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.

The Dutch sent 5.3 Tikkies per second in 2024 (and we’re not at all surprised)

Whoops, they did it again! Dutch people have once more broken their record for the amount of money exchanged via Tikkie in one year:...

The NS is among the five worst train services in Europe, research finds

Transport & Environment (T&E), a European organisation for sustainable transport, researched 27 European train carriers — and found NS among the top five worst...

This Dutch city is home to the tallest Christmas ‘tree’ in the WORLD

The city of IJsselstein, in the Utrecht province, has once again decorated and lit up its record-breaking Christmas "tree": the Gerbrandytoren, a 366-metre-high communications...

It’s time to mentally prepare ourselves for war, says NATO chief Mark Rutte

Yesterday, in his first major speech as NATO chief, Mark Rutte told the citizens of Europe and Canada that "it is time to shift...

McDonald’s Netherlands is now selling this bizarre burger

Can't get enough of gooey, caramel-y Dutch stroopwafels? Good news: You can now have them for lunch too... in McDonald's brand new "Chicken &...

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