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.

Axe-wielding man evades Eindhoven police, escapes into cornfield

Dozens of Eindhoven police spent last night searching for a man with an axe.  The man used the weapon to threaten people near an Aldi...

Explosion in Beirut injures five Dutch Embassy employees, Dutch aid workers to arrive tonight

As most of you have seen by now, there was a terrible explosion on Tuesday afternoon in the Lebanese capital of Beirut.  It has been...

Study shows discrimination in Dutch labour market still rampant

Perhaps thought a thing of the past, discrimination is still alive and well in the Dutch labour market. Recent surveys show that a large...

G’s brunch boat: the brunch lover’s floating oasis

Boat, brunch, booze — if you’re not sold on that alone, here are a few more reasons why G’s Brunch Boat in Amsterdam is...

Mark Rutte, sociological jargon isn’t real, but institutional racism is

Mark Rutte says institutional racism is sociological jargon.  First, let’s take a brief moment to celebrate the progress of the prime minister acknowledging that there’s...

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