Karin van As

A unique maritime historical document in which three sailors' wives, aged between 86 and 94, candidly recount their remarkably emancipated lives in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. They raised children, managed the household and finances, bought houses, and made major decisions without consulting their seafaring husbands. They enjoyed, so to speak, unprecedented autonomy in a period when strict gender roles still prevailed.

Goede tijden, slechte tijden, also known as GTST, is the longest-running Dutch soap opera, revolving around the lives of the families Alberts, Sanders, De Jong, Van Houten and Bouwhuis. It all takes place in the fictional town of Meerdijk.