In times of crisis, homely tendencies come extra to the surface. Even now: we bake cupcakes en masse, grow our own vegetables, are inundated with nostalgic advertisements for 'old-fashioned' Dutch brands such as Douwe Egberts and Unox, and enjoy the carefree coziness of TV programs like Ik hou van Holland at home on the couch. Time for a themed issue about 'domesticity' through the ages: about the household, but also about squats and offices. Contents: editorial: at home in Holland DIRK DAMSMA/ELS KLOEK, 'T'Huys Best'. Domesticity in Holland since the Golden Age HEIDI DE MARE, Findings of domestic life. The room view in the Dutch Golden Age SANNE MUURLING, Domesticity between ideal and material reality. A material microhistory of fourteen Amsterdam households LOTTE JENSEN, Typically Dutch? Literary domesticity in the 19th century ELLEN KROL, 'The earth rests from suffering'' On domestic poetry MARTINE VAN LEEUWEN, 'The woman washes his dirty goods'' Domestic standards at Scheveningen between 1900 and 1940 HAN VAN BREE, In this house reigns love. The appearance of Dutch domesticity among the Oranjes in the 1950s PIETER STOKVIS, Domestic life since the interwar period and the cultural revolution around 1970 BART VAN DER STEEN, The inner life of the squatting movement. A look inside Amsterdam squats in the early 1980s MARK MOBACH, Domestic facilities in organizations MARTINE VAN ROOIJEN, Domesticity in the Catholic orphanage. The daily lives of the orphan girls Anny, Jopy and Jenny ALBRECHT VAN DIEM, My cell is my castle. Variations on monastic domesticity, 5th-7th century Holland BLOC: TESSA VER LOREN VAN THEMAAT, Image essay: Holland for sale MAYKE GROFFEN, Top piece: Good Living in Rotterdam MINTE KAMPHUIS, Uitsmijter: Cold canned salmon