Ellen Ranebo

As someone half Swedish and half Irish who has lived in the Netherlands, the UK, and attended an American School, Ellen is a cocktail of various nationalities. Having had her fair share of bike accidents, near-death experiences involving canals, and miscommunications while living here (Swedish and Dutch have deceptively similar words with very different meanings), she hopes to have (and document) plenty more in future.

Still feels like summer: unusually high temperatures for October in the Netherlands

It might officially be autumn in the Netherlands, but the warm summer weather hasn't exactly turned over a new leaf... Many of us in the...

Here’s what we know so far about Rotterdam’s university hospital shooter

After yesterday's shooting spree in Rotterdam killed three people, the question on everyone's minds is simple: why did it happen? It turns out the...

Dutch university hospital shooter kills three people, police confirm

Yesterday, three people were killed during a shooting spree in Rotterdam. Among the victims were a 39-year-old woman, a 14-year-old girl, and a 43-year-old...

This is the highest-rated Dutch university according to world rankings

Staff and students at TU Delft will be pleased to hear that the Dutch University has improved by leaps and bounds — so much...

Beloved Irma (53), the Netherlands’ oldest elephant, has passed away

Sadly, the Blijdorp Zoo recently lost one of its favourite residents; Irma the elephant has passed away, but not before living up to the...

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