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.

Another lockdown possible, says Dutch Health Minister

Dutch Health Minister Ernst Kuipers can't rule out the possibility of another coronavirus-induced lockdown. We thought, hoped, and pleaded we'd never hear it again, but...

No trains between Amsterdam and London for years (until 2028?!)

Amsterdam Central Station will undergo extended reconstruction to accommodate more passengers — but this could be a huge problem for the Eurostar connection between...

Study curates list of ‘useless treatments’ Dutch doctors should stop using

Knee pain, ear infections, and heavy painkillers. All these ailments can be found in a Top 30 list of things Dutch doctors shouldn't do...

Code yellow in the Netherlands: a thunderstorm is on its way

Wait, what?! Yes, you've read right. It might be all sunny and blue skies right now, but later in the day there's a thunderstorm...

Ten Dutch fertility doctors impregnated patients with own sperm, investigation finds

The Dutch foundation Donorkind helps donor offsprings find their biological fathers — and during the past five years, they found ten cases of doctors...

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