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.

Dutch nature reserves under threat as crowds grow

Tourism in nature has seen a rise since the onset of coronavirus in the Netherlands. A new survey by De Monitor, a Dutch TV...

A quarter of people in the Netherlands see drug use or trafficking in their own neighbourhood

Drug trafficking or drug use are witnessed by a quarter of the Dutch population, according to new figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics...

Zwarte Piet pages removed from Facebook

Facebook removes the biggest Zwarte Piet pages from its platform. The social media giant announced a few weeks ago that it would be banning...

The Netherlands is the best place to be a kid, says UNICEF

Hold onto your hockey sticks, a new UNICEF study shows the Netherlands is the best place to be a kid. Dutch children rank highest...

Coronavirus update: 3,597 new infections as Rutte prepares to front the press

This week's coronavirus figures have been released by the RIVM. The number of infections is nearly the same as last week, with only a...

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