2026. Or in 1956. The municipality of Lansingerland had decided to name six new streets in a new housing development after famous wa…