We remember.🕯️
Today we honor 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism.
Trivializing, distorting, and denying the Holocaust continues to fuel antisemitism, damaging our collective memory.
#HolocaustRemembranceDay
Happy birthday to Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands! It was a pleasure having her visit Washington, D.C. to speak at the #FreedomConcert at the Netherlands Carillon.
Watch her speech: youtu.be/ryiTym81Da4
We wish you a season full of joy, love, and peace in your heart and home.
Let's be grateful for the past, live in the present, and cheers for the future!
Happy holidays, friends!
🖼️Salomon Jacobswz. van Ruysdael, Winterlandschap met schaatsers bij een stad, oil on canvas.
The NL 🇳🇱 will start the FIFA World Cup 2025 by playing in Dallas, Houston, and Kansas City.
If you are as excited as we are to support Team #Oranje, stay tuned for the latest news and where to buy tickets for the Oranje fan sections in the stadiums.
@knvb.bsky.social
wk2026.onsoranje.nl/en
We watched the #FIFAWorldCup2026 draw with our friends at
the Embassy of Japan in D.C.! 🇯🇵🇳🇱 We can't wait for Japan and the Netherlands to meet on the field in June during the Group F matches! ⚽️
I don’t know about you, but we are feeling 22! 🥳🎂
Happy Birthday (Dec. 7) to Her Royal Highness Princess Amalia, the Crown Princess of the Netherlands.
We wish you a lovely year!!
Image: ©RVD
Collective memory and shared values also shape our ties. Learn more about the bond between the Netherlands and the United States commemorating 80 years of freedom.
www.diplomaticaglobal.com/80-years-fre...
Human rights belong to everyone – everywhere, at all times. Yet they are violated every day.
That is why the Human Rights Tulip will be presented today on #HumanRightsDay to support human rights defenders around the world and recognize their important work.
Sports fever is rising!
Today we start sharing updates, highlights, and stories about Dutch contributions on the sports fields, the #Oranje team, and consular information for NL nationals planning to attend the #FIFAWorldCup2026.
Stay tuned for all the action!
📣Attention Dutch citizens in San Antonio!
🚨 If you're a Dutch national living in the US, this could be your perfect chance to renew your #Dutchpassport! We’re coming to Texas with a pop-up consulate to provide passport services: October 6 & 7.
netherlandsworldwide.nl/passport-id-...
Join us at the #KidsEuroFest on October 18 at the Spanish Cultural Center in Washington, D.C.
We will have a special guest all the way from the Netherlands… are you ready to know who is coming? MIFFY!
Register: kidseurofest.org
The election for the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) will take place on October 29.
Dutch citizens who live abroad must register by September 17 to cast their ballots.
Visit: www.denhaag.nl/en/elections...
On the UN International Day against Nuclear Tests, the Netherlands urges all states to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and bring it into force. 1/2
The Netherlands is committed to supporting Ukraine militarily, politically, and financially. From 2022-25, the NL supported Ukraine with $17.7 billion.
#StandWithUkraine
Now more than ever, our support is crucial to achieve a just and sustainable peace for Ukraine and Europe.
Today, we commemorate victims of violence based on religion or belief.
This is a key human rights priority of the Netherlands. Together with our partners, we work to protect religious minorities around the world.
No one should face prosecution for their religion or belief.
Aid workers are not a target. This must end.
We are committed to this cause worldwide. Because without safe humanitarian access, there can be no aid.
👉 Read more: www.government.nl/latest/weblo... 2/2
Today is #WorldHumanitarianDay.
Across the globe, aid workers – often serving within their own communities – devote themselves to helping people in need.
Increasingly, they do so in life-threatening conditions. For them, 2024 was the deadliest year on record. 1/2
The election for the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) will take place on October 29. Dutch citizens who live abroad must register by September 17 to cast their ballots.
Visit: www.denhaag.nl/en/elections...
On 17 July, our thoughts are with the 298 victims of the downing of flight #MH17, including 196 Dutch nationals, and their loved ones. The recent @echr.coe.int
judgment and @icao.int decision confirm Russia’s responsibility. We remain committed to achieving truth, justice and accountability.
Today we honor #AnneFrank, who was born on this day in 1929.
83 years ago, she was given her first diary for her 13th birthday. That dairy transformed the world.
May we all take a moment to make the world a better place. RIP, Anne.
Everyone has the right to be themselves and love whomever they wish.
As the first country to adopt marriage equality and adoption rights for same-sex couples, we are a proud supporter of #LGBTIQ+ worldwide. We raise the 🏳️🌈 at our embassy to show our support and love. #IDAHOBIT
What a great afternoon! Thank you to everyone who joinws us for the #FreedomConcert to honor and celebrate #80YearsOfFreedom.
The event also featured an exhibit of WWII military vehicles and equipment, food trucks, and we enjoyed Dutch treats!
Until next time! 🧡
We want also to highlight the amazing job of the orchestra, first conducted by Colonel Bruce R. Pulver and then by Captain Anne Z. van den Berg, and singer Julia Schutten.
Cheers to the amazing performances of the new generation of carillonneurs: Kevin Lieberman, Liam Flood, Michelle Lam, and Oliver MacDonald. 🔔🔔🔔
Best-selling author Robert Edsel shared a remarkable story of 🇳🇱🇺🇸 friendship. His latest book “Remember Us” tells the story of the Netherlands American Cemetery. He talked about the Grave Adoption Program in Margraten, the final resting place for 8,288 Americans who died in WWII.
