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.

An overnight train from Netherlands to Scandinavia? It could be a thing soon!

The leaders of five Northern European countries are meeting in Brussels, to talk about beginning research into a faster train link from the Netherlands, through...

The story behind the first mobile massage business in Leiden: interviewing AlexMassage

Are you feeling achey in this cold weather? Have you spent way too much time hunched over your phone recently? Recently, we had the chance...

Housing shortage will continue well into 2021

According to forecasts from the Economic Institute for Construction (EIB), the Netherlands will not be able to build enough homes to avoid shortage until after...

The Netherlands is under a blanket of fog this morning, and we wish we were also under a blanket right now

If you've been outside yet this morning, or have even glanced out your window, you'll know that today is FOGGY. No one can be...

Flu season is underway in the Netherlands

Today, the healthcare institute Nivel announced that for the first time this winter, the "flu epidemic level" of 58 people out of 100,000 people...

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