Gaelle Salem

Born and raised on the island of Sint Maarten, Gaelle moved to the Netherlands in 2018 to attend university. Still trying to survive the erratic Dutch wind and rain, she has taken up the hobby of buying a new umbrella every month. You can probably find her in the centre of The Hague appreciating the Dutch architecture with a coffee in one hand and a slice of appeltaart in the other.

Huge delays expected on Dutch roads as thousands of farmers protest (again!)

Thousands of farmers are disrupting Dutch roads to protest against the government’s nitrogen policy. Today, farmers will hold the largest demonstration in the Netherlands...

Dutch hospitals are about to get busier with coronavirus patients

The new summer wave of coronavirus is slowly washing over the Netherlands and has left a total of 550 patients sick in Dutch hospitals....

Grab your binoculars! The Netherlands is about to see a strawberry supermoon

June’s full moon is swiftly approaching, and it’s 2022’s first Strawberry supermoon! This funky phenomenon will pink up the Netherlands’ night skies this Tuesday. The...

Fake firearm strands hundreds of passengers at Eindhoven airport

Cancelled flights, long lines, and heavy crowds. Sound familiar? Well, Schiphol isn’t the only airport suffering after Eindhoven airport closed its terminal yesterday after...

Blow out the candles! More Dutchies make it to 100 years old

As of this January, the Netherlands had almost 2,600 centenarians! This is over 400 more than five years ago. A while back, Statistics Netherlands forecasted that...

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