Netherlands Business Support Office

The Dutch government is inviting 15 IT and new media companies to visit Holland from September 20-25, 2010 to explore this creative hub to Europe. The week will be packed with matchmaking and networking events including PICNIC festival.For a limited group of Canadian and US new media/IT companies there is a Dutch government grant available. More information is available at www.creativecradle.com.

The Netherlands is widely recognized as mainland Europe’s creative hub, and Amsterdam – the capital city- is one of the TOP 5 most creative cities in the world.

The stunning broadband and mobile infrastructure, and the low cost of communication services … Continue Reading

Thinking Inside the Box Pieter Hoff is testing the Groasis Waterboxx on grapevines at Robert Mondavi’s Napa Valley, California, vineyard. If successful, it could save the winery more than 145,000 gallons of water per acre a year.

Dutch flower exporter Pieter Hoff often spent nights in his beloved lily fields to monitor them. One evening, he noticed that the first droplets of morning condensation were collecting on the leaves of his lilies well before midnight.

The plants lost heat to the air … Continue Reading

For 32 years the Dutch have been waiting for this moment! The Netherlands national team advances to the World Cup Final! Come and watch – dressed up in orange – and cheer the Dutch team to victory!

It’s really going to happen: The Netherlands is playing Sunday a historic World Cup Final in South Africa!

Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco (in front of City Hall) is the place for everything orange in the Bay Area! A few thousand people are expected to gather here to watch the match between the Nethlerlands and Spain. So join a few hundred, if not a thousand, … Continue Reading