van den Biesen) and the Rotterdam Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (founded 1844 by Henricus Nijgh).

[5] After a dispute with the new owners, Donker had to step down on 26 April 2010[6] and was replaced by Belgian Peter Vandermeersch [nl].

In 2022, when it stopped producing evening editions, the paper shortened its official name to NRC, by which it had already been known colloquially.

While they consider themselves one of the Dutch national "quality" newspapers next to de Volkskrant and Trouw, NRC Handelsblad sees itself as the most internationally oriented of those three, and has been labeled left-liberal.

[4][11] The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant was an influential Rotterdam-based liberal daily newspaper published between 1844 and 1970.