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Vyshyvanka Day Stories 2026
Ahead of VATAHA’s annual Vyshyvanka Day celebrations at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag and FENIX museum in Rotterdam, we’re not just showing off our beautiful traditional embroidered blouses, but also telling the deeply personal stories behind them. Get excited to celebrate with us by reading through some of our volunteers’ testimonials
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VATAHA on DutchCulture Podcast
VATAHA’s co-founder and president Oksana Savchuk was invited to share her first-hand experience keeping Ukrainian identity and heritage alive through with the DutchCulture Podcast.
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Four Years of Full Scale Invasion
On February 25th 2026, VATAHA organized a memorial ceremony at the St Laurence Church in Rotterdam to commemorate the four-year anniversary of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine. What began as a solemn, reflective event turned into a hopeful evening celebrating Ukrainian talents in folkmusic, dance and song.
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Open Harmony: Ukrainian Choir Lab in The Hague
Led by our co-founder Uliana Bun, VATAHA collaborated with Dutch Culture and Ukrainian Institute to invite three choral experts from Ukraine to lead a singing workshop focusing on strengthening Dutch-Ukrainian cultural ties through choral singing as a source of artistic development and cultural exchange.
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VATAHA Recommends: 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)
Bringing harrowing humanity again to the film screen, Mstyslav Chernov’s second documentary 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025) demonstrates how exceptional film editing and storytelling can reinvigorate international audiences’ attention for Ukrainian defense efforts in a time of wartime media fatigue.
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Ukrainian comedy shows in The Netherlands (Part 1)
In the past three years, VATAHA’s event manager Nadiia Davydenko has organized over 20 stand-up shows with Ukrainian comedians that have raised more than 2 million EUR in military donations.
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Ukrainian comedy shows in The Netherlands (Part 2)
How does crowd work differ between Ukrainian audiences at home and abroad? Read our sequel interview to learn why her line-up of stand-up comedians continue to make jokes for (and sometimes about) their home country.
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“Warm Christmas”: Music and craft market in Rotterdam
On 07 December 2025, VATAHA is bringing Christmas cheer to the Randstad by hosting its second annual Ukrainian “Warm Christmas” event in Rotterdam. You are warmly invited to experience the magic of Ukrainian Christmas traditions with music, dance, theater, and handmade craftsmanship!
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KOZA: Where Ukrainian ancestors invite us to dance
KOZA is a Ukrainian folk music trio touring the Netherlands that disregards the traditional stage and audience setup. Anyone who joins is invited to sing and dance, invoke the spirit of your ancestors, and become part of the Ukrainian diasporic family.
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VATAHA Recommends: Old Masters from Kyiv in The Hague
VATAHA Recommends visiting Museum Bredius’ current exhibition of 17th century European paintings in The Hague. The unique part about it? Each masterpiece is paired with a similar painting from the Khanenko Museum in Kyiv, where the two museum founders first met and befriended each other in 1897.
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Run for Ukraine 2025
On August 24, Ukraine’s Independence Day, Haag Atletiek filled with nearly a thousand runners moving side by side. Yet this was more than a race. Every step carried meaning – an act of remembrance and gratitude.
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VATAHA Recommends: Icons of Hope and Survival
Religious art has served as a source of faith and comfort for centuries, and certainly no less during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. VATAHA Recommends visiting the traveling art exhibition Icons of Hope and Survival in Rotterdam, where warfront munition crates are transformed into beautiful portraits of hope.
