Eva Gabriella

After calling Malaysia her home for 19 years, Eva moved to Amsterdam to study literary and cultural analysis. Well, that was the academic theory — in reality it was more like “cultural shock.” Eva’s mastery of life in the Netherlands involved initiation into the richness of nocturnal hangouts, canals, cuisine, and upright and forthright cyclists (who she now rings her bell back at.) When she is not speeding her way through books, she is winding and weaving down endless straatjes, often finding herself, not so quite by chance, in a gezellig music bar!

The Netherlands will ring in the new year with rain and rising temperatures 

It may not come as a shock that the Netherlands will be drenched in rain — but temperatures are on the rise at the...

Fireworks in the Netherlands on New Years Eve in 2022: here’s what you need to know

Would you like to participate in lighting up the sky with fireworks in the New Year celebrations? Well, don’t go to these 12 places.  The...

Dutchies chose “Climate adhesive” as their word of the year (and we kinda love it, here’s why)

After a two-week battle, the Van Dale Word of the Year 2022 goes to klimaatklever (Climate adhesive), and we think it’s fanta-stick! What is a...

‘A crime against humanity’, Rutte apologises for scars left by slave past

Prime Minister Mark Rutte has made a speech at the National Archives in The Hague about the role the Netherlands played in slavery. Here’s...

Code orange issued around the Netherlands due to ice and slipperiness

Orange alert! The KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) has issued a warning for slipperiness throughout the Netherlands today. Prepare yourself for some cold feet....

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