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!

Dinner time! Man uses air fryer to cook kaasoufflés on NS train

A man brought an air fryer onboard a train to Tilburg to make his dinner. Why he couldn’t have waited an hour? We don’t...

€95 million of cocaine hidden in bananas discovered in Dutch port

Customs found more than a thousand kilograms of cocaine in a shipment at a port in Vlissingen in South Holland. During the check, 1279...

Dutch cocoa factory uses toxic ammonia to darken their Oreos for YEARS

A Dutch cocoa factory has been mixing in ammonia with Oreo cookies, which was kept as a dirty little secret for years. 🤫 Cocoa factory...

No public screenings of Morocco’s semi-final match in The Hague or Amsterdam due to riots

Morocco will be the first African country to participate in the semi-finals of the World Cup, and some rowdy fans of the "Lions of...

Amsterdam drops most inner-city speed limits to just 30 km/h from end of 2023

In December 2023, the speed limits placed on 80% of the roads in Amsterdam will be reduced significantly from 50 to 30km per hour. Several...

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