Abuzer van Leeuwen 🇳🇱

Abuzer founded DutchReview a decade ago because he thought expats needed it and wanted to make amends for the Dutch cuisine. He has a Masters in Political Science and IT but somewhere always wanted to study history or good old football. He also a mortgage in the Netherlands and will happily tell you too how to get one. Born and raised in Rotterdam, Abuzer now lives in Leiden but is always longing back to his own international year in Italy.

Former Milieudefensie boss Donald Pols fired from Tata Steel after one day over concealed far-right past

Donald Pols, the former director of Dutch environmental group Milieudefensie, has been dismissed from his new role as Chief Sustainability Officer at Tata Steel Netherlands,...

OPINION: Self-checkout in Dutch supermarkets: either trust me or pay your employees

There was a time when going to the supermarket meant you could fully switch your brain off for half an hour. Wander the aisles,...

DigiD not going to the US of A: American takeover blocked by State Secretary

The Netherlands has officially blocked the US takeover of the company that keeps DigiD running, with the government's investment watchdog recommending a full ban...

Netherlands summons Israeli ambassador over degrading treatment of Gaza flotilla activists

The Netherlands and several other countries have rounded on Israel over footage showing detained Gaza flotilla activists being forced to the ground, hands bound,...

Dutch summer incoming: from grey skies to possibly 30 degrees

The Netherlands is in for a classic Dutch bait-and-switch this week: a few more days of moody, unsettled skies before the weather flips completely...

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