Open State Foundation

Netherlands-based organisation campaigning for more government open data and transparency.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@openstate@mastodon.nl

Open Science Community Maastricht

Community for people interested in open science based in Maastricht in the Netherlands.

Fediverse address:
@oscmaastricht@social.edu.nl

Amsterdam Metal Scene

English-language account covering the metal music scene in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Lots of photos and videos.

Fediverse address:
@AmsterdamMetalScene@metalhead.club

ILFU

Netherlands-based organisation dedicated to literature, founded in 1980. Runs the country’s largest literary festival, an online magazine, and courses in writing and reading literature.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@ilfu@mastodon.nl

Dudok Quartet Amsterdam

Classical string quartet from Amsterdam in the Netherlands, releasing albums and touring internationally.

Fediverse address:
@dudokquartet@classicalmusic.social

Beeld en Geluid

The Netherlands Sound & Vision museum. They have a massive archive of thousands of videos available on the Fediverse.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@nisv@peertube.beeldengeluid.nl

De Witte Haas, Schiermonnikoog

De Witte Haas (“The White Hare”) is a photographer and guide on Schiermonnikoog, a small Dutch island in the North Sea which is also a national park of the Netherlands. They post wonderful photos and news about the plants and wildlife on the island.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@dewittehaas@mastodon.social

Roy Meijer

Co-founder of the Dutch science communication association SciCom NL, and works at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Blogs about SciComm.

Fediverse address:
@RoyMeijer@scicomm.xyz

Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University

Research institute at Leiden University in the Netherlands.

Fediverse address:
@cwts@social.cwts.nl

Belastingdienst

Official account for the Netherlands Tax & Customs Administration, part of the Ministry of Finance.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@belastingdienst@social.overheid.nl

Amsterdam Ruby Meetup

Meetups for users of the Ruby programming language in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Fediverse address:
@amsrb@ruby.social

NLnet Labs

Dutch non-profit organisation promoting free open source software and open standards. Founded in 1999.

Fediverse address (main):
@nlnetlabs@social.nlnetlabs.nl

Fediverse address (blog):
@index@blog.nlnetlabs.nl

Not Just Bikes

Videos all about modern urban planning and transport, often using the Netherlands as an example of how to do it well.

Fediverse address:
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com

FediMeteo Netherlands

Dutch-language weather forecast accounts for cities in the Netherlands, using data from Open-Meteo.

Fediverse addresses (in Dutch, organised by city):
@almelo@nl.fedimeteo.com
@almere@nl.fedimeteo.com
@amersfoort@nl.fedimeteo.com
@amsterdam@nl.fedimeteo.com
@apeldoorn@nl.fedimeteo.com
@arnhem@nl.fedimeteo.com
@assen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@breda@nl.fedimeteo.com
@den_haag@nl.fedimeteo.com
@deventer@nl.fedimeteo.com
@dordrecht@nl.fedimeteo.com
@eindhoven@nl.fedimeteo.com
@emmen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@enschede@nl.fedimeteo.com
@groningen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@haarlem@nl.fedimeteo.com
@haarlemmermeer@nl.fedimeteo.com
@helmond@nl.fedimeteo.com
@hengelo@nl.fedimeteo.com
@hilversum@nl.fedimeteo.com
@leeuwarden@nl.fedimeteo.com
@leiden@nl.fedimeteo.com
@maastricht@nl.fedimeteo.com
@nijmegen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@oss@nl.fedimeteo.com
@roosendaal@nl.fedimeteo.com
@rotterdam@nl.fedimeteo.com
@s_hertogenbosch@nl.fedimeteo.com
@sittard_geleen@nl.fedimeteo.com
@tilburg@nl.fedimeteo.com
@utrecht@nl.fedimeteo.com
@venlo@nl.fedimeteo.com
@zaanstad@nl.fedimeteo.com
@zoetermeer@nl.fedimeteo.com
@zwolle@nl.fedimeteo.com

Ministerie van BZK

Official account for the Netherlands Ministry of the Interior & Kingdom Relations

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@minbzk@social.overheid.nl

Hackalot

Hackerspace based in Eindhoven in the Netherlands.

Fediverse address:
@hackalot@hsnl.social

University of Groningen Library

Academic library at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Fediverse address:
@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl

Hackerspace TkkrLab

Hackerspace in Enschede in the Netherlands.

Fediverse address (in English & Dutch):
@tkkrlab@hsnl.social

NURDSpace

Hackerspace based in Wageningen in the Netherlands.

Fediverse address (in Dutch & English):
@nurdspace@hsnl.social

Jascha

Photographer from the Netherlands specialising in urban exploration of abandoned buildings and structures. Also takes pictures of cats.

Fediverse address:
@lostintimeNL@mastodon.nl

Open Science Community Twente

Grassroots interdisciplinary open science community based in Twente in the Netherlands, part of the Dutch Network of Open Science Communities. Open to researchers, students and anyone who is interested in open science.

Fediverse address (in Engish & Dutch):
@OpenSciTwente@akademienl.social

Hackerspaces Netherlands

Website listing hackerspaces in the Netherlands and providing info about them.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@hsnl@hsnl.social

Hackerspace Nijmegen

Hackerspace based in Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Fediverse address:
@HSN@hsnl.social

Moving Furniture Records / Orphax

Record label based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, publishing experimental electronic, drone and minimalist music. Also an electronic musician under the name of Orphax.

Fediverse address:
@MovingFurniture@mastodon.social

Open Science NL

Dutch national prorgamme to promote and accelerate transition to open science in the Netherlands.

Fediverse address:
@OpenScienceNL@akademienl.social

Mark McCaughrean

Senior Advisor for Science and Exploration at the European Space Agency, member of the JWST Science Working Group and co-founder of Space Rocks (events that mix together people from entertainment and space exploration).

Fediverse address:
@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Art museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Has a huge collection covering all periods of art, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Fediverse address:
@boijmans@mastodon.social

Rizoomes

Long-running blog about crisis management, maintained by a psychologist turned firefighter working in the Amsterdam Fire Brigade in the Netherlands.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@Rizoomes@mastodon.social

Alexandra van Huffelen

Official account of the Netherlands Secretary of State for Kingdom Relations & Digitisation.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@avhuffelen@social.overheid.nl

RevSpace: Hackerspace Den Haag

Hackerspace based in the Hague in the Netherlands.

Fediverse address:
@revspace@hsnl.social

Rudy Bouma

Reporter on current affairs, extremism, disinformation and conspiracy theories for the Dutch public television organisations NOS and NTR.

Fediverse address:
@RudyBouma@mastodon.social

Dr Esther Plomp

Open science enthusiast, researcher, EU regional co-ordinator of Open Knowledge Foundation, Data Steward at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Research interests in human osteology and bioarchaeology / isotope archaeology.

Fediverse address:
@toothFAIRy@scholar.social

Pierre Spaninks

Amateur Egyptologist fascinated with the ancient world.

Fediverse address (in Dutch and English):
@pierre@waag.social

Perkamentus antiquarius

Antiquarian who collects rare books, maintains a private library and blogs about this and related topics in Dutch.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@Perkamentus@mastodon.social

PublicSpaces

A non-profit coalition of Dutch broadcasters, museums, arts organisations etc. campaigning for an ethical internet. They organise conferences on this topic, and run their own Fediverse servers.

Fediverse address (main, in Dutch and English):
@publicspaces@publicspaces.net

Fediverse address (videos, in Dutch and English):
@publicspaces@video.publicspaces.net

Fediverse address (podcasts, in Dutch and English): @TheTimeIsNow@podcast.publicspaces.net

letterspace.amsterdam

Hosts free public lectures in Amsterdam about experimentation, innovation and research in type. Founded in 2018.

Fediverse address:
@lttrspc@typo.social

ASTRON

Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, operating the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) and building the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

Fediverse address:
@astron@mastodon.nl

Pixelbar Hackerspace Rotterdam

Hackerspace based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Activities include coding, 3D printing, electronics etc.

Fediverse address:
@pixelbar@hsnl.social

Bitlair Hackerspace Amersfoort

Hackerspace based in Amersfoort in the Netherlands.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@bitlair@hsnl.social

Py.Amsterdam

Community group in Amsterdam, Netherlands, for people who use the Python programming language.

Fediverse address:
@pyamsterdam@fosstodon.org

Wo meine Sonne scheint

An artists’ initiative based in the Netherlands and Germany which helps organise exhibitions of new and experimental art.

Fediverse address (in English, Dutch and German): @womeinesonnescheint@mstdn.social

Radboud University

Public research university in the Netherlands, established in 1923.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@Radboud_uni@mastodon.social

DroidApp

Dutch-langugage news site about Android smartphones and related topics.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@droidapp@mastodon.nl

The European Institute for Contemporary Art and Science

A contemporary art museum in the Netherlands.

Fediverse address (in Dutch and English):
@EICAS@mastodon.art

Open Science Festival

Annual festival for the open science community held in the Netherlands, open to staff and researchers across all disciplines.

Fediverse address:
@OSFNL@social.edu.nl

hack42

Hackerspace based in Arnhem in the Netherlands.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@hack42@chaos.social

Tim Lichtenberg

Planetary Scientist and Assistant Professor at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Investigates atmospheric formation and the deep interiors of rocky exoplanets.

Fediverse address:
@timlichtenberg@fediscience.org

Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Philosophy department at the University of Groningen, Netherlands.

Fediverse address (in Dutch & English):
@facultyofphilosophygroningen@social.edu.nl

Forum Standaardisatie

Official account for the Netherlands government’s Standardisation Forum, which advises the public sector on the use of open standards in technology.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@forumstandaardisatie@social.overheid.nl