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.

Farewell, icon: Amsterdam’s beloved g-string roller skater passes away

We are sad to report that after decades of gracing Amsterdam’s streets with “bare buttocks”, legs, and roller skates, Henri Pronker (1956-2023) passed away...

Schiphol strikes again: Dutch airport to scrap 17,000 flights this year

Schiphol has made everyone’s travel plans just a little bit more difficult. The infamous airport has decided to scrap another 17,000 flight paths by...

Lock the doors, seal the windows: Asian hornets are in the Netherlands

They’re coming for you: the Asian giant hornet has landed in the Netherlands and is found “almost everywhere” in the country. They’re relatively dangerous, according...

Fall asleep in Amsterdam, wake up in Berlin! The NL has a new night train

Time flies when you’re having fun — or when you’re asleep. Luckily European Sleeper has launched a night train from Berlin to Brussels via...

Ajax cancels celebration of its own women’s football team

For once, Ajax has decided to tone down the festivities — for women, though, not men. When it comes to gender, the Netherlands probably strikes...

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