Code yellow (again!): Netherlands set for 37-degree heat and thunderstorms

From tomorrow (August 13), the whole country will come under a code yellow weather warning, with "tropically hot" temperatures of up to 37 degrees Celsius expected. While meteorologists may have warned...

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Learning Dutch and sick of people switching to English? This app would never

One of the plagues of learning Dutch is rehearsing something in your head, working up the nerve to say it — and being...

5 weird things Dutch landlords do that are somehow completely legal

While renting in the Netherlands generally comes with tenant protection, there's still plenty of legal wiggle room for landlords to do some utterly...

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