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.

The new Dutch cabinet just dropped: here are the ministers of ‘Jetten 1’

After three months of coalition talks, the full roster of ministers and state secretaries who will make up the Netherlands' new minority cabinet is...

Why the Netherlands will never have an ‘Elfstedentocht’ (Eleven Cities Tour) again

Dutch people want an Elfstedentocht in Friesland more than winning a World Cup in football or unlimited free cheese. However, the chances of an...

Dutch minority cabinet unveils plans: freedom tax incoming, hard cuts for healthcare

Three months after the Dutch elections, D66, VVD, and CDA leaders Rob Jetten, Dilan Yesilgöz, and Henri Bontenbal have finally presented their coalition agreement...

Geert Wilders’ party implodes: 7 PVV MPs break away to form new faction

In a dramatic turn of events that nobody saw coming, 7 PVV members of parliament have rebelled against party leader Geert Wilders and formed...

Hundreds of Kurds protest outside Dutch parliament over Syria conflict

Hundreds of Kurdish demonstrators gathered outside the Tweede Kamer (Dutch parliament) in The Hague last night, demanding that the West stop abandoning the very...

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