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.

A “digital euro” in the Netherlands? Here’s what it could look like

Does the thought of AI taking over the world keep you up at night? Well, listen to this: there could be a digital euro...

Bye bye bottles: At this Dutch airport buying a plastic bottle of water is a thing of the past

Is this Schiphol’s redemption arc? Now the airport is going green! Many of its shops are quitting selling those toxic, disposable plastic water bottles.  Frequenters...

Living in the Netherlands? These 7 changes are hitting your wallet this July

Alarmingly, we’re already halfway through 2023. If you weren’t feeling existential enough already, July 1 is here to bring you some less-than-stellar updates. (Let’s...

Eat your way through a Dutch street food tour that will have you saying ‘lekker’!

Dutch cuisine? Yes, it truly does exist, and you can experience the best of it on this mouth-watering Dutch street food tour that has...

This €32 Amsterdam wine and cheese canal cruise is the classiest thing you’ll do all summer

Inside you there is a sophisticated, chic, tax-paying person just dying to come out. This summer you can reveal it to the world by...

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