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Ambassador Gajus Scheltema
Welcome!
Hungary, a country with which the Netherlands already has relations that
dates back centuries, is an EU member state and a NATO ally, an important
trading partner and a country with a wide range of diverse cultural ties with
the Netherlands. Michiel de Ruyter once achieved that Hungarian Protestant
preachers were freed from Spanish galleys. Strong and still existing bonds were
forged when Hungarian children were received and taken care of in the
Netherlands after the First World War.
Our country could give a lot of support in 1956 and the intense exchange and
cooperation after the 1989 revolution connected both countries emotionally and
business-like even stronger. The Netherlands is now the 3rd investor
in Hungary and thousands of Dutch people temporarily or permanently have settled
in Hungary. Increasingly more Hungarians also live in the Netherlands and
cultural exchange is impressive: 16,000 Dutch youth visit the annual Sziget
festival, but also a great Rembrandt exhibition will take place in 2014 in
Budapest!
The Embassy is ready to assist you in trade, consular or other fields. We can
be reached via
Facebook
or directly by phone or via email. The Embassy has become smaller in recent
years, but in the first place it still focuses on providing services, also for
you.
I look very much forward to working with the Hungarians and the Dutch over
here!