Dutch News

Amsterdam elephant gets a contact lens

A 45-year old Asian elephant in Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo has become the first in Europe to be fitted with a contact lens. Win Thida, the oldest elephant in the zoo’s herd and a popular attraction, badly scratched her eye during a scuffle with another...

‘World’s oldest performer’ dies at 108

Sunday 25 December 2011 Johannes Heesters, the Dutch singer and actor who made his name performing in Germany during World War II, has died in hospital at the age of 108. Heesters made a come-back in the Netherlands in 2008. He had last performed in his home country...