DutchbuzZ Podcasts

Birth photography was new to The Hague when Natalie Carstens joined the international community in this city two decades ago. She calls herself a sentimental photographer of maternity, birth and family occasions and has run her business in Scheveningen for the past 16 years. She chats to Dutchbuzz Editor, Lily-Anne Stroobach

There are few people who know more about world famous Dutch artist, M.C. Escher than Micky Piller. Curator of the Escher and Palace Museum for more than a decade, Micky managed to unravel a great deal about this rather elusive artist during her tenure at the former royal palace in The Hague. In this interview with Dutchbuzz, she talks to Lily-Anne Stroobach.

In the Netherlands, the opening of Parliament has female MPs scurrying for appropriate hats for the occasion. One of the highly skilled milliners in our city is Berry Rutjes who personally designed and made Queen Maxima’s eye-catching hat this year. Lily-Anne Stroobach spoke to her at her colourful store in Noordeinde, The Hague.

Don’t we all love chocolate? But did you know that cacao lends itself to art? Resident in The Hague for more than three decades, Israeli - born Anat Ratzabi has made chocolate her medium to produce award -winning pieces. She recently won a prestigious chocolatier award in Belgium and is in the studio to tell Dutchbuzz editor Lily-Anne Stroobach all about it…

The Hague international, Renée Tentori, loves to connect, communicate and educate. Active in various roles in Delft and The Hague for more than a decade, she loves the diversity of this city. Raising two global citizens far from her homeland of Australia, she shares some of her life experiences, as a lecturer at a Dutch university, being an entrepreneur, co-creating communities and learning about...