Beatrice Scali 🇮🇹

Five years after spreading her wings away from her beloved Genova, Bia has just landed at DutchReview as an editorial intern. She has lived in China, Slovenia, Taiwan, and — natuurlijk — the Netherlands, where she just completed her bachelor’s in International Studies. When she’s not reciting unsolicited facts about the countries she’s lived in, she is writing them down. Her biggest dreams include lobbying the Dutch government into forcing oliebollen stands to operate year-round, and becoming a journalist. In this order.

It’s official: The Netherlands has the best work-sleep balance in Europe

The sleep deprivation alarm may be going off all around Europe, but people in the Netherlands keep hitting snooze: they have the best work-sleep...

Hoera! The Dutch King will attend the Leidens Ontzet celebrations this year

It looks like the October 3 Leidens Ontzet celebrations will be extra speciaal this year, as King Willem-Alexander is gracing the event with his...

The Netherlands is about to be blessed with one last week of summer weather

Don’t let this grey Monday morning fool you! The Netherlands is about to take a break from this chilly autumn and enjoy one last...

Always getting checked at the self-scan? Here’s why (and how to avoid it)

Are you allergic to time-consuming queues and awkward Dutch supermarkets’ zelfscankassas have your back. Well… until they betray you with a random check...

This pop-up store in Utrecht is selling mysterious lost packages  — and they’re super cheap

Surprise, surprise! You don’t need to wait until Christmas to open packages this year. A pop-up store in Utrecht is selling very cheap, very...

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