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.

FlixBus announces “exciting experiment” launching international trains in NL

We’ve all been there. Stranded on the side of the road with a kebab post-night out in Berlin after interrailing with a friend.  It sounded...

Are we surprised? Amsterdam officially has one of the best public images in the world 

We get it, you love Amsterdam — maybe even a little too much — and who can blame you with the way the city...

This Rotterdam hairdresser is offering free haircuts to homeless and low income people

Robin Hood of hairdressing? Rotterdam-based Sjoerd de Vries is giving free haircuts to homeless and low-income people living in the city.  It’s about time we...

Princess Ariane to attend luxury resort –oops, we mean high school in Italy

In a press release from the Dutch government, it has been revealed that Princess of Orange-Nassau Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima will continue her high school...

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