Articles by

Kirsten de Bouter Shillam

For 26 years Kirsten lived abroad before returning to her “home” country the Netherlands. The re-integration has been a weird and wonderful journey as described in her TEDx talk, but she is slowly settling back into the flat, cold and honest land. With a family that “crosses borders” there are still plenty of daily eyebrow raisers and hilarious confusions. Kirsten works as a speaker, coach and writer.
International

Another Brexit loss: The Dutch are even making British passports now!

Not again! Oh dear, oh dear. The Dutch have done it again. First it was EMA and then it...
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Learn Dutch

Lost in translation? The fun you can have from a bilingual perspective

More than half my life I have been speaking two languages. It’s fun, even though one of...
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Culture

Have yourself a very merry Dutch Christmas – without the hype

Words that might be associated with Dutch people, or the Dutch lifestyle could be “down to earth,...
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Living in the Netherlands

Brexit (more like Brexshit) and returning to a foreign Holland

As someone who has lived the past 26 years in the UK, returning to Holland meant a...
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Education

The wonders of Dutch sex education at primary school

The wonders of Dutch sex education at primary school (Or a lesson in just saying how things...
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Food

What do Dutch kids eat? A Dutch Culinary Journey for Kids

Put yourself in the shoes of my children who were brought up in the UK the first...
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