The KB is the national library of the Netherlands. We make research, reading, discovery, and lifelong learning possible for everyone in the Netherlands. At home and in the library, online and offline. Since our founding in 1798, we have strived to collect as much as possible of what has been written in or about the Netherlands. From medieval manuscripts to newspapers and from Donald Duck to novels from all eras.

We now store more than 120 kilometers of written heritage in our warehouse in The Hague. We are storing more and more digitally. Our e-Depot already contains around 40 million digital newspapers, books, magazines, e-books, and websites. We also help researchers with digital sources and datasets. Together with public libraries, we are committed to promoting reading, digital inclusion, and lifelong development. And we host services such as the online Library, Delpher, and DBNL.