Cara Räker 🇩🇪

Cara moved to the Netherlands at fifteen and she is here to stay! After all, there is so much to love about it, except maybe the bread (as every German will tell you). Next to finishing up her bachelor's degree in European politics (dry), Cara loves to do yoga, swim, and cook delicious veggie food.

Heart-warming: Dutch city offers cycling lessons for Ukrainian children

In Hilversum, a city close to Amsterdam, volunteers have started to organise cycling lessons so that Ukrainian refugee children can have an easier time...

New neighbours: reports of rats in Amsterdam have doubled in two years

In 2019, there were 3,409 reports of rats issued by residents of Amsterdam to the GGD (Municipal Health Service). In 2021, Amsterdammers have reported...

No trains between Den Haag and Schiphol this morning

Due to a collision, there are currently no trains running between Leiden Centraal and Schiphol airport. This means that commuters and travellers are facing...

First report of needle spiking now also in the Netherlands

Since last winter, there are reports of women being drugged on nights out in the UK, France and Belgium. Now, the first case has...

Dutch protests for abortion rights: what’s it all about?

This weekend, hundreds of people gathered at Dam Square in Amsterdam to protest in solidarity for the right to abortion in the United States....

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