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.

Heads up: you can now skip Schiphol’s lines this summer FOR FREE

Are you vacationing in Europe this summer or just passing through Schiphol at any point? Well, one travel-savvy TikTokker just dropped this fabulous life...

Americans just discovered this delicious piece of Dutch culture and, well, they’re confused

Who would have thought that a FEBO wall, the equivalent of a greasy food shack, could pass as revolutionary, high art to Americans?   Yup, turns...

NS feels left out, now it wants to run more international trains too

After its competitors — *cough*, we mean fellows train companies — FlixTrain, Arriva and Qbuzz have decided to go international, NS wants in on...

Here’s why you’ll see backpacks hanging on Dutch flagpoles from today

Starting today, tens of thousands of families are due to fasten backpacks to the flagpoles outside their homes in celebration of their children’s graduation....

Dutch websites blackout after Russian hack attack: retaliation for Dutch support of Ukraine

Hackers supporting Russia don’t take kindly to the Netherlands attempting to buy Swiss army tanks for Ukraine. Last week, Russia supporters struck back by...

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