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.

Rutte and other world leaders mock Trump at NATO summit in London

The Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte may have been caught making fun of the 'well-respected' President of the USA, Donald Trump at the NATO...

The Netherlands is failing to rat out the rats: no one knows how many there are

The Netherlands has a rat problem, but no one is completely sure how bad it is. A combination of inefficient reporting and ineffective municipality policy...

New Year’s Eve in 2019: no bonfires this year, but there will be riots

New Year's Eve is typically a wild affair in the Netherlands. Far from a peaceful evening of gatherings with friends, oliebollen, and champagne, it tends...

Want to Gogh to a museum for free? That’ll be possible in Amsterdam soon!

The Dutch Lower House has decided that three museums in Amsterdam will be free to the public one day a month. The decision was...

Black Friday in the Netherlands: it’s a nope from small and eco-friendly businesses

The American shopping day has made its way to the Netherlands, but more and more businesses are choosing not to participate.  Although consumers are expecting...

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