Jen Lorimer 🇿🇼

An avid tea drinker, Jen was born and raised in Zimbabwe. She moved to Utrecht in 2017 to pursue her history degree. She loves people-watching, canoeing the Utrecht canals, and observing how the Dutch come alive in summer. Having been traumatised by a Dutch circle party, Jen wants to help equip other internationals with tips and tricks to survive and thrive in this wonderful flat country.

Code yellow rainfall in the Netherlands today — with flooding in Limburg (again!)

Remember that bucket load of rain we talked about earlier this week? Well, it’s falling and battering Limburg in its wake. The centre of...

Corona in the kitchen: lack of staff forces Dutch restaurants to shut their doors

Throughout the Netherlands, restaurants are closing their doors because so many of their staff are infected with coronavirus or quarantining that they cannot operate...

Lower rents in the Netherlands? That’s because of the sudden lack of expats

The absence of internationals in the major Dutch cities over the past year has resulted in a drop in rental prices in the free...

Hello sunshine: summer is set to return to the Netherlands this weekend

After what has felt like an eternity, summer is finally returning to the Netherlands. While parts of the country are in for a bucket...

Press conference tonight: these are the expected restrictions

A press conference will take place this evening at 7 PM to address the rising number of coronavirus infections in the Netherlands. It has...

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