Still doesn't work 100%
It works in Mozilla, but not in MSIE...
(ps: and there is still a </div> too much)
EDIT... hang on... omg, I think I got it... going to test some more... actually dead simple:
html code:
<td style="background:url(header.png) no-repeat top left; height:185px">
<div id="1" style="height:70px"></div>
<div id="2" style="margin-left:5px; width:169px; max-height:110px; overflow:hidden">
<div class="NV_Titel">titletitletitletitletitletitletitletitletitletitletitletitle</div>
<div class="NV_Tekst">some text some text some text some text some text some text some text </div>
<div class="NV_Meer"><a href="">link</a></div>
</div>
</td>
The key was the height in the <td> style (doh!) and max-height in the <div>...
Thanks NanaFreak, without you I would never have guessed it or kept on trying, so
<div id="3" style="height:5px"></div> wasn't even needed (was only a placeholder for some empty space anyways).
now time to sleep... at work 
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