Firefighters evacuated several homes that were involved in the fire, which broke out in a shopping street around 4 a.m (0300 GMT).

Olthuis's firm has built dozens of floating houses and office buildings throughout the Netherlands. Floating houses are built by creating foundations of concrete, then filling them with styrofoam ...

Renovations of a medieval building in the Netherlands revealed a very rare ... fit in with its surroundings on the narrow cobblestone street, not unique yet not ugly. But looks can be deceiving.