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65 industry testimonials producers and directors by Françoise Buraux and Jerry Weintraub

66 locations Province of Limburg 66 Province of Fryslân 72 Province of Groningen 78 Province of Drenthe 84 Province of Flevoland 87 03 Province of Zeeland 90 netherlands film production incentive & film commission 93 by Jet Bussemaker testimonials producers and directors (Minister of Culture, Education by Paul Verhoeven and Rutger Hauer and Science) Stories which reach audiences across the world. And that is a 94 very good reason for us to focus on, and invest in, these creative 04 location information industries. take the netherlands by Doreen Boonekamp 100 Following extensive research carried out by Oxford Economics* (CEO, Netherlands Film Fund) Netherlands Film Fund 101 last year, the Dutch Government will give an extra 20 million euro EYE Film Institute 102 per annum to the Netherlands Film Fund as an incentive for film 05 Creative Europe Desk NL, MEDIA 105 production. The goal is to give the sector a structural financial the netherlands boost and to preserve and promote its international competitive- Why the Netherlands? 10 reasons 106 ness. In addition the extra funds should increase the production contact information netherlands activity of film professionals and companies. 08 associations & independent The Netherlands has enormous potential when it comes to our film production incentive companies: creative industries, and the film and audiovisual sector in particular. The new incentive coincides with the launch of a Netherlands Film Producers 108 The quality of our youth and family films, animation and documen- Film Commission. Both the extra funds as well as the new Film 09 Documentary Producers 110 taries, for example, is internationally recognized. As a result we are Commission will ensure the Netherlands is ideally positioned within selective funding schemes Animation Producers 111 witnessing an increase of co-production activity and selections at the international film and audiovisual markets to be attractive for Television Producers 111 the world’s leading film festivals and markets. Dutch films with ar- both domestic and foreign film productions. 10 Location Scouts & Managers 112 tistic appeal - and the talent behind them - offer a rare and unique locations Casting Agencies 113 perspective on the world around us. The Dutch perspective is well I hope to welcome many of you to The Netherlands in the near Province of South-Holland 12 Agents Association 114 represented in films like Kauwboy by Boudewijn Koole, Borgman future and look forward to watch the results of your hard work. Province of North-Holland 30 Post & Production companies 114 by Alex van Warmerdam, Wolf by Jim Taihuttu and It’s all so quiet Film Distribution companies 115 by Nanouk Leopold. *Economic contribution of the Dutch film and audiovisual industry, Oxford Economics, September 2013 43 Sales & Promotion 115 testimonials producers and directors The Netherlands is up to the challenge of playing a leading role by Jackie Chan and Steven Soderbergh 114 within the international film and entertainment trade. High levels Film Commissions 116 of professionalism have enabled the production of numerous 44 Festivals 116 high-quality films, commercials, television and other audiovisual locations Markets 116 productions. This has resulted in our entertainment companies Province of Brabant 44 Public Broadcasters 117 making a vital contribution to the Dutch economy. The Dutch film Province of Gelderland 52 Commercial Broadcasters 117 and creative industries continually develop new and innovative Jet Bussemaker Province of Utrecht 58 Cinemas 117 business models and media platforms while making an impact, Minister of Culture, Education Province of Overijssel 62 Training 117 both socially and culturally, with the stories they tell. and Science

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We are a highly skilled professional workforce operating within the creative, technical and commercial film sectors, across many different media and plat- forms. We have a strong and dynamic screen culture, consisting of year-round film festivals and an intricate web of film theatres and cinemas spread through- The Netherlands was put on the map as the Republic of the Lelystad Zwolle out the country. We also have renowned film and art schools that make us a Seven United Netherlands between about 1600 and 1700, Haarlem serious player in the European entertainment economy. now known as the Golden Age. In the field of trade, science Almere Amsterdam and the arts, the Republic even played a central role in the Schiphol Enschede The launch of the Netherlands Film Commission marks a significant step for- world. After a relatively lengthy period of (economic) Utrecht ward for the Netherlands on the international stage. With its unique locations, stagnation and (geo-) political unrest, the Republic the Hague Arnhem high level infrastructure and highly experienced English-speaking profession- recovered again in the 19th century. Now as the United Rotterdam als, we believe the Netherlands has a lot to offer to international film profes- Kingdom of the Netherlands. Nijmegen sionals and production companies looking for co-production partnerships, Den Bosch facilities and locations. For fifteen months in 1712 and 1713, Utrecht became the Breda centre of the world. In the city hall, the most powerful Tilburg Middelburg Besides the Film Commission the Netherlands Film Fund is offering several countries of Europe negotiated peace after two centuries of Eindhoven support schemes for international co-productions, including production and bloody conflict and religious wars. On 11 April 1713, a treaty distribution funding. It also contributes to the research costs for international was signed, the first of a series now collectively known as producers planning to shoot or post-produce in the Netherlands. the Treaty of Utrecht. It was diplomacy, rather than war, that had brought peace to

In addition to these schemes the new Netherlands Film Production Incentive Europe. The visit of this colourful company of international Maastricht is offering a 30% cash rebate on eligible Dutch spend. We trust this will give a diplomats also brought a boost to the (creative) economy in boost to our international co-operation and exchange of creativity, resulting in Utrecht, at a cultural as well as a financial level. outstanding films and audiovisual production, to the benefit of all concerned. Together with you we are ready to swap talents and knowledge and strive With the introduction of the Constitution in 1848, the towards the highest levels of creativity, technical execution and storytelling. foundations were laid for the modern country of the On www.filmfonds.nl you can find all actual information on the Netherlands Netherlands. Important characteristic: the decentralised population Film Production Incentive, including the guidelines. structure of consultation, which was later to be linked to the province inhabitants density/km2 so-called polder model. A system in which virtually all ranks South-Holland 3,563,935 1256 I am proud to present to you this first Netherlands Production Guide. Please of society could and did exercise their influence, primarily also visit www.filmcommission.nl where you can find the latest and most up to favour their own identity, but also to profile their position North-Holland 2,724,300 1010 to date information. You are most welcome here in the Netherlands to team in the modern era. The capital Amsterdam was a financial North-Brabant 2,471,011 499 up with our professionals and share our facilities, so please get in touch to and cultural centre, the working city was Rotterdam with Gelderland 2,015,791 403 let us know your needs and requirements. We are looking forward to accom- one of the largest harbours in the world and the seat of Utrecht 1,245,294 888 modating you. government in The Hague as epicentre of power. With the Western Dutch Metropolis – which in its eco­ Overijssel 1,139,350 341 Take the Netherlands! nomics, logistics and art is the third largest agglomeration Limburg 1,121,891 522 in Europe after London and Paris - the Netherlands shows Fryslân 646,862 194 where a small country can be great, just as in the 17th Groningen 581,705 249 century. That can also be said of this Production Guide, which provides a global picture of the variety to be found Drenthe 489,918 186 in the Netherlands, in which 12 Provinces are described in Flevoland 398,441 277 population order. Starting with South-Holland that Zeeland 381,077 214 has 3.5 million inhabitants (1256 per square kilometre) and Doreen Boonekamp at the end the province of Zeeland with 400,000 inhabitants CEO, Netherlands Film Fund (214 per square kilometre). total 16,779,575

04 05 why the famous dutch light netherlands? & a wide range of

professionals density in the European Union. Thanks to this finely meshed infrastructure, all destinations can be reached by car from Amsterdam Schiphol airport in about two hours. According to a variety of travel guides, the Netherlands has an “excellent”, almost 24/7 public transport network of buses, trams, metro and (hi-speed) rail links. The most important airports are: Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Rotterdam The Hague Airport, Eindhoven Airport, Maastricht/Aachen Airport and Groningen Airport Eelde. Do you have plans for producing a Film, TV Programme, Twente Airport is in development. Documentary, Commercial, Animation, Corporate film, Music Video or Photo shoot? 07 good possibilities for funding & sales The Netherlands Film Commissioner as well as the local 10 reasons and regional Film Commissioners help you and your (film) project with a wide variety of issues, varying from applying This is what we can do for you for permits to acquiring (additional) funding. At the end of 2013, the Dutch Government agreed to give an added injec- tion of 20 million euro per year for the introduction of a 01 a wide variety of locations Film Production Incentive through a cash rebate system. The Netherlands has a stunning range of film locations. From quiet polder landscape, broad beaches, extensive Besides the Film Commission and the Film Production forests and water to the widest variety of architecture Incentive the Film Fund offers selective funding for minority styles. From medieval towers, gates, streets and castles to coproductions and support is given for exploratory days ultramodern buildings and anonymous, ultramodern cities for a Dutch location scout, executive producer and/or with international appeal. post-production supervisor. 04 a wide range of professionals 02 famous dutch light The Netherlands has thousands of highly qualified, 08 fine digital landscape Over the ages, generations of painters and artists have prize-winning professionals with the widest possible The Netherlands is known for its excellent broadband inter- ensured that the impressive meteorological play of water, range of expertise from location scouts, production crew, net coverage. Professionals and companies are easy to find land and sky came to international fame as “Dutch Light”. co-production companies, casting, technical positions, on the web and the Dutch digital landscape is fertile ground It can be admired all year: often sharp shadows, at sunset post-production, animation and photography to for all kinds of researchers. and sunrise romantic deep red colours which provide great (low budget) rental equipment. production value. The total number of sun hours in the 09 open society, open minded people Netherlands is about 1521 per year. The peaks are in the 05 lots of public spaces From a variety of testimonials by numerous international months of May and June with over 12 hours of available Throughout the Netherlands you can find attractive, directors and producers who have shot a production in the light per day. In the winter the sun shines an average of 1.3 modern, well-maintained and often freely accessible Netherlands, it’s clear that they regard working and staying hours a day which is 7 hours of available light. (public) spaces like parks, bridges, tunnels, beaches, tulip in the Netherlands as especially pleasant. The tolerant, fields, dikes, (open-air) theatres and museums, sports open mood, hospitality, film friendly, helpfulness and 03 no union limits fields, swimming pools, libraries and city halls. open-minded attitude of the Dutch struck the film crews. The working climate in the Netherlands is very dynamic and The Netherlands Film Commission is run by the flexible. Trade unions and employers ensure that supply and 06 finely meshed infrastructure 10 it’s easy to communicate Netherlands Film Fund and is a member of the Association demand on the labour market balance as well as possible. The Netherlands has about 135,470 kilometres of public The EF English Proficiency Index of 2013 (EPI, the inter- of Film Commissioners International and the European No Union requirements or demands. In the creative sector, roads. Of these, 5012 km are motorway. The provincial and national table for English language skills) reveals that the Film Commission Network. We aim to connect you to many people operate independently, ensuring adequate local road network encompasses more than 130,000 km. Netherlands is number three of the 54 non-English-speaking professionals. service, great efficiency and high quality. Working hours: With about 57.5 km of motorway for every thousand square countries tested. Only the Swedes and Danes speak We will take care you will be given a Red Carpet Treatment. 10/7, also at weekends and holidays. kilometres, the Netherlands has the highest motorway better English.

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funding The Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) and the Netherlands Film Fund work production incentive together in the Hubert Bals Fund Plus funding scheme. Two hundred thousand euro is available annually from the Film Fund for applications from Dutch producers who can be awarded schemes a maximum of 50.000 euro for co-producing a HBF film. Applications for production support must be submitted by the Dutch producer who must have produced at least one theatrically • In order to ensure the cultural objectives of the measure, a test released film. More info on guidelines and application deadlines: of qualifying characteristics will be conducted. Applications should www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com meet at least three of the ten cultural criteria to be eligible. 2. Distribution support minority co-productions • The production expenses that are taken into consideration for in the Netherlands the calculation of the financial contribution must be directly related The Netherlands Film Fund supports the theatrical release of to the filmmaking process. The Incentive guidelines indicate the minority co-productions that have been awarded production specific costs that are not considered eligible, such as internal 1. Production support for minority funding through the Fund’s minority co-production scheme costs, financing costs and insurance costs. co-productions Primary conditions Maximum support of up to 10.000 euro per film is available for its • Maximum contribution is 250.000 euro (50.000 euro for a short domestic release. Applications can be submitted throughout the The new Netherlands Film Production Incentive scheme, • The amount of the grant is determined by the production costs animation or documentary) year by the distributor. Please visit filmfund.nl for the guidelines starting Spring 2014, is based on a system of cash rebate. It is that are both eligible and demonstrably spent on film professionals • The requested subsidy amount must be fully spent on Dutch and application form. aimed at promoting a healthy film production environment in the or film companies based in the Netherlands, multiplied by 30%. services, cast and crew Netherlands and is designed to reinforce the international competi- The maximum award is 1 million euro per application. The maxi- • A deal memo from a Dutch film distributor for the theatrical 3. Exploration support production & post- tive position of the Dutch film industry as a whole. The financial mum amount per year per applicant is 2 million euro. A grant will release of the film in the Netherlands is equiredr production contributions are intended to increase the attractiveness of the only be awarded if there is a minimum of 100.000 euro of eligible • A good chance of reciprocity enhances the likelihood of funding International production companies that are considering using Netherlands for both national and foreign film productions, raising production spend in the Netherlands. for the project production and/or post production facilities in the Netherlands the production activity of creative and technical film professionals • The project must have substantial financial support already in through a minority Dutch co-production can apply to the Film and film companies in the Netherlands, as well as to develop film • The available annual grant budget is capped at 19.4 million euro. place from the country of origin of the main producer, amounting Fund for reimbursement. This will cover essential research by a talent and encourage diversity within Dutch film production. The budget will be allocated across 4 application rounds. to at least 50% of its own share Dutch post-production supervisor, location scout and/or executive • The total Dutch share of the project needs to be at least 10% of producer up to 1.500 euro. Please visit filmfund.nl for guidelines • The Netherlands Film Fund awards grants for production costs • In each round eligible applications will be ranked on the basis the production costs, including any Dutch share from Eurimages and an application form. to films of cultural value. These production costs must be demon- of a points system. The points system contains elements to • Priority is given to co-productions with European-based strably spent in the Netherlands. determine the impact of a film production on the audiovisual production companies and co-productions with countries that 4. International distribution and dubbing infrastructure and film culture in the Netherlands, the (cross border) have a co-production agreement with the Netherlands support for Dutch films abroad • In order to apply for a grant, a production company must have development of creative and technical talent and the promotion The Netherlands Film Fund supports the theatrical release of Dutch operated consistently in the area of production and release in the of the Netherlands as a production location. A maximum of 200 How to apply features and documentaries outside the Netherlands by a foreign Netherlands, the European Union or Economic Area, or in Switzer- points can be obtained. Only applications that reach a minimum Applications for production support can be submitted throughout distributor within a maximum of two countries. land, for a minimum period of two years. The applicant is legally of 75 points are taken into consideration. If the Netherlands Film the year by the Dutch producer, who must have produced at least • The Film Fund can match up to 40% of the total costs to a represented by a producer who has, as majority producer, been Fund awards a grant, the subsequent film production should be one theatrically released feature film, documentary or animation maximum of 10.000 euro per film responsible for at least two film productions over the past seven completely financed within 6 months of the Fund’s decision. film in the Netherlands. Please visit filmfund.nl for the guidelines • The Film Fund can also match up to 50% of the total dubbing years (reference films) in the afore-mentioned period and areas and application form. costs with a maximum contribution of 20.000 euro per film for (see above). Reference films must have been theatrically released • During the first three application rounds after the scheme takes Dutch feature films handled by a foreign distributor in the Netherlands. effect, the Netherlands Film Fund may decide to exempt the ap- The Norwegian Film Institute (NFI) and the Netherlands Film plicant from the obligation to delay commencement of principal Fund agreed on the support of three majority Dutch documen- Primary conditions • The scheme is open to applications for feature films and feature- photography - or in the case of an animated film, its realisation - tary co-productions with Norway and three majority Norwegian • Only films supported by the Netherlands Film Fund length animated films with a production budget of at least 1 million until after the receipt of the notification of the grant. The applicant documentary co-productions with the Netherlands in 2014 and • Budget of up to 3 million euro for a feature film; feature-length euro, and to feature length documentaries with a production will have to demonstrate that the other financiers involved agree 2015. The minority co-producer can apply for a maximum amount documentaries with a budget up to 600.000 euro or films budget of at least 250.000 euro. A planned theatrical release and with any changes to the financing plan they have approved. of 50.000 euro per documentary. Applications can be submitted selected for specific international festivals which are released at least 50% of the production budget should to be in place upon A financial contribution cannot result in an increase of the budget throughout the year. For more information please visit filmfund.nl. theatrically application. or in the over-financing of a film production. • International distribution or dubbing support is given as a Together with the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF) the conditional loan from the Fund • If the film production applied for is an international co-produc- All information is subject to the approval of the European Commis- Netherlands Film Fund each year supports 4 majority Flemish • Dutch children and youth films get priority treatment tion, it should meet the criteria of the European Convention on sion. This is expected Spring 2014. Any information on the new and 4 majority Dutch feature films up to 200.000 euro per film, Cinematographic Co-production, or the criteria of bilateral agree- scheme including application deadlines and guidelines will be 3 majority Flemish and 3 majority Dutch documentaries up to How to apply ments with the Netherlands or agreements with the Netherlands published at www.filmfund.nl. Subject to approval, the 2014 50.000 euro per film and 2 majority Flemish and 2 majority Dutch Foreign distributors can apply (after confirmation from the Film Fund. The Netherlands should be one of the countries of scheme offers three application rounds. The first deadline is short animation films up to 50.000 euro per film. For guidelines Dutch producer and sales agent). Please visit filmfund.nl for origin among the co-producers. June 5th 2014 with a budget cap of 9.7 million euro. and application deadlines please visit filmfund.nl the guidelines and application form.

08 09 locations City of lights, Pernis Province of South-Holland Province

01 51°52’59.0”,4°22’53.3” Urban viaduct, Rotterdam Skyscraper, Rotterdam Province of South-Holland Province

02 03 51°55’34.0”4°25’31.3” 51°54’24.0”,4°29’19.8”

01 City of lights

Flames, stars, smoke and a bright, orange-yellow glow colour the surround- what ings of the small Rotterdam district of Pernis by night (surface area 1.6 km², Shell refineries inhabitants in 2011: 4789). The oil refineries here by Petroleumhaven run 24/7 e.g. for multinational Shell. They are among the largest oil refineries and where chemical factories in the world. Every day they process 416,000 barrels of Pernis - Province of South-Holland crude oil. The 800 storage tanks can hold five billion litres of fuel. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 84,7 km, fastest travel time by car 1h00

02 Reservoir dogs in the spanish polder 03 Vertical & slender city

Surreptitious encounters, Reservoir-Dogs (1992) - like violence and shady what Eye-catcher of the “slender city” Rotterdam, designed in 1998 by architect what deals. Conceivable scenes Giessenweg, an underpass under the busy A20 Giessenweg underpass Rem Koolhaas and opened its doors in 2013. The building has three linked De Rotterdam motorway, situated on the edge of the Spaanse Polder industrial estate. The towers, 44 floors (height about 149 m) and total surface area the size of a often intriguing and fringe firms – garages, mattress stores - shape the unique, where soccer pitch. De Rotterdam is among the largest buildings in the Netherlands where Rotterdam mood that predominates on Giessenweg. Since late 2013, the area Rotterdam - Province of South-Holland and has countless facilities; there are 240 apartments, 72,000 m² of office Rotterdam - Province of South-Holland around Giessenweg is changed into a chaotic building site with the aim of the accommodation, conference halls, cafes, restaurants and a hotel. With a municipality being to “improve the image of the area, increase (road) safety distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] floor-space index of 32, De Rotterdam is the most densely built part of the distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] and ease parking”. 58,4 km, fastest travel time by car 39 minutes Netherlands. 62,8 km, fastest travel time by car 49 minutes

14 15 Skyline Rotterdam and Erasmus bridge, Rotterdam Province of South-Holland Province

04 New York Times calls Rotterdam “must visit...”

04 Manhattan on the Maas, it alliterates well, but that’s about it. Real “Rotterdam- what 51°54’33.5”,4°29’11.2” mers” hate that slogan. Rotterdam is Rotterdam and yes, Rotterdam does have Skyline and Erasmus bridge a real skyline with international appeal with the prize-winning Erasmus Bridge (139 metres high, 802 metres long) that links the centre with the ambitious Kop where van Zuid district. But it remains Rotterdam, a rough and ready working city. In Rotterdam - Province of South-Holland late 2013, Rotterdam was dubbed an absolute “must visit” by The New York Times and the Rough Guide. Checked fact: the Erasmus Bridge featured for two distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] days as a complete film set for Jackie Chan’s Who Am I ? (1998). 63,1 km, fastest travel time by car 51 minutes

05 Exciting, sloping platforms in the underground

A hectic and modern “people mover” at Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam. Metro what links to offices (Taxation Department, Courthouse, KPN, Port Authority), Metro station schools (INHolland) and entertainment (Nieuw Luxor Theatre, the Lantaren- Venster Film Theatre, Photo Museum). Completed in 1997 based on a design where by Zwarts & Jansma architects. Unique characteristic: the sloping platforms Rotterdam - Province of South-Holland that provide an extra spatial effect. Since late 2011, the RandstadRail metro between The Hague and Central Station terminus Slinge, has stopped at distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 05 06 Wilhelminaplein. In 1968 the Netherlands got the first metro link. 63,1 km, fastest travel time by car 53 minutes 51°54’28.6”,4°29’30.6” 51°56’55.1”,4°01’25.7”

06 Robots in charge

About 40 km outside Rotterdam are the Maasvlakte 1 and Maasvlakte 2. This what European centre for container transhipment, industry and transport covers 40 Maasvlakte 1 & 2 km². The sites of companies like APM give a deserted and slightly macabre impression. There’s hardly anybody around. All over the place, trucks driven where by robots prowl the quaysides with immense ships and signposts in Chinese. Maasvlakte - Province of South-Holland Only the cranes show any sign of human life as, with mathematical precision, crane driver’s load and unload millions of containers every year. Under con- distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] struction are two enormous robot ports for unloading and loading containers. 104 km, fastest travel time by car 1h12

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Subway station, Rotterdam Port of Rotterdam, Maasvlakte Railway bridge, Rotterdam Concert hall, Rotterdam Province of South-Holland Province

07 08 51°54’48.1”,4°29’55.4” 51°55’17.6”,4°28’22.7”

08 Crowning the reconstruction

“A space with chairs, a stage/ the cold eye of a glass of water.” Melancholy what Lost-in-Translation (2003) feeling in De Doelen concert building, walking Concert and congress hall distance from central station and bordering the Schouwburgplein entertain- ment district. On its opening in 1966 it was regarded as the Crown on the where post-war reconstruction of the city. Thanks to the good acoustics in the Rotterdam - Province of South-Holland auditoria, it has become home to the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. With about 450,000 visitors and about 1200 concerts, events, festivals every distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] year, it is the second most important concert building in the Netherlands. 60,9 km, fastest travel time by car 46 minutes

09 Gloomy tube under the old maas 07 A bridge and social indictment Tunnel with futuristic lift and escalators for slow traffic that with little imagination what Thanks to the silent, black & white film The Bridge (1928) by Dutch director what is fit for the Historical Dictionary of Horror Cinema (2008) by Peter Hutchings. Cycle tunnel Joris Ivens, the vertical lifting bridge over Rotterdam’s Koningshaven acquired Railway bridge The slow slight bend makes it look as if this spot alongside the A29 motorway world fame at the time. This historic monument, now unemployed, was an never ends. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) could have a good time here. where example of advanced technology while De Hef also symbolised modern society. where It is part of the traffic tunnel (completed in 1969, length: more than 1 km in all) Heijnenoord - Province of South-Holland “At a certain time, this film managed to give a positive, concrete answer to Rotterdam - Province of South-Holland under the river the Old Maas links the South-Holland island of IJsselmonde to many vague yet urgent questions. The Bridge was made in an era amidst a the Hoeksche Waard. The A29 (length: 30.4 km, max speed 130 km/h) is a distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] movement which undertook the sharpest resistance to the murderous drudge distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] relatively quiet and almost gridlock-free dual carriageway and used by 85,000 85,3 km, fastest travel time by car 1h00 of large-scale industry. It became both a battle-cry and confession of faith.” 63,5 km, fastest travel time by car 55 minutes vehicles a day.

18 19 Cycle tunnel, Heinenoord Province of South-Holland Province

09 51°49’57.0”,4°30’40.3” City hall, The Hague Province of South-Holland Province

10 52°4’39”,4°19’1” Spacious tram viaduct, The Hague Romantic avenue, The Hague Province of South-Holland Province

11 12 52°4’49”,4°20’5” 52°04’48.8”,4°18’41.7”

10 Multifunctional “ice palace”

Colossal multifunctional building with a surface area of 131,000 m² (1995), what in which both the city hall as the invisible library and the Hague Municipal City hall Archives are located. The central hall is the largest atrium in the country. The sterile looking building by the American architect Richard Meier is also where known as the Ice Palace because of its bright white colour and transparent The Hague - Province of South-Holland structure. In the vicinity, the building is surrounded by large office blocks and futurist ministries, cultural institutions such as the Danstheater and central distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] station. Checked fact: George Clooney was here for Ocean’s Twelve (2004). 40 km, fastest travel time by car 30 minutes

11 Space invader in the hofstad 12 Water alongside the heart of power

“Space invaders came to take me away, but there was actually no need for it what Originally, the Hofvijver (Court Pond) was a kind of June Lake linked to Kijk- what since I was already floating into outer space...” a blogger wrote associatively Tram viaduct duin. Now the strikingly square lake is most appealing because it is adjacent Hofvijver about the long tram viaduct in The Hague, part of RandstadRail. The name to the Dutch parliament, on Binnenhof. In June, a classic music festival is “Netkous” (Dutch for fishnet stockings) can be retraced to the white, open where held on the Hofvijver, but there’s also the annual rowing regatta of the Hague where tubular arches with a circumference of about 10 metres and covering sections The Hague - Province of South-Holland Student Rowing Club Pelargos. At moments like this, politics is briefly forgot- The Hague - Province of South-Holland of track between 40 and 50 metres long. ten. Checked fact: in the middle of Hofvijver is a mysterious and inaccessible distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] island. It is 300 years old and covered in plants and trees. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 43,5 km, fastest travel time by car 29 minutes 45 km, fastest travel time by car 37 minutes

24 25 Beach, The Hague - Scheveningen Province of South-Holland Province

13 52°06’57.4”,4°16’58.1”27 City gate, Delft

14 52°0’39.86”,4°22’7.42” Province of South-Holland Province 13 Place to be for the dead and the living

The pier at Scheveningen is faded glory; peeling, ripe for demolition, yet also what ideally suited for a fashion shoot or suicide scene. Nice contrast: around the Beach pier life is bustling. The beach at Scheveningen is the set for countless sport- ing and (modern) art events in the summer and the winter. For instance there where are international beach-hockey and beach-volleyball tournaments and artists The Hague - Province of South-Holland show their latest works in the Sculptures by the Sea Museum. A stone’s throw away is the AFAS Circus Theatre Scheveningen in which 100 years of theatre distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] history can be traced and that is now being kept alive by the internationally 49,1 km, fastest travel time by car 37 minutes famous musicals of producer Joop van den Ende. In other words, Scheveningen the place to be for those who want to die or love life…

14 Towers with loopholes

All that is left of the robust medieval defence works of Delft (in 2013 it had what 100,051 inhabitants with about 700 national Historic buildings in the centre). Stadspoort In 1400, the city had eight gracious gates as part of its defensive wall. In the 19th century, the wall and seven gates had to go to make way for industrial where development. Only the Oostpoort is still standing as a chivalrous relic from the Delft - Province of South-Holland time when the city had to keep intruders out; the loopholes above the gate provide evidence of that. The towers have an octagonal top floor with mys- distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] terious niche. Checked fact: the Oostpoort was used for a vodka commercial. 49,1 km, fastest travel time by car 36 minutes

15 Inspiring, innovative meeting place

Thoughtful architecture from 2011, the building of a paperless software what company in Noordwijk (surface area 2531 m²). One thinks it looks like a dia- Headquarters of software company mond, the other like a spaceship and someone else calls it an ice meteorite. Staffs prefer to see the office as a magnet “With a major attraction on clients, where talented new staff, interest from unexpected quarters, leading to innovative Noordwijk - Province of South-Holland lateral links and new initiatives. An inspiring, innovative meeting place”, director Paul Veger sums it up. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 40 km, fastest travel time by car 29 minutes 15 16 52°12’54.2”,4°25’42.2” 51°48’50.4”,4°39’35.6”

16 Potters, bridges and stately mansions

Stately old canal in the centre of Dordrecht with various small bridges and what on both sides countless 17th-century buildings. The name Pottenkade refers Historic canal to the potters who sold their wares here centuries ago. Close to the historic city hall, built over the Voorstraathaven and a Gothic basilica (65 metres high) where which is just as crooked as the leaning Tower of Pisa. Checked fact: the city of Dordrecht - Province of South-Holland Dordrecht (119,000 inhabitants) has 900 historic buildings, mostly concen- trated in the inner city. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 84,7 km, fastest travel time by car 1h00

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Futuristic building, Noordwijk Dutch canal, Dordrecht Modern building, Amsterdam Province of North-Holland Province

17 52°23’01.9”,4°54’06.3” Canal, Amsterdam Modern buildings, Amsterdam Province of North-Holland Province

18 19 52°22’47”,4°53’24” 52°20’14.7”,4°52’11.8”

17 Paradise for film fans

Modern, spaced out building on the northern bank of the IJ River in what Amsterdam. An eldorado for film fans. EYE (film museum and archive, opened EYE Film Institute in 2012) has 46,000 films, 500,000 photos, more than 40,000 film posters, countless screenplays, archives of filmmakers and thousands of film objects. where One of the collections is on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. In Amsterdam - Province of North-Holland addition to being a film archive, EYE also undertakes educational activities and workshops in a real film lab. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 28,3 km, fastest travel time by car 28 minutes

18 17th-century Bollywood location 19 The financial mile

Centuries ago it was the effervescent centre of brewers, hence the name what Exploding, stressing business centre (more than 700 companies) with a what Brouwersgracht. The beer breweries are now almost all trendy apartments. Brouwersgracht surface area of 225 hectares along the southern ring road of Amsterdam. Zuidas The image of the canal – one of the hundred sixty-five in Amsterdam – is Eye-catchers include the head offices of ING Bank and ABN AMRO Bank and shaped by houseboats, warehouses and lift bridges. The canal featured In where the World Trade Center (WTC) as well as the “bustling” bus, tram (hi speed) where the action thriller Sint (2010) by Dutch director Dick Maas. Amsterdam - Province of North-Holland train and metro lines. The aim is to turn the Zuidas into a dynamic area where Amsterdam - Province of North-Holland Checked facts: the canals have now been seen for the first time in a Bollywood people work and live. There are now 650 largely luxury apartments with a total film: Queen (2014). In the leading role, Kangana Ranaut, who was widely distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] floor area of 95,000 m². The Zuidas is planned to be completed around 2040. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] criticized in India because of her visit to Amsterdam’s red-light district. 17,4 km, fastest travel time by car 19 minutes 12,4 km, fastest travel time by car 14 minutes

32 33 Mystery staircase, Amsterdam Province of North-Holland Province

20 52°22’04.5”,4°54’38.5” Canal house interior, Amsterdam Airport viaduct, Amsterdam Province of North-Holland Province

21 22 52°22’14.3”,4°53’12.0” 52°18’06.2”,4°44’39.4”

20 Modern monument for the labour movement

Late 19th-century rationalism in the heart of Amsterdam close to Artis Zoo. what H.P. Berlage was responsible for designing this historic building that originally Research and documentation centre for the Dutch trade-union movement served as “clubhouse” for the Dutch Diamond Workers’ Union and soon acquired the nickname “Burcht van Berlage” (Berlage’s Castle). For the interior, where Berlage made use of what is known as community art. Various designers, Amsterdam - Province of North-Holland painters and poets shared responsibility for the Burcht. For instance the lamps in the historic staircase were made by the ceramic artist and glazier Jan distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] Eisenloeffel, whose work was greatly influenced by Russian socialist realism. 21,4 km, fastest travel time by car 22 minutes

21 Gaudy city palace on herengracht 22 The world glides past...

17th-century City Palace on Herengracht (number 284) with various original what More than 50 million passengers and 400,000 aircraft movements on six what rooms in Louis XVI style. All over the building are mirrors, fireplaces and House Van Brienen runways. Those are the main statistics of one of the busiest airports in Europe. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Rinse Hofstra viaduct woodcarvings. In the large room of the rear house, the paintings of Dirk Schiphol has grand plans. Part of that expansion is building the 520-m-long Dalens suggest an illusionary River landscape with flowers, birds and fantasy where Rinse Hofstra viaduct over the A4 motorway. Day and night, planes taxi over where buildings. The interior of Huis Van Brienen is among the top hundred most Amsterdam - Province of North-Holland it on their way to the runway or a parking place, known as the J area. You Amsterdam - Province of North-Holland important interiors in the Netherlands. can almost touch them. That’s how it is in one of the most densely populated distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] countries in the world; everything – buildings, highways, viaducts – are juxta- distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 16,1 km, fastest travel time by car 20 minutes posed. Checked fact: Schiphol was awarded for International Airport 2012. 0 km

36 37 Desert and dunes, Schoorl Province of North-Holland Province

23 52°43’12.4”,4°38’44.8” RacingLocatie, highway, Stad Zandvoort Province of North-Holland Province

23 Desert storm without camels

Endless panoramas. Bare stretches of sand. There are no pedestrian paths what on this stretch of unadulterated nature while forests in the distance serve as Drifting dunes your compass. “On these drifting dunes, you really think you’re in the desert. You only lack a camel to carry your luggage,” says a guide. It’s especially where beautiful when the wind is blowing. Then the surfaces are covered by a thick, Schoorl - Province of North-Holland yellow curtain of sand... Walkers shut their eyes in pain and lose their bearings completely. The adventure can start... Gone with the wind... distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 58,1 km, fastest travel time by car 49 minutes

24 Racing circuit with treacherous curves

Open site with no speed limits, ideally suited for superior races and skids, what crashes, car commercials and car tests. The circuit at Zandvoort (built in Zandvoort racing circuit 24 1939 in the middle of the dunes, it’s used for a variety of race events; from 52°23’18.6”,4°32’26.8” the official formula 3 Euro series to the Radical Masters and the Trophy of the where Dunes. The course is 4.307 kilometres long (height difference: 15 metres) and Zandvoort - Province of North-Holland has several treacherous bends where many drivers in the past have lost con- trol and their lives. Checked fact: fastest time ever for a lap: 1’19”880 by Luca distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] Badoer (2001) in a Ferrari. 29,9 km, fastest travel time by car 33 minutes

25 Therapy in the woods

The tantrum by Jack Nicholson in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975). Or what the sickbed of the dying pilot from The English Patient (1996). It could all have Modern house happened in the former sanatorium (1928), located in a wooded estate of 120 hectares. The health centre built of concrete with large areas of glass is made where up of buildings including wards, workshops, a pharmacy and a bathhouse. Out- Hilversum - Province of North-Holland side, there’s even a small Egyptian pyramid, intended as a hindrance to prevent patients who wanted to “escape”. Checked fact: the sanatorium is regarded as distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] an example of Modernism and has been nominated for the World Heritage List. 37,3 km, fastest travel time by car 34 minutes 25 26 52°12’1”,5°9’10” 52°13’43”,5°10’12”

26 Dudok design in a stately mansion district

Internationally recognized as the most important building by the architect what Willem Dudok from 1931: the yellow brick complex is situated in a stately Town hall 19th-century mansion district near the centre of Hilversum. The interior (coun- cil chamber, wedding chamber, mayor’s office) are dominated by tiles, marble where and wood. The office sections are furnished with design furniture by compa- Hilversum - Province of North-Holland nies like Gispen and Lips and provided with so-called Dudok Mobilia: clocks, mirrors, ashtrays, ink sets, umbrella stands... the objects are all museum distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] collectors’ items. 39,2 km, fastest travel time by car 38 minutes

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Modern house, Hilversum Town hall, Hilversum Concrete dike, Petten testimonials producers and

Province of North-Holland Province directors wooden shoes & dutch fighting against the water

jackie chan about locations and shooting in Holland

“...I went to South Africa, Johannesburg to look for locations. I had an idea about filming in Johannesburg. After the safari, I wanted some modern things, so I went to the centre of Johannesburg, but there wasn’t enough. I went to the centre of Cape Town, but I 27 didn’t find the right location. Then I flew back to Hong Kong for a 52°44’46.4”,4°38’51.1” meeting at my office. Suddenly I saw on TV a documentary about Holland. Then I saw the Dutch fighting against the water, how you built the locks and bridges. I said: that’s interesting. I asked a con- tact in Holland and he said we have a film festival going on there. I said good, then I can do both.”

“After we got off the plane, we were in a traffic jam and the car stopped at a red light. I had a look around the city, what I could use, what I could explode in the city. Then suddenly I saw the wooden shoes that gave me a very good idea: in one scene there’s three guys, six feet tall, two hundred pounds, fighting me. I fought them and they didn’t feel hurt. They fought me and it hurt me, so I turned around and ran away. Then I saw the wooden amsterdam was shoes. I took off my shoes and just wore the clogs. Now when they came and I kicked them, it hurt them.” really unique “After I turned around and walked down the street, even the steven soderbergh sound was good: klak-klak-klak-klak. I ran. I ran to the museum. director of Ocean’s Twelve (2004) Everybody was reading the newspapers, books, very quiet. about the beauty of Amsterdam Then suddenly the door opened: pow! I came running in wearing wooden shoes. Then everybody turned around, a hundred people 27 The “roaming” dike going shhh!. I was like: sorry; and then I moved on very slowly. I thought, that’s very good comedy, where I just use something If the battle between water and land is visible anywhere, then it’s on this what “Amsterdam was one of these cities that I visited while I was doing about Holland. I think that’s a great idea. I like to use those kinds 200 m narrow dike, covered in asphalt and along the sea (total length: 5.5 km, Hondsbossche zeewering press and I immediately fell for it. I thought it was a beautiful city of things in my movies, so I believe we’ll be filming here, because height: 11.5 m above Amsterdam water level (NAP)). The dike has a history of and really unique. It was a place that I hadn’t seen on film a lot, at of the wooden shoes...” breaches and near breaches. An interesting phenomenon on: through erosion where least not in American movies, and it had a thematic element that of the dunes to the north and south of the dike, it looks as if the dike is moving Petten - Province of North-Holland plays to the humour of the film. I was glad we got to shoot there [Interview conducted during Chan’s visit to the IFFR 1997, the year of and is heading seawards. Checked fact: in 2004 the dike was regarded as one and we got to use the city in a way that wasn’t incidental.” shooting Who Am I ?] of the 10 weak links in the Dutch coastal defences. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] to Museum Dijk at Kijk (Strandweg 4, Petten) 64,5 km, fastest travel time by car 50 minutes [source: oceans12.stagekiss.net/info_production] [source: www.projecta.net]

42 43 Futuristic building, Eindhoven Province of Brabant Province

28 51°26’36.9”,5°26’49.5” GraffitiLocatie, square, Stad Eindhoven Province of Brabant Province

28 Futuristic landmark for science, technology & innovation

Futuristic industrial building (opening 1966) in hi-tech Eindhoven. Inspired by a what progressive UFO technology, realized by the multinational Philips. The Evoluon Evoluon Eindhoven, multifunctional congress- and exhibition centre became an icon for innovation that attracted worldwide attention. The futuris- tic building is made up of three large complexes with dozens of spaces, large where and small. In the middle is the state-of-the-art, spacey dome (460 m²) which Eindhoven - Province of Brabant has room for about 500 people. So beam yourself up... distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 130,5 km, fastest travel time by car 1h28

29 Spray-paint paradise under the motorway

Hip urban scene under the Eindhoven ring road where graffiti artists can do what their thing undisturbed. They don’t make puny little tags, but mega sized Traffic roundabout Berenkuil motorway junction and pedestrian tunnels works of art. And: no police! In 2010 and 2011, along the cycle and pedes- and cycling paths 29 trian part of the “ground level” of the Berenkuil the international graffiti festival 51°26’49.6”5°30’01.7” Step in the Arena was held. Hardly a single piece of concrete remained un- where sprayed. Rightly, this graffiti free-zone was also spontaneously dubbed one of Eindhoven - Province of Brabant the most beautiful, unofficial open-air museums in the Netherlands. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 130,5 km, fastest travel time by car 1h28

30 Cultural and creative centre in the city of light

Raw, arty, industrial location in the Eindhoven neighbourhood Strijp, once what owned by Philips. Now the alternative, young underground scene flourishes Strijp-S here. There are art works everywhere, galleries, boutiques, restaurants and bars. The STRIJP-S District, located in a former factory site of about 27 ha, where is the latest, dynamic, cultural and creative centre of the city of light. Eindhoven - Province of Brabant Checked fact: in 2008, the site serves as the main location for the Eindhoven Light Festival GLOW. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 129 km, fastest travel time by car 1h20 30 31 51°26’55.1”,5°27’18.8” 51°26’14.9”,5°28’58.1”

31 Luxurious dwelling and working in the clouds

Prominent, monumental part of the modern skyline of Eindhoven. 90 metres what high and 14 metres wide, this residential and office tower with 27 floors was Vesteda tower built in 2006. Through its slender round form, it does get compared with the Pirelli Tower in Milan and the old Flatiron Building in Manhattan, New York. where Those who live in the apartments, about 134 m² (all with balconies on the Eindhoven - Province of Brabant south), are bathed in luxury; from the bathroom to the kitchen, everything is luxurious and refined in its finish. Checked fact: in 2007 the Vesteda Tower was distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] elected as Building of the Year by the architecture industry. 131 km, fastest travel time by car 1h25

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Urban backyard, Eindhoven Vesteda tower, Eindhoven Safari park, Hilvarenbeek Power plant, Geertruidenberg Province of Brabant Province

32 35 51°31’09.8”,5°06’42.3” 51°42’20.5”,4°50’34.6”

32 Danger & beauty of african wildlife

Beyond Out of Africa (1985). Tigers, lions, elephants, zebras, gorillas, buffalo what and lots more. In all, 1250 wild animals are roaming this fake savannah. They Beekse Bergen, safari park are continually watched from the sky by birds of prey. Just like the visitors to this, the largest wildlife Park in the Benelux who dare go on safari by bus, boat where or in their own car. It’s okay to stop, but to get out is more than dangerous... Hilvarenbeek - Province of Brabant

distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 33 34 118 km, fastest travel time by car 1h18 51°44’57.9”,4°47’04.3” 51°32’30.4”,5°03’50.7”

33 Big nature: water features, woods, rough paths and beasts of prey

The decorum of this wet, green zone with an area of 70 km²: Willow Woods, what rough paths, countless streams, ponds and lakes with small jetties and Biesbosch National Park, nature reserve bridges. Wild animals – sea eagles, beavers, otters and Scottish Highland cattle – complete the picture of this strikingly varied natural paradise. where Checked fact: by one of the ponds is the farm De Lepelaar, a location used Drimmelen - Province of Brabant in Paul Verhoeven’s film Black Book (2006). distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 101 km, fastest travel time by car 1h12

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Jungle, Drimmelen Modern villa, Tilburg Cathedral, Oudenbosch Province of Brabant Province

34 Nouveau riche with James Bond elements

A modern nouveau-riche villa with lots of glass and here and there some mor- what bid details. Take the skeleton above the open hearth in the living room or that Villa somber statue in the hall. Unusual are the white wooden courtyard, the black cardboard and the small wine cellar. James Bond could hide here for a day... where Tilburg - Province of Brabant

distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 97 km, fastest travel time by car 1h02

35 Old, black & beautiful…

36 Right opposite the oasis of nature in De Biesbosch, is the 150-metre high what chimney of the coal power station. It’s named after the adjacent Amer River. Power plant 51°35’20.6”,4°31’43.2” Robust industrial heritage from 1952. Where “black smoke can still be beauti- ful”, a photographer writes. Greenpeace activists regularly use the factory as where a climbing wall (85 metres high). In 2015, part of the obsolete and polluted Geertruidenberg - Province of Brabant factory (Amer 8, capacity 645 MW; electricity for 3 million households) will be closed. Checked fact: in one of the power stations (unit 8 & 9) Jackie Chan distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] blew up a town in South Africa for the film Who Am I ? (1998). 96,4 km, fastest travel time by car 1h04

36 Serene mini Saint Peter

Traditional Roman pomp and circumstance in the landscape of Brabant. Inevi- what table, because thanks to its scale, the 63 metre hi Basilica of the Holy Agatha Cathedral and Barbara in Oudenbosch is visible from all around. Neoclassical, 19th- century construction after the example of the Saint Peter Basilica and the front where of the Saint John Lateran in Rome. Inside is dominated by a devout Catholic Oudenbosch - Province of Brabant peace and one is struck by the rather gaudy decorations on the ceilings, walls and niches. The sounds of the organ from 1772 complete the picture. Tragic distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] funerals, fairy-tale weddings and profound prayer missions pass by. 115 km, fastest travel time by car 1h17

37 The most austere and longest steel structure in the Netherlands

Austere, no arches or other embellishments. Masterful and yet monstrously what ingenious steel construction over the water of the Hollandsch Diep. The Moerdijk bridge shining dark water and the typical Dutch cloud scenes ensure an almost hallucinogenic spectacle. The bridge links the provinces of South-Holland and where North-Brabant. But more important is that 16 times a day, the high-speed Moerdijk - Province of Brabant train from Amsterdam via Antwerp and Brussels to Paris races past at 300 km an hour. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 97 km, fastest travel time by car 1h02

37 50 51°42’46.0”,4°38’47.9”

Spacious railway bridge, Moerdijk Railway station, Arnhem Province of Gelderland Province

38 51°59’05.0”,5°54’03.6” Majestic palace, Eefde Province of Gelderland Province 38 Sci-fi with 26 layers

One of the most ambitious building projects in the Netherlands: the new what central station in the heart of Arnhem. It’s a challenging and hectic junction of Central station (ready end 2015) trolley buses, trains and cars. It’s focused around the enormous light, science- fiction station hall, built from concrete and 150 steel pillars and fitted with where sloping, round staircases. “This is really a triumph of Dutch construction or a Arnhem - Province of Gelderland complex, artistic balancing act. Garage, bus station and towers together form about 26 layers”, someone wrote on www.skyscrapercity.com. Checked fact: in distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 2012 the platform covers at the station were given the National Steel Award. 105 km, fastest travel time by car 1h13

39 Perfect venue for royalty and weddings

Rolls Royces drive back and forth, the champagne flows; the setting of the what 17th-century majestic palace in the village of Eefde, situated in an elegant, Majestic palace Victorian-looking estate of 131 hectares. Once a resort for nobility and royalty. 39 The building has several ballrooms, period rooms with open arms, a library, where nursery, a cellar with arches and a coach house with American king-sized & Eefde - Province of Gelderland 52°09’08.4”,6°14’40.9” queen-sized four-poster beds. Now it’s an ideal venue for the “perfect wed- ding”, as many couples write in the visitors’ book. At the same time, it reminds distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] you of sultry romantic scenes from costume dramas like Sense and Sensibility. 124 km, fastest travel time by car 1h25

40 American hotel with fairy-tale panoramas

Very reminiscent of American hotel architecture. A 78-metre-high circular what office building with the entrance on the first floor. The complex is surrounded OHRA Insurance headquarters by water and trees. But the stunning views from the top floors are the most important selling point. “I worked in the building briefly, one day to be exact. where All I did was look outside. It was a fairy-tale,” says a former employee of the Arnhem - Province of Gelderland insurance company. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 190 km, fastest travel time by car 1h50

40 41 41 Bloody Hollywood on the IJssel river 51°57’09.6”,5°52’31.5” 51°58’27.6”,5°54’40.0”

A tied-arch bridge over the Rhine River with a length of 601 metres and a what main span of 120 metres. In 1944, it was the blood-stained scene of the John Frost bridge failed Operation Market Garden. The British officer Frederick Browning had second thoughts in advance and spoke the legendary words to Field Marshal where Montgomery: “But, Sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far.” The Rhine Arnhem - Province of Gelderland Bridge was rebuilt after the war and named after Lieutenant-Colonel John Dutton Frost, who led the British troops at Arnhem. Checked fact: for Richard distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] Attenborough’s film version of the Battle for Arnhem A Bridge Too Far (1977) 119 km, fastest travel time by car 1h21 the original bridge in Arnhem was not used but a similar bridge in Deventer. “A sleepy Dutch town on the IJssel River”, according to The New York Times.

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Office building, Arnhem Bridge, Arnhem Mystery building, Kootwijk Railway crossing, Lieren Province of Gelderland Province

42 43 52°10’24.9”,5°49’11.6” 52°09’25.7”,5°59’33.5”

42 Mysterious sphinx in the Veluwe hills 43 Shivering among vampires and witches

Between the gentle slopes of the gleaming white hills and sand dunes on the what Black smoke, pumping machines, hoarse whistling sounds. Country & Western what Veluwe Hills (Kootwijkerzand) you suddenly see a 35-metre-high secretive Radio station setting because of the old steam locomotives that pass by, especially in sum- Railway crossing Art-Deco Sphinx: Building A of the Kootwijk radio station, from whence it has mer. “The world has changed, but the steam train still runs on the King’s Line,” been possible to make phone calls “uninterrupted” with the Dutch East Indies where the Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij tweeted. Lieren gets startled every where since 1929. Checked fact: the front of Radio Kootwijk (Building A) featured in Radio Kootwijk - Province of Gelderland year by the so-called Halloween-Horror-Express, a train filled with witches, Lieren - Province of Gelderland the American thriller Mindhunters (2004). vampires and other sinister beasts. Checked fact: in Europe it was impossible distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] to find an American level crossing like the one in Lieren for a commercial. Five distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 87,9 km, fastest travel time by car 1h05 days were spent filming with a Panavision trailer including five camera units. 100 km, fastest travel time by car 1h06

56 57 Modern office, Utrecht Province of Utrecht Province

44 52°04’03.8”,5°05’04.5” Prins Claus bridge, Utrecht Tower, Utrecht Province of Utrecht Province

45 46 52°04’15.0”,5°05’16.0” 52°05’26.6”,5°07’18.3”

44 Creative heart in a green factory site

Meeting experts of all countries often unite in the middle of the country; what around the city of Utrecht which is easily accessible, also from the country’s Meeting centre and office main airport, Schiphol. Here too a “centre of creativity” located on the strik- ingly expansive, green and sloping business site Papendorp. The complex where has one nucleus around which various meeting and working spaces seem to Utrecht - Province of Utrecht be “glued”. The modern, occasionally wild and hectic spaces say something about the audience. No bankers or “ordinary” business people, but flex- distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] working professionals such as artists, directors and IT nerds feel at home here. 44,7 km, fastest travel time by car 32 minutes

45 Modern missile over the Amsterdam-Rhine canal 46 Tall gothic in the student-oriented heart of Utrecht

Modern crossing linking the Utrecht districts of Papendorp and Kanaleneiland what The oldest and highest clock tower in the Netherlands; built between 1321 what together. The bridge is very similar to the Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam. And Prins Claus bridge and 1382, height 112 metres and 32 centimetres. To climb it, people have to Dom tower and City hall that’s not surprising, because both bridges were designed by the renowned tackle low less than 465 steps, and an exhausting climb, but once you reach architect Ben van Berkel (also known for his Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stutt- where the top the view is also breath-taking. In clear weather, you can see as far as where gart). The bridge, popularly referred to as “the missile” because of its pointed Utrecht - Province of Utrecht Amsterdam Airport and Rotterdam. The tall Gothic Dom is in the middle of Utrecht - Province of Utrecht shape, has cycle paths, four lanes for motor vehicles and a total length of 230 the busy student-oriented heart of Utrecht. In addition to religious services, metres. The highest point is 92 metres. Checked fact: in 2004 the Prins Claus distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] the Dom is also used as a venue for the University of Utrecht. In 2005, the distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] bridge was given the Belgian Steel Prize in the category International Projects. 45,1 km, fastest travel time by car 33 minutes opening concert of a Gothic festival was organised in the Dom. 47,4 km, fastest travel time by car 41 minutes

60 61 Airport runway, Enschede Province of Overijssel Province

47 52°16’33.8”,6°52’41.3” Design architecture, Enschede testimonials producers and Province of Overijssel Province very good directors possibilities and facilities in rotterdam françoise buraux producer (Les Films d’Ici), Paris

“We are producing a collection of Architectures Films and the buildings are chosen by a cultural committee (Culture Ministry, Centre Pompidou, Musée d’Orsay, Musée du Louvre, Cité de l’Architecture, Arte tv). A decision was made to come to the Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam. The locations were easy to 48 find, because two curators introduced us to the right people in 52°13’48.0”,6°53’44.0” Van Nelle and in the Rotterdam Museum.” “Yes, there were enough possibilities and facilities in that area. We found an hotel near the factory so we could go to work by bicycle. As it was not in the centre of the city, it was easy to leave the truck, the equipment etc. There was a locked car park; the hotel was the Blijdorp Van der Valk hotel, near the zoo.”

“We just worked with a local fixer. Just one person, but the right one. It was really pleasant. He adapted to us easily and fitted 47 Faded aircraft glory in Enschede seamlessly into our mini-crew. He worked efficiently and knew Rotterdam perfectly, answering all our questions about the city, Deserted military airbase about 8 km from the German border. Reminiscent what the civilization, the uses, etc. He was flexible, helpful and easy to of a primitive Eastern European airport where your baggage is thrown on a Military airport work with. It would be a pleasure to find same people in all the heap. Closed in 2008. At the end of 2013 the decision was taken to reopen countries. I can add that Dutch people are easy to work, kind and Enschede Airport Twente as a centre for civilian aviation. The future capacity where the different flavour cool. Even the police was easy to speak with. We are not used to of the airport: an existing runway 2400 metres long on which a Boeing 777 Enschede - Province of Overijssel of amsterdam that in France.” can easily land. Checked fact: from time to time, pilots forget that Enschede Airport is no longer in operation; in 2010 a British pilot accidentally put his distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] “What I felt being in Rotterdam is that people are not stressed Lockheed T-33 down on the runway. 190 km, fastest travel time by car 1h50 jerry weintraub as in Paris. So, for us, documentary filmmakers, always asking producer Ocean’s Twelve (2004) people many things (stop walking during the shot, for instance), about the flavour of the canals in Amsterdam very little organization (no crew around), Netherlands is wonderful: 48 From modernism to retro-kitsch people are kind, helpful and curious about what we are doing. Just something very difficult for us: understand people when they don’t Hardly anywhere else in the Netherlands will you find an urban residential what speak English. But many people speak English. A country where architecture as varied as in Roombeek. Traditional (working class) terraced House in Roombeek district “It’s a hell of a lot more fun to film in Rome, Paris, Lake Como you go to work and dinner in town by bicycle is a nice experience. houses, residential cultures in old textile factories, but also many dwellings and Monte Carlo than to sit on a soundstage in Hollywood. Rotterdam is beautiful, full of architect buildings, much more that have been restored by their inhabitants with their own tastes. where You can build sets, but you’re not going to build Rome’s Pantheon interesting than we expected. We were touched by the pride of the The last category of dwellings varies in architectural terms from modernist, Enschede - Province of Overijssel or canals like they have in Amsterdam. It’s these wonderful and people working in or around Van Nelle Factory when they learnt luxurious, tort, blocks to rather kitsch retro buildings. In Roombeek, virtually beautiful locations that give the film a different flavour.” what film we were doing.” every house tells a different story. This makes Roombeek seem a film with distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] visionary contrasts. 171 km, fastest travel time by car 1h49 [source: oceans12.stagekiss.net/info_production] [source: Francoise Buraux]

64 65 Excavation Sint Pieters mountain, Province of Limburg Provence of Limburg Provence

49 50°49’11”,5°40’44.9” Street by night, Maastricht Saint Servaas bridge, Maastricht Provence of Limburg Provence

50 52 50°50’55.1”,5°41’11.1” 50°51’04.7”,5°41’26.1”

49 Ravines, lakes & new nature

In the distance, a kind of “moon landscape” where economics defeated what culture and nature. The cement company ENCI undermines the historic tunnel Sint Pieters quarry system on the flanks of the Sint Pieters Mountain and crushes the flora and fauna with cranes and bulldozers. Is that bad? The work has provided deep where lakes, new growth and – ironically enough – a slag heap that is higher than the Plateau van Caestert - Province of Limburg Sint Pieters mountain itself. Industry that gives and does not only take away... distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 220 km, fastest travel time by car 2h17 51 53 50°51’57.2”,5°41’50.9 50°50’32.8”,5°42’03.5”

50 Exuberant inner city filled with historic buildings

Atmosphere: relics of the early Middle Ages (500-1000). In the old historic and what exuberant inner-city, located among historic city walls, there are countless Street by night alleyways and narrow streets. Maastricht, once an important religious centre and place of pilgrimage filled with monasteries, has 1677 historic buildings, where including two Roman churches and seven Gothic churches and chapels. Maastricht - Province of Limburg Checked fact: Maastricht hosted both the audience favourite Dokter Vlimmen (1977) (leading roles: Peter Faber and Monique van de Ven) and the police distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] series Flikken Maastricht (2007-2014). 218 km, fastest travel time by car 2h17

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Historic city hall, Maastricht Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht Marl cave, Bemelen

51 Strolling and promenading over the Maas River

One of the most photographed spots in Maastricht. With a little imagination, what you see scenes from the mediaeval mystery movie The Name of the Rose Saint Servaas bridge (1986). Sean Connery returns up in his role as the monk William Baskerville between the arches of the Saint Servaas Bridge (built in 1280). The bridge is where one of the oldest in the Netherlands. In 2007 the Saint Servaas Bridge was Maastricht - Province of Limburg

Provence of Limburg Provence drastically restored by Jo Coenen and virtually all the original remains from the 13th century disappeared. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 219 km, fastest travel time by car 2h15

52 Classicism, Tsar Peter the Great & Hollywood

Perfect example of 17th-century Dutch classicism located on the market in what Maastricht. The building was completed in 1684. Height of the tower: 47 m. City hall The design by architect Pieter Post attracted international attention. Tsar Peter the Great even had a copy of the city hall towers built. where Checked fact: Hollywood cast in Maastricht! Scenes in the American war thriller Maastricht - Province of Limburg Betrayed (1954) with leading roles for Clark Cable, Lana Turner and Victor Mature, were shot at the Maastricht market and in a council chamber of the distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] city hall. 217 km, fastest travel time by car 2h16

53 Il Museo di Maastricht

54 Post-modernist landmark on the skyline of Maastricht, completed in 1995 what based on a design by the trendsetting Italian architect Aldo Rossi. Bonnefantenmuseum 50°51’4”,5°46’13” The Bonnefantenmuseum, once a monastery for well-behaved boarding school pupils, now an intriguing “viewing factory” for old and modern art (total where exhibition space 4000 m²), that is praised in guides as a “must see before you Maastricht - Province of Limburg die”. Apart from the varied art collection (from medieval wood sculptures to video art) the play between the incident light and the works of art is striking. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 217 km, fastest travel time by car 2h13

54 Adventures in wet, freezing, dark corridors and caves

Room for The Third Man (1949) revisited, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer what (2006) by Patrick Süskind or the hallucinogenic horror from The Descent Marl cave (2005). Limburg stimulates the imagination both aboveground and below. Dozens of metres underground is a labyrinth of hundreds of metres of corri- where dors; lime caves. In all, province of Limburg has about 250 of these cold and Bemelen - Province of Limburg damp corridors where lime used to be mined. These days, they are closed, dark caves (height about 2 to 10 m, width about 3 to 5 m) and increasingly distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] used for (house) parties, workshops and hunts. 220 km, fastest travel time by car 2h10

55 Picturesque heights around the Geul River

The Netherlands doesn’t have any mountains like the Alps or the Pyrenees. what For solid, steep rock formations with hairpin bends and curves, you need The Geul valley to go to the Province of Limburg. Nine summits above 200 m. The Vaalser Mountain, in the far south (on the border with Belgium and Germany) is the where highest at 322 m. Checked fact: Geul valley, named after the 58 km long river Epen - Province of Limburg crossing the nature reserve, is known for its great height distances (total drop of the Geul River: 250 metre) with picturesque panoramas of streams, woods, distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] castles and watermills. 233 km, fastest travel time by car 2h26

55 70 50°46’19.7,5°48’12.1”

Mountain road, Epen Island, Schiermonnikoog Province of Fryslân Province

58 53°28’37.0”,6°07’54.2” Dutch fields, Fryslân

58 Peace & nature on an island in motion

An island for peace seekers and fans of Dutch Light. In the summer it’s what flooded with tourists who can only visit the island (area 199.07 square Schiermonnikoog, island in the wad with no cars kilometres) without a car. The island’s beach – a nature reserve since 1989 – is the broadest in Europe; 2 to 4 km wide. Peace and natural beauty don’t where mean that nothing ever changes for the 942 inhabitants of “Schier”. Year in, Schiermonnikoog - Province of Fryslân year out, the island battles the sea as it conquers more and more land and Province of Fryslân Province moves the island eastwards. In “exchange” for this concern, Schiermonnikoog distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] is always home to new vegetation. Ten years ago, the beach was enriched 206.1 kilometres fastest travel time: 2 hrs by car, with blossoming Parnassus grass and orchids. then 45 minutes by ferry without the car!

59 American “actors” in the Frisian meadows

Characteristic picture of agricultural Fryslân, chosen in 2010 as the “most what beautiful province in the Netherlands”. Dairy cows dominate the landscape, Holstein-Frisian daisy cows nowhere more than in Fryslân. In 2010, the Dutch bureau of statistics CBS counted no less than 267,500 cows. For decades, farmers came from all where over the world to look at the traditional dairy miracle, the Frisian black & white Province of Fryslân pedigree cattle. But those times are past. The real pedigree cattle have virtually disappeared. Today it’s largely slim dairy wonders with powerful distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] American Holstein genes frolicking in the meadows of Fryslân. 132 km, fastest travel time by car 1h18

56 Mixing old and new artistic styles

59 One of the architectural highpoints of the city of Leeuwarden. With almost what 52°58’11.61”,5°39’17.84” 100,000 inhabitants, it’s the capital of the province of Fryslân. The hospital Home for Aged Women shows how old buildings – this one was originally built in 1634 - can be transformed into modern ones. In 1906, the architect W.C. de Groot added where all kinds of “new” artistic styles. From Art Nouveau to Jugendstil. Leeuwarden - Province of Fryslân Leeuwarden will be the Cultural Capital of Europe in 2018. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 148,5 km, fastest travel time by car 1h38

57 Gleaming pipes for millions of litres of milk

Epicentre of one of the largest milk lakes in the world. And a prime example what of unusual industrial architecture. Situated on the eastern side of the centre of Dairy factory Leeuwarden, the “Cooperatieve Condensfabriek Friesland” (now the multi- national Friesland Campina) has been attracting attention for more than 100 where years. The buildings are more than 45 metres high. They are linked together Leeuwarden - Province of Fryslân with large gleaming pipes over the roads around the complex, past which there’s also a noisy industrial railway line and a canal with several quays. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 56 57 149,6 km, fastest travel time by car 1h40 53°12’0.98”,5°48’16.28” 53°12’2.68”,5°49’15.95”

60 Manoeuvring between seals and sandbars

For nearly 100 years, Wagenborg Passenger Services has used two modern what ferries to serve the islands of Schiermonnikoog and Ameland. On weekdays Ferryboat Lauwersoog - Schiermonnikoog the boats sail on average five times a day and the crossing takes a little less than an hour. The capricious Waddenzee occasionally provides stormy where crossings between treacherous channels. In calm weather however you can Schiermonnikoog - Province of Fryslân enjoy the many seals, flat sandbars and drilling platforms in the distance. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 206,1 km, fastest travel time by car 2h20

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Art-Deco home, Leeuwarden Factory, Leeuwarden Ferryboat, Waddenzee Province of Fryslân Province

60 53°24’43.9”,6°12’04.0” Satellite ground station, Zoutkamp Sea shore, Lauwersoog Province of Groningen Province

61 62 53°16’45.7”,6°13’4.51” 53°28’53.2”,6°7’51.1”

61 Bulwark of spying between shrimps and residential homes 62 Fish, migrant birds and dangerous channels

Thanks to its location on what used to be Lauwerszee, the small village of what Fish, fish and more fish. That’s what dominates life in the busy harbour of what Zoutkamp (2012: 1230 inhabitants) has always had military connections. Ground station Zoutkamp Lauwersoog. Fishing vessels from Denmark and the Dutch town of Urk sail Lauwersoog (port) and Waddenzee There was a fort, a barrack, a magazine. There were munition ships and back and forth. The fish auction, the (sport) angling shops and fish restaurants there was even a real battle (1589). These days, only the dish aerials to tap where do great business. But Lauwersoog also has its attractions partly thanks to the where telephone traffic are left of the Zoutkamp Ground Station (closed in 2009) to Marne - Province of Groningen vicinity of the Waddenzee. A world heritage area with 10-12 million migrating Lauwersoog - Province of Groningen remind us of the intense defence past of Zoutkamp. The dishes can still be birds each year and more than 10,000 different kinds of animals and plants. admired on a small field between a shrimp factory and some houses. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] Tip: visit the mudflats on foot. Crossing to the island of Schiermonnikoog distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 194,1 km, fastest travel time by car 2h07 (19 km) takes more than five hours. 206,1 km, fastest travel time by car 2h20

78 79 Fields landscape, Slochteren Mystery light, Kolham Province of Groningen Province

63 64 53°12’36.4”,6°49’37.1” 53°17’0.6”,6°18’12.4”

63 Sea clay with grain, roots and potatoes

Endless farming fields with often fertile sea clay. Gleaming in the sun, with what stylized cast shadows of cumulus clouds. But more often the somber stage of Agricultural landscape thick mist and drizzle. Grain, potatoes, beets are the staple crops for farmers in the north of Groningen, who often live in stately farms. The trend in the agri- where cultural landscape: “sustainable, organic cultivation and innovative adaptations Slochteren - Province of Groningen within existing natural areas”. With this policy, the farmers of Groningen again want to be world leaders. It won’t really change the landscape. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 211 km, fastest travel time by car 2h07 65 66 53°12’00.0”, 6°48’00.0” 53°12’44”,6°33’57”

64 Light torches, land subsidence and earthquakes from gas

If the pressure on the Groningen gas fields around Slochteren gets too large, what then the flame comes to life with a gigantic roar. These days it’s a symbol Gasflame of economic progress since the discovery of Western Europe’s largest gas bubble in 1959. In the summer, the flame colours the horizon deep red as far where as the City of Groningen. “You don’t need to switch on a light, the gas flame Kolham - Province of Groningen illuminates our houses completely”, available light according to a neighbour. The land sinks centimetres every year. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 203,5 km, fastest travel time by car 2h08

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Royal castle, Slochteren Museum, Groningen UniversityLocatie, building, Stad Groningen Province of Groningen Province

65 Noble decorative gates, moats and mansions

Stately, decorative, stylish. And typical for the life of the landed gentry at the what beginning of the 20th century. They resided in houses with wings, towers, Domain Fraeylemaborg decorative gates, moats and countless period rooms. These days Fraeyle­maborg, which is situated on an estate of more than 23 ha, where is primarily used for exhibitions and events. Subjective association: romantic, Slochteren - Province of Groningen Versailles-like gardens and parks with meandering paths, ponds and lawns laid with mathematical precision behind Fraeylemaborg are ideal for powerful distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] costume dramas like Pride & Prejudice (1995) and Dangerous Liaisons (1988). 211 km, fastest travel time by car 2h07

66 Post-modern pavilions, squares and corridors

67 “Guggenheim in Holland.” Allesandro Mendini, Michele de Lucchi, Philippe what Starck and Coop Himmelb(l)au. Where on earth can you find more post- Groninger Museum 53°13’9”,6°33’46” modern architecture and design together and in the new Groninger Museum (1994). The building is made up of several pavilions that are linked together by where corridors and squares. The museum houses more than 80,000 works of art Groningen - Province of Groningen that are seen every year by about 200,000 visitors. The Groninger Museum is regarded as a tourist hotspot in the province. distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 190,8 km, fastest travel time by car 1h58

67 Monumental spaces and ornaments in neo-styles

T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral (1951) (Canterbury) could also have been what set in the Academy building of the 400-year-old University of Groningen Academy building, University of Groningen (RUG) (founded in 1614). Mystical spyholes, historic corridors, staircases and (Renaissance) ornaments in neo-styles, it’s all here. It is now serving as main where building for the provincial university. In the auditorium, graduation ceremonies Groningen - Province of Groningen are held in traditional academic style, professors teach in the various lecture theatres. The board of the University has at its disposal pompously decorated distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] offices with chandeliers and thick carpets. 191,1 km, fastest travel time by car 2h00

68 Ecological cruise ship for the state

Innovative and sustainable landmark in Groningen. The complex is 92 metres what high, has 24 floors and is striking for its undulating, flowing lines. Seen from a Office complex distance, the building looks rather like a cruise ship, according to locals. Since its completion, the Department Education and the Taxation Service have been where housed there. Nearby is a public urban garden of 9000 m² (Sterrebos) with its Groningen - Province of Groningen water feature and large bat colonies. Checked fact: in 2009, the office complex won the Netherlands Building Prize in the category “Integrated Design and distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] Construction”. 190 km, fastest travel time by car 1h50

68 82 53°12’22”,6°34’45”

Office Locatie,building, Stad Groningen Green fields, Zwiggelte Province of Drenthe Province

69 52°55’00.0”,6°35’00.0” Stonehenge rocks, Bronneger Wind turbines lake, IJsselmeer Province of Flevoland Province of Drenthe Province

70 71 52°56’39.8”,6°48’01.0” 52°35’35.7”,5°33’51.6”

69 Roaming for hours among green fields and peat bogs 71 Dangerous water, clean energy

The Province of Drenthe distinguishes itself from other regions of the what If there is one spot in the Netherlands where the wind can blow it’s the what Netherlands thanks to its rural character and above all the absence of real Green fields expanse of open water (1100 km²): the IJsselmeer. Danger lurks everywhere. IJsselmeer with wind turbines cities. The peace and quiet by striking in the nature reserves that have been From the air: stunning Ruysdael clouds – the world-famous Dutch Light – are underestimated for so long; you can roam for hours without seeing a soul. where the precursor of unpredictable gusts that can reach 100 km an hour, treacher- where Peat bogs, streams, herds of sheep, woods and green fields shape the land- Zwiggelte - Province of Drenthe ous shallow water and the thickest mist in the country. “This is where the Lelystad - Province of Flevoland scape in the three national parks: Drents-Friese Wold, Dwingelderveld and the Netherlands boils,” says a skipper. The IJsselmeer is merciless for everything Drentsche Aa. Checked fact: in 2011, Drenthe was elected the most beautiful distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] and everyone... scenes reminiscent of the Titanic with only the countless wind distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] cycling province of the Netherlands. 193 km, fastest travel time by car 1h55 turbines profiting as they create clean energy. 77,9 km, fastest travel time by car 52 minutes

70 Historic boulders from the ice age 72 Driving across the sea and sharp turns

Dutch Stonehenge... Life and death are nowhere intertwined so literally and what A remote dike with a road on it, 26 km long, between the cities of Lelystad what serenely as here. About 18 km from the town of Assen. Historic 5000 years Hunebed, crypt and Enkhuizen (North-Holland), straight across the IJsselmeer and the Houtribdijk old stone graves with an age old beech tree: Hunebed D21. Fourteen pre- Markermeer. Panoramic views with water on both sides of the road! With historic stones with a height of between 1.5 and 1.7 metres. Below is a cellar where three large sets of locks and the world’s first “Naviduct” where cars go 10 where 6.5 by 2.2 metres. D21 is regarded as one of the most beautiful and best pre- Bronneger - Province of Drenthe metres below water level. It’s part of the N302 provincial highway with four Enkhuizen - Province of Flevoland served of the 54 megalithic tombs in the area. D21 is in a forest within walking lanes and strikingly narrow hard shoulders. The sharp turn (180 degrees) near distance of the tiny village of Bronneger (2007: 108 inhabitants, 54 men and distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] the Lelystad end is fascinating. The adjacent Oostvaardersplassen featured as distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 54 women). In the background the “most un-Dutch landscape”. 213,7 km, fastest travel time by car 2h18 lead location for the Dutch nature documentary De Nieuwe Wildernis (2013). 84,2 km, fastest travel time by car 1h04

86 87 Highway on dike, Enkhuizen Province of Flevoland Province

72 52°31’52.43”,5°25’34” Beach, Domburg Storm surge barrier, Zeeland Province of Zeeland Province

73 74 51°33’31.9”,3°28’39.2” 51°36’34.6”,3°41’00.5”

73 Hotspot for elite and artists 74 Symbol for the battle between man, land and water

Domburg, one of the oldest bathing resorts of the Netherlands, was long what Robust 3 km long barrier that can close the Oosterschelde; 65 concrete pillars what regarded as a hotspot for the Dutch and international elite. In the dunes, they Beach (30-40 metres high) and 62 sliding panels (42 metres long, 6-12 metres high) Oosterscheldekering built stately villas and summer residences. The village on the west coast of the mean that the water cannot rise any higher than 3 m above Standard island of Walcheren also had a great attraction for artists. Famous painters where Amsterdam Level (NAP). Zeeland doesn’t want another flood disaster like the where such as Jan Toorop and Piet Mondrian were inspired by the illustrious ensem- Domburg - Province of Zeeland one in 1953. Close to the structure is an attraction park called Neeltje Jans Province of Zeeland ble of Zeeland light and the sea. where one tall spare pillar from the barrage – now used as a climbing wall – is distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] the focus of attention. The wild seas, the typical skies of Zeeland and the distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 159 km, fastest travel time by car 2h20 dunes around the dam create a unique, panoramic spectacle. 138 km, fastest travel time by car 1h41

90 91 Medieval street, Middelburg testimonials producers and Province of Zeeland Province directors

‘you’ll find really great cast and crews here’ ‘i enjoy the beautiful paul verhoeven landscape here, even director when it rains’ “I don’t know if I make my next film in America or in Europe or in 75 Holland, it’s all the same. We have just as many talented people 51°29’57.3”,3°37’10.3” rutger hauer here as in America. As long as you look.” actor “The Dutch Film Fund was, during the Black Book (2006) period, very eager to cooperate. It was all much more positive this time, also the way the cast and crew reacted. Here, everyone I was “Fryslân is my paradise. The nature is my nature. My storks, my interested in wanted to take part. In America that’s very different. buzzards. My snakes, my deer, all those birds visiting my garden. You can’t say to an actress like Carice: ‘we’ll just give you a screen When I’m here, I go for a cycle trip every day. The colder it is, the test.’ Then they’ll say: ‘Get lost. First a contract and then you better.” can watch me drink a cup of tea.’ I may be exaggerating but not much. When I worked on RoboCop (1987) and Total Recall (1990), “In the last seven years I haven’t previously been home for such a you could ask actors to perform something for you, but that’s all long time (in the Netherlands, ed.) I enjoy the summer, the beautiful been lost in the last 20 years. You can’t wrestle your way through. landscape here, even when it rains, which it often does.” You can’t reach the young actors. The people I worked with in (diary fragment, 24 July 2000) America like Michael Douglas and Arnold Schwarzenegger, are out of the picture.” [source: Rutger Hauer, autobiography, with Patrick Quinlan and Monique Brandt, 2007] “When I was here I tried to keep in touch with what films were be- ing made. Before I started work on Black Book, I watched Cloaca “The Netherlands is inside me. Of course, I grew up here. Dutch (2003) and Van God Los (Godforsaken) (2003). They were the grass, the humour, the reticence that most people display, it re- two most interesting films for me. Cloaca because of the excellent mains part of me. The water, the shipping, is also in my blood. acting by everyone and Godforsaken to see how far you could 75 VOC wealth among step gables and warehouses I feel that very much. That’s what being Dutch means to me. go; what people would tolerate. But I also watched Costa (2001) But borders? Beyond Arnhem you enter Germany. A different and Full Moon (2002) and a lot more to see who is talented in front Cobbles, old warehouses and stately, beautifully renovated mansions with what country. I don’t really see it like that. The same applies to the of the camera. But I had not dreamt that the woman who played step gables dominate the tiny street Kuiperspoort in the centre of Middelburg. Kuiperspoort national anthem, the Wilhelmus. I realised the world was bigger Minoes (2001) would carry the leading role. When Carice won the Relics of the Middelburg 15th-century history with the East India Company than Holland when I was 15. It is certainly interesting to work with Golden Calf for the children’s film, I was able to hand it over to her. (VOC) when barrels and casks were made. A stone’s throw away is the where fellow countrymen. For instance with Anton Corbijn. Immediately No way that little skipping girl would later be my heroine. That only Arne Marina. There too, Middelburg feels like a historic costume drama. Middelburg - Province of Zeeland after I saw one of his first music videos, with U2, I said to him: came when she entered the room and I saw a total transformation. ‘Hey, when are we going to make a film?’”. Within ten minutes I thought: there she is, there’s my protagonist.” distance [from Amsterdam Airport/Schiphol] 157 km, fastest travel time by car 2h03 [source: Veronica Magazine no. 14, 2011] [source: Veronica Magazine no. 38]

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Amsterdam

General location contacts location Amsterdam Film Commissioner De Ruyterkade 5 1013 AA Amsterdam 22 Airport viaduct Simon Brester Location contact highway +316 51 301 197 Rijkswaterstaat [email protected] Henrik Hooimeijer +316 23 933 075 information Link(s) [email protected] www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/ 14 City gate business/Film-office/Film- Contact Amsterdam Airport Location contact Commission Schiphol City of Delft www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/ Press Schiphol Group Phoenixstraat 16 Experience +3120 601 2673 2611 AL Delft [email protected] +3115 260 2788 17 Modern building +316 53 986 073 Location contact Schiphol Group department 25 Modern house 02 Urban viaduct [email protected] EYE Film Institute photo & film Location contact Location contact IJpromenade 1 Daniëlle Timmer Grace Locations Rotterdam Film Commissioner Link(s) 1031 KT Amsterdam +3120 601 3625 +3135 523 0080 The Hague www.delft.nl/delften Casper Kouwenberg [email protected] [email protected] 03 Skyscraper www.delft.nl +3120 589 1440 Province of South-Holland Location contact General location contacts www.delftimagebank.com [email protected] Link(s) City of Hilversum De Rotterdam The Hague Film Commissioner www.schiphol.nl/index_en Dudokpark 1 Rotterdam communication department Marcel Barendse 15 Futuristic building Link(s) www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/en 1217 JE Hilversum Vanessa Westbroek +316 21 555 901 Location contact www.eyefilm.nl/en J. 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94 95 Province of Limburg

Maastricht 31 Vesteda tower Location contact General location contacts Vesteda corporate communications Province of Gelderland Province Maastricht / Limburg Film Mirjam Witteman Link(s) Commissioner +3188 456 2369 Arnhem General location contacts www.utrecht.nl Guido Franken [email protected] Local contact www.utrechtyourway.nl +316 46 149 397 Province of Brabant General location contacts Kirsten Ruber www.vvv.nl/utrecht [email protected] Link(s) Local contact +3124 663 6789 www.bezoek-utrecht.nl/ Eindhoven www.vesteda.com/en City marketing [email protected] www.politie.nl/pers/midden- Permits Eusebiusbuitensingel 53 nederland/utrecht.html Erik van Rijsselt General location contacts Province 6828 HZ Arnhem Province of Gelderland +316 21 294 626 Eindhoven Film Commission Peter de Kok Markt 11 44 Modern office [email protected] Ramon Etman General location contacts 34 Modern villa +316 467 37370 6811 CG Arnhem Location contact +316 24 770 510 Local contact Location contact [email protected] +3126 359 9446 Grace Locations Local contact [email protected] BKKC Grace Locations [email protected] +3135 523 0080 Tourist office Jim de Koning Paulien Mandos +3135 523 0080 Link(s) [email protected] PR & Communications 53 Bonnefantenmuseum +316 22 352 656 +3113 750 8444 [email protected] www.arnhem.nl/english Link(s) Kleine Staat 1 Location contact [email protected] [email protected] www.vvvarnhem.nl www.gelderland.nl Link(s) 6211 ED, Maastricht Bonnefantenmuseum Ton van Gool Local contact www.prorail.nl/pers www.utrecht.nl +316 27 102 322 Avenue Ceramique 250 +316 29 213 169 Link(s) City of Tilburg 38 Railway station www.vvv.nl/gelderland www.utrechtyourway.nl Janne Baetsen 6221 KX Maastricht [email protected] www.brabant.nl Stadhuisplein 128 Location contact www.vvv.nl/utrecht [email protected] +3143 329 0190 www.vvvbrabant.nl 5038 TC Tilburg ProRail/Corporate communications 42 Mystery building www.bezoek-utrecht.nl/ [email protected] Local contact www.bkkc.nl +3113 542 8494 Babet Verstappen Location contact www.gracelocations.com Link(s) City of Eindhoven +3188 231 3131 Saskia Weert www.cinesud.nl Link(s) Stadhuisplein 10 City Media link(s) Link(s) [email protected] +3155 519 1665 45 Bridge www.maastricht.eu www.bonnefanten.nl/en 5611 EM Eindhoven Den Bosch: www.degruyterfabriek.nl www.tilburg.nl [email protected] Utrecht general location contacts www.lumiere.nl +3140 238 6000 Breda: www.huisvoorbeeldcultuur.nl www.gracelocations.com 39 Majestic palace www.maastrichtportal.nl Province [email protected] Breda: www.avhuis.nl Location contact Link(s) 46 Tower www.vvvmaastricht.nl Tilburg: www.villamedia.net 35 Power plant Grace Locations www.gelderland.nl Utrecht general location contacts www.maastrichtunderground.nl/eng General location contacts Link(s) Eindhoven: www.klokgebouw.nl Location contact [email protected] www.staatsbosbeheer.nl Maastricht / Limburg Film www.eindhoven.nl/filmcity Eindhoven: www.office-s.nl +3173 853 4939 +3135 523 0080 www.goshort.nl Link(s) 49 Excavation Sint Pieters Commissioner www.broet.nl Network Den Bosch: www.bkkc.nl [email protected] www.domtoren.nl/en mountain Guido Franken www.vvveindhoven.nl Network Brabant konkav: Local contact 43 Railway crossing Location contact +316 46 149 397 www.eindhoven.nl www.konkav.nl Link(s) Province of Gelderland Location contact Province of Overijssel Province of Limburg [email protected] Network Breda: www.toonbeeld.nl www.essent.nl Markt 11 Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij ENCI B.V. 28 Futuristic building Network South Netherlands: www.geertruidenberg.nl 6811 CG Arnhem Rijnstraat 68 Enschede Lage Kanaaldijk 115 Permits Location contact www.creatiefzuid.nl +3126 359 9446 7332 AX Apeldoorn 6212 NA, Maastricht Erik van Rijsselt +3140 250 4600 36 Cathedral [email protected] +3155 506 1989 General location contacts +3143 329 7777 +316 21 294 626 [email protected] 32 Safari park Location contact Kirsten Ruber [email protected] Local contact [email protected] [email protected] Location contact Stichting promotie Basiliek +3124 663 6789 City of Enschede Communication Local contact Karen Scheurs Oudenbosch [email protected] VSM Museum station department Link(s) Link(s) City of Eindhoven +316 20 447 254 Markt 57 Dorpstraat 140 Stationsplein 1A www.heidelbergcement.com www.zuidlimburg.nl Stadhuisplein 10 [email protected] 4731 HN Oudenbosch Link(s) 7361 AZ Beekbergen 7511 JD, Enschede www.weather-forecast.com/ www.gulpen-wittem.nl 5611 EM Eindhoven +3116 533 0502 www.huisdevoorst.nl/eng +3155 506 1989 Marcel Wendrich locations/Sint-Pieters-Voeren www.hollandgroen.nl +3140 238 6000 Link(s) [email protected] www.gracelocations.com [email protected] +316 22 519 492 www.zuidlimburg.nl www.vvvzuidlimburg.nl [email protected] www.libema.nl marcelwendrich@ www.gulpen-wittem.nl www.safariparkbeeksebergen.com Local contact 40 Office building Link(s) enschedepromotie.nl www.vvvzuidlimburg.nl 54 Marl cave Link(s) www.safaripark.nl Municipality Oudenbosch Location contact www.stoomtrein.org Location contact www.evoluon.com www.beeksebergen.nl Parklaan 15 OHRA www.gelderland.nl Link(s) 50 Street by night Maastricht / Limburg Film www.konkav.nl/netwerk 4731 GJ Oudenbosch Rijksweg-West 2 www.vvv.nl/gelderland www.enschede.nl Location contact Commissioner 29 Graffiti square +3116 539 0500 6842 BD Arnhem Maastricht / Limburg Film Location contact 33 Jungle [email protected] +3126 400 4040 Province of Utrecht 47 Airport runway Commissioner More info Eindhoven Film Commissioner Location contact Location contact BOOK: R.F. Bekendam, Pillar Province of North Brabant Link(s) Link(s) Utrecht Communication department 51 Saint Servaas bridge stability and large scale collapse of 30 Urban backyard Brabantlaan 1 www.halderberge.nl www.ohra.nl Ellen Kuipers Location contact abandoned room and pillar limestone Location contact 5216 TV ‘s-Hertogenbosch General location contacts +316 12 327 745 Maastricht / Limburg Film mines in south-Limburg, Eindhoven Film Commissioner +3173 681 2426 37 Spacious railway bridge 41 Bridge Local contact [email protected] Commissioner The Netherlands (Maastricht 1998) [email protected] Local contact Location contact City Hall of Utrecht Local contact City of Breda Information Centre the Battle of Korte Minrebroederstraat 2 Link(s): 52 Historic city hall 55 Mountain road Strijp-S Local contact Claudius Prinsenlaan 10 Arnhem 3512 GG Utrecht www.adttwente.nl Location contact Location contact Torenallee 1 Annick van Tilburg 4811 DJ Breda Rijnkade 155 +3130 286 1132 Maastricht / Limburg Film Maastricht / Limburg Film 5617 BA Eindhoven +316 52 794 109 Communication 6811 CA Arnhem [email protected] 48 Design architecture Commissioner Commissioner +3140 297 9115 [email protected] +3176 529 3001 +316 30 003 595 Enschede general location contacts [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Press Local contact Local contact Link(s) Susanne Canisius Link(s) City of Maastricht Municipality of Gulpen-Wittem Link(s) www.np-debiesbosch.nl Link(s) Link(s) +3130 236 0042 www.roombeek.nl/5_cultuur/4_vvv_ Markt 78 +3143 880 0600 www.strijp-s.nl www.konkav.nl/netwerk english.breda.nl www.infocentrum-slagomarnhem.nl [email protected] enschede 6211 CL Maastricht [email protected]

96 97 60 Ferry boat Location ferry contact Province of Fryslân Zeedijk 7 68 Office building 9976 VM Lauwersoog Location contact Province Flevoland Leeuwarden +3185 401 1008 Bouwcombinatie DUO2 Visarenddreef 1 Kempkensberg 8 8232 PH Lelystad General location contacts Link(s) Link(s) 9722 TB Groningen +3132 026 5265 Leeuwarden Film Commissioner www.wpd.nl www.slochteren.nl +3150 520 1120 [email protected] Oldehoofsterkerkhof 2 www.nam.nl 8911 DH Leeuwarden Province of Groningen Link(s) Rinkje Tromp Jan Stieber 65 Royal castle www.nieuwbouwkempkensberg.nl Marketing Manager +3158 233 8931 General location contacts Location contact Tourism Flevoland [email protected] Local contact +3159 842 1568 Province of Drenthe +316 15 564 674 Province of Groningen [email protected] [email protected] Link(s) Martinikerkhof 12 Province of Drenthe www.leeuwarden.nl 9712 JG Groningen Local contact Link(s) www.rijksmonumenten.nl Annette Doornbosch Municipality of Slochteren General location contacts www.lelystad.nl www.wcdegroot.nl +3150 316 4448 Hoofdweg 10a Local contact www.flevoland.nl/english www.vvvleeuwarden.nl [email protected] 9621 AL Slochteren City of Assen www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/en www.2018.nl/en-us/home.aspx +3159 842 5555 Noordersingel 33 www.ijsselmeeralmanak.nl www.fryslan.nl Link(s) [email protected] 9401 JW Assen www.toerismeflevoland.nl www.beleeffriesland.nl www.demarne.nl +3159 236 6911 www.vvv.nl/flevoland www.friesland.nl www.hetleukstedorpvangroningen.nl Link(s) [email protected] www.wegenwiki.nl www.provinciegroningen.nl www.fraeylemaborg.nl 56 Art-Deco home www.groningerlandschap.nl www.slochteren.nl Province of Drenthe 71 Wind turbines lake Local contact www.toerisme.groningen.nl department marketing Location contact Leeuwarden Film Commissioner www.cabgroningen.nl Groningen Dr. Nassaulaan 5 Press coordinator authority www.vvv.nl/groningen 9401 HJ Assen Rijkswaterstaat 57 Factory General location contacts +3159 233 6960 Local contact Province Local contact [email protected] 72 Highway on dike Leeuwarden Film Commissioner Town hall Location contact 61 Satellite ground station Grote Markt 1 Link(s) Press coordinator authority Link(s) Location contact 9712 HN Groningen www.marketingdrenthe.nl Rijkswaterstaat www.frieslandcampina.com Municipality of De Marne +3150 367 9111 www.vvv.nl/drenthe R. Ritzemastraat 2 Marc Floor www.assen.nl Province of Zeeland Province 9965 TD Leens +3150 367 6254 +3159 557 5500 [email protected] 69 Green fields General location contacts General location contacts Arda Klijnsma Location contact Zeeland Film Commissioner local contacts 62 Sea shore +3150 367 7651 Province of Drenthe general location Leo Hannewijk Province of Friesland/Fryslan Location contact [email protected] contacts [email protected] Tweebaksmarkt 52 Promotion Lauwersoog +316 51 805 263 8911 KZ Leeuwarden Robbengat 4 Link(s) 70 Stonehenge rocks +3158 292 5925 9976 VK Lauwersoog www.gemeente.groningen.nl Location contact Province of Zeeland [email protected] +316 51 195 922 www.toerisme.groningen.nl Hunebed centre Abdij 6 74 Storm surge barrier [email protected] www.vvv.nl/groningen Bronnegerstraat 12 4331 BK Middelburg Location contact Link(s) www.toerisme.groningen.nl 9531 TG Borger Natasja Koole Rijkswaterstaat Zee en Delta www.waddenzee.nl Local contact +3159 923 6374 +3111 863 1011 Poelendaelesingel 18 www.fryslan.nl Municipality of De Marne 66 Museum [email protected] [email protected] 4335 JA Middelburg www.friesland.nl R. Ritzemastraat 2 Location contact Jos Geluk www.beleeffriesland.nl 9965 TD Leens Museumeiland 1 Link(s) Link(s) +316 52 057 890 www.lauwersoog.nl +3159 557 5500 9711 ME Groningen www.hunebeddenwijzer.nl www.rijkswaterstaat.nl [email protected] +3150 366 6555 www.rijksmonumenten.nl www.zeeland.nl 58 Island 63 Fields landscape [email protected] www.hunebedcentrum.eu/en www.filmbythesea.nl Link(s) Location contact Location contact www.rijkswaterstaat.nl Visitors Centre Schiermonnikoog Province of Groningen general Link(s) Province of Flevoland 73 Beach www.deltawerken.com Torenstreek 20 location contacts www.groningermuseum.nl Location contact www.neeltjejans.nl 9166 LK Schiermonnikoog General location contacts Zeeland Film Commissioner +3151 953 1641 64 Mystery light 67 University building Press coordinator authority 75 Medieval street [email protected] Location contact Location contact Rijkswaterstaat Local contact Location contact +3159 236 9111 University of Groningen Nicole Wegman VVV Domburg City of Middelburg Link(s) [email protected] Communication Department +316 52 471 723 Schuitvlotstraat 32 Kanaalweg 3 www.activiteitenopschiermonnikoog.nl Oude Boteringestraat 44 [email protected] 4357 EB Domburg 4337 PA Middelburg www.vvvschiermonnikoog.nl Local contact 9712 GL, Groningen +31 118 583 484 +3111 867 5000 Municipality of Slochteren +3150 363 4444 (press) City of Lelystad [email protected] [email protected] 59 Dutch fields Hoofdweg 10a [email protected] Stadhuisplein 2 Location contact 9621 AL Slochteren 8232 ZX Lelystad Link(s) Link(s) Province of Fryslân general location +3159 842 5555 Link(s) +3132 027 9320 www.vvvzeeland.nl www.visitmiddelburg.nl information [email protected] www.rug.nl [email protected] walcheren/domburg www.vvvzeeland.nl

98 99 the netherlands film fund

The Netherlands Film Fund is the national agency responsible for supporting film production in the Netherlands. It focuses on the quality and diversity of feature films, documentaries, shorts, animation and experimental films. The Fund’s operations cover participation in development, production and distribution. Besides, it supports film activities such as film festivals, coproduction mar- kets and individual training for film professionals.

The budget of the Fund is provided by the Government. It oper- ates under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture and receives most of its funds on the basis of four-year policy plans. The Fund’s budget in 2014 is approx. 50 million euro.

minority coproduction scheme The Netherlands Film Fund For international productions the Fund is running a special scheme for the support of minority coproductions. Grants are offered up to Pijnackerstraat 5 250.000 euro for a feature film and 50.000 euro for a short anima- 1072 JS Amsterdam tion or documentary. The total Dutch share in the project needs to The Netherlands be at least 10% of the production costs, including any Dutch share +3120 570 7676 from Eurimages. Applications for production support must be [email protected] submitted by the Dutch producer, who has produced at least one www.filmfund.nl theatrically released feature film, documentary or animation film. The Fund also supports the theatrical release up to 10.000 euro of principal staff funded minority coproductions in the Netherlands. Furthermore it offers support for research costs by a location scout or postpro- Doreen Boonekamp (CEO) duction manager in the Netherlands for international productions George van Breemen (head of Finance) aiming at shooting or post production in the Netherlands up to Frank Peijnenburg (head Screen NL) 1.500 euro. Dorien van de Pas (head of New Screen NL, delegate for Eurimages) international distribution en dubbing support Jonathan Mees (head of Communications) For the distribution of Dutch films across borders the Fund offers a scheme for dubbing support and support for theatrical distribution up to 20.000 euro per film.

film production incentive & film commission As per 2014 the Fund’s mandate is expanded with the imple- mentation of the Netherlands Film Commission and the Nether- lands Film Production Incentive, expected upon approval by the European Commission. The Incentive offers a 30% cash rebate on Dutch spend off eligible production costs for features, feature length documentaries and feature length animation films aiming at a theatrical release. The maximum contribution through this incen- tive is 1 million euro.

101 eye film institute netherlands

EYE Film Institute Netherlands, the Dutch centre for film culture and heritage, is dedicated to developing a vigorous film culture in the Netherlands. Through its activities and services, EYE aims to foster a viable film industry in the Netherlands. In addition, EYE International is the official body for the promotion of Dutch films worldwide. EYE Film Institute Netherlands collection EYE International EYE’s collection spans the entirety of film history: from silent films EYE Film Institute Netherlands dating back to the start of cinema to the newest digital produc- IJpromenade 1 tions. Every year the collection expands as more films are added. 1031 KT Amsterdam IJpromenade 1 There are more than 62,000 kilometres of film stored in EYE’s The Netherlands 1031 KT Amsterdam repositories (approximately 40,000 films), 700,000 photographs, +3120 758 2375 The Netherlands slides, negatives, lobby cards and postcards. [email protected] +3120 589 1400 EYE’s collection comprises around 60,000 posters from various www.international.eyefilm.nl [email protected] countries and periods, the Music collection contains from 78-rpm www.eyefilm.nl records from the 1920s to the stock music from the 1950s (includ- principal staff ing the sheet music collection to accompany (silent) film scenes). principal staff Sandra den Hamer (CEO)

EYE also collects archives from film organisations, producers and Claudia Landsberger (Director EYE International) Sandra den Hamer (CEO) filmmakers. Eye’s film equipment collection is primarily comprised [email protected] Ido Abram (Director of Presentation, Education & Communication) of recording and projection equipment, but also includes ‘pre- Frank Roumen (Director of Collections) cinema’ objects. EYE International your dutch film connection contributing bodies EYE organises four large, temporary exhibitions annually and has a EYE International’s goal is to generate both cultural and com-

permanent exhibition in the Basement. mercial interest in Dutch films abroad in order to strengthen the The Ministry of Culture (Het Ministerie van Onderwijs Cultuur en position of Dutch film on the international market. EYE International Wetenschappen), City of Amsterdam EYE provides film and media education programmes, both in the helps Dutch producers to develop a festival and marketing strat- museum and nationally. egy, keeps international film festivals informed about developments in contemporary Dutch film, lobbies strongly for Dutch film during eye the selection processes at the major film festivals a.o. Berlin, The new location of EYE Film Institute from architects Roman Sundance, Cannes, Locarno, Venice and San Sebastian. Delugan and Elke Delugan-Meissl (Delugan Meissl Associated Architects). Opened in 2012, the new building has already received To give an impression of how Dutch film is received abroad: in more than 1.400,000 visitors, thanks to the adventurous program- 2013 over 700 different Dutch films were shown at over 800 film ming and it’s great location at the IJ River. festivals around the world.

Film History in the Netherlands on the web: EYE International is responsible for the Dutch entries for the www.filminnederland.nl/en/dutch-film-history Academy Awards.

102 103 creative europe desk / dutch culture creative europe desk nl / media

creative Europe 2014 - 2020 On January 1, 2014 is the Creative Europe Programme (2014- 2020) was launched. This European program builds on the current MEDIA, CULTURE and MEDIA Mundus. The Creative Europe Pro- gramme is the main instrument of the EU to stimulate audiovisual and cultural initiatives in Europe and beyond The program aims to stimulate creativity. At the same time it has a direct impact on economic growth and employment. Creative Europe Desk / DutchCulture Creative Europe Desk NL/Media – The MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe supports the centre for international cooperation EU film and audiovisual industries financially in the development, distribution and promotion of their work. It helps to launch projects Herengracht 474 with a European dimension and nurtures new technologies; it ena- 1017 CA Amsterdam bles European films and audiovisual works including feature films, The Netherlands television drama, documentaries and new media to find markets +3120 616 4225 beyond national and European borders; it funds training and film [email protected] development schemes. www.mediadesknederland.eu the schemes are principal staff Access to markets, Access to markets / Single actions, Audience development, Co-production funds, Development single projects + Cees de Graaff (Director Dutch Culture) slate funding, Development video games, Distribution, Film Festi- Andrea Posthuma (Advisor) vals, Networking of cinemas, Training, TV programming. Arne van Vliet (Project assistant) The budget for the new grant program is 1,462 million euro for the period 2014 - 2020. 824 million is earmarked for Media, Culture 455 million and 184 million for a cross-sectorial activities. In addition to direct contributions to projects and activities, the Commission has introduced a financial guarantee facility, which cultural organizations could have easier access to bank loans. This builds on the Commission on experience with the multiplier effect of the Production Guarantee Fund in the current MEDIA program.

Applications for grants may only be made after an alleged ‘Calls for Proposals’ published on the website of Creative Europe / MEDIA.

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114 115 VCB commercial Association Crew interests / FNV broadcasters Kiem www.crewbelangen.nl Saskia Kagchèl International Documentary NSC +3110 433 2511 Festival Amsterdam RTL Nederland Netherlands Society of [email protected] Rotterdam Film Commission Ally Derks (RTL4, RTL5, RTL7, RTL8) Cinematographers www.crewbelangen.nl Saskia Kagchèl +3120 627 3329 www.rtl.nl Jules van den Steenhoven +3110 433 2511 [email protected] Cinekid Professional [email protected] VCO [email protected] www.idfa.nl/industry.aspx 16 - 18 October 2014 SBS Broadcasting www.cinematography.nl Association of Commercial www.rotterdamfestivals.nl/business/ Sannette Naeyé (SBS 6, Net 5, Veronica) Broadcasters film-commission Netherlands Film Festival +3120 531 7890 www.sbs.nl NVB Pieter Arnold Willemien van Aalst [email protected] Netherlands Association of Cinemas +3170 368 1801 The Hague Film Commission +3130 230 3800 www.cinekid.nl/professional Discovery Netherlands Ron Sterk [email protected] Marcel Barendse [email protected] (Discovery, Animal channel) +3120 426 6100 www.vconederland.org +316 21 555 901 www.filmfestival.nl/profs_en HAFF Professional www.discoverynetworks.nl [email protected] [email protected] 18 - 22 March 2015 www.nvbinfocentrum.nl VCP www.denhaag.nl/en/residents/to/ Cinekid Gerben Schermer Disney channel United Commercial Producers The-Hague-Film-City.htm Sannette Naeyé +3130 233 1733 (Disney channel, Disney XD) NVF +316 31 945 544 +3120 531 7890 [email protected] www.disney.nl/disney-channel Netherlands Association of Film [email protected] Eindhoven Film Commission [email protected] www.haff.nl/nl/professionals Distributors www.vcp.nl/home Ramon Etman www.cinekid.nl/professional Viacom media networks M.C. 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