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.

This Dutch Christmas festival was cancelled due to… wolves?!

Every December, the Schaapskooi, a natural area in the province of Utrecht, lights up with Christmas celebrations — but this year, some unwanted guests...

This Dutch municipality is paying off its poorest residents’ debts

The Municipality of Arnhem is trying out an innovative poverty relief scheme: it's offering to pay off the debts of 60 households from its...

Dutchman murdered father, then kept his remains in a freezer for 3.5 years

On November 11, police from Heerhugowaard, near Alkmaar, made a gruesome discovery: they found the remains of a Dutchman who had been missing since...

Dutch princess Alexia just switched study programmes: Here’s what she’s studying now

Enthusiastically beginning a Bachelor's degree only to start hating it after a couple of months and quickly switching to a better fit is a...

There will be fewer trains going through Schiphol in the coming weeks — oh, and more strikes

The combination of scheduled renovation work and ProRail staff strikes has made this November a chaotic time for Dutch Railways (NS) users — and...

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