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.

Dutch fraternity suspended over ‘serious abuse’ during hazing

How far is too far? The hazing that took place last November under a VU Amsterdam student association involved challenges such as hooking up...

English-taught courses at Dutch universities could be slashed in attempt to cut international students

Despite the government's protests, the Netherlands is being flooded with new international students. So how should universities fend them off — or should they...

More and more people abroad are learning Dutch — but why?!

Who knows how to speak Dutch besides, well, the Dutch? Students at a University in Poland, apparently! That's right — students of Dutch studies may...

One last hurrah for Dutch summer? This weekend will bring sunshine and 25 degrees

Are you folding up the parasols (to swap them out for umbrellas) and hiding away your bathing suit? Stop right there, because summer. Is....

A home away from home? Dutch housing crisis is driving students to move in with random families

It's no secret that the strained housing market has left many a desperate student in the lurch. Nowadays, some are seeking shelter in homes...

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