NRC
NRC is a Dutch daily newspaper based in Amsterdam, known for in-depth reporting and analysis. Generally regarded as centre-left in editorial orientation, it covers national and international politics, economics, and culture for an educated readership in the Netherlands. It is considered one of the country's leading quality newspapers and maintains a digital edition.
NRC at a glance
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Western Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Left-leaning
- Founded
- 1970
- Owner
- Mediahuis
- Published from
- Amsterdam
- Website
- nrc.nl ↗
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How Crosswire groups NRC
Crosswire groups NRC as Left-leaning for comparisons within the Netherlands' directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In the Netherlands, NOS and Financieele Dagblad are listed as Centrist, while WNL is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open NRC beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where NRC sits in the Netherlands' press
NRC was founded in 1970, is published from Amsterdam and is owned by Mediahuis. It is one of 5 outlets tracked in the Netherlands and the only daily newspaper tracked there. By outlets tracked, the Netherlands ranks 29th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to NRC outside the Netherlands, starting with Western Europe, are FAZ (Germany), Le Monde (France), La Libre (Belgium) and Der Standard (Austria). Opening one of them beside NRC is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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