Articles by

Aurora Signorazzi

Aurora comes from the majestic Italian capital, and is working on her PhD in virology at the University of Groningen. She has been living in the Netherlands for four years and is by now familiar with many Dutch habits... But still finds plenty of reasons to be pleasantly amazed (most of the time) by this industrious country and its brutally honest inhabitants!

Controversy over D66 leader Pechtold and a small gift – a penthouse in Scheveningen

While writing this article, it is worth mentioning that the author is struggling with fixing her own...

Amsterdam won the race to host the European Medicines Agency (fairly?)

As we said before, Brexit (AKA Brexshit) is not all bad news - especially for the Netherlands!...

Groningen’s Vindicat society out of control?

If you live in a student city, chances are you have met several members of Het Corps (conglomerate...

Racism in the Netherlands: talking about the elephant in the room

The Netherlands is one of the most internationalized countries in Europe, be it because of foreign students,...

New Dutch tax system: are the rich getting richer?

The new government is in place only since a few days, but many decisions are already being...

Dutch police to use drones in accidents

Many things can be said about the Netherlands, but one thing you can't say is that they're...

Leeuwarden like a pro – a guide to the capital of Fryslân

Since I live in Groningen, I can't count how many stereotypes I heard about Friesland; apparently, there...

Things I wish Italians would learn from Dutchies (and vice versa!)

I definitely am a proud Italian. I brag about the etymology of words coming from the Latin...