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.

Dutch Quirk #90: Go through a ridiculous number of dating stages before committing

So, you've been seeing someone for six months, you go on dates regularly, and you've met each other's friends... but are you actually dating?...

Medicinal heroin? How the Dutch deal with their heroin addicts

Let’s get straight to it: The Dutch prescribe free heroin to their heroin addicts. And it’s legal too. While the Dutch are (in)famous for...

Dutch Quirk #27: Have almost zero customer service skills

The Dutch are bad at many things: decent lunches, biking safely, and building staircases you can climb without breaking your neck. Another thing? The...

Dutch Quirk #120: Struggle with their colonial past

Here's something the Dutch don't like to talk about: for a brief stretch of time in the 17th century, the Netherlands dominated the global...

Dutch Quirk #102: Refuse to drive drunk, but biking drunk is fine (of course)

Swerve to the left, swerve to the right... we all know that Dutchies love their bikes. They also love their beers with some fried...

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