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.

Young people in the Netherlands are borrowing more and more money to make ends meet

You’ve probably noticed the Dutch have a very particular relationship with money. They're famously frugal, championing the art of bill-splitting down to the last...

If you’ve ever booked through Booking.com, you might be owed money

The Consumentenbond (Dutch Consumer Association) has launched a class action lawsuit against Booking.com for allegedly overcharging customers through fake discounts and artificial scarcity. According...

UPDATE: strike still on for Friday, but some trains are running

If you're still reeling from this week's nationwide train strike, we've got more bad news chugging down the tracks: there's another strike scheduled for...

It’s terrace time! Temperatures expected to reach 30 degrees this week

You’re about to go from needing a jumper to desperately searching for that one fan you bought from Blokker last summer. A "Spanish plume"...

No NS trains across the Netherlands this Tuesday due to new strike

Right, so remember last Friday when virtually no NS trains ran across the Netherlands? Well, buckle up buttercup, because it's happening again this Tuesday...

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