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.

Weekly update: we’re moving in the right direction

The RIVM has released its weekly coronavirus figures from August, 31 to September, 7. The number of hospitalisations and deaths has decreased compared to the previous week. Over...

Dinner and a movie? But first, the Dutch cabinet wants you to prove you’re coronavirus free

Health Minister, Hugo de Jonge has announced that from the end of September, people who want to enter entertainment venues, such as restaurants, cafes,...

New Dutch coronavirus relaxations on September 20? Not so fast

The Dutch government's idea for new relaxations — such as saying goodbye to face masks in public transport — were planned to come into...

Fancy a hamburger? Dutch municipalities don’t think so

The municipalities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, and Ede have proposed a new strategy in the fight against obesity: they want a legal...

The Netherlands is one of the best places to be in the world during the Delta outbreak (say what!)

Despite the Netherlands' highly-criticised response during coronavirus, Bloomberg’s Covid-19 Resilience Ranking for August has ranked the Netherlands as the second-best country in the world...

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