Brin Andrews

Brin is an avid ice cream eater from the US, calling Amsterdam home since early 2019. As a lover of mountains, life below sea level has been a bit of an adjustment, but she manages to stay afloat with long runs, wine, and frequent travel. Incidentally, these are a few of her favourite topics to write about.

Medical drone testing takes off in the Netherlands

Test flights for emergency medical transport by drone will be starting in the coming months. The drone flights will take place over sparsely populated...

Truck with 5,000 KG of illegal fireworks gets flat tire, leads to arrest

Police have arrested a 23-year-old man from Enschede, in the east of the Netherlands, after discovering a "highly explosive load" of about 5,000 kilos...

Dutch police raid “weed” farm — but only find vegetables

When police followed a lead to a supposed cannabis farm in Geleen (Limburg), they were quite flummoxed by what they discovered. No evidence of...

Dutch Railways want travelers to register in advance for journeys

NS wants to help avoid crowds by asking travelers to register for their trips in advance. According to the Dutch Railways operator, this will...

Security gap allows anyone to control lighting on Rotterdam’s Erasmus Bridge

The Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam is famous for its colour-changing lighting. As it turns out, until yesterday afternoon, anyone was able to change to...

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