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.

Adolf Hitler has a valid QR code: Ministry of Health is trying to find out why

The past year and a half have been weird, but clearly, we haven’t seen it all yet — the Ministry of Health, Welfare and...

9 things that will surprise you when you move to Amsterdam

You’ve made the decision to move to Amsterdam and have read everything you could on the internet — so there’s nothing that can possibly...

Stricter measures ahead? Dutch cabinet to bring forward upcoming press conference

Amid concern about the rapidly increasing number of coronavirus cases and overcrowding of hospitals, the cabinet has decided to bring the press conference that...

The Netherlands falls short on vaccines promised to developing countries

The Netherlands has fallen far short of its promise to donate 27 million vaccines to developing countries. So far only 2.15 million vaccines have...

Windy Wednesday: code yellow along the coast and gusts of up to 80 km per hour

We’re in for a windy day. This afternoon and evening there’ll be a code yellow weather warning along the coast due to heavy gusts...

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