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Inside the Dutch anti-lockdown riots

27 January 2021

8:11 PM

27 January 2021

8:11 PM

Images of Dutch rioters throwing stones and fireworks at police, looting shops and facing water cannon have been published all around the world. This is not the typical image of a nation that likes to think of itself as nuchter and normaal — sober and sensible — in contrast to other parts of Europe, it sees as impulsive or, even worse, undemocratic.

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