[1] It was founded on 20 May 1959, as a weekly called Hollands Weekblad.
Besides being known as a publication venue for beginning writers (Maarten Biesheuvel published his first story in the magazine[2]), it is also a popular forum for essayists and politicians.
[3] Like most Dutch literary magazines, it was initially subsidized by the government, but after 1997 this changed, when the advising agency thought the magazine was "too journalistic" and didn't generate enough discussion.
At the end of 1994 an editorial team of four was instated, consisting of Peereboom, Marie-Anne van Wijnen, Maarten Doorman, and Bastiaan Bommeljé.
Since 2004 the magazine awards scholarships to promising young writers of prose, poetry, and essays.