Michiel van Iersel
Michiel van Iersel is a specialist in Dutch art and heritage born in 1978. He is among others among the founders of Non-fiction, an cultural innovation agency based in Amsterdam.
Updated: 9 August 2010
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By Michiel van Iersel
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Amsterdam: Who cares about Unesco?
6 August 2010683 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam
UNESCO’s recognition of Amsterdam’s 17th-century canal ring area fails to impress NRC Handelsblad, which argues that tourism and modernisation will not benefit from the city’s new status as a World Heritage Site — a title the newspaper believes is largely overblown.