Other institutions
An important element of Dutch society was its division into segments (verzuiling.) These segments were sometimes reflected in (non-profit) institutions. Those who have R.K. in the name are Roman Catholic. Those whose name includes Chr. are protestant, while socialists liked to include arbeid (work) in their name. Liberals did not have their own segment, as they were against segmentation. Many others have no or an oblique religious or political reference in their names. Even enterprises could be segmented, e.g. the supermarket of choice was De Gruyter for catholics and Albert Heyn for protestants.
It was not unusual to have two to four institutions offering the same or similar services segmented by religion or politics. A prime example is broadcasting. State broadcasting institutions like NOS and its predecessors would provide infrastructure, supervision and "public interest" programmes, such as free time slots for political parties at election time. KRO was there for catholics, while protestants could turn to NCRV for the mainstream and VPRO for those at the fringe, VARA catered to socialists while AVRO serviced liberals. These organisations still exist, but they have changed character, sometimes radically.
Liberals generally did not participate in segmentation, other than supporting public institutions and institutions with algemeen (general), centraal, rijks (state) or gemeentelijk (civic) in their name. Public institutions were neutral, but often thought of as anti-segmentation. Population segmenting occurred in other countries also, such as Belgium (on the basis of language) and Ireland (based on religion.) Segmentation in the Netherlands was not violent, but it was competitive. Segmentation lost its importance as secularisation advanced in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Educational and (semi-)scientific institutions
- B.K.S. Den Bosch
- Blariacum Venlo
- Casimir lyceum Amstelveen
- Centrum Vakopleiding Volwassenen The Hague
- Chr. Lyceum Buitenveldert Amsterdam
- Chr. Midd. Techn. School Ede
- CPB Centraal Proefdieren Bedrijf - Central test animals enterprise, Zeist
- Handelsdagschool The Hague
- Gemeentelijk Lyceum Doetinchem
- HLV Voorburg
- KCM The Hague
- LOI Leiderdorp
- Merlet college Cuijk
- NIDER Nederlandsch Instituut voor Documentatie En Registratuur - Dutch institute for documentation and filing, The Hague
- RC Renkum
- R. K. Lycea Den Bosch
- ROS logo Rijswijk
- Rijksmuseum National museum, Amsterdam
- SWS Samenwerkingsschool Waddinxveen
- Technische school Gouda
- Universities
- Mensa Academica Leiden university restaurants
- Wiskunde en natuurwetenschappen Nijmegen university, faculty of mathematics and physics
- IJmond MTS Santpoort
- IJmond College Santpoort
- IJsselcollege Zwolle
Medical and social institutions
- AMVJ Amsterdam
- AZU Utrecht
- Berg en Bosch Bilthoven
- Meer en Bosch Heemstede
- Volksbond Rotterdam, The Hague
- VB logo Rotterdam
- VB kantinebeheer The Hague
- Zon en schild Amersfoort
Institutions for radio and television
- AVRO Hilversum
- KRO Hilversum
- NCRV Hilversum
- Omroep Nederlandse Omroep Stichting - Dutch broadcasting foundation, Hilversum
- NRU Nederlandsche Radio Unie - Dutch Radio Union
- NTS Nederlandse Televisie Stichting - Dutch television foundation
- Radio Televisie Nederlandse Omroep Stichting - Dutch broadcasting foundation
- VARA Hilversum
Other institutions
- ABP Heerlen - Civil service pension fund
- Zuivelbureau The Hague - National dairy promotion organisation