Ailish Lalor

Ailish was born in Sydney, Australia, but grew up by a forest in south-east Ireland, which she has attempted to replace with a living room filled with plants in The Hague. Besides catering to her army of pannenkoekenplantjes, Ailish spends her days convincing her friends that all food is better slightly burnt, plotting ways to hang out with dogs and cats, and of course, writing for DutchReview.

10,000 Tikkie payments for under two euro made each day in the Netherlands

It's something we all knew anecdotally, but now it is backed up by scientific evidence: the Dutch love to send tikkies for small amounts of...

Turbulent times approach: first storm since August expected next week

According to weather forecasters, the first storm since August last year is expected to hit the Netherlands early next week. You can expect a "great...

Dutch prisoners to have own phone and key to cell

In a letter to the Lower House yesterday, the Minister for Legal Protection, Sander Dekker, said that these new reforms would decrease the workload...

It’s finally (almost) here: direct train from Amsterdam to London from 30 April

It's finally (almost) here! The long awaited direct train from Amsterdam to London will be chugging away from 30 April onwards, NOS reports.   While a...

Today is Brexit day: what does that mean for the Netherlands?

From today onwards, Britain will no longer be part of the European Union. More than three years since Brexit was voted on in the...

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